extensive reading 3 Flashcards
to be nice, have a special treatment
to have a soft place in one’s heart for
quiet and easy to influence, persuade, or control
docile
to reduce or remove the effect of something unwanted by producing an opposite effect
to counteract
an occasion when you allow someone or yourself to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for you
indulgence
to collect large amounts of something and keep it for yourself, often in a secret place
to hoard (like a magpie)
to turn out to be a great shock
to cost a pang
to walk with small, delicate steps, in a way that does not look natural
to mince
to close an entrance or container so that nothing can enter or leave it
to seal up
a large, white bird with very long legs that walks around in water to find its food
a stork
to feel a strong desire to sleep or to fall asleep
to drop with sleep
to cause difficulty to someone, or to cause someone to feel angry, annoyed, or upset
to vex
permission or agreement
consent
to try to change or have an influence on things that are not your responsibility, especially by criticizing in a damaging or annoying way
to meddle in
bad and impossible to change or improve
incorrigible
to persuade someone gently to do something or go somewhere, by being kind and patient, or by appearing to be
to coax
the act of hurting someone or doing something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you
retaliation
to reproach smb
to crow smb over with smth
behaving in a way that is slightly bad or wrong, but that is not too serious
roguish
someone who has done something wrong
culprit
strong feelings of not approving of something or someone
disapprobation
a sudden period of uncontrolled anger like a young child’s
tantrum
the quality of being unreasonably determined, especially to act in a particular way and not to change at all, despite what anyone else says
obstinacy
to get control or influence
to prevail on
to cause repeated suffering or anxiety
(of a ghost) to appear in a place repeatedly
to haunt
to welcome someone, or signal the beginning of something
to usher smth/ smb in
to satisfy a need or wish
to quench
an occasion when many large animals or many people suddenly all move quickly and in an uncontrolled way, usually in the same direction at the same time, especially because of fear
stampede
to stay in one place in the air, usually by moving the wings quickly
to stand somewhere, especially near another person, eagerly or nervously waiting for their attention
to stay at or near a particular level
to hover about
to find yourself in position of not understanding or realizing something
to be taken unawares
to ask for something in a way that shows you need it very much
to beseech
