Wonder Story Flashcards
vocabulary (145 cards)
you can’t blend in when you born to stand out
ولدت لتكون فرديا، لا تحاول ان تكون عاديا
blend in
.1: to look like things nearby
The fish settles on the sandy ocean bottom where it blends in perfectly.
2: to look like one belongs with a particular group
She tried to blend in by dressing like the other girls.
—often + with
I’ve always found it difficult to blend in with my peers.
3: to add (something) to a mixture or substance and mix it thoroughly
Mix the first three ingredients together, then blend in the cream.
Blend the white paint in last.
blend into
to gradually become the same as or part of (something)
One color blends into another.
where the city blends into the suburbs
2: to look like (one’s surroundings)
The animal’s dark fur enables it to blend into the forest.
3: to look like one belongs in (something)
He tried to blend into the crowd.
A good journalist can easily blend into a community.
petrified
petrified adjective
1. converted into stone through a slow process of mineralization, or a substance like stone over a very long period of time
petrified wood
: overwhelmingly fearful
very afraid or frightened of something : unable to move or act because you are afraid
Far away
Long-distance - dreamy
- Adject - Grader Adjective
a Walk in the park
Something ( task, activity) that is so easy and effortless to accomplish
Cleft Palate
: congenital fissure of the roof of the mouth
farting
Verb to allow gases from your stomach to come out through your anus
* old fart Countable noun
rush out
- To exit, escape, or depart (from something or some place) very quickly or all at once.
People came rushing out of the burning building. - To cause or direct someone or something to exit, escape, or depart (from something or some place) in a very hasty or frantic manner. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can used between “rush” and “out.”
The security guards rushed everyone out of the building after the first gunshot went off. - To develop and release some product very hastily, especially resulting in a reduction in quality. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between “rush” and “out.”
had fainted
- without strength; weak; feeble
- without courage or hope; timid
- done without strength, vigor, or enthusiasm; halfhearted
- feeling weak and dizzy, as if about to swoon
- dim; indistinct; unclear
- far from certain
a faint chance
NOUN - a condition of temporary loss of consciousness as a result of an inadequate flow of blood to the brain; swoon
- [pl.]
the crude, impure spirits given off in the first and last stages of the distillation of liquor
VERB INTRANSITIVE - to fall into a faint; swoon often with away
- Archaic
a. to weaken; languish
b. to lose courage or hope
bummed
Adjective us. Informal / bad-unhappy -dipressed- disappointed
figures
number/amount important person person or person’s shape mathematical shape drawing in a book
duel
1: a combat between two persons
specifically : a formal combat with weapons fought between two persons in the presence of witnesses
2: a conflict between antagonistic persons, ideas, or forces
also : a hard-fought contest between two opponents
Case Closed - Period (Literature)
“Case closed” could be used in a friendly conversation as long as you made it clear you were not annoyed.
“Case closed” might be perceived as a slightly dismissive way to end a conversation.
It is perhaps a bit abrupt to use with people you do not know, unless you are actually ordering or instructing them to cease the discussion.
It could be considered the kind of phrase a husband (an old-fashioned & rude husband) might use to silence his wife, if he feels she is arguing with him.
The phrase originated in the legal courts.
At the conclusion of a trial, the judge would say “Case Closed” & bang his gavel.
It can have the flavor of an authoritarian judgement.
shrugging
the action of moving your shoulders up and then dropping them
a very short cardigan that covers only the chest and the upper back
She wanted a shrug or jacket to wear with her dress.
Beecher Pep.
the name od school in Wonder Story
pat
pat on my knees
VERB TRANSITIVE
Word forms: ˈpatted or ˈpatting
5.
a. to tap, touch, or stroke quickly or gently, esp. with the hand, as in affection, sympathy, or encouragement
b. to tap or stroke lightly with something flat
6. to flatten, shape, apply, etc. by patting
ADJECTIVE 1. apt; timely; opportune 2. exactly suitable 3. so glibly plausible as to seem contrived 4. designating a poker hand to which no cards are drawn because of the unlikelihood of improving it ADVERB 5. in a pat manner Idioms: have (down) pat stand pat
on (one’s pat)
pat down
2. To put one’s hands on someone’s body in order to search them for something, especially weaponry or prohibited substances. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between “pat” and “down.”
1. To tamp down the surface of some substance in order to smooth, flatten, or pack it. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between “pat” and “down.”
Lightly pat the soil down after planting the seed, leaving it loose enough for water to get through.
NOUN
- a light blow with something flat
- a gentle slap
- a small mass of something
a pat of butter - the sound made by a light stroke or light footsteps
- pat on the back
Pat 2
have/get (something) down pat (redirected from have down pat)
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have/get (something) down pat (Amercian English./ off pat(British)
To learn, master, or understand something perfectly, to the point of requiring little or no focus to do, recall, or accomplish it.
- I know it’s a little tricky getting the hang of the machine, but keep at it, and you’ll have it off pat in no time.
- My sister is such a musical prodigy that she can have a song off pat after listening to it only once or twice.
Make sure you practice these equations until you have them down pat.
I got my routine down pat so there wouldn’t be any room for error during the performance.
stand pat
[mainly US]
to not change something or refuse to change your mind about something
There are certain issues on which Britain would stand pat and insist on
reach
reach over/out : To me, “reached over” means to physically extend your arm to reach over to get something, or to reach over (above) something else to get something. (He reached over and turned off the alarm clock….. I reached over and picked up the plate.)
“reached out to “ unphysically can mean to literally extend your arms (he reached out to me and I took his hand…) or it can have a metaphorical meaning (he reached out to me for help) meaning, he came to me for help or asked me for help, with no actual extending of the arms.
reach out to
squeeze
INTRANSITIVE/TRANSITIVE to press something firmly, especially with your hands
Ruth smiled, squeezing his hand affectionately.
TRANSITIVE to press something such as a liquid out of something
She squeezed some cream onto her hands.
freshly-squeezed orange juice
INTRANSITIVE to get through or into a small space
He had squeezed through a hole in the fence.
Passengers were trying to squeeze onto the bus.
TRANSITIVE if you squeeze your eyes shut, you close them tightly
TRANSITIVE to make someone have financial trouble, for example by raising prices, cutting a supply of money, or increasing competition
Supermarkets are accused of squeezing both customers and suppliers
: to cause economic hardship to
c: to reduce the amount of
squeezes profits
TRANSITIVE to fit or move someone or something through or into a small space
We can only squeeze one more thing into the bag.
The letters were squeezed together so you could hardly read them.
squeeze 2
squeeze out - to stop smth from continue-
(squeeze something out of someone) to make someone tell you something even though they do not want to
forced out to
squeeze in
to be able to do something, even though you do not have much time
I can squeeze a meeting in early tomorrow morning.
Nevin squeezed in a third goal just before the end of the game
grown-up
adults - peole who is an adult and have a big mind
verb
grow up - something happened in childhood - stop doing like babyish/ silly things/ a child becames old
grow up on - to do things you do a lot or do when you were a child
admissions process
(1): the act or process of accepting someone as a student at a school
: the right or permission to join or enter a place, a group, etc.
admissions
also : someone who is so admitted
: a fee paid for entering a place (such as a theater or museum)
confessions / statement that something is true especially you have done it and you sorry about it .
admission of: an admission of guilt
admission that: The admission that her drug test had been altered shocked us all.
by someone’s own admission: His contribution was, by his own admission, very small.
: acknowledgment that a fact or statement is true
ca revealing statement
an admission of failure