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- Anthony
- My name is Anthony Prato and I teach English as a Second Language at The City University of New York (http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/clip/) and Columbia University (http://ce.columbia.edu/node/295). I have been an ESL teacher for 6 years, and a teacher or trainer for 10 years.
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ReplyDeleteSwallow (verb)
If you swallow something, you cause it go from your outh do into yor stomach.
Ex)He swallowed the small pill that his motherhanded him.
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plea (Noun)
A plea is an appeal or request for something. made n anintense or emotional way.
Ex) Instead, as result of father's plea Gabriel had been labeled Uncertain and given the additional year.
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Expose (Verb)
To expose something that is usally hidden ms to uncover it so that it can be seen.
Ex)I don't want to expos you to danger.
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Avert (verb)
If you avert your eyes or gaze om someone or something, you look away from them.
Ex) He saw the others inhis group glance at him and then avert their eyes quickly.
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Ill at ease (Adj)
Feel nervous or uneasy.
Ex) The audience was clearly ill at ease.
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ReplyDeletefragment (noun) : a part broken off or
detached. Example : Scattered fragments of
the broken vase.
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perspire (verb) : to secrete a salty, watery
fluid from the sweat glands of the skin, esp
Example : My palms are already perspiring.
3. Page42, 5th line from down.
relinquish (verb) : to renounce or
surrrender Example : I’m not willing to
relinquish that right.
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resume (verb) : to take up or go on with
again after interruption,continue.
Example : They will resume talks tomorrow.
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hush (verb) : to become or be silent or
quiet. Example : He told me to hush.
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ReplyDeleteWIGGLE (Verb):to move or go with short, quick, irregular movements from side to side: The puppies wiggled with delight.
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HOVER (verb): to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
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TATTLETALE (adjective): telltale; revealing: a tattletale smear of lipstick on his collar.
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BEYOND (Preposition): on, at, or to the farther side of: Beyond those trees you'll find his house. Farther on than; more distant than: beyond the horizon; beyond the sea.(adverb): farther on or away: as far as the house and beyond.
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TRIMMING (Noun): Anything used or serving to decorate or complete: the trimmings of a Christmas tree.
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ReplyDeleteGurgling (V) : make a bubbling sound as of water from a bottle . EX : The baby gurgling after his feeding .
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Pause (V) : a break in speaking or reading a silence . EX : He paused a lot before reading his story .
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Stirring (adj) : stimulating , exciting , rousing . EX : His first stirrings when he saw sad movie .
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Brightened (V) : make or become brighter . EX : He brightened when his father bought a laptop for him .
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Interdependent (adj) : an authoritative prohibition . EX : I like countries with interdependent people .
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perspire(verb) to sweat
speech: I was perspiring because it was so warm
sample sentence: after runnig two miles i was perspiring and I've almost been flooded in my sweat.
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swallow:(verb) to consume food through the mouth into the stomack/to take in
Page:speech: now he swallowed the small pill that his mother handed him.
sample sentence: i've to swallow three small pills every day
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cheerfully(adverb): gladness joyfully,happiness.
speech: "next year I get my bicycle,too" she added more cheerfully
Sample sentence: I always think about my parents cheerfully.
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Profound:(noun) intense, intellectual/very deep, endless, bottomless
speech: the profound importance of assignment.
Sample sentence: the president has a profound sense of responsability.
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Anguish(noun): extreme pain either of body or mind, acute suffering, deep sadness.
speech: Icaused you anguish.
Sample sentence:it makes me anguish whether i could not get something that I like too much.
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ReplyDelete1.length(noun),P.36,27th line:
ReplyDeletethe longest extent of anything asmeasured from end to end.
Example:The length of the movie is two hours.
2.grasp(verb),P.39,17th line:
to take hold of or seize firmly with or as if with the hand.
Example:The little girl grasped her mother's arm.
3.interdependence(noun),P.40,21th line:
a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
Example:People would have to help each other and learn interdependence.
4.consciousness(noun),P.44,17th line:
the state of being conscious;awareness of one's own existence,sensations,thoughts,surroundings.
Example:She had a consciousness that someone else was in the dark room.
5.meticulously(adv),P.48,20th line:
extremely careful and precise.
Example:The community was so meticulously.