cloth, money Flashcards
material
(n) 1 [countable, uncountable] cloth used for making clothes, curtains etc…….. SYN fabric
1. curtain material
2.She bought some pretty dress material.
2. Man-made fabrics such as polyester are easy to wash and iron.
curtain
(n)(countable) a piece of hanging cloth that can be pulled across to cover a window, divide a room etc
1. Ella drew the curtains and switched the light on.
2. Shall I open the curtains?
object
(n) (THING) [countable] a solid thing that you can hold, touch, or see but that is not alive
1. an everyday object such as a spoon
2. a small metal object
article
(n) (OBJECT) (formal) a thing, especially one of a group of things ……SYN item
1. household articles
2. She only took a few articles of clothing with her.
stuff
(THINGS) (informal)noun [uncountable] used when you are talking about things such as substances, materials, or groups of objects when you do not know what they are called, or it is not important to say exactly what they are
1. I’ve got some sticky stuff on my shoe.
2. Where’s all the camping stuff?
3. How do you think you’re going to fit all that stuff into the car?
denim
(n) [uncountable] a type of strong cotton cloth used especially to make jeans
1. He was wearing denim jeans and a denim jacket.
purse
/pɜːs $ pɜːrs/ noun
a small bag in which women keep paper money, coins, cards etc SYN wallet American English
1. Julie opened her handbag and took out her purse.
well off
adj
/ˌwel ˈɑːf/
rich:
1.Her family was very well off.
2.[ before noun ] a well-off neighborhood
elite
[ C, + sing/pl verb ]
/iˈliːt/
the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society:
1.the country’s educated elite
prosperity
noun [ U ]
/prɑːˈsper.ə.t̬i/
the state of being successful and having a lot of money:
1.A country’s future prosperity depends, to an extent, upon the quality of education of its people.
2.The war was followed by a long period of peace and prosperity.
alien
adjective
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/
[ before noun ]
relating to creatures from another planet:
1.an alien spacecraft
2.It is alen to them.
prosperity
noun [ U ]
/prɑːˈsper.ə.t̬i/
the state of being successful and having a lot of money:
1.A country’s future prosperity depends, to an extent, upon the quality of education of its people.
2.The war was followed by a long period of peace and prosperity.