G Flashcards
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grave (n./a.)
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1.the place in the ground where a dead body is buried
- grave problems, situations or worries are very great or bad
- looking or sounding quiet and serious, especially because something important or worrying has happened
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gossip (n./v.)
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- information that is passed from one person to another about other people’s behavior and private lives, often including unkind or untrue remarks
- a conversation in which you exchange information with someone about other people’s lives and things that have happened
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1.to talk about other people’s behavior and private lives, often including remarks that are unkind or untrue
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glory (n./v.)
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- an achievement that is greatly admired or respected or makes you very proud
- when something is beautiful and impressive in appearance
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grain
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- the natural lines you can see in a substance such as wood, which are the result of its structure
- a single very small piece of a substance such as sand or salt
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glimpse (n./v.)
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- a quick look at someone or something that does not allow you to see them clearly
- a short experience of something that helps you begin to understand it
- to see someone or something for a moment without getting a complete view of them
- to begin to understand something for a moment
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gesture (n./v.)
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- a movement of part of your body, especially your hands or head, to show what you mean or how you feel
- something that you say or do, often something small, to show how you feel about someone or something
1.to move your hand, arm, or head to tell someone something, or show them what you mean
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germ
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- a very small living thing that can make you ill
2. the early stage of an idea, feeling etc that may develop into something bigger and more important
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grant (v./n.)
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- to give someone something or allow them to have something that they have asked for
- to admit that something is true although it does not make much difference to your opinion
1.an amount of money given to someone, especially by the government, for a particular purpose
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gap
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- a space between two objects or two parts of an object, especially because something is missing
- a big difference between two situations, amounts, groups of people etc
- something missing that stops something else from being good or complete
- a period of time when nothing is happening, that exists between two other periods of time when something is happening
- a low place between two higher parts of a mountain