L-10 Flashcards
(27 cards)
while
during the time that something is happening:
Blow
if the wind or a current of air blows, it moves
Chew
to bite food several times before swallowing it:
Due
expected [not before noun] expected to happen or arrive at a particular time
attention
1listen/look/think carefully [uncountable]
when you carefully listen to, look at, or think about someone or something:
towards
1direction
used to say that someone or something moves, looks, faces etc in the direction of someone or something:
sun‧bathe
ˈsʌnbeɪð
to sit or lie outside in the sun, especially in order to become brown
ˌtit for ˈtat
informal something bad that you do to someone because they have done something bad to you
fish‧er‧man
ˈfɪʃəmən
someone who catches fish as a sport or as a job
Fin
FISH
one of the thin body parts that a fish uses to swim
grave1
greɪv
DEATH
the place in the ground where a dead body is buried➔ tomb
bur‧y
ˈberi
verb (buried, burying, buries)
1dead person
DEATH
to put someone who has died in a grave
Fris‧bee
ˈfrɪzbi
a piece of plastic shaped like a plate that you throw to someone else to catch as a game. The game is also called Frisbee.
bi‧noc‧u‧lars
bɪˈnɒkjʊələz, baɪ- $ -ˈnɑːkjʊələrz
SYN field glasses
a pair of special glasses, that you hold up to your eyes to look at objects that are a long distance away
sequence
ˈsiːkwəns
SYN scene
ARTS
one part of a story, film etc that deals with a single subject or action
admit
ədˈmɪt
SYN confess
OPP deny
2accept blame [intransitive and transitive] to say that you have done something wrong, especially something criminal
con‧fess
kənˈfes
CRIME & LAW
to admit, especially to the police, that you have done something wrong or illegal➔ confession:
AD BrE,
A.D. AmE
ˌeɪ ˈdiː
SYN CE
CHRONOLOGY
(Anno Domini) used to show that a date is a particular number of years after the birth of Christ
vol‧can‧ic
vɒlˈkænɪk $ vɑːl-
EARTH SCIENCES
relating to or caused by a volcano:
vol‧ca‧no
vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ $ vɑːlˈkeɪnoʊ
EARTH SCIENCES
a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which lava (=very hot liquid rock) is sometimes forced out
e‧rupt ɪˈrʌpt eruption ɪˈrʌpʃən SYN break out
if fighting, violence, noise etc erupts, it starts suddenly
ash
æʃ
DAILY LIFE
the soft grey powder that remains after something has been burned
poi‧son‧ous
ˈpɔɪzənəs
containing poison or producing poison:
roll
rəʊl $ roʊl
if something rolls, especially something round, or if you roll it, it moves along a surface by turning over and over
