Programming in Python 3 Flashcards
stride
A stride is a long step which you take when you are walking or running.
He walked with long …
He walked with long strides.
He lengthened his … to keep up with her.
He lengthened his stride to keep up with her.
The country has made enormous … politically but not economically.
The country has made enormous strides politically but not economically.
comprehension
Comprehension is the ability to understand something.
This was utterly beyond her …
This was utterly beyond her comprehension.
utterly
You use utterly to emphasize that something is very great in extent, degree, or amount.
Everything about the country seemed … different from what I’d experienced before.
Everything about the country seemed utterly different from what I’d experienced before.
The new laws coming in are … ridiculous.
The new laws coming in are utterly ridiculous.
ridiculous
If you say that something or someone is ridiculous, you mean that they are very foolish.
It is … to suggest we are having a romance.
It is ridiculous to suggest we are having a romance.
