Ways of and figures of speech Flashcards

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To stare

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Top deliberately look at someone or something for a long time without moving your eyes.

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To gaze

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To look at someone or something for a long time without realizing you are doing it.

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To gape

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To look at someone or something for a long time with your mouth open showing surprise or shock.

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To gawk

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To stare, to gape stupidly.

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To glance

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To look at someone or something quickly by raising your eyes and then lowering them again.

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To peep

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to look at someone or something quickly, secretly through a small space or opening.

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To take one look

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To look quickly at someone or something you have not seen before, and immediately decide what your opinion of them is.

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To wink

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To quickly close and open one eye, in a way that shows someone that you know something.

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To blink

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To shut and open the eyes quickly.

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To scan

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  1. To look at someone or something attentively, to run parts over every part of something.
  2. To glance at someone or something quickly but not thoroughly.
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To spot

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To see or notice something or someone, usually because you are looking hard.

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To recognize

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to know someone or something because you have seen, heard or experienced them before.

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To scrutinize

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To examine something very carefully in order to discover information.

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To examine

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To look at or consider a person or thing carefully and in detail in order to discover something about them.

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To stride

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To walk quickly, taking large steps because you feel confident, angry or determined, or you are in a hurry.

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To march

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To walk quickly with firm steps, because to feel angry or determined.

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To pace

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To walk backwards and forwards within a small area because you feel nervous, bored, or angry.

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To tiptoe

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To walk on the front part of your feet but not on your heels, because you want to avoid making noise.

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To creep

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To walk quietly, slowly and carefully, so that no one notices you.

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To creep

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To walk quietly, slowly and carefully, so that no one notices you.

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To sneak

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To walk quietly, trying to hide from someone, because you are doing something wrong and you do not want to be caught.

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To roam

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To walk around freely and with no particular aim.

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To wander

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to walk around with no particular aim and with no particular direction, in a place you don’t know or when you are lost.

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To loiter

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To move slowly around or stand especially in a public place with an obvious reason.

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To ramble
To walk for pleasure, especially in the countryside.
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To lurk
To wait or move in a secret way do that you cannot be seen, especially because you are about to attack someone or do something wrong.
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To stray
To travel along a route that was not originally intended, or to move beyond a limited area. To lose the way, get lost.
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To strut
To walk in a proud way trying to look important.
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To rush
To go or do something very quickly.
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To scramble
To move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands to help you.
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To whisper
A way of speaking very quietly, so that only the person clase beside you can hear you.
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To moan
To make a long low sound of pain, suffering or another strong emotion.
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To express yourself
To communicate what you think or feel, by speaking or writing, or in another way.
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To snap
To say something suddenly in an angry way.
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To utter
To say something or to make a sound with your voice.
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To gossip
Conversation or reports about other people's private lives that might be unkind, disapproving, or not true.
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To lecture
An angry or serious talk given to someone in order to criticize their behavior.
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To discuss
To talk about a subject with someone and tell each other your ideas or opinions.
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To call
To ask someone to come to you.
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To stammer
To speak to say something with unusual pauses or repeated sounds, either because of speech problems or because of fear and anxiety.
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Guffaw
To laugh crudely or noisily.
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Giggle
To laugh nervously or foolishly.
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Chortle
To laugh with pleasure or delight.
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Snigger
To laugh disrespectfully or furtively.
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Jeer
To scoff or mock. To laugh and speak about a person or idea in a way which shows that you think they are stu[id and ridiculous.
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To wiggle
To move your toes, fingers, bottom, etc. with a series of small movements because it gives you pleasure.
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To shrug
To lift the shoulders slightly in order to show indifference, doubt, etc.
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To stretch
To make wider, longer or tighter by pulling.
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To swing
To move or cause to mov, forwards and backwards on in a curve.
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To sway
To move, first to one side and then to the other.
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To bow
To bend the head and body as a sign of respect, as a greeting, or in submission.
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To bend
To force into a curve or angle.
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To dangle
To hang or swing loosely; to carry something so that it hangs or swings loosely.
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To drag
To pull along, with effort and difficulty.
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To cross
To go across; to pass from one side to the other side.
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To curl (up)
To make into curls; twist.
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To nod
To bow the head slightly and quickly as a sign of agreement or as a familiar greeting.
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To kneel
To go down on the knees.
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To shake
To move from side to side, or up and sown with quick movements.
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To lounge
To sit, stand leaning against something in a lazy way.
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Simile
A competition using "like" or "as".
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Alliteration
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
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Onomatopeia
Words whose sound suggests its meaning.
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Cliche
Something becomes a cliche when it is overused (time is money, love is blind, etc).
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Metonymy
When a word becomes linked with another to the point where it can stand for that word (Please lend me your ears -> escúchame).
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Foreshadow
To give implicit things something is going to happen.
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Elipsis
To omit something.
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Metaphor
A figure of speech stating two things are similar.
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Idiom
A phrase that has a meaning different from the dictionary definition (the test was a piece of cake).
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Personification
Giving human qualities to things and ideas.
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Hyperbole
An extravagant exaggeration.
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Synecdoche
When a part of something is used to mean the whole (usually used with brands). "Can you pass me the savora (instead of mostaza).
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Symbolism
Use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
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Assonance
The repetition of vowels.
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Imagery
Words that evoke senses.
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Allusion
Refer to some historical previous event.
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Paradox
Absurd or contradictory statement / statement that goes against common sense. "Save money by spending it".
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Binomials
Expressions in which two words are joined by conjunction (usually and). "Give and take" "Heaven and hell"