Saturday 27 February 2016

NEW VOCABULARY

Sole: the undersurface of a foot.
Strap: a narrow strip of material used for holding things together.
Run out of: to finish use or, sell of something so there’s none left.
To be fit: to be proper of becoming for.
Dial: to register on or as if on a dial.
Bun: a round bread roll, plain or sweetened.
Icing: a sweet mixture of sugar, butter and flavoring, used as a coating on cakes, cookies, etc.
Trial: The examination of the facts of a case before a court of law, involving hearing evidence and deciding on a person’s guilt or innocence.
Hemp: the tough fiber of a plant.
Log: a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a tree that has fallen.
Straw: a single stalk or stem.
Mighty: great in amount, extent or importance.
Engine: a machine for converting heat energy into mechanical energy or power in order to produce force and motion.
Wasp: a slender winged insect with a narrow abdomen and powerful sting.
Pothole: a hole formed in pavement, a by excessive use or by extremes of weather.
Seal: an emblem, symbol, etc. placed on something to show its authenticity.
Rinse: to wash lightly as by pouring water over as a final stage in washing.
Deck: a floor like surface taking up one level of a hull of a vessel.
Fence: a barrier enclosing or surrounding a field, yard, etc. usually made of posts and wire or wood.
Hut: a small dwelling or building of simple construction.
Yard: the ground that’s immediately next to, or that surrounds a house, public building, etc.
Pour:  to flow as from one container to another, or into, over something, or on something.
Warehouse: a building for the storage of goods or merchandise.
Beaver: a large rodent that lives in water, having webbed hind feet and large flat tail.

Dam: a barrier to obstruct or control the flow of water, built across a stream or river.

Sunday 31 January 2016

NEW VOCABULARY

Tender: a soft or delicate in substance.
Kettle: a metal container in which to boil liquids, cook foods, etc.
Ring up: call on the telephone.
Burn down: be destroyed by fire.
Typewriter: a machine for writing in characters similar to printers’ types by pressing the letters of a keyboard.
Ban: to prohibit, forbid or bar.
Slip: to move or go smoothly.
Sting: to prick or wound with a sharp pointed part of the body that often contains poison or venom.
Butler: the chief male servant of a household.
Get rid of: throw away.
Sewer: an artificial conduit, usually underground for carrying off waste and refuse, as in a town or city.
Maid: a female servant.
Ring: a circular line or mark.
Isolation: to set or place apart.
Delusion: the state of being deluded.
Glisten: to reflect a sparking light or a faint, flickering glow, as a wet surface, shine.
Patch: a small piece of material used to repair a tear, cover a hole or strengthen weak place.
Graze: to feed on growing or other plant life, as cattle, sheep, etc.
Hopscotch: a game in which child hops around a diagram drawn on the pavement to pick up a small object, as a stone or stick, that was previously thrown down in one part of the diagram.
Skipping: to move in a light, springy manner by hopping forward on first one foot then the other.
Insurance: the act system or business of insuring property, life etc.
Tray: a flat, shallow container, used for carrying or displaying articles.

Starch a white, tasteless chemical substance in plants forming an important component of rice, corn, wheat, and many other vegetables food.

Saturday 5 December 2015

VOCABULARY UNIT 3

Attorney: lawyer.
Criminal: of the nature of or involving crime.
Crime: an action considered harmful to the public good and legally prohibited.
Murder: the unlawful killing of a person.
Steal: to take the property of another without permission or right (steal from).
Rob: to take something by unlawful force.
Pickpocket: one who steal from pockets of people, as in a crowed public place.
Purse: a woman’s handbag or pocketbook.
Mugger: a person who mugs.
Thief: one who steals.
Burglary: one who commits burglary.
Hooligans: a ruffian or hoodlum.
Hijacker: a person who seize a vehicle by threat or by force.
Kidnap: to carry off a person by force or trickery.
Hose: a flexible tube for carrying a liquid such as water; to desired a point.
Passer-by: a person passing by.
Crew: a group of people working together.
Rop: a strong, thick or cord, made of twisted strands of hemp.
Bullet: a small piece of metal fired from a gun.
Flat: horizontally level.

Tuesday 1 December 2015

VOCABULARY UNIT 2

Ring of volcanoes: lava.
Rub: to put friction on something.
The World Series: biggest competition in baseball.
Ripple: to form small waves.
Basement: a floor or story of a building that is partly or completely underground.
Pantry: a small room near a kitchen, in which food, dishes, etc., are kept.
Hazard: something causing danger, peril, risk, or difficulty.
Bustling: full of people.
Docks: a landing pier.
Chase: to follow rapidly or intently in order to overtake, etc.

Drifting: a driving movement, as of a current of water.

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.

Sunday 4 October 2015

GLOSSARY STARTER UNIT

Cliff- precipice.
Wrist- the part of the end of the arm where it joins the hand.
Poultry- Meet of birds.