LETTER H Flashcards
(60 cards)
Hair highlighting/lowlighting
Is hanging a person’s hair color, using lightener or haircolor to lift the level or brightness of hair strands.
hairbrush
a brush for arranging or smoothing a person’s hair.
Hairdresser
a person who cuts and styles hair as an occupation.
Hairdryer
An electrical device for drying a person’s hair by blowing warm air over it.
Half an hour
A period of thirty minutes.
- A slide show presented every half hour
a point in time thirty minutes after any full hour of the clock.
Plural noun: half-hours; noun: half hour; plural noun: half hours
- The library clock struck the half hour
You could say “a half hour” or “half an hour”. The article choice depends on where in a phrase you place it.
Would you ever say “I’ll be back in hour”? No, because while possibly legal, the use of the article “an” would be needed to make it sound like a native English speaker.
Half - life
(Symbol t½). The time required for a quantity (of substance) to reduce to half of its initial value. The term is commonly used in nuclear physics to describe how quickly unstable atoms undergo radioactive decay or how long stable atoms survive.
Hall
- an area in a building onto which rooms open; a corridor.
- a large room for meetings, concerts, or other events.
- “Carnegie Hall”
- “he dined in hall”
- “the hall at the front contains a spiral staircase”
Hammer
A hand tool consisting of a solid head set crosswise on a handle and used for pounding
Hammock
a bed made of canvas or of rope mesh and suspended by cords at the ends, used as garden furniture or on board a ship.
Handmade
Made by hand, not by machine, and typically therefore of superior quality
- His expensive handmade leather shoes
Handshake
An act of shaking a person’s hand with one’s own, used as a greeting or to finalize an agreement.
- They concluded the deal with a handshake
hanger
a shaped piece of wood, plastic, or metal with a hook at the top, from which clothes may be hung in order to keep them in shape and free of creases.
Harbour
A place on the coast where vessels may find shelter, especially one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures
Hardworking
: constantly, regularly, or habitually engaged in earnest and energetic work
He was a unique character and such a hard-working chap. Some of the most successful people are hard-working and smart and good to be around. They are good hard-working representatives in their seats. The people were hard-working but lacked education.
Hatch
A bird such as a hen that sits on eggs to incubate them can be said to hatch the eggs.
“eggs need to be put in a warm place to hatch”
Haughty
Arrogantly superior and disdainful.
“a look of haughty disdain”
Have a go at
Make an attempt at; try.
- “Let me have a go at straightening the rim”
Attack or criticize.
- “She’s always having a go at me”
He doesn’t mean it
Expression. He doesn’t say in real
Hook
A curved or bent device for catching, holding, or pulling
Hence
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hence adverb (THEREFORE)
that is the reason or explanation for: His mother was Italian, hence his name - Luca. Peter’s leaving at the end of this week - hence his anxiety to get his work finished.
Henpecked
continually criticized and given orders by one’s wife or female partner (typically used of a man).
“his father, a henpecked husband, is petrified to raise a voice”
Head for
Proceed or go in a certain direction, as in I’m heading for town, or I believe Karen and Jane are heading for a big quarrel. This expression, which uses head in the sense of “advance toward,” is occasionally amplified with a figurative destination, especially in the American West.
I’ve told him that he’s heading for trouble, but he doesn’t listen - it’s just water off a duck’s back. I’ve heard a whisper that they’re heading for divorce. You’re heading for trouble. You’ll be heading for trouble if you don’t get those brakes fixed.
Heading towards
To start physically moving toward someone or something. I’m heading toward the west entrance because I thought that’s where you are! Head toward the second floor—Joan is waiting for you there.
Greece is heading towards its third “bailout”. …
Annual growth was heading towards 10%. …
Is the country heading towards fascism? …
“This season is heading towards disaster. …
Now, it is heading towards normality. …
The west – heading towards recession.
Healing
Noun
* The process of making or becoming sound or healthy again. Ex: “The gift of healing”
Adjective
* Tending to heal; therapeutic.Ex: “A healing experience”
