Sara Flashcards
to shift
verb
1. to move or to cause (something or someone) to move to a different place, position, etc.
(words that are used with this verb: gaze, attention, seat, position, direction of wind & etc, public opinion, discussion, from foot to foot (nervousness))
- to go or to cause (something) to go from one person or thing to another
- to change gears (car, bike)
shift
noun
1. a group of people who work together during a scheduled period of time
- a change in position or direction
steady
adj.
firme, constante
- not shaky, stable
- constant (pace, growth, speed, beat)
rise
verb
to get up, to come to (power)
*uses no object
raise
verb to elevate to grow (crops) to help (kids) learn how live and grow up *needs an object
noun
an increase in salary
unsteady
adj.
opposite of steady
1. unstable, shaky
2. changeable, not constant (beat, pace, growth, speed)
tilt
noun
the lean of an object
the bias of an opinion
verb
to cause to lean (a chair)
to lean (a person leans back)
further
adv
more
farther
adj
more
greater
deeper investigation required
verb
to grow oneself educationally, professionally, etc.
toward, towards
(almost) to, in the direction of, with relation to
to lean toward
verb
literally, incline one’s body to something else or someone
figuratively, to be in favor of a certain decision
forward (adv)
adv: toward the front, onward(s), from now on
forward (adj)
adj: in the front part of
to forward (verb)
verb: to send on to someone else
I’ll ______ this email to you because it was interesting.
The post office ______ my mail to me for 6 months after I’d moved.
shrugging (verb)
moving the shoulders up in a gesture of ignorance (“I dunno”)
to shrug off
to disregard or ignore
to not pay much attention to (just ____it off)
to close off
literally - to block off a road or a room or a section of something
figuratively - to be a person who does open up about things
to close down
to shut down (a store, business, etc)
row (noun)
a line of objects or seats
row (verb)
to move a boat using the paddles or oars (remar)
to put in a row (verb)
to line up objects in a single file
arrangement
noun
- placement of objects
- floral _______; flower ______
- a piece of music
- an agreement or plan
although
conjunction
(aunque)
synonyms: even though, though
to put off
to find an excuse to not do something, to say you will do it “later”
to trigger
trigger
verb: to remind someone of something or to cause a reaction to occur
noun: the part of the gun that is pulled to fire it
downward(s)
hacia abajo, descendente
curl up
exercise: curvarse hacia arriba
verb: enrollarse
Past Perfect Quiz: since
It ______ (be) raining since I got up.
I ______ (live) in VA since 2008.
it has been raining since i got up.
i have lived in VA since 2008.
Past Perfect Quiz: for (continued time period)
I ________ (run) a daycare out of my house for 3 years.
i had run …
Past Perfect Quiz: for (continued time period)
My son ________ (study) at NOVA for 1 year.
has studied
Past Perfect Quiz: since (continued time period)
My son ________ (be a student) at NOVA since 2013.
has been a student
Past Perfect Quiz: for (continued time period)
My daughter ______ (study) at ODU for 2 years.
has studied
