Term
|
Definition
wet,moisture in the air; humidity
The old lady had spent the entire winter inn a tiny cellar in Gorazde amid filth and damp...
Kaitlyn had to live in a damp cottage for the rest of her life.
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- Friendly and agreeable in disposition
- they're amiable, lazy, well-meaning, and totally overwhelmed.
- Don't shout at these amiable kids. They all have beautiful smile.
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- Any of a class of powerful explosives composed of nitroglycerin or ammonium nitrate dispersed in an absorbent medium with a combustible dope, such as wood pulp, and an antacid, such as calcium carbonate,
- I could soon tell the difference between war damage, and homes deliberately brought down with dynamite, or burnt out.
- uranium, sodium... are all dynamite. Don't ever touch them unless you are told.
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful.Marked by or resulting from a desire to hurt; spiteful.
- there are somehow worse than the shell-holed ones because to destroy homes on purpose seemed so vindictive and senseless.
- Killing a girl who felt in love with you before is very vindictive, Roy!
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- An area where rabbits live in burrows.A colony of rabbits.An enclosure for small game animals.An overcrowded living area.A mazelike place where one may easily become lost:a warren of narrow.
- The centres are exhotels, schools and blocks of flats, broken-down and shee-damaged warrens of little rooms leading of filthy, unlit corridors.
- Ms.Kate! Be careful, there are plenty of warrens in this cave.
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- Dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care.
- these rooms, not to mention the communal toilets on each floor, are, for the most part, almost indescribably squarid.
- How can you catch bus everyday to visit elderly in this squalid town.
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
intact
intact[image] [image] |
|
Definition
- Remaining sound, entire, or uninjured; not impaired in any way.Having all physical parts, especially:Having the hymen unbroken.Not castrated.
- They trust him to ensure that their food parcels reach them intact.
- Hey Lee, you should check all boxes those contain vases arrive at Hong Kong Port intact.
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- A spasm of the diaphragm resulting in a rapid, involuntary inhalation that is stopped by the sudden closure of the glottis and accompanied by a sharp.
- Oliver is not only their immediate source of food; they trust him to ensure that their food parcels reach them intact. But there are hiccups.
- Poor Alex! He has hiccups for 30 minutes.
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- Something wrapped up or packaged; a package.
- a tin of meat mysteriously missing from eack parcel, lists containing names of families no longer there) he simply stop deliveries of food to that area.
- How can I find your old parcel in a thounsand of parcel in this enormous factory.
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- An inspection or investigation that is carried out at random or limited to a few instances.
- He finds this out by doing frequent spot-check
- To impove the intance, Sam has to do 15 spot-checks in 4 days.
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- Inspiring or deserving pity.Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy.Filled with pity or compassion.
- Around the walls are heaps of pitiful possessions housed in makeshift shelving or boxes.
- Karon and Ben both have the pitiful life with their rude, cruel and heavy drunk father.
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| |
A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy or an agent.A representative to a conference or convention.A member of a House of Delegates |
| |
Oliver can't deliver every item himself; he has to delegate, and those to whom this honour falls... |
| |
Karen can be a great delegate for the US but she just likes to become a journalist instead of a president. |
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- To surge over and submerge; engulf:waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline.To defeat completely and decisively:Our team overwhelmed the visitors by 40 points.To affect deeply in mind or emotion:Despair over...
- they're amiable,lazy,well-meaning and totally overwhelmed.
- Yeah, we overwhelmed the Red Dog by 45 points.
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- Foul or dirty matter.Disgusting garbage or refuse.A dirty or corrupt condition; foulness.Something, such as language or printed matter, considered obscene, prurient, or immoral.
- The old lady had spent the entire winter in a tiny cellar in Gorazde amid filth and damp...
- The stubborn "princess" now have find the ring in this horrible filth.
|
|
|
