Nice Group of people sharing dinner on a rainy night...

Nice Group of people sharing dinner on a rainy night...

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

VOCABULARY Focus 1:

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Nursery school         Chipmunk: /ˈtʃɪp.mʌŋk/       Skunk: /skʌŋk/

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Fatiguing: /fəˈtiː.ɡɪŋ/     Futile: /ˈfjuː.taɪl/          Zest: /zest/

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Roughened voice: /ˈrʌf.ən vɔɪs/     Tug: /tʌɡ/


Bugs:  a very small insect ( also: illness, computer problem, to annoy someone)

Window sill:  a flat piece of wood, stone, etc. which forms the base of a window or door

Creek: a little river

Crick: a painful, usually sudden stiffness in a group of muscles in the neck or back

To Spill: to (cause to) flow, move, fall, or spread over the edge or outside the limits of something:

To Relapse: /rɪˈlæps/ to become ill or start behaving badly again, after making an improvement

Sly: seeming to know secrets / deceiving people in a clever way in order to get what you want

To Rap on the door: to hit or say something suddenly and forcefully

Clench: to close or hold something very tightly, often in a determined or angry way

To Scrunch up his face: to make your face or part of your face into a tightshape in order to show an emotion, or to go into a tight shape that expresses anemotion:

To Whine: to make a long, high, sad sound: If you whine, especially as a child, you complain or express disappointment or unhappiness repeatedly

Rheumy: /ˈruː.mi/ rheumy eyes have a lot of water in them and are not clear: The old man peered at him with rheumy eyes.

To rummage: /ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ/ to search for something by moving things around carelessly and looking into, under, and behind them: She rummaged in/through all the drawers, looking for a pen.

To feign: /feɪn/ to pretend to feel something, usually an emotion

smugly: in a way that shows too much satisfaction or confidence:"I own three cars and two boats," he said smugly.

Curtly: If someone's manner or speech is curt, it is rude as a result of being very quick

Cranky: easily annoyed or upset

rumbled      lacrosse    pick-up-sticks     apprehensive    "of all the nerve!"

dabbling      fright     skittered off    underbrush     astounded      lima beans

pie-Oh-My dessert      crouching       gingerly      heave         smock 

       weariness          baseboards

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