LETTER H Flashcards
Hair highlighting/lowlighting
Is hanging a person’s hair color, using lightener or haircolor to lift the level or brightness of hair strands.
hairbrush
a brush for arranging or smoothing a person’s hair.
Hairdresser
a person who cuts and styles hair as an occupation.
Hairdryer
An electrical device for drying a person’s hair by blowing warm air over it.
Half an hour
A period of thirty minutes.
- A slide show presented every half hour
a point in time thirty minutes after any full hour of the clock.
Plural noun: half-hours; noun: half hour; plural noun: half hours
- The library clock struck the half hour
You could say “a half hour” or “half an hour”. The article choice depends on where in a phrase you place it.
Would you ever say “I’ll be back in hour”? No, because while possibly legal, the use of the article “an” would be needed to make it sound like a native English speaker.
Half - life
(Symbol t½). The time required for a quantity (of substance) to reduce to half of its initial value. The term is commonly used in nuclear physics to describe how quickly unstable atoms undergo radioactive decay or how long stable atoms survive.
Hall
- an area in a building onto which rooms open; a corridor.
- a large room for meetings, concerts, or other events.
- “Carnegie Hall”
- “he dined in hall”
- “the hall at the front contains a spiral staircase”
Hammer
A hand tool consisting of a solid head set crosswise on a handle and used for pounding
Hammock
a bed made of canvas or of rope mesh and suspended by cords at the ends, used as garden furniture or on board a ship.
Handmade
Made by hand, not by machine, and typically therefore of superior quality
- His expensive handmade leather shoes
Handshake
An act of shaking a person’s hand with one’s own, used as a greeting or to finalize an agreement.
- They concluded the deal with a handshake
hanger
a shaped piece of wood, plastic, or metal with a hook at the top, from which clothes may be hung in order to keep them in shape and free of creases.
Harbour
A place on the coast where vessels may find shelter, especially one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures
Hardworking
: constantly, regularly, or habitually engaged in earnest and energetic work
He was a unique character and such a hard-working chap. Some of the most successful people are hard-working and smart and good to be around. They are good hard-working representatives in their seats. The people were hard-working but lacked education.
Hatch
A bird such as a hen that sits on eggs to incubate them can be said to hatch the eggs.
“eggs need to be put in a warm place to hatch”
Haughty
Arrogantly superior and disdainful.
“a look of haughty disdain”
Have a go at
Make an attempt at; try.
- “Let me have a go at straightening the rim”
Attack or criticize.
- “She’s always having a go at me”
He doesn’t mean it
Expression. He doesn’t say in real
Hook
A curved or bent device for catching, holding, or pulling
Hence
A
hence adverb (THEREFORE)
that is the reason or explanation for: His mother was Italian, hence his name - Luca. Peter’s leaving at the end of this week - hence his anxiety to get his work finished.
Henpecked
continually criticized and given orders by one’s wife or female partner (typically used of a man).
“his father, a henpecked husband, is petrified to raise a voice”
Head for
Proceed or go in a certain direction, as in I’m heading for town, or I believe Karen and Jane are heading for a big quarrel. This expression, which uses head in the sense of “advance toward,” is occasionally amplified with a figurative destination, especially in the American West.
I’ve told him that he’s heading for trouble, but he doesn’t listen - it’s just water off a duck’s back. I’ve heard a whisper that they’re heading for divorce. You’re heading for trouble. You’ll be heading for trouble if you don’t get those brakes fixed.
Heading towards
To start physically moving toward someone or something. I’m heading toward the west entrance because I thought that’s where you are! Head toward the second floor—Joan is waiting for you there.
Greece is heading towards its third “bailout”. …
Annual growth was heading towards 10%. …
Is the country heading towards fascism? …
“This season is heading towards disaster. …
Now, it is heading towards normality. …
The west – heading towards recession.
Healing
Noun
* The process of making or becoming sound or healthy again. Ex: “The gift of healing”
Adjective
* Tending to heal; therapeutic.Ex: “A healing experience”
Hear me out
Listen to someone until they have finished speaking, without interrupting them
Heck no
No, but with a strong feeling. For example: A: Do you like Tiffany? B: Heck no.
Heel
the back of the human foot below the ankle and behind the arch.
“He scuffed a pit in the snow with the heel of his shoe.”
“I’ve broken the heel on my shoe”
“wear shoes with a low heel for comfort”
“He rubbed his eye with the heel of his palm and smiled widely.”
Hello in telephone
Say hello
Hike
- a long walk, especially in the country or wilderness.
“a five-mile hike across rough terrain” - walk for a long distance, especially across country or in the woods.
“we planned to hike another mile up a steep trail”
Hello Mr (or other)
Good morning or other
Greeting formal
Heritage
Property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance.
- They had stolen his grandfather’s heritage
A special or individual possession; an allotted portion.
- God’s love remains your heritage
Hide and seek game
A children’s game in which one player does not look while others hide and then goes to find them.
Hiking
The activity of going for long walks, especially in the country or woods
- She enjoys hiking and climbing in her spare time
Hilarious
Funny
Hint
A slight or indirect indication or suggestion.
- He has given no hint of his views.
His bundle
In 1893, Wilhelm His Jr. discovered the physical link that electrically bridges the atria and ventricles of the heart. [1] This specialized muscle bundle connecting the atrial and ventricular chambers of the heart is now known as the bundle of His
Hitched a ride
To get a ride in a passing vehicle
Hill
A naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain
- She parked on a steep hill
- They were climbing a steep hill in low gear
Holy cow
surprising, shocking, or impressive
Home health aide
a trained and certified health-care worker who provides assistance to a patient in the home with personal care (as hygiene and exercise) and light household duties (as meal preparation) and who monitors the patient’s condition. abbreviation HHA
Homemade
Made at home, rather than in a store or factory
homesharing
an arrangement by which two or more unrelated people share a dwelling within which each retains a private space. A shared arrangement might involved a homeowner and renter, or two or more people renting a house or apartment together.
Homogenized
Subjected to a process in which the fat droplets are emulsified and the cream does not separate.
- Homogenized milk
Made uniform or similar
- A homogenized society
Hop
Move by jumping on one foot.
A hopping movement. Ex: place the rabbit on the floor to have a hop around
Host
- a person who receives or entertains other people as guests.
“a dinner-party host” - an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives.
*act as host at (an event) or for (a television or radio program).
“Canada was asked to host a Commonwealth conference in Ottawa”
*store (a website or other data) on a server or other computer so that it can be accessed over the internet.
“Columbia University currently hosts some 400 websites”
How are you?
How are you doing?
How are you getting on?
How’s it going?
What’s up?
What’s going up?
How are the Murphys getting on?
Have you been well?
It’s been dió long. I’m happy to see you
Expressions for How are you, informal
How are you?
How are you formal
how come i
said when asking how or why something happened or is the case.
“how come you never married, Jimmy?”
How do you do?
expression How are you?
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How long?
Used literally: for what duration
How long is…
‘How long will the concert last?’ ‘It should be over by ten o’ clock, I think. ‘ ‘How long was your stay in Malaysia?’
How to answer a greeting formal
Nice to meet you
Pleased to meet you
Glad to meet you
Huge
Extremely large; enormous.
“a huge area”
Hump
*A small hill or raised area.
The path goes over a large hump by a tree before running near a road.//
*A camel’s hump is the large lump on its back.
Camels rebuild fat stores in their hump.
*A hump is a large lump on a person’s back, usually caused by illness or old age.
Hurl
Throw (an object) with great force.
“rioters hurled a brick through the windshield of a car
Someone hurled a rock through the window. He hurled a chair at me. It looked like she was going to hurl herself down the stairs.
Hobble
Walk in an always way, typically because of pain from an injury
- He was hobbing around on crutches
- I could tell by a painful hobble to the bench, I sat and watched out the clock
Half-finished
Only partially completed
- A half-finished jigsaw puzzle
Hurt one´s chance
To hurt one’s chances (to succeed), to reduce, damage one’s possibilities (of success) idiom
- Staying up and watching television the night before the exam will hurt your chances of getting a good score
Hub
The central part of a wheel, rotating on or white the axle, and from which the spokes radiate
- The hub of the wheel was damaged
The effective center of an activity, region, or network
- The city has always been the financial hub of the country
The kitchen was the hub of the family life
