Should Your School Day Be Longer ? Flashcards
An outbreak of disease that affects people across different continents.
Pandemic
To ride or drive a long distance to and from work or school.
Commute
Not good enough. (adj)
Five hours of sleep is_________.
Inadequate
A person who takes the other side in a fight or game.
(Noun)
His____________ was much stronger than him.
Opponents
A common mental health condition that causes people to suffer from unexplained sad feelings that can last a long time.
She has been suffering from____________ for a long time.
Depression - (noun)
How a living thing grows, functions, or develops.
Much of our behaviour is_____________ determined.
Biologically
Short form for the advantages and disadvantages.
Pros and cons.
To postpone or delay an event.
The show’s starting time has been_____________10 minutes.
Pushing back - postpone or delay an event.
To make a loud, harsh sound.
Blare
The show started off with a great blare of trumpets.
A forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack.
DIFFICULT TO DO SOMETHING.
I___________ to keep my eyes open.
Struggle
It is where the student and the educator are not physically present in a traditional classroom environment.
Information is relayed through technology, such as discussion boards, video conferencing, and online assessments.
Remote learning
_____________ is sleep.
”Go home and get some_________.”
Shut-eye
To sleep until later in the morning than you usually do: I usually___________on Saturdays.
Sleeping in
Sleep in
Prevent (a person or place) from having or using something.
“the city was________ of its water supplies”.
During the summer months I am often sleep_________.
Deprive (V)
To be ill/sick with, especially recurrently.
“Every summer, I_____________ allergies.”
Suffer from
Programmed to.
Used to say that someone does or does not have a natural tendency to behave in a certain way, to like something, etc. I’m just not_______ to like broccoli.
Wired to
“I’m just not wired to like broccoli.”
Someone who starts an organization/group/business together with one or more other people.
Co - Founder
Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak are the co- founders of Apple.
An area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity. “An elegant shopping___________.”
Districts - “An elegant shopping district”.
Postpone or defer (an action). Make late or slow down.
“During covid, many movies were__________ till people were allowed back at the movie theaters.”
Delaying - Postpone or defer (an action). Make late or slow down.
“During covid, many movies were postponed”.
