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Week 1 Flashcards

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1
Q

How is the name of the “body”, “skin” and “arm” of the tree?

A 
Body = trunk
Skin = bark
Arm = branch
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2
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What is drapes?

A

Curtains

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3
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What’s blunt?

A

Blunt could mean not sharp for knife, scissors etc, and direct for person.

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4
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Synonyms to paramount

A

Very important, crucial and vital

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5
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What’s gate-crasher?

A

Someone who goes to a party without invitation.

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6
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What’s attic?

A

Room inside the roof used for storage things.

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7
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What’s aisle? How is the pronunciation?

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It’s the corredor in a plane/supermarket.

The pronunciation is without the s, same that I’ll

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8
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What’s deign?

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Deing means to lower yourself to do something that you consider to be beneath/below you.

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9
Q

How word can you use to discribe when you put the corpes of someone dead in a grave ?

A

Bury

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10
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What’s foreseeable?

A

Not too far.

Eg: foreseeable future

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11
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What’s lame?

A

Terrible.

Eg: lame excuse

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12
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Synonyms to hate

A

Dislike, deteste and loathe.

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13
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The leaves _____ in the wind.

A

Rustling

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14
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The waves _____ against the shore.

A

Crashing

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15
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The _____ of children at the playground.

A

Giggling

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16
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The ____ of an exotic sports car.

A

Roar

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17
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The _____-______ of raindrops on the roof.

A

Pitter-patter

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18
Q

The _____ and ______ of a busy street.

A

Hustle / bustle.

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19
Q

What a wolf does?

A

Howl

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20
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What’s hiccups?

A

When you make sound with your “stomach” and you need water to get better (“soluço”).

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21
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What’s the difference about enquiry and inquest?

A

Enquiry is an investigation about politcs and similar. Inquest is an investigation about murder etc.

22
Q

What’s the meaning of uttered?

A

Said.

23
Q

What’s veil?

A

Veil is the semi-transparent cloth used to cover the bride.

24
Q

Three meanings to bark:

A

Bark - a dog barks.
Bark - the skin of the tree.
Bark - when a “sargent” bark orders to the soldiers.

25
Q

What’s stutter?

A

When someone repeat some letter/get stuck to pronunce.

“I wa a a a ant to do so o o mething”

(“Gaguejar”)

26
Q

What is the difference of sigh and groan?

A

Sigh is a “softy” sound to express sadness, disappointement or releif and groan is a “louder” sound that you do when you are feeling pain or annoyed.

(Sigh = suspirar/ groan = resmungar)

27
Q

What’s the difference of shiver, shudder amd tremble.

A

Shiver - shake because you are cold
Shudder - shake because you are disgusted
Tremble - shake with fear

28
Q

A dog ____.
A cat ____ and ____.
A lion ____.
A bird ____.

A

Barks.
Purr and miao.
Roar.
Chirp.

29
Q

When you are allergic to pollen you are ____?

A

Hayfever.

30
Q

Synonyms to:

A BIT smaller

A

Fractionally/slightly/marginally

31
Q

Increasingly means…

A

More and more

32
Q

Do up can means..

A

Decorate

33
Q

What time did you turn in yesterday? - What this sentence means?

A

What time you went to bed yesterday?

34
Q

Synonyms to suggest:

A

Put foward

35
Q 
Meanings: 
Hold on
Take off
Cut down
Get at
Look after
A 
Wait
Remove
Reduce
Reach
Protect
36
Q

Synonyms to this following linking words:
To
Anyway

A

In order to

Nevertheless

37
Q

Depart/leave means:

A

To go

38
Q

Synonyms to get:

A

Purchase/obtain/adquire

39
Q

What does it mean commence?

A

To begin/initiate

40
Q

When you know a lyrics/words very well, you know…

When you know something very well, you know…

A

You know something by heart.

You know something like the back of your hand/you know something inside out

41
Q

What does it mean to move up the ladder?

A

Getting promoted

42
Q

To go the extra mile is…?

A

Do more than you are expected to do.

43
Q

What does it mean: Did you come to Australia at your own expense?

A

Did you come to Australia with your money.

44
Q

Explain dusk and dawn

A

Dusk is when the light begins to dissapear and dawn is when the light first appears

45
Q

Meaning of: to pop down to.

A

Go quickly and return

46
Q

When you are addicted to something you are…?

A

Hooked on something

47
Q

What does it mean: What usually slips your mind?

A

What you usually forget?

48
Q

When some adult treat/talk with others adults like a child they are…?

A

Patronising someone.

49
Q

Synonyms to:

MUCH/A LOT bigger

A

Significantyly/considerably/substantially

50
Q

Synonyms to this following linking words:
So
Also

A

Therefore

Furthermore

51
Q

Synonyms to this following linking words:
But
Plus

A

However, although

Moreover

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