Actions Flashcards

(16 cards)

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Dispatch (v.)

A

The photo has been dispatched to the assigned location.

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Dip (v.)

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  1. Dip the food into the sauce
  2. The car dips in the road
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shrug (v.)

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When you dont know, you shrug your shoulders

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Plait/ knit 編織
Sew (v.) 縫製 / stitch (v)
Knot 打結

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He plainted and sewed the underpants by using feathers

This button needs to be stitched back onto the shirt

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Scrape (v.)

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We’ll have to scrape the snow off the car before we go out in it.

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Scratching

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Keep your fingernails short to avoid skin damage from any unconscious scratching

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Sniff (v.)

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She sniffed at her glass of wine before tasting it.

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Lick (v)

Wriggle (v)

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She licked the stamps and stuck them on the parcel.

to twist your body

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Splash

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She splashed her face with cold water.

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10
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dig sth up

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to take sth out of the ground by digging

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embroider (v) 刺繡

embellish (v) = decorate

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To decorate cloth with patterns consisting of stitches

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haul (v) = to pull sth heavy slowly and with difficulty

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They hauled the boar out of the water

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venerate (v) = to honour or respect a person/ thing

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Robert Burns is Scotland’s most venerated poet.

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thwart (v)

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To stop sth from happening or sb from doing sth

Our holiday plans were thwarted by the airline pilots strike

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slap (v) 摑

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She gave her son a slap for behaving badly

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Tow (v) 拖

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The road was closed while the vehicles that had been involved in the accident were towed away/off.