Inacio chap.6 Flashcards
awful
adj.: AW-ful (very good but you didn’t add the translation)
» Very bad or unpleasant:
“The cheese had an AWFUL smell.”
> > Used to emphasize the extent of something, especially something unpleasant or negative:
“The author is talented, but his new book is AWFUL.”
staring
verb: STARE
[steər] (just capitalize the letters that are stressed)
present participle STARING, past tense and past participle STARED
> > Look fixedly:
“The couple STARED into each other’s eyes.” (where is the sentence from the book?)
discovered
verb: dis-CO-ver
[dih-SKUHV-er]
(missing- sentence from the book/ translation)
‘Fleming DISCOVERED penicillin early in the twentieth century.’
faced
adj.: FACED
[FEYST] (does this help you?)
> > Having a face or expression of a specified kind:
“Smile-FACED picture.” ( this sentence is not correct)
> > The front or surface of something:
“We need political commitment to overcome the difficulties FACED by European integration. “
total
Adj.: TO-tal
[TOHT-l]
(incomplete)
The TOTAL cost of the work was $800.
responsibility
noun: responsiBILity
[ri-spon-suh-BIL-i-tee]
(incomplete)
It is your RESPONSIBILITY to make sure that the work is done on time.
challenge
noun: CHALLenge
[CHAL-inj]
> > Something difficult that tests your ability
“Managing a large team is quite a CHALLENGE.”
> > A call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength:
“He accepted the CHALLENGE.”
For one thing
PHRASE
Used to introduce one of two or more possible reasons for something, the remainder of which may or may not be stated.
“Why hadn’t he arranged to see her at the house? FOR ONE THING, it would have been warmer.”
comfortable
adj.: COMfortable
[KUHM-fer-tuh-buh l]
“The child slept well in the COMFORTABLE bed.”
was about to
PHRASE
be about to
“The ceremony WAS ABOUT TO begin.”
no longer
PHRASE
no longer
“They NO LONGER live here.”
“Confab also evaluates the community’s ability to maintain the project, even if the company were NO LONGER present.”
Although
conjunction: Although
[awl-TH OH]
He’s coming tomorrow, ALTHOUGH I don’t know what time.
differences
noun: DIF-ference
[dɪf·rəns]
There’s a big DIFFERENCE in age between them.
alike
alike
[uh-LAHYK]
ADJECTIVE
similar to each other.
“The brothers were very much ALIKE.”
ADVERB
In the same or a similar way.
“They dressed ALIKE in black trousers and jackets.”
marriage
noun: MARRiage
[MAR-ij]
> > the legal relationship of two people who are married:
“It was a very happy MARRIAGE.”
