Unit 16 Flashcards
Hard can be easily broken into pieces
Brittle
Make a liquid less strong by adding other liquid
Dilute
Difficult to see through
Opaque
Very small spot/mark
Speck
Firm & difficult to bend
Stiff
A round that goes round city center to avoid going through it
Bypass
To live somewhere
Dwell in
Cover window/door with wooden boards
Board up
Lock the door of building / business
Close up
Be removed from something by washing & rubbing
Have a particular result
Come out
Clean/repair/decorate something
Fix up
Destroy a building / wall
Knock/pull/teardown
Amount increase a lot
Pile up
- Stop st from falling by putting st under against it
- help organization continue to exist, esp. By providing financial /military support
Prop up
Let someone stay in your house
Put up
Abrupt curve
Sharp iight bend
Can’t understand/ do something because something in mind prevents you
Can’t produce a written material because something in mind prevent you
Mental block / writer’s block
Exist as physical business building rather than internet-only
Brick and mortar
Speaking in a a debate/ discussion
Have the floor
Town/city that is near & dependent on larger cities
Satellite town
Spend night enjoying yourself in bars, clubs, etc.
On the town
Having nowhere to live
On the streets
In an area faraway from towns lates
In the sticks
Unpleasant area where many ugly buildings stick together
Concrete jungle
Are a surrounding large cities where people who work there lives
Commuter belt
