Monday, 2 November 2015

NEW VOCABULARY

Brackish: slightly, salty or briny.
Posh: stylishly elegant, grand, luxuries.
Turf: synthetic grass.
Fear: a distressing emotion by impeding danger, evil, pain, etc.
Add up: finish.
Schedule: timetable.
Beau: boyfriend.
Bow:/bəʊ /: to bend the knee or body, or to incline the head, so as to show respect or greeting.
    The front or forward end of a ship or airplane.
  /bəʊ/: a strong flexible strip of wood or other material, bent by a string stretched between its ends and used for shooting arrows.
    A bend or curve.
    A readily loosened knot for joining the end of a ribbon or string, having two loops.
    A flexible rod having horsehairs that stretches from end to end, used or playing a musical instrument like a violin.
Bough: a branch of a tree, esp. one of the larger branches.
Die: to cease to live.
Dye: to color (cloth, etc.).
Dai: nickname of David in Wales.
He is a dyed in the wool: Firmly established in a person’s belief or habits; deeply ingrained in the nature of a person or thing.
The die is cast: The future is determinate; there are no more options.
Crossing the Rubicon: to do something that inevitably commits one to following certain course of action.
One die/ two dice: small cubes, marked each side with one to six spots, used in games or gambling.
To dice with dead: to do something very dangerous.

Corpse: a dead body, esp. of a human being.

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