grup 9 Flashcards
stable - 1
Stable people don’t get neurotic easily.
shrink - 2
1- Hot water shrinks woolen clothes.
2- Greenbelt areas are shrinking day by day owing to some unconscious behaviours.
come of age - 1
You can’t vote until you come of age.
couldn’t agree more - 1
Mt parents say that there is far too much violence on TV and I couldn’t agree more.
bliss - 1
I don’t have to get up early on holiday, it’s sheer bliss.
meddle - 2
1- I wish you wouldn’t meddle in my affairs.
2- Kids are always meddling with ornaments.
snub - 1
Some students may snub their teachers on the way.
impending - 1
As she felt a feeling of impending disaster, she postponed the flight.
prattle - 1
What are you prattling about? Shut up!
flammable - 1
Petrol is highly flammable.
hum - 1
Stop humming, you’re distracting me.
crook - 1
The two crooks stole the old woman’s jewels.
go for - 1
If you want to attend a good university, go for it.
tempt - 1
If you leave your valuables in the car, it may tempt thieves.
principally - 1
Turkish people’s problem is principally economy.
mediocre - 1
I think the film was rather mediocre.
rinse - 1
I rinse my hair very well.
demolish - 1
They are demolishing the old buildings in the city centre.
dramatic - 2
1- There has been a dramatic rise in unemployment recently.
2- Bungee jumping must be dramatic.
settle in - 1
How is your new school? Are you settling in OK?
rattle - 2
1- Keep calm, don’t let yourself get rattled.
2- The coins rattled in the money box.
amiss - 1
Everything has gone amiss today.
musty - 1
You must air the musty room.
hush up - 1
No matter how hard they tried to hush up the scandal, the news soon leaked out.
manifest - 1
She is a manifest liar.
spurn - 1
She spurned his offer of marriage by meaning his poverty.
tether - 1
He tethered the dog to a post.
soothe - 2
1- Crying soothes girls.
2- The painkiller soothed the pain.
see off - 1
They saw me off at the bus station.
jubilant - 1
That she won the first prize made her jubilant.
industrious - 1
Industrious students always compete with each other.
savour - 1
We savoured every moment of the fun fair.
rail - 1
The workers went on a strike to rail against their low salaries.
tease out - 1
My brother teased his birthday present out of me.
intersperse - 1
His speech was interspersed with cheers.
battered - 2
1- We changed our battered furniture.
2- There is a shelter called “Mor Çatı” for battered women.
truant - 1
There are many truants hanging out in streets.
