tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24937905024471362972023-11-15T09:30:56.939-08:00Improve Your English VocabularyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493790502447136297.post-45864051320543751952012-06-08T11:15:00.003-07:002012-06-08T11:15:28.194-07:00Lesson No. 46<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Undermine </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15.0pt;">Definition</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt;">:</span></b><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> Damage or weaken (someone
or something), esp. gradually or insidiously / to make someone less confident,
less powerful or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often
gradually / lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially
gradually</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Sentence</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She tried to undermine my authority by complaining
about me to my boss. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">2.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> Criticism just undermines their confidence. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">3.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> The events of the past
year have undermined people's confidence in the government. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This could undermine years of hard work. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The President has accused two cabinet ministers of
working secretly to undermine his position/him. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">6.</span> <span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">John over leaked emails
may undermine reputation of company.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Peddler / Pedlar </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(noun)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">a person who goes from
place to place selling small goods / a person who sells from door to door or in
the street / especially in the past, a person who travelled to different places
to sell small goods, usually by going from house to house / a person who tries
to promote some cause, candidate, viewpoint, etc</span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></span></h3>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Sentence</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal;">1.</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> The peddler on the street corner is selling baseball
caps. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal;">2.</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> The peddler stopped by my
house selling a new type of pet food. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal;">3.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">A drug pedlar is a person
who sells illegal drugs or stolen goods. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal;">4. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">One night a poor Italian
peddler died in Roosevelt Street, all the flowers
were scattered around his body that he used to sell door to door. </span></span></div>
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Word # 3</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Chaste </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(adjective) </span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 14.0pt;">Definition</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">:</span></b><span class="def"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">
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celibate</span></span><span class="defparentofdefissenseb"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Definition</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">to admit, often
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</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">"Well
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Instigate </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15.0pt;">Definition</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt;">:</span></b><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> bring about or initiate
(an action or event) / to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course / to
cause an event or situation to happen by making a set of actions or a formal
process begin / provoke, stir up, induce, stimulate, encourage, initiate or
start</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Sentence</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Television also has the power to instigate trends. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">2.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> There has been an
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">a wise and trusted
counselor or teacher / an experienced person in a company or educational
institution who trains and counsels new employees or students / <span style="color: lime;">as verb </span>=> advise or train (someone, especially a
younger colleague)</span></span></h3>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Sentence</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">1.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> He needed a mentor to
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</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Regular meetings between mentor and trainee help guide
young engineers through their early years.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">He was her friend and
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Intimidate </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Definition</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">to frighten or threaten someone,
usually in order to persuade them to do something that you want them to do / frighten
someone, especially in order to make them do what one wants / make timid or
fearful</span></span> </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Sentence</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">1</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">.</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">They were
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An Australian whistleblower says cigarette makers are trying to intimidate him
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Annihilate </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Definition</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">:</span></b><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> to destroy completely so that nothing is left / destroy
utterly / total destruction or complete obliteration of an object / to defeat
completely</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Insinuate </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> suggest or hint (something
bad) in an indirect and unpleasant way / to suggest, without being direct, that
something unpleasant is true / to express or otherwise convey (a thought, for
example) in an indirect or insidious way / to maneuver or insert (oneself) into
a place<a name='more'></a></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;"><span> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">He insinuated doubts into a trusting mind. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> He insinuated that they
were lying</span></span><span class="ital-inline"><span style="color: #333333;">.</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">3.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Are you insinuating
(that) I'm losing my nerve?</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Manmohan</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Singh insinuated that a
mole had existed in the Prime Ministerial Office who had leaked information to
American sources. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">One of the boys insinuated himself next to me and
squeezed my hand.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Erroneous </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">false / wrong / incorrect
/ mistaken / containing <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/error"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">error</span></a></span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></span>
<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></h3>
<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> A news article about the new virus that was filled with
much erroneous information.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> No or
minimal and erroneous attempt to answer the question. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">An erroneous belief / impression / conclusion</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Employers sometimes make erroneous
assumptions. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Their
erroneous methodology failed to solve the issue.</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Screech </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">to make an unpleasant loud high
noise / give a loud, harsh, piercing cry / a high shrill piercing cry usually
expressing pain or terror / a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry</span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="def"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">She was screeching at him at the top of her voice</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp">.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> He was screeching with
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hesitation or unwillingness / unwilling to become involved</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Contemplate </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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observe or study thoughtfully / to spend time considering a possible future
action, or to consider one particular thing for a long time in a serious and
quiet way</span></span></div>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">1.</span></span><span> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We often contemplate the
vastness of the universe.</span></span><span class="vi"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Even though the twins keep her busy, she’s
contemplating having one more child</span></span>.<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3.</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Just as I was
contemplating a job change, my boss offered me a raise.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I'm contemplating going abroad for a year.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It’s too awful/horrific/dangerous to contemplate all
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Besmirch </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15.0pt;">Definition</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt;">:</span></b><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> damage (someone’s reputation)
/ to say bad things about someone to influence other people's opinion of them /
to blacken or taint (as a person's reputation) by word or deed / make
(something) dirty or discoloured</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Sentence</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">He had besmirched the good name of his family. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">2.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> You have besmirched my
good name and my credit standing. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">3.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> In order to besmirch the reputation of his opponent,
Clay made sure to bring up the subject of the senator's tax troubles during
their first debate. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">His accusations were false, but they served to
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal;">a person or thing that combines contradictory
features or qualities</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> / a
situation or statement which seems impossible or is difficult to understand
because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal;">/ a
self-contradictory statement that at first seems true</span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></span></h3>
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he's a paradox—he loves being in the public eye but also deeply values and
protects his privacy.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It would be considered a paradox that standing is more
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">:</span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">a poor person with no home, job
or money who travels around and asks for money from other people / a foot traveler
/ to walk heavily or noisily / to travel over as a tramp</span></span></h3>
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attract attention, publicity, or trade / something which is not serious or of
real value that is used to attract people's attention or interest temporarily,
especially to make them buy something</span></span></div>
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free gifts with children's meals as a sales/marketing gimmick.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> A publicity gimmick / a
fund-raising gimmick</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">3.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">
It is not so much a programme to improve services; it’s just a gimmick to gain
votes.</span></span><em> </em><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">4.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> The idea may be only the latest gimmick in a trade driven
by consumer appetites.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">5. </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I believe, e-book readers are the
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt;">Definition</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">:</span></b><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> when someone is alone, away from other people / the
state of being private and away from other people / the quality of being
secluded from the presence or view of others </span></span></div>
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study. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">2.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">He's been living in seclusion since he retired from
acting. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">3.</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> In some societies women are kept in seclusion, so
that they are hardly ever seen in public. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">4.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">They enjoyed ten days of
peace and seclusion. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">5. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">After being with a tour group all week I was glad to
return to the seclusion of my own home.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Phantom </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun / adjective)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> a <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/ghost_1"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">ghost</span></a>
/ a spirit of a dead person believed by some to visit the living as a pale,
almost transparent form of a person, animal or other object / something
existing in appearance only / something apparently unpleasant or horrific that
has no material form / not real,
illusory, <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fictitious"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">fictitious</span></a>
or <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">dummy<a name='more'></a></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A phantom coach is said to pass through the grounds of
this house when there's a full moon. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> A phantom who scares people on lonely roads. 3. Phantoms
of evil haunted his sleep.</span></span><i> </i> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The women suffered from phantom pain that no physician
could ever find.</span></span><i> </i><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">People claim to have seen
a phantom ship floating on the lake.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">6</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Payroll checks were made
out for phantom bank accounts and cashed by phantom employees.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Duet </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun / verb)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">a performance by two
singers, instrumentalists, or dancers / a musical composition for two voices or
instruments / a song or other piece of music sung or played by two people together
/ to perform a duet</span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Now, according to
reports, she's taken him back, and they're going to record a duet together.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">They sang the duet beautifully.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A piano and flute duet</span></span><i> </i><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> They duetted at the tribute concert</span></span><i>.</i>
<span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">He duetted with famous foreign artists in last decade
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">an uncultivated, uninhabited, and
inhospitable region / an area of land that has not been used to grow crops or
had towns and roads built on it, especially because it is difficult to live in
as a result of its extremely cold or hot weather or bad earth</span></span></h3>
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infamous for their scandalous behavior, including trashing hotel rooms</span></span>.
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or compassion for others / not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to
others; cruel / having no pity / <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merciless"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">merciless</span></a>
and <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruel"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">cruel</span></a>
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to succeed in this world you have to be ruthless. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The journalist was ruthless in his criticism. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3.</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Since Machiavelli's name is still a byword for ruthless and immoral
cunning. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In Pakistan,
Musharaf is generally regarded as a ruthless dictator. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ruthless people don't understand the meaning of forgiveness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Trickster </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> a person who cheats or deceives
people / a dishonest person who defrauds others by <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trickery"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">trickery</span></a>
/ person (as a stage magician) skilled in the use of tricks and illusion / a
deceiver, cheater, or defrauder<a name='more'></a></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I wouldn't trust that trickster again. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> In many Native American
tribal stories, the coyote is portrayed as a trickster. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> That Philip was a clever trickster who had simply
fooled all these people.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A heartless trickster
deceived old woman and took all of her life savings.</span></span></div>
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shock, or indignation in (someone) / make someone angry / a feeling of anger
and shock / anything that strongly offends, insults, or affronts the feelings
of someone / a shocking, morally unacceptable and usually violent action</span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> His comments outraged
nearly everyone in the room. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I am outraged by his whole
attitude.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The public were outraged at the bombing.</span></span><i>
</i><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Many people expressed outrage at the court's
decision.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Public outrage over the
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wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly horrible or wicked</span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">People accused of committing heinous crimes. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Paul betrays the family's trust with a heinous act.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 3</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The most heinous crime of all is to support unjust. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The criminal received the death penalty because the
crime was so heinous. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In the criminal justice system, sexually-based
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throat so that they cannot breathe / squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person
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strangled with her own scarf and her body dumped in the woods. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> The victim was strangled with a rope. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">
This part of town is full of sleazy bars and restaurants.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">
Censorship strangles a free press. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5. </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">There is a great deal of fear
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">to break into small pieces
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bread between her fingers.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The cliffs on which the houses are built are starting
to crumble.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3.</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Crumble the cookies into small bits. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The ancient walls had crumbled.</span></span><span class="ital-inline"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Support for the government is crumbling.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Maim </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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severely that a part of their body will no longer work as it should / to
cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure or mutilate / wound or injure (a
person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged<a name='more'></a></span></span><span class="ssens"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;"><span> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Thousands of women and children maimed or killed by
these bombs. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Land mines kill and maim thousands of people a year, many of them
children. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> The basic tools you need to kill or maim large
numbers of people are easy to obtain. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">They may well kill the
terrorists in the barrage, but they will also kill and maim innocent civilians.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Senile </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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ability because of old age, especially being unable to think clearly and make
decisions / (of a person) having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old
age, especially a loss of mental faculties / (of a condition) characteristic of
or caused by old age</span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></h3>
<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> He spent many years caring for his senile mother. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A Queensland
jury could not reach a verdict in 1999, and a new trial was blocked on the
ground that he was too senile to be tried again.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> <span> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">She couldn’t cope with her senile
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Vague </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective) </span></h3>
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described or decided / of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or
meaning / not clear or definite in thought, understanding, or <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/expression"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">expression</span></a>
/ not clear in shape, or not clearly seen</span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="def"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">He gave only a vague answer. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">She has been vague about her plans for college</span></span>.<span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 3</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I think I have a vague understanding of how it works. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I do have a vague memory of meeting her many years ago.
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Sleazy </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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cheap or not socially acceptable, especially relating to moral or sexual
matters / marked by low character or quality / (of textiles and clothing)
carelessly made of inferior materials / dishonest, corrupt, vulgar or dirty</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1</span><b><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial;">.</span></b><span> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">She is a
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He had been a sleazy kid. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5. </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Sleazy <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/politics"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">politics</span></a> (disreputable) / hotel
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Word # 5</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Axiom </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">a statement or principle
which is generally accepted to be true, but need not be so / a statement
accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference / widely accepted on
its intrinsic merit</span></span></div>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It is a widely held axiom that governments should not
negotiate with terrorists.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">2. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It is the axiom that sport
builds character.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;"> 3.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Forget the old axiom it's not whether you win or
lose, it is how you play the game. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">4. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It is an historic axiom
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Word # 1</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Betide </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> to happen / happen (to) /
to happen especially as if by fate / come to pass / to take place; befall <a name='more'></a></span></span><span class="ssens"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;"><span> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Whatever betides, maintain your courage.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. I waited with beating heart, not knowing what would
betide. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">3.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> We will be happy in our new home, whatever may betide.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Be not dismayed (disappointed) whatever betide, God
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Disciple </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">a follower or pupil of a
teacher, leader, or philosopher / a person who believes in the ideas and
principles of someone famous and tries to live the way they do or did / (religion)
a personal follower of Jesus Christ </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">(peace be upon him)</span></span> <span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">during his life, especially one of the twelve
followers</span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></h3>
<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> A disciple of Sigmund Freud </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">He is an ardent (passionate) disciple of the prime minister </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">She told us a strange story about a
yogi and his disciple.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> All the disciples were striving hard to spend their lives
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Grumble </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">to complain about someone or
something in an annoyed way / complain about something in a bad-tempered way / to
utter meaningless or unintelligible sounds / to complain / to utter low,
indistinct sounds; growl (If your stomach grumbles, it makes a low continuous
noise, usually because you are hungry.)</span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="def"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></h3>
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service.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fans grumbled about the
team's poor play.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">
</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">When are we going to leave?” he grumbled. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">His father was grumbling that he hadn’t heard from him.
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Grumpy </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">bad-tempered and sulky / easily
annoyed and complaining / ill-tempered or sullenly irritable; grouchy</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1</span><b><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial;">.</span></b><span> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Our neighbor
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long flight. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> I hadn't had enough sleep and
was feeling a bit grumpy.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> In my experience it is the
grumpy people that live longer. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5. </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Does he seem grumpy to you?</span></span></div>
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Word # 5</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Exasperate </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">to make someone very
annoyed, usually when they can do nothing to solve a problem / irritate
intensely; infuriate / to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">He was exasperated by the senseless delays.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">2.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> This futile
process exasperates prison officers.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">3. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The
criticism of his latest movie is sure to exasperate his admirers</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> 4.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> That seemed
to exasperate him, but he uttered not a syllable of complaint. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">5. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The teacher is being exasperated by silly questions of her
students.</span></span></div>
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Word # 1</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Sublime </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> extremely good, beautiful
or enjoyable / very great / of very great excellence or beauty / tending to
inspire awe usually because of elevated quality (as of beauty, nobility, or
grandeur)<a name='more'></a></span></span><span class="ssens"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Switzerland</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> has sublime scenery.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The book contains sublime descriptive passages. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">3.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> He possesses sublime
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Tenable </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">able to be maintained or
defended against attack or objection / capable of being held, maintained, or defended:
<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defensible"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">defensible</span></a>,
<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reasonable"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">reasonable</span></a>
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particular period of time</span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> His theory is no longer
tenable in light of the recent discoveries. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Such a simplistic approach
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annum tenable for three years.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Making money with no
product or service is not a tenable idea, you may be thinking.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Babble </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">to talk or say something in a
quick, confused, excited or silly way / talk rapidly and continuously in a
foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way / to utter meaningless or
unintelligible sounds</span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The children babbled excitedly among themselves.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Thank goodness you’re all
right,’ she babbled.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">
</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Pay no attention to her. She's just babbling.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">He'll babble on about sports all night if you let him.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 5</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">She was babbling something about her ring being
stolen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Contempt </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">a strong feeling of disliking and
having no respect for someone or something / the feeling that a person or a
thing is worthless or deserving scorn / the feeling with <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/which"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">which</span></a> a person
regards anything considered <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mean"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">mean</span></a>, vile, or worthless;
disdain; scorn.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1</span><b><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">At school she had
complete contempt for all her teachers. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> Pam
stared at the girl with total contempt. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> He
feels that wealthy people view him with contempt because he is poor</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> He spoke with contempt in his voice.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Anticipate </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">imagine possible / foresee
/ to imagine or expect that something will happen, sometimes taking action in
preparation for it happening / regard as probable; expect or predict</span></span></div>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">They anticipate that they will have several applicants
for the job</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp">. </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">2.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> We don't anticipate any
trouble.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">3. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was anticipated that
the rains would slow the military campaign. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">4. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">At this stage we can't
really anticipate what will happen.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">5. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The organizers of the fair anticipate a large crowd.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493790502447136297.post-23200123485503480892012-04-05T09:29:00.001-07:002012-04-24T08:32:46.675-07:00Lesson No. 37<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Drifter </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> a person who is continually
moving from place to place, without any fixed home or job / someone who moves
from one place to another or from one job to another without any purpose / one
that travels or moves about aimlessly<a name='more'></a></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;"> </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">He was a drifter who traveled from state to state.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The drifter just packed up and moved on to the next
dead-end job. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">3.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Mostly drifters live from hand to mouth with out saving a penny. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A drifter was sentenced to life in the Georgia state
penitentiary after he confessed to abducting and killing a female hiker.</span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Esoteric </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">very unusual; understood or liked by only a small
number of people, especially those with special knowledge / understood by or
meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest / something
that is supposed to be understood by only a select few with the special
knowledge</span></span></h3>
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collection of old books. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Esoteric taste / subject /
purpose / philosophical debate / pursuits / terminology / doctrines</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Metaphysics is such an esoteric subject that most
people are content to leave it to the philosophers.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> The astronomers spent the night debating esoteric
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you think they are stupid or silly / speak to someone or about something in a
scornfully derisive or mocking way</span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">If you can't do any better, don't scoff.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to
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</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The critics scoffed at his paintings.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Years ago people would have scoffed at the idea that
cars would be built by robots.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 5</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Despite the scoffs of her colleagues, the experiment
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b> <span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">a person, especially a man, who
treats other people very badly and has no moral principles / a dishonest or
unscrupulous person / an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain</span></span></div>
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scoundrel there is a hero. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">
The scoundrel who killed her made good his escape eight full hours before the
police had any knowledge of the crime. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">
Some scoundrel placed a telegraph pole across the track, which caused the
disaster. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> He was such a scoundrel, always stealing others’ things.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Cuddle </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb / noun)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">to put your arms around
someone and hold them in a loving way, or (of two people) to hold each other
close to show love or for comfort / hold close in one’s arms as a way of
showing love or affection / hug or embrace someone gently</span></span></div>
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their sons for fear of making them weak. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">3. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">They were cuddling each
other in the back seat. 4. Come here and give me a cuddle.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493790502447136297.post-9165521243462777322012-04-05T09:25:00.003-07:002012-04-24T08:33:03.496-07:00Lesson No. 36<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Enchant </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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very much / fill (someone) with great delight and charm / to delight or
fascinate / to delight to a high degree<a name='more'></a></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The audience was clearly enchanted by her performance.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The book has enchanted children for almost a century. 3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> The beauty of the place
enchants everyone.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">She enchanted audience with her charming voice.</span></span>
<span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Sustainable architecture should also enchant and
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Morgue </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">a place in which bodies are kept, especially the
bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial / place
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this week. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Today he picked up her
mangled body from the city morgue. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The victim's body was
delivered to the morgue. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> She had started to tremble
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> based on feelings rather than facts or proof / able to know or
understand something because of feelings rather than facts or proof / using or
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previous good condition from illness, depression or adversity / (of a person or
animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions / (of a
substance or object) returning to the original form or position after being
bent, compressed, or stretched.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Lullaby </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun / verb)</span></h3>
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to children to help them go to sleep / sing a song (lullaby) to quiet children
or help them to sleep</span></span></div>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Sleep pretty darling, do not cry and I will sing a
lullaby...</span></span><b> </b><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">2. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">She is singing the baby a lullaby.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">3. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">My mother used to lullaby us.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;">4. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A lullaby is usually sung to young children before
they go to sleep, with the intention of speeding that process.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493790502447136297.post-25842979337735052602012-04-05T09:23:00.000-07:002012-04-24T08:33:23.965-07:00Lesson No. 35<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Unprecedented </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b>
<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">never having happened
or existed in the past / never done or known before / without previous
instance; never before known or experienced;<a name='more'></a> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;"><span> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The team has enjoyed unprecedented success this year. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">An unprecedented number of students are taking the
class.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> This level of growth is unprecedented. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This century has witnessed environmental destruction
on an unprecedented scale</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">An unprecedented event.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Intensify </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">become or make more
intense / to become greater, more serious or more extreme, or to make something
do this / to make more acute; strengthen or sharpen </span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">They intensified their efforts to increase sales. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">An intensified search for survivors </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">They had intensified their military campaign. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Fighting around the capital has intensified in the
last few hours.</span></span><em> </em><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. <span> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The dispute began to intensify.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Beleaguered </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> troubled by someone or a situation / to surround or beset, as with
troubles / to surround with military forces / (someone or something) which is
in a bad condition / Situation</span></span></h3>
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<span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">The
arrival of the fresh medical supplies was a welcome sight for the beleaguered
doctors working in the refugee camps</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp">.</span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Beleaguered parents</span></span>
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region out of poverty. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">The
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containing <span style="color: lime;">smut</span> (magazines, books, pictures,
films, jokes or conversations which offend some people because they relate to
sex) / (of talk, writing, or pictures) obscene or <span style="color: lime;">lascivious</span>
(expressing a strong desire for sexual activity)</span></span></h3>
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I will not indulge you to read these smutty books. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">The movie was rated R because of some nude scenes and smutty
dialogue. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4.</span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> Smutty novel</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Perturb </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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disturb or <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/throw"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">throw</span></a>
someone into great disorder; derange</span></span></div>
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her greatly. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">It perturbed him that his son was thinking
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Swath / Swathe </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b>
<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">a long strip or large
area especially of land / a long broad strip or belt / a varied section or
range / a row of cut grain or grass left by a scythe or mowing machine<a name='more'></a></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Taliban have regained control of swaths of territory
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</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Huge swathes of rainforest are being cleared for
farming and mining. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> These people represent a broad/wide swathe of public
opinion. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">An aerial view of the countryside shows wide swathes
of green. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">He cut a swath through the field with his scythe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Decisive </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">able to make decisions
quickly and confidently, or showing this quality / having or showing the
ability to make decisions quickly and effectively / strongly affecting how a
situation will progress or end </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">/ having the power or quality of <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/deciding"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">deciding</span></a></span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">You need to be more decisive. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A decisive reply / a decisive role / a decisive
victory / battle 3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The archers played a decisive part in the victory. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> You must be decisive and persistent to succeed in
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Staunch </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> always loyal in supporting a person, organization or set of beliefs or
opinions / very loyal and committed in attitude</span></span></h3>
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North Korea is one of China's
staunchest allies. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">A staunch supporter of the
anti-nuclear lobby. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">A staunch friend / Muslim / ally.</span></span></div>
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system, process or event, from continuing as usual or as expected / interrupt
(an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem / to cause
disorder or turmoil in</span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Sanctuary </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun)</span></h3>
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something being chased or hunted / refuge or safety from pursuit, persecution,
or other danger / a place where birds or animals can live and be protected,
especially from hunters or dangerous conditions / the most holy part of a
religious building</span></span></div>
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found/sought/took sanctuary in a local church. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">If I want some peace and quiet, I take sanctuary in my
study. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The refugees found sanctuary when they crossed the border. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The house was a sanctuary for runaway teens.</span></span>
<span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">A wildlife/bird sanctuary.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Prolix </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b>
<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">using too many words
and therefore boring or difficult to read or listen / (of speech or writing)
using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy / (of a person) given to
speaking or writing at great or tedious length. <a name='more'></a></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;"><span> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The speech was unnecessarily prolix.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The author's prolix style has done nothing to
encourage sales of the book.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> A prolix lecturer always telling
you more than you want to know</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I became accustomed to
falling asleep during my history teacher's prolix lectures. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The listeners in the meeting began to feel bored
because of the president's prolix explanation of the company policy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Vicious </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">describes people or
actions that show an intention or wish to hurt someone or something very badly /
deliberately cruel or violent / having the nature or quality of vice or
immorality / describes an object, condition or remark that causes great
physical or emotional pain</span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A vicious dog / deception / lie / rumour / accusation
/ wind / attack / headache / criminal. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I know you're upset with
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was one of the most vicious attacks they'd ever seen.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span> </span>He gave her a
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Stirring </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> causing excitement or strong emotion / A stirring speech or song is
one which produces strong positive emotions / rousing, exciting, lively, or
thrilling</span></span></h3>
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<span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h3>
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blood, by adding a harmful substance, or to spoil people's opinion of someone /
to infect, contaminate, corrupt, or spoil (something) / a trace of something bad,
offensive, or harmful</span></span></h3>
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at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated / occurring
occasionally, singly, or in irregular or <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/random%5b2%5d"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">random</span></a>
instances</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Sporadic gunfire / electricity
supply / protests.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> 2. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Sporadic cases of the disease were reported. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">3. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Sporadic loud noises kept startling (surprising and
sometimes worrying) everyone. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">More than 100 people have been killed this year in sporadic
outbursts of ethnic violence.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493790502447136297.post-43037403899175261412012-04-05T09:14:00.001-07:002012-04-24T08:35:19.101-07:00Lesson No. 32<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Inquisitive </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b>
<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">wanting to discover
as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people / having
or showing an interest in learning things; curious / excessively curious, esp.
about the affairs of others; prying<a name='more'></a></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;"><span> </span></span></b></div>
<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">An inquisitive child</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">His poems reveal an intensely inquisitive mind</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> I didn’t like to seem inquisitive.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">She could see inquisitive faces
looking out from the windows next door.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The mouse looked around the room inquisitively (adverb).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Adonis </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">a very beautiful or
sexually attractive young man </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">/ an extremely handsome young man</span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></h3>
<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Not all of us have the body of an
Adonis. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">She walked
in on the arm of some blond Adonis. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The girls thought that he was so handsome that he resembled
a modern day Adonis. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span> </span>Only an Adonis like
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Aggravate </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> to make a bad situation worse / make (a problem, injury, or offence)
worse or more serious / to make a disease worse</span></span></h3>
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<span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Attempts
to restrict parking in the city centre have further aggravated the problem of
traffic congestion.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Military action would only
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<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crazy"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">crazy</span></a>,
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Futile </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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he just won't listen</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp">.</span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> 3. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">All my attempts to cheer her up proved futile.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Attempts to get supplies
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Word # 1</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Divulge </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">reveal something private or secret / to make something secret known /
to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown)<a name='more'></a></span></span></h3>
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<span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Journalists
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Word # 2</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Binoculars </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">come upon or found by
accident or chance / found interesting or valuable thing by chance / occurring
or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way</span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="definition"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was the serendipitous science discovery. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Reading</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> should be an adventure, a
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Brawl </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun / verb)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b>
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fight / fight or quarrel in a rough or noisy way / to quarrel angrily and
noisily</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;"><span> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A drunken / street brawl</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fans were brawling in the streets after the game.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> The Wilsons
were always loudly brawling, and the neighbors were always shutting their
windows.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">My friend and I got into a street brawl with the gang
members.</span></span></div>
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Word # 4</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Magnanimous </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">very kind and generous towards an enemy
or someone you have defeated / generous or forgiving, especially towards a
rival or less powerful person</span></span></h3>
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<span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="definition"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></h3>
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manager was magnanimous in victory, and praised the losing team. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">When my uncle, who never married, donated much of his estate
to a fund for children orphaned by Hurricane Katrina, everyone in our family
was proud of his magnanimous gesture (act). </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">She
should be magnanimous in victory. </span></span></div>
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Word # 5</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Diligent </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">careful and using a lot of effort / having or showing care
and conscientiousness in one’s work or duties / constant in effort to
accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything</span></span></div>
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<span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Leo is very diligent in/about
his work. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">A diligent student</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">3. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Their lawyer was extremely diligent in
preparing their case</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">After diligent searching, he found a parcel.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493790502447136297.post-47761195371026005562012-04-05T08:54:00.004-07:002012-04-24T08:47:26.149-07:00Lesson No. 30<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Word # 1</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Nag </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
<h1 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="eg"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">to annoy or tease by persistent fault finding,
complaints or demands / to criticize or complain often in an annoying way / to
be a persistent source of annoyance or distraction / to irritate by constant
scolding or urging<a name='more'></a></span></span></h1>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;"><span> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="eg"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">She
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parents are always nagging me to clean my room.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="eg"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">He
kept nagging her until she agreed to see the movie.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="eg"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Quit
nagging! I already said I'm not going. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="eg"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">My mum's always nagging me to get
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Word # 2</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Serendipitous </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">come upon or found by
accident or chance / found interesting or valuable thing by chance / occurring
or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way</span></span></h3>
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<span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="definition"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was the serendipitous science discovery. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Reading</span></span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> should be an adventure, a
personal experience full of serendipitous surprises. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I had a serendipitous encounter with her. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">He serendipitously found the watch he had lost on the
previous night.</span></span></div>
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Word # 3</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Immense </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">vast / huge / extremely large in size or degree / very great</span></span></h3>
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most likely to bring success or advantage / the most favorable situation or
level for growth, reproduction, or success </span></h3>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Paradigm </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun)</span></h3>
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and typical example of something / an outstandingly clear or typical example of
something</span></h3>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="defparentofdefissenseb"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Her recent book provides us
with a new paradigm for modern biography. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Society’s paradigm of the
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evolutionary paradigm </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Since Microsoft bought our company, our marketing has
operated in a new paradigm. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">5</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> In order to more fully appreciate your life, you need to
change your paradigm, to start looking at everything around you in a different
light!</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Stir </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="font-size: 15pt;">:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="eg"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">to mix a liquid or other substance by moving an object
such as a spoon in a circular pattern / move a spoon or other implement round
and round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly / move
or cause to move slightly<a name='more'></a></span></span></h1>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 15pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="eg"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">pour
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begins to boil.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="eg"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Stir the egg yolks into the mixture.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="eg"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">A
gentle breeze stirred the leaves.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Revive </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">to come or bring something
back to life, health, existence, or use / restore to life or consciousness / give
new strength or energy / improve the position or condition / restore or set in
motion again</span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Indulge </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">allow someone to follow his
will </span></span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">/ to allow yourself or another person to have something enjoyable,
especially more than is good for you / to give someone anything they want and
not to mind if they behave badly</span></span></h3>
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<span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Please
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gardening.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="def"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">If you continue to indulge in
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">If an unpleasant feeling or
situation persists, it continues to exist / continue in an opinion or course of
action in spite of difficulty or opposition </span></h3>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></h3>
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doctor.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Must you persist in making that noise?</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">If he persists in asking awkward questions,
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Word # 5</h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">always behaving or happening in a similar, especially
positive, way / unchanging in nature, standard, or effect over time / not changing </span></h3>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="defparentofdefissenseb"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">He is a consistent supporter
of the museum. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Her work is sometimes good, but the problem is
she's not consistent. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">3. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Customers expect that the quality of service
they receive will be consistent. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The pain has been consistent.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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Word # 1</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt;">Mob </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">(noun)</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">a large angry crowd / a large angry crowd, especially
one which could easily become violent / a large crowd of people, especially one
that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence / the Mafia or a
similar criminal organization<a name='more'></a></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Both brothers were attacked by a mob of at least 50. </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The angry mob outside the
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mob leader.</span></span></div>
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Word # 2</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Flog </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> to beat or strike with a rod or whip / to beat someone
very hard with a whip or a stick, as a punishment </span></h3>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> Soldiers used to be flogged for disobedience.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The men had been flogged and branded on the
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Ravage </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> to cause great damage to something / cause severe and
extensive damage to something</span></h3>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The floods have ravaged canals and pipes. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The area has been ravaged by drought/war. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The hurricane ravaged southern Florida.</span></span><em>
</em><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Uncontrolled diabetes can
ravage your heart, kidneys, brain, and pancreas.</span></span></div>
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behaviour that is intended to deceive people / deceptive or false talk or
behaviour / communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive</span></h3>
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whole thing was simply a humbug.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The tons of sentiment I have wasted on that unprincipled
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">to say something or to make a sound with your voice / express
audibly / say (something) aloud</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">She sat through the whole
meeting without uttering a word.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> 2. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">He uttered strange sound that
nobody could understand. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">I watched her face tighten in rage as she started to utter
each word with unguarded contempt.</span></span><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt;">Manhandle </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">(verb)</span></div>
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and with force, often when taking them somewhere / handle (someone) roughly by
dragging or pushing / move (a heavy object) by hand with great effort<a name='more'></a></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">The policeman manhandled the suspect to the ground. </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">There were complaints that
the police had manhandled some of the demonstrators.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> 3.</span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Men used to manhandle the
piano down the stairs</span></span><i> </i><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">4. </span><span class="NormalArialChar"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">John watched the Trojans manhandle the Cavaliers in a
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> A very tall modern building, usually found in large cities
/ a very tall building of many storeys</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> Some people like to live in a skyscraper. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">A new skyscraper to be built in Dubai will have floors
that rotate on command, resulting in a constantly changing shape. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> Just last Wednesday, it became the second
tallest skyscraper ever built, surpassing Taiwan's 509-metre Taipei 101.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Whine </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> utter complaining noise / to make a long, high, sad sound
/ give or make a long, high-pitched complaining cry or sound</span><span class="definition"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">/ talk in tearful manner</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The dog whined and scratched at the back door.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> Forgive me when i whine! </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">She began to whine about how hard she had been
forced to work.</span></span><i> </i><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">‘My legs ache,’ he whined.</span></span></div>
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something, making it less perfect or less enjoyable / impair</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1</span><b><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial;">.</span></b> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Violence marred a number of New Year celebrations.</span></span><i>
</i><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Nothing will mar her beauty. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Sadly, the text is marred by
careless errors. 4. The holiday was marred by bad weather.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 5. </span></span><i> </i><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Choices we make will make or
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Gory </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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and bloodshed / covered in blood / accompanied by bloodshed</span></h3>
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killings have been highlighted. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">A very gory film </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The gory details of the operation. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">She told him the gory details of her past.</span></span></div>
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doors of you house unlocked in this day and age!</span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> 3.
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Wow, that guy is such a lunatic; I heard he broke his chair after he
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> a person who avoids the company or assistance of others / person
or animal that prefers to be alone / a person who likes to do things on their
own without other people</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> He was always a bit of a loner at school.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">He was a loner and even after he married and had three
children, felt somehow disconnected from them.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> Unless you are a real loner, you need
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> a model of a person dressed in old clothes and put in a
field of growing crops to frighten birds away / bird-scarer / an effigy in the
shape of a man to frighten birds away from fields or corps</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">For large domestic gardens and commercial
premises, the Electronic Scarecrow may be the answer.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> A neighbor suggests that I
might put up a scarecrow near the vines, which would keep the birds away.</span></span>
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crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terrifying without
danger. A scarecrow set to frighten fools away.</span></span></div>
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point of an institution or activity</span><span class="definition"> / </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">the beginning of an
organization or official activity / an event that is a beginning; a first part
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1</span><b><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial;">.</span></b> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Since its inception in 1968, the company has been at the
forefront of computer development.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">She has been on the board
since its inception two years ago.</span></span><i> </i><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The fund has produced an average annual return of 16 per
cent since its inception in 2001.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Australian soccer has been waiting five years since the
inception of the A- League for a grand final between its two biggest clubs from
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">He thought of Alaska as a possible
bolt-hole.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> 2. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">They considered the inn a bolt-hole in times of
stress.</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Expend </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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resources on war. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The legislature expended its
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an approximate calculation of the size or amount of something when you do not
know all the facts / an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> Current guesstimates are that the company's turnover will
increase by 7% this year. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">May guesstimated that there were 45 jellybeans in the jar,
when in fact, there were 65. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The current guesstimate of Asian elephant numbers in the Cardamom Mountains is between 200 and 500.</span></span>
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the future / a person with unusual powers of foresight</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">This article provides a spiritual perspective
on the life of the famous seer Edgar Cayce.</span></span> <span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> They were headed by the seer to their
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satisfy a wish or need / make happy or satisfied</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></h3>
<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1</span><b><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">We were gratified by the
response to our appeal.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">He was gratified to see how well his students had done.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 3. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">I wish to gratify your
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">give up / abandon formally / renounce or reject /</span><span class="definition"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">deny</span><span class="defparentofdefissenseb"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">He abnegated his right to
work. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2.
</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">It's hard to abnegate habit of smoking once started. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">3. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">They abnegated their gods. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">4. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">After his defeat, the Congressman found it difficult to
abnegate his office. </span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">5. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Sylvia chose to abnegate the privileges of her
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fortunate than herself.</span></span></div>
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by authority / to take a possession away from someone when you have the right
to do so, usually as a punishment and often for a limited period, after which
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term!</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> His passport was confiscated
by the police to prevent him from leaving the country. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">I have had my radio confiscated by the prison
guards.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Police confiscated my video
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> incapable of being avoided or prevented / certain to
happen and unable to be avoided or prevented / something that is certain to
happen and cannot be prevented</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> The accident was the inevitable consequence/result/outcome
of carelessness.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Eventually the inevitable happened and he had a
heart attack.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Making mistakes while learning a foreign
language is inevitable. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> It was inevitable that someone would eventually answer
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">disadvantage / the disadvantage of a situation / a negative
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The downside of living here, of course, is that
it is expensive. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> Unemployment, inflation and greater inequality are often
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not to cause embarrassment or attract too much attention, especially by keeping
something secret</span><span class="defparentofdefissenseb"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></h3>
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work for the royal family you have to be very discreet. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The family made discreet
enquiries about his background.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">They are very good
assistants, very discreet - they wouldn't go shouting to the press.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Discrete </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">distinct and separate / independent / having a clear
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">These small companies now
have their own discrete identity.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp">
</span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">2. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Even though they were married, they kept their money in two
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Diminish </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> belittle / to reduce or be reduced in size or importance / lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of / decrease in size, extent, or range</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Your ability to benefit from your <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_you_write_a_sentence_using_the_word_diminished"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">studies</span></a> is diminished if you ask others to do your assignments for you.</span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">These memories will not be diminished by time.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> 3</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">What he did has seriously diminished him in many people's eyes.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Arrogant </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(adjective) </span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people / self-important</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">I found him arrogant and rude.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> He was so arrogant that he thought he could feed all the people by his money.</span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">An arrogant official</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">4</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Arrogant claims</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Pry </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(verb)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">be nosy / to try to find out private facts about a person / ask questions / make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry / search or inquire in an annoying way</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Sentence</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">1</span><b><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial;">.</span></b> <span class="eg"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Don’t pry into my personal life. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">2. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">As a reporter, I was paid to pry into other people's lives.</span></span><span class="egparentofegisexamp"> </span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">3. </span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">I hope you don't think I'm prying, but has your boyfriend ever lived with anyone before?</span></span><span class="CharChar"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal;">Hunch </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">(noun)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt;">Definition</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">an idea which is based on feeling and for which there is no proof</span><span class="defparentofdefissenseb"> </span><span class="defparentofdefissenseb"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></h3>
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