reading tic-tac-toe

Question 1

stifled fear

Answer 1

/ˈstaɪ.fəl/
to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air:(sufocar)
- He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.
- We almost stifled in the heat of the city.

Question 2

i am sick of being looked at this way

Question 3

downplay

Answer 3

/ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ/
to make something seem less important or less bad than it really is:
- The government has been trying to downplay the crisis.
- the media was tring to downplay what happend

Question 4

he got a splinter in the palm of his hand

Answer 4

/ˈsplɪn.tɚ/
a small, sharp, broken piece of wood, glass, plastic, or similar material:
- The girl had a splinter (of wood) in her toe.

synonym of split
to break into small, sharp pieces:
- The edges of the plastic cover had cracked and splintered.
- figurative The danger is that the Republican Party may splinter into several smaller political parties.

Question 4

one i am not too fond of

Answer 4

/fɑːnd/
to like someone or something very much:

• “I’m very fond of you, you know,” he said.
• She was very fond of horses.
• She’s one of my dearest friends and I’m very fond of her.

Question 5

i see him duck into a restaurant to take cover from the storm

Question 6

a draw

Answer 6

A draw or tie occurs in a competitive sport when the results are identical or inconclusive. Ties or draws are possible in some, but not all, sports and games.