Ss Book Flashcards
Intelligence
the ability to learn, understand, and make judgments or have opinions that are based on reason:
eg: a child of high/average/low intelligence.
• It’s the intelligence of her writing that impresses me
- for example a child of high or average, low intelligence; it’s the intelligence of her writing that impresses me.
- some people has got the ability or the intelligence of writing or listening or some arts or lob lob
Astronaut
space traveler, one who flies in a spaceship
Hypothesize
assume, presume, adjudge, consider, suppose, hypothesize
Row
the children had created a tremendous row
we witnessed a row between that husband and wife
make (or kick up) a row
Attend
they attended the wedding
do you still attend that school?
be present in a place; care for, serve (attend to); accompany
Unattended
Occupy
inhabit, live in; fill, take up; engage, keep busy
Loop
make a circular shape (with thread, string, etc.)
Pea
1 the round seed of a kind of climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable: We had roast beef, potatoes and peas for dinner.
2 the plant which produces these seeds: We planted peas and beans this year.
Follicle mite
مو خوره
Sack
Bag
Medieval
Monk
male member of a religious order
Tense
Tense the muscle
pull taught, stretch tight; make anxious or nervous; become anxious or nervous; become tight, contract
. Make a muscle tight or rigid
Groggy
the mountain climbers looked groggy
unsteady, off-balance; dazed, befuddled, drowsy; drunk (Archaic)
. Dazed, weak or unsteady, especially from tiredness or illness
And sometimes for those people who drag a lot we can use it too
Sword
Slip
Move in a quick and ( sometimes )graceful way
Slippy
Do up
do, perform, carry out, accomplish, fulfill, do up
.Fasten
Mindboggling
amazing, overwhelming, the mind-boggling size of the milky way
. Very strange and hard to imagine/ comprehend
Munch
to chew (food etc ) noisily with the lips closed: She was munching her toast.
. Munching: Eating in a noisy way
Recur
past participle reˈcurred –
verb
to happen again; to come back again: This problem keeps recurring.
. Recurring: happening again and again
Painstakingly
AU adverb
[‘peɪnzteɪkɪŋlɪ]
carefully; meticulously; diligently
. very carefully and thoroughly
Tedious
boring and continuing for a long time: a tedious speech/speaker.
the book is tediously long
a tedious speech, monotonous,
. it’s a kind of tiredness
. boring and laborious/going on for a long time
Stroke
Indivitual pen marks
Snail
Elephant trunk
Staircase
set of steps
Flesh
Thwack
Co-ordinate
to adjust (a movement or action) so that it fits in or works smoothly (with other movements or actions): In swimming the movement of one’s arms and legs must be co-ordinated.
Densely
thickly, impenetrably
Overflow
the milk boiled and started to overflow
spill over, be filled to the point of flowing over; fill to the point of running over
Swatter
Digestive tract
Company
I enjoy her company
Parasite
[ˈpӕrəsait]
Itch
Itchy
Mite
Rehearse
Stem(med)
Charm
Arrogant
cockroach
type of insect
Inconsistency
When sth doesn’t doesn’t match sth else
Opposite of consistentency
Random
Happening without any particular reason or pattern
Worse-case scenarios
The worst possible situation
Compromises
peace, agreement, collusion, accord, accordance,
Scabies
Bizarre
strange, unusual, odd
-the bizarre appearance of the natives frightened the child
-a bizarre sequence of events
. Strange or weird
A contest
a struggle, competition etc to gain an advantage or victory: a sporting contest.
. Competition
. refers to Mary, Percy Shelley and Lord Byron’s competition to write a ghost story.
A vision
. Something you imagine seeing
. Refers to Mary’s dream had created
Monstrous
. Hideous
. Refers to the body the scientist in Mary’s dream had created
A tune
Song, melody,
Hideous
[ˈhidēəs]
terrible, disgusting, abominable, hateful
Vividly
Brightly
. Refers to how we sometimes dream
Struggled to find an idea
Could’nt think of anything
. refers to Mary Shelley trying to come up with an idea for a ghost story
A melody
. A tune
. Refers to the piece of music Paul Mccartney dreamed of
Composition
. A work of music or literature
. Refers to the piece of music Paul McCarteny played on the piano after his dream
Ready-made
Useable immediately
Refers to Paul McCartney’s melody
A round
A game of golf or cards
Cricket
outdoor sport played with ball and bat (popular in England)
Intrinsically
in an essential manner, naturally, inherently, innately
Upgrade
Promotion, raise
Nip: (v)
To go somewhere quickly or for a short time
It’s a kind of journey
prescription (n)
a piece of paper on which a doctor writes what medicine a sick person should have, so that they can get it from a pharmacist
Helluva (adj)
used to emphasize that someone or something is very good, bad, big etc:
He’s got a helluva temper.
He’s a helluva nice guy.
Related to feature or character
desperate (adj)
• willing to do anything to change a very bad situation, and not caring about danger
deprivation (n)
the lack of something that you need in order to be healthy, comfortable, or happy
Stress on the second part
Switch off (v)
to relax for a short time
Yatch (n)
a large boat with a sail, used for pleasure or sport, especially one that has a place where you can sleep
Etc
adverb etc. (etcetera)
and so on, and so forth
Trick (v)
to deceive someone in order to get something from them or to make them do something
Head off (v)
To leave to go to another place
Hideout (n)
a place where someone goes because they do not want anyone to find them
secret place, hiding-place, hideaway, refuge, shelter
Boast (v)
to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions
to talk with too much pride: He was always boasting about how clever his son was
brag, exaggerate about oneself
nobody believed his boast
Great boast little toat (idiom) پز عالی جیب خالی , he has lots of boast but nothing for eating
Geotage (v)
Geotag (v)
a piece of electronic data that shows where someone or something is and can, for example, be attached to a photograph or comment on social media
Grounded (adj)
A child or young person who is grounded is not allowed to go out as a punishment
You restrict your children don’t go out
Ground (v)
to stop a child going out with their friends as a punishment for behaving badly
Unattended (adj)
left alone without anyone in charge
air pistol
a small gun which is fired by means of air pressure
At least
used to emphasize
that something is good in a bad situation: It’s a small house but at least there’s a garden
All the same
Equally
acceptable, making no difference
By and large
You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true/ in general
Apparently
It seems/I heard that (you
this information from another person/indirectly)
