ICC World Twenty20
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The ICC World Twenty20 competition first took place in South Africa in September 2007.
The competition, which only lasted two weeks, was an event that led to the dramatic run five India defeat Pakistan.
There were many memorable events, including the relations between India and Pakistan in Durban in the group that saw the first stages of an event come to ICC World Twenty20, the victory over Bangladesh in the West Indies , Zimbabwe and the shock defeat of Australia in Cape Town.
There were also excellent performances at the event.
West Indian Chris Gayle became the first player to hit a T20 International century, hundreds of registration of just 50 balls on the opening night of the event against South Africa.
India's Yuvraj Singh became the fourth player to top level cricket in the history of six six affected more when it hit a more than 36 against England because it is a half-century from 12 balls.
And Australia, Brett Lee became the first player with a hat-trick in the history T20 international against Bangladesh - his victims were Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza and Alok Kapali.
The next ICC World Twenty20 event in England in June 2009, the International Criminal Court, the centennial year. West Indies will host the next edition in April-May 2010.
ICC Cricket World Cup
The Cricket World Cup is the jewel ICC cricket calendar and takes place every four years, with disputed results in 50 overs per side format.
There are nine events so far, with the first tournament held in England in 1975.
The last ICC Cricket World Cup was held in 2007 in the Caribbean, which was won by Australia, which has become the first in history to win three consecutive titles.
In a final that was interrupted by rain, Australia won the title by 53 runs (Duckworth / Lewis method), with Adam Gilchrist's 149 from 104 balls, the highest score in the final of the Convention, making him a man of the match award.
Spectacular become dominated the tournament, especially when South Africa's Gibbs Herschberg It was the first man in ODI history to hit six on six in one against the Netherlands, Matthew Hayden of Australia scored the fastest ACC one hundred in the history of 66 balls against South Africa and New Zealand was Brendon McCullum 50 from 20 balls against Canada was also a record.
India has a team record score in a Convention, by 413 against Bermuda, Australia and South Africa match of the group was the highest match aggregate in the Convention 18 and the history of six South Africa and the Netherlands was a match ODI record.
There were moments of brilliance with the ball, Lasith Malinga with the first ever to take four branches in four balls in an ODI, and the fifth player to a hat-trick ACC.
Other winners of the event includes the West Indies (1975, 1979), India (1983), Pakistan (1992) and Sri Lanka (1996). Australia has also captured the title in 1987.
The next ICC Cricket World Cup will be held in 2011 in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-8
maid
maid maids
A maid is a woman who works as a servant in a hotel or private house.
A maid brought me breakfast at half past eight.
heel
heel heels
Your heel is the back part of your foot, just below your ankle.
The heel of a shoe is the raised part on the bottom at the back.
...the shoes with the high heels.
Heels are women's shoes that are raised very high at the back.
...two well-dressed ladies in high heels...
...the old adage that you shouldn't wear heels with trousers.
The heel of a sock or stocking is the part that covers your heel.
The heel of your hand is the rounded pad at the bottom of your palm.
see also Achilles heel
If you bring someone to heel, you force them to obey you.
It's still not clear how the president will use his power to bring the republics to heel.
If you dig your heels in or dig in your heels, you refuse to do something such as change your opinions or plans, especially when someone is trying very hard to make you do so.
It was really the British who, by digging their heels in, prevented any last-minute deal.
If you say that one event follows hard on the heels of another or hot on the heels of another, you mean that one happens very quickly or immediately after another.
Unfortunately, bad news has come hard on the heels of good...
If you say that someone is hot on your heels, you are emphasizing that they are chasing you and are not very far behind you.
They sped through the American southwest with the law hot on their heels.
If you are kicking your heels, you are having to wait around with nothing to do, so that you get bored or impatient.
The authorities wouldn't grant us permission to fly all the way down to San Francisco, so I had to kick my heels at Tunis Airport.
If you turn on your heel or spin on your heel, you suddenly turn round, especially because you are angry or surprised.
He simply turned on his heel and walked away.
head over heels: see head
to drag your heels: see drag
chore
chore chores
A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.
Chores are tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home.
My husband and I both go out to work so we share the household chores.
cardamom
cardamom cardamoms also cardamon
Cardamom is a spice. It comes from the seeds of a plant grown in Asia.
pissed
pissed
Someone who is pissed is drunk.
He was just lying there completely pissed.
If you say that someone is pissed, you mean that they are annoyed.
You know Molly's pissed at you.
gaze
If you gaze at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, for example because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else.
You can talk about someone's gaze as a way of describing how they are looking at something, especially when they are looking steadily at it.
If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
dreaded
Dreaded means terrible and greatly feared.
You can use the dreaded to describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying, inconvenient, or undesirable.
possession
If you are in possession of something, you have it, because you have obtained it or because it belongs to you.
Your possessions are the things that you own or have with you at a particular time.
= belongings
A country's possessions are countries or territories that it controls.
= colonies
sister-in-law
Someone's sister-in-law is the sister of their husband or wife, or the woman who is married to their brother.
foursome
A foursome is a group of four people or things.
loot
If people loot shops or houses, they steal things from them, for example during a war or riot.
looting
If someone loots things, they steal them, for example during a war or riot.
Loot is stolen money or goods.
= plunder, spoils
verily
Verily is an old-fashioned or religious word meaning `truly'. It is used to emphasize a statement or opinion.
crap
If you describe something as crap, you think that it is wrong or of very poor quality.
Crap is also a noun.
= rubbish
Crap is sometimes used to refer to faeces.
To crap means to get rid of faeces from your body.
Craps or crap is a gambling game, played mainly in North America, in which you throw two dice and bet what the total will be.
brace
If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
If you brace yourself against something or brace part of your body against it, you press against something in order to steady your body or to avoid falling.
If you brace your shoulders or knees, you keep them stiffly in a particular position.
To brace something means to strengthen or support it with something else.
You can refer to two things of the same kind as a brace of that thing. The plural form is also brace.
A brace is a device attached to a part of a person's body, for example to a weak leg, in order to strengthen or support it.
= support
A brace is a metal device that can be fastened to a child's teeth in order to help them grow straight.
Braces are a pair of straps that pass over your shoulders and fasten to your trousers at the front and back in order to stop them from falling down.
Braces or curly braces are a pair of written marks that you place around words, numbers, or parts of a computer code, for example to indicate that they are connected in some way or are separate from other parts of the writing or code.
maid maids
A maid is a woman who works as a servant in a hotel or private house.
A maid brought me breakfast at half past eight.
heel
heel heels
Your heel is the back part of your foot, just below your ankle.
The heel of a shoe is the raised part on the bottom at the back.
...the shoes with the high heels.
Heels are women's shoes that are raised very high at the back.
...two well-dressed ladies in high heels...
...the old adage that you shouldn't wear heels with trousers.
The heel of a sock or stocking is the part that covers your heel.
The heel of your hand is the rounded pad at the bottom of your palm.
see also Achilles heel
If you bring someone to heel, you force them to obey you.
It's still not clear how the president will use his power to bring the republics to heel.
If you dig your heels in or dig in your heels, you refuse to do something such as change your opinions or plans, especially when someone is trying very hard to make you do so.
It was really the British who, by digging their heels in, prevented any last-minute deal.
If you say that one event follows hard on the heels of another or hot on the heels of another, you mean that one happens very quickly or immediately after another.
Unfortunately, bad news has come hard on the heels of good...
If you say that someone is hot on your heels, you are emphasizing that they are chasing you and are not very far behind you.
They sped through the American southwest with the law hot on their heels.
If you are kicking your heels, you are having to wait around with nothing to do, so that you get bored or impatient.
The authorities wouldn't grant us permission to fly all the way down to San Francisco, so I had to kick my heels at Tunis Airport.
If you turn on your heel or spin on your heel, you suddenly turn round, especially because you are angry or surprised.
He simply turned on his heel and walked away.
head over heels: see head
to drag your heels: see drag
chore
chore chores
A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.
Chores are tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home.
My husband and I both go out to work so we share the household chores.
cardamom
cardamom cardamoms also cardamon
Cardamom is a spice. It comes from the seeds of a plant grown in Asia.
pissed
pissed
Someone who is pissed is drunk.
He was just lying there completely pissed.
If you say that someone is pissed, you mean that they are annoyed.
You know Molly's pissed at you.
gaze
If you gaze at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, for example because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else.
You can talk about someone's gaze as a way of describing how they are looking at something, especially when they are looking steadily at it.
If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
dreaded
Dreaded means terrible and greatly feared.
You can use the dreaded to describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying, inconvenient, or undesirable.
possession
If you are in possession of something, you have it, because you have obtained it or because it belongs to you.
Your possessions are the things that you own or have with you at a particular time.
= belongings
A country's possessions are countries or territories that it controls.
= colonies
sister-in-law
Someone's sister-in-law is the sister of their husband or wife, or the woman who is married to their brother.
foursome
A foursome is a group of four people or things.
loot
If people loot shops or houses, they steal things from them, for example during a war or riot.
looting
If someone loots things, they steal them, for example during a war or riot.
Loot is stolen money or goods.
= plunder, spoils
verily
Verily is an old-fashioned or religious word meaning `truly'. It is used to emphasize a statement or opinion.
crap
If you describe something as crap, you think that it is wrong or of very poor quality.
Crap is also a noun.
= rubbish
Crap is sometimes used to refer to faeces.
To crap means to get rid of faeces from your body.
Craps or crap is a gambling game, played mainly in North America, in which you throw two dice and bet what the total will be.
brace
If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
If you brace yourself against something or brace part of your body against it, you press against something in order to steady your body or to avoid falling.
If you brace your shoulders or knees, you keep them stiffly in a particular position.
To brace something means to strengthen or support it with something else.
You can refer to two things of the same kind as a brace of that thing. The plural form is also brace.
A brace is a device attached to a part of a person's body, for example to a weak leg, in order to strengthen or support it.
= support
A brace is a metal device that can be fastened to a child's teeth in order to help them grow straight.
Braces are a pair of straps that pass over your shoulders and fasten to your trousers at the front and back in order to stop them from falling down.
Braces or curly braces are a pair of written marks that you place around words, numbers, or parts of a computer code, for example to indicate that they are connected in some way or are separate from other parts of the writing or code.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-7
peg
A peg is a small hook or knob that is attached to a wall or door and is used for hanging things on.
A peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
A peg is a small piece of wood or metal that is used for fastening something to something else.
If you peg something somewhere or peg it down, you fix it there with pegs.
If a price or amount of something is pegged at a particular level, it is fixed at that level.
see also level-pegging
Off-the-peg clothes are made in large numbers and sent to shops, not made specially for a particular person.
made-to-measure
incessant
An incessant process or activity is one that continues without stopping.
= constant intermittent
incessantly
wretched
You describe someone as wretched when you feel sorry for them because they are in an unpleasant situation or have suffered unpleasant experiences.
You use wretched to describe someone or something that you dislike or feel angry with.
Someone who feels wretched feels very unhappy.
= miserable
Viagra
Viagra is a drug that is given to men with certain sexual problems in order to help them to have sexual intercourse.
sustain
If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.
If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you.
If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement.
overrule
VERB: V n, V n
If someone in authority overrules a person or their decision, they officially decide that the decision is incorrect or not valid.
= override
dagger
A dagger is a weapon like a knife with two sharp edges.
If you say that two people are at daggers drawn, you mean they are having an argument and are still very angry with each other.
adjourn
If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
antics
Antics are funny, silly, or unusual ways of behaving.
keep
If someone keeps or is kept in a particular state, they remain in it.
If you keep or you are kept in a particular position or place, you remain in it.
If you keep off something or keep away from it, you avoid it. If you keep out of something, you avoid getting involved in it. You can also say that you keep someone off, away from or out of something.
If someone or something keeps you from a particular action, they prevent you from doing it.
= stop
If you try to keep from doing something, you try to stop yourself from doing it.
If you keep something from someone, you do not tell them about it.
If you keep doing something, you do it repeatedly or continue to do it.
PHRASAL VERB: V P -ing
Keep on means the same as keep.
Keep is used with some nouns to indicate that someone does something for a period of time or continues to do it. For example, if you keep a grip on something, you continue to hold or control it.
If you keep something, you continue to have it in your possession and do not throw it away, give it away, or sell it.
If you keep something in a particular place, you always have it or store it in that place so that you can use it whenever you need it.
When you keep something such as a promise or an appointment, you do what you said you would do.
If you keep a record of a series of events, you write down details of it so that they can be referred to later.
If you keep yourself or keep someone else, you support yourself or the other person by earning enough money to provide food, clothing, money, and other necessary things.
Someone's keep is the cost of food and other things that they need in their daily life.
If you keep animals, you own them and take care of them.
If someone or something keeps you, they delay you and make you late.
If food keeps for a certain length of time, it stays fresh and suitable to eat for that time.
You can say or ask how someone is keeping as a way of saying or asking whether they are well.
A keep is the main tower of a medieval castle, in which people lived.
If you keep at it, you continue doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
If you keep going, you continue moving along or doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
If one thing is in keeping with another, it is suitable in relation to that thing. If one thing is out of keeping with another, it is not suitable in relation to that thing.
If you keep it up, you continue working or trying as hard as you have been in the past.
If you keep something to yourself, you do not tell anyone else about it.
If you keep yourself to yourself or keep to yourself, you stay on your own most of the time and do not mix socially with other people.
socialize
to keep someone company: see company
to keep a straight face: see face
to keep your head: see head
to keep pace: see pace
to keep the peace: see peace
to keep a secret: see secret
to keep time: see time
to keep track: see track
mop
mop mops mopping mopped
A mop is a piece of equipment for washing floors. It consists of a sponge or many pieces of string attached to a long handle.
If you mop a surface such as a floor, you clean it with a mop.
There was a woman mopping the stairs.
If you mop sweat from your forehead or mop your forehead, you wipe it with a piece of cloth.
He mopped perspiration from his forehead...
The Inspector took out a handkerchief and mopped his brow.
= wipe
If someone has a mop of hair, they have a lot of hair and it looks rather untidy.
He was long-limbed and dark-eyed, with a mop of tight, dark curls.
A peg is a small hook or knob that is attached to a wall or door and is used for hanging things on.
A peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
A peg is a small piece of wood or metal that is used for fastening something to something else.
If you peg something somewhere or peg it down, you fix it there with pegs.
If a price or amount of something is pegged at a particular level, it is fixed at that level.
see also level-pegging
Off-the-peg clothes are made in large numbers and sent to shops, not made specially for a particular person.
made-to-measure
incessant
An incessant process or activity is one that continues without stopping.
= constant intermittent
incessantly
wretched
You describe someone as wretched when you feel sorry for them because they are in an unpleasant situation or have suffered unpleasant experiences.
You use wretched to describe someone or something that you dislike or feel angry with.
Someone who feels wretched feels very unhappy.
= miserable
Viagra
Viagra is a drug that is given to men with certain sexual problems in order to help them to have sexual intercourse.
sustain
If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.
If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you.
If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement.
overrule
VERB: V n, V n
If someone in authority overrules a person or their decision, they officially decide that the decision is incorrect or not valid.
= override
dagger
A dagger is a weapon like a knife with two sharp edges.
If you say that two people are at daggers drawn, you mean they are having an argument and are still very angry with each other.
adjourn
If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
antics
Antics are funny, silly, or unusual ways of behaving.
keep
If someone keeps or is kept in a particular state, they remain in it.
If you keep or you are kept in a particular position or place, you remain in it.
If you keep off something or keep away from it, you avoid it. If you keep out of something, you avoid getting involved in it. You can also say that you keep someone off, away from or out of something.
If someone or something keeps you from a particular action, they prevent you from doing it.
= stop
If you try to keep from doing something, you try to stop yourself from doing it.
If you keep something from someone, you do not tell them about it.
If you keep doing something, you do it repeatedly or continue to do it.
PHRASAL VERB: V P -ing
Keep on means the same as keep.
Keep is used with some nouns to indicate that someone does something for a period of time or continues to do it. For example, if you keep a grip on something, you continue to hold or control it.
If you keep something, you continue to have it in your possession and do not throw it away, give it away, or sell it.
If you keep something in a particular place, you always have it or store it in that place so that you can use it whenever you need it.
When you keep something such as a promise or an appointment, you do what you said you would do.
If you keep a record of a series of events, you write down details of it so that they can be referred to later.
If you keep yourself or keep someone else, you support yourself or the other person by earning enough money to provide food, clothing, money, and other necessary things.
Someone's keep is the cost of food and other things that they need in their daily life.
If you keep animals, you own them and take care of them.
If someone or something keeps you, they delay you and make you late.
If food keeps for a certain length of time, it stays fresh and suitable to eat for that time.
You can say or ask how someone is keeping as a way of saying or asking whether they are well.
A keep is the main tower of a medieval castle, in which people lived.
If you keep at it, you continue doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
If you keep going, you continue moving along or doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
If one thing is in keeping with another, it is suitable in relation to that thing. If one thing is out of keeping with another, it is not suitable in relation to that thing.
If you keep it up, you continue working or trying as hard as you have been in the past.
If you keep something to yourself, you do not tell anyone else about it.
If you keep yourself to yourself or keep to yourself, you stay on your own most of the time and do not mix socially with other people.
socialize
to keep someone company: see company
to keep a straight face: see face
to keep your head: see head
to keep pace: see pace
to keep the peace: see peace
to keep a secret: see secret
to keep time: see time
to keep track: see track
mop
mop mops mopping mopped
A mop is a piece of equipment for washing floors. It consists of a sponge or many pieces of string attached to a long handle.
If you mop a surface such as a floor, you clean it with a mop.
There was a woman mopping the stairs.
If you mop sweat from your forehead or mop your forehead, you wipe it with a piece of cloth.
He mopped perspiration from his forehead...
The Inspector took out a handkerchief and mopped his brow.
= wipe
If someone has a mop of hair, they have a lot of hair and it looks rather untidy.
He was long-limbed and dark-eyed, with a mop of tight, dark curls.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-6
cocky
Someone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
= cocksure
whiplash
Whiplash is a neck injury caused by the head suddenly moving forwards and then back again, for example in a car accident.
sprout
When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves.
When leaves, shoots, or plants sprout somewhere, they grow there.
If a garden or other area of land sprouts plants, they start to grow there.
If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them.
Sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also called brussels sprouts.
Sprouts are new shoots on plants.
seer
A seer is a person who tells people what will happen in the future.
balmy
Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
easterly
An easterly point, area, or direction is to the east or towards the east.
An easterly wind is a wind that blows from the east.
lassie
A lassie is a young woman or girl.
fancy WANTING, LIKING, OR THINKING
If you fancy something, you want to have it or to do it.
A fancy is a liking or desire for someone or something, especially one that does not last long.
= whim
If you fancy someone, you feel attracted to them, especially in a sexual way.
If you fancy yourself as a particular kind of person or fancy yourself doing a particular thing, you like the idea of being that kind of person or doing that thing.
If you say that someone fancies themselves as a particular kind of person, you mean that they think, often wrongly, that they have the good qualities which that kind of person has.
If you say that you fancy a particular competitor or team in a competition, you think they will win.
You say `fancy' or `fancy that' when you want to express surprise or disapproval.
If you take a fancy to someone or something, you start liking them, usually for no understandable reason.
If something takes your fancy or tickles your fancy, you like it a lot when you see it or think of it.
cheeky
If you describe a person or their behaviour as cheeky, you think that they are slightly rude or disrespectful but in a charming or amusing way.
cheekily
gosh
Some people say `Gosh' when they are surprised.
prick
If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin.
If something sharp pricks you or if you prick yourself with something sharp, it sticks into you or presses your skin and causes you pain.
If something pricks your conscience, you suddenly feel guilty about it. If you are pricked by an emotion, you suddenly experience that emotion.
A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you.
A man's prick is his penis.
prick
If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin.
If something sharp pricks you or if you prick yourself with something sharp, it sticks into you or presses your skin and causes you pain.
If something pricks your conscience, you suddenly feel guilty about it. If you are pricked by an emotion, you suddenly experience that emotion.
A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you.
A man's prick is his penis.
sulk
If you sulk, you are silent and bad-tempered for a while because you are annoyed about something.
Sulk is also a noun.
stake
If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.
If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.
If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.
You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes.
A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree.
= post
If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
If you say that you are parched, you mean that you are very thirsty.
gaze
If you gaze at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, for example because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else.
You can talk about someone's gaze as a way of describing how they are looking at something, especially when they are looking steadily at it.
If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
bitch
If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.
see also son of a bitch
If you say that someone is bitching about something, you mean that you disapprove of the fact that they are complaining about it in an unpleasant way.
A bitch is a female dog.
defamation
Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
ruckus
N-SING
If someone or something causes a ruckus, they cause a great deal of noise, argument, or confusion.
chauvinism
Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
see also male chauvinism
chauvinist
see also male chauvinist
Someone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
= cocksure
whiplash
Whiplash is a neck injury caused by the head suddenly moving forwards and then back again, for example in a car accident.
sprout
When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves.
When leaves, shoots, or plants sprout somewhere, they grow there.
If a garden or other area of land sprouts plants, they start to grow there.
If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them.
Sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also called brussels sprouts.
Sprouts are new shoots on plants.
seer
A seer is a person who tells people what will happen in the future.
balmy
Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
easterly
An easterly point, area, or direction is to the east or towards the east.
An easterly wind is a wind that blows from the east.
lassie
A lassie is a young woman or girl.
fancy WANTING, LIKING, OR THINKING
If you fancy something, you want to have it or to do it.
A fancy is a liking or desire for someone or something, especially one that does not last long.
= whim
If you fancy someone, you feel attracted to them, especially in a sexual way.
If you fancy yourself as a particular kind of person or fancy yourself doing a particular thing, you like the idea of being that kind of person or doing that thing.
If you say that someone fancies themselves as a particular kind of person, you mean that they think, often wrongly, that they have the good qualities which that kind of person has.
If you say that you fancy a particular competitor or team in a competition, you think they will win.
You say `fancy' or `fancy that' when you want to express surprise or disapproval.
If you take a fancy to someone or something, you start liking them, usually for no understandable reason.
If something takes your fancy or tickles your fancy, you like it a lot when you see it or think of it.
cheeky
If you describe a person or their behaviour as cheeky, you think that they are slightly rude or disrespectful but in a charming or amusing way.
cheekily
gosh
Some people say `Gosh' when they are surprised.
prick
If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin.
If something sharp pricks you or if you prick yourself with something sharp, it sticks into you or presses your skin and causes you pain.
If something pricks your conscience, you suddenly feel guilty about it. If you are pricked by an emotion, you suddenly experience that emotion.
A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you.
A man's prick is his penis.
prick
If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin.
If something sharp pricks you or if you prick yourself with something sharp, it sticks into you or presses your skin and causes you pain.
If something pricks your conscience, you suddenly feel guilty about it. If you are pricked by an emotion, you suddenly experience that emotion.
A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you.
A man's prick is his penis.
sulk
If you sulk, you are silent and bad-tempered for a while because you are annoyed about something.
Sulk is also a noun.
stake
If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.
If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.
If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.
You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes.
A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree.
= post
If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
If you say that you are parched, you mean that you are very thirsty.
gaze
If you gaze at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, for example because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else.
You can talk about someone's gaze as a way of describing how they are looking at something, especially when they are looking steadily at it.
If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
bitch
If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.
see also son of a bitch
If you say that someone is bitching about something, you mean that you disapprove of the fact that they are complaining about it in an unpleasant way.
A bitch is a female dog.
defamation
Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
ruckus
N-SING
If someone or something causes a ruckus, they cause a great deal of noise, argument, or confusion.
chauvinism
Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
see also male chauvinism
chauvinist
see also male chauvinist
Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-6
cocky
Someone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
= cocksure
whiplash
Whiplash is a neck injury caused by the head suddenly moving forwards and then back again, for example in a car accident.
sprout
When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves.
When leaves, shoots, or plants sprout somewhere, they grow there.
If a garden or other area of land sprouts plants, they start to grow there.
If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them.
Sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also called brussels sprouts.
Sprouts are new shoots on plants.
seer
A seer is a person who tells people what will happen in the future.
balmy
Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
easterly
An easterly point, area, or direction is to the east or towards the east.
An easterly wind is a wind that blows from the east.
lassie
A lassie is a young woman or girl.
fancy WANTING, LIKING, OR THINKING
If you fancy something, you want to have it or to do it.
A fancy is a liking or desire for someone or something, especially one that does not last long.
= whim
If you fancy someone, you feel attracted to them, especially in a sexual way.
If you fancy yourself as a particular kind of person or fancy yourself doing a particular thing, you like the idea of being that kind of person or doing that thing.
If you say that someone fancies themselves as a particular kind of person, you mean that they think, often wrongly, that they have the good qualities which that kind of person has.
If you say that you fancy a particular competitor or team in a competition, you think they will win.
You say `fancy' or `fancy that' when you want to express surprise or disapproval.
If you take a fancy to someone or something, you start liking them, usually for no understandable reason.
If something takes your fancy or tickles your fancy, you like it a lot when you see it or think of it.
cheeky
If you describe a person or their behaviour as cheeky, you think that they are slightly rude or disrespectful but in a charming or amusing way.
cheekily
gosh
Some people say `Gosh' when they are surprised.
prick
If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin.
If something sharp pricks you or if you prick yourself with something sharp, it sticks into you or presses your skin and causes you pain.
If something pricks your conscience, you suddenly feel guilty about it. If you are pricked by an emotion, you suddenly experience that emotion.
A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you.
A man's prick is his penis.
prick
If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin.
If something sharp pricks you or if you prick yourself with something sharp, it sticks into you or presses your skin and causes you pain.
If something pricks your conscience, you suddenly feel guilty about it. If you are pricked by an emotion, you suddenly experience that emotion.
A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you.
A man's prick is his penis.
sulk
If you sulk, you are silent and bad-tempered for a while because you are annoyed about something.
Sulk is also a noun.
stake
If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.
If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.
If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.
You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes.
A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree.
= post
If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
If you say that you are parched, you mean that you are very thirsty.
gaze
If you gaze at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, for example because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else.
You can talk about someone's gaze as a way of describing how they are looking at something, especially when they are looking steadily at it.
If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
bitch
If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.
see also son of a bitch
If you say that someone is bitching about something, you mean that you disapprove of the fact that they are complaining about it in an unpleasant way.
A bitch is a female dog.
defamation
Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
ruckus
N-SING
If someone or something causes a ruckus, they cause a great deal of noise, argument, or confusion.
chauvinism
Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
see also male chauvinism
chauvinist
see also male chauvinist
Someone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
= cocksure
whiplash
Whiplash is a neck injury caused by the head suddenly moving forwards and then back again, for example in a car accident.
sprout
When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves.
When leaves, shoots, or plants sprout somewhere, they grow there.
If a garden or other area of land sprouts plants, they start to grow there.
If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them.
Sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also called brussels sprouts.
Sprouts are new shoots on plants.
seer
A seer is a person who tells people what will happen in the future.
balmy
Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
easterly
An easterly point, area, or direction is to the east or towards the east.
An easterly wind is a wind that blows from the east.
lassie
A lassie is a young woman or girl.
fancy WANTING, LIKING, OR THINKING
If you fancy something, you want to have it or to do it.
A fancy is a liking or desire for someone or something, especially one that does not last long.
= whim
If you fancy someone, you feel attracted to them, especially in a sexual way.
If you fancy yourself as a particular kind of person or fancy yourself doing a particular thing, you like the idea of being that kind of person or doing that thing.
If you say that someone fancies themselves as a particular kind of person, you mean that they think, often wrongly, that they have the good qualities which that kind of person has.
If you say that you fancy a particular competitor or team in a competition, you think they will win.
You say `fancy' or `fancy that' when you want to express surprise or disapproval.
If you take a fancy to someone or something, you start liking them, usually for no understandable reason.
If something takes your fancy or tickles your fancy, you like it a lot when you see it or think of it.
cheeky
If you describe a person or their behaviour as cheeky, you think that they are slightly rude or disrespectful but in a charming or amusing way.
cheekily
gosh
Some people say `Gosh' when they are surprised.
prick
If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin.
If something sharp pricks you or if you prick yourself with something sharp, it sticks into you or presses your skin and causes you pain.
If something pricks your conscience, you suddenly feel guilty about it. If you are pricked by an emotion, you suddenly experience that emotion.
A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you.
A man's prick is his penis.
prick
If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin.
If something sharp pricks you or if you prick yourself with something sharp, it sticks into you or presses your skin and causes you pain.
If something pricks your conscience, you suddenly feel guilty about it. If you are pricked by an emotion, you suddenly experience that emotion.
A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you.
A man's prick is his penis.
sulk
If you sulk, you are silent and bad-tempered for a while because you are annoyed about something.
Sulk is also a noun.
stake
If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.
If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.
If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.
You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes.
A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree.
= post
If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
If you say that you are parched, you mean that you are very thirsty.
gaze
If you gaze at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, for example because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else.
You can talk about someone's gaze as a way of describing how they are looking at something, especially when they are looking steadily at it.
If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
bitch
If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.
see also son of a bitch
If you say that someone is bitching about something, you mean that you disapprove of the fact that they are complaining about it in an unpleasant way.
A bitch is a female dog.
defamation
Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
ruckus
N-SING
If someone or something causes a ruckus, they cause a great deal of noise, argument, or confusion.
chauvinism
Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
see also male chauvinism
chauvinist
see also male chauvinist
Friday, January 2, 2009
Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-5
dogfight
A dogfight is a fight between fighter planes, in which they fly close to one another and move very fast.
If you say that organizations or people are involved in a dogfight, you mean they are struggling very hard against each other in order to succeed.
lathe
lathe lathes
A lathe is a machine which is used for shaping wood or metal.
perspective
A particular perspective is a particular way of thinking about something, especially one that is influenced by your beliefs or experiences.
If you get something in perspective or into perspective, you judge its real importance by considering it in relation to everything else. If you get something out of perspective, you fail to judge its real importance in relation to everything else.
Perspective is the art of making some objects or people in a picture look further away than others.
godforsaken
If you say that somewhere is a godforsaken place, you dislike it a lot because you find it very boring and depressing.
If you hire someone, you employ them or pay them to do a particular job for you.
If you hire something, you pay money to the owner so that you can use it for a period of time.
You use hire to refer to the activity or business of hiring something.
If something is for hire, it is available for you to hire.
pivot
The pivot in a situation is the most important thing which everything else is based on or arranged around.
If something pivots, it balances or turns on a central point.
A pivot is the pin or the central point on which something balances or turns.
proxy
If you do something by proxy, you arrange for someone else to do it for you.
analogy
If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way.
pamper
If you pamper someone, you make them feel comfortable by doing things for them or giving them expensive or luxurious things, sometimes in a way which has a bad effect on their character.
footage
Footage of a particular event is a film of it or the part of a film which shows this event.
composite
A composite object or item is made up of several different things, parts, or substances.
Composite is also a noun.
tough
A tough person is strong and determined, and can tolerate difficulty or suffering.
If you describe someone as tough, you mean that they are rough and violent.
A tough is a tough person.
A tough place or area is considered to have a lot of crime and violence.
= rough
A tough way of life or period of time is difficult or full of suffering.
= rough
A tough task or problem is difficult to do or solve.
= hard
Tough policies or actions are strict and firm.
= strong
A tough substance is strong, and difficult to break, cut, or tear.
Tough meat is difficult to cut and chew.
If someone who is trying to achieve something hangs tough, they remain determined and do not give up, even when there are difficulties or problems.
scrub
If you scrub something, you rub it hard in order to clean it, using a stiff brush and water.
Scrub is also a noun.
If you scrub dirt or stains off something, you remove them by rubbing hard.
Scrub consists of low trees and bushes, especially in an area that has very little rain.
pan
A pan is a round metal container with a long handle, which is used for cooking things in, usually on top of a cooker or stove.
= saucepan
If something such as a film or a book is panned by journalists, they say it is very bad.
= slate
If you pan a film or television camera or if it pans somewhere, it moves slowly round so that a wide area is filmed.
If someone pans for gold, they use a shallow metal container to try to find small pieces of gold from a river.
crave
VERB: V n, V for n, also V to-inf
If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
endurance
Endurance is the ability to continue with an unpleasant or difficult situation, experience, or activity over a long period of time.
butler
A butler is the most important male servant in a wealthy house.
divine
divine divines divining divined
1 You use divine to describe something that is provided by or relates to a god or goddess.
He suggested that the civil war had been a divine punishment.
The law was divinely ordained.
2 If you divine something, you discover or learn it by guessing.
...the child's ability to divine the needs of its parents and respond to them...
From this he divined that she did not like him much.
integrate
If someone integrates into a social group, or is integrated into it, they behave in such a way that they become part of the group or are accepted into it.
integrated
When races integrate or when schools and organizations are integrated, people who are black or belong to ethnic minorities can join white people in their schools and organizations.
integrated
integration
If you integrate one thing with another, or one thing integrates with another, the two things become closely linked or form part of a whole idea or system. You can also say that two things integrate.
persuade
If you persuade someone to do something, you cause them to do it by giving them good reasons for doing it.
persuader
If something persuades someone to take a particular course of action, it causes them to take that course of action because it is a good reason for doing so.
If you persuade someone that something is true, you say things that eventually make them believe that it is true.
= convince
persuaded
arrears
Arrears are amounts of money that you owe, especially regular payments that you should have made earlier.
If someone is in arrears with their payments, or has got into arrears, they have not paid the regular amounts of money that they should have paid.
If sums of money such as wages or taxes are paid in arrears, they are paid at the end of the period of time to which they relate, for example after a job has been done and the wages have been earned.
proclamation
A proclamation is a public announcement about something important, often about something of national importance.
= declaration
plead
If you plead with someone to do something, you ask them in an intense, emotional way to do it.
= beg
When someone charged with a crime pleads guilty or not guilty in a court of law, they officially state that they are guilty or not guilty of the crime.
If you plead the case or cause of someone or something, you speak out in their support or defence.
If you plead a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse.
kin
Your kin are your relatives.
see also kith and kin, next of kin
wager
If you wager on the result of a horse race, football match, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.
= bet, gamble
Wager is also a noun.
If you say that you will wager that something is the case, you mean you are confident that it is the case.
= bet
wager
If you wager on the result of a horse race, football match, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.
= bet, gamble
Wager is also a noun.
If you say that you will wager that something is the case, you mean you are confident that it is the case.
= bet
stake
If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.
If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.
If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.
You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes.
A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree.
= post
If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
province
A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration.
The provinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated.
If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.
rage
Rage is strong anger that is difficult to control.
= fury
You say that something powerful or unpleasant rages when it continues with great force or violence.
If you rage about something, you speak or think very angrily about it.
You can refer to the strong anger that someone feels in a particular situation as a particular rage, especially when this results in violent or aggressive behaviour.
see also road rage
When something is popular and fashionable, you can say that it is the rage or all the rage.
whack
If you whack someone or something, you hit them hard.
Whack is also a noun.
Your whack of something is your share of it.
= share
A dogfight is a fight between fighter planes, in which they fly close to one another and move very fast.
If you say that organizations or people are involved in a dogfight, you mean they are struggling very hard against each other in order to succeed.
lathe
lathe lathes
A lathe is a machine which is used for shaping wood or metal.
perspective
A particular perspective is a particular way of thinking about something, especially one that is influenced by your beliefs or experiences.
If you get something in perspective or into perspective, you judge its real importance by considering it in relation to everything else. If you get something out of perspective, you fail to judge its real importance in relation to everything else.
Perspective is the art of making some objects or people in a picture look further away than others.
godforsaken
If you say that somewhere is a godforsaken place, you dislike it a lot because you find it very boring and depressing.
If you hire someone, you employ them or pay them to do a particular job for you.
If you hire something, you pay money to the owner so that you can use it for a period of time.
You use hire to refer to the activity or business of hiring something.
If something is for hire, it is available for you to hire.
pivot
The pivot in a situation is the most important thing which everything else is based on or arranged around.
If something pivots, it balances or turns on a central point.
A pivot is the pin or the central point on which something balances or turns.
proxy
If you do something by proxy, you arrange for someone else to do it for you.
analogy
If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way.
pamper
If you pamper someone, you make them feel comfortable by doing things for them or giving them expensive or luxurious things, sometimes in a way which has a bad effect on their character.
footage
Footage of a particular event is a film of it or the part of a film which shows this event.
composite
A composite object or item is made up of several different things, parts, or substances.
Composite is also a noun.
tough
A tough person is strong and determined, and can tolerate difficulty or suffering.
If you describe someone as tough, you mean that they are rough and violent.
A tough is a tough person.
A tough place or area is considered to have a lot of crime and violence.
= rough
A tough way of life or period of time is difficult or full of suffering.
= rough
A tough task or problem is difficult to do or solve.
= hard
Tough policies or actions are strict and firm.
= strong
A tough substance is strong, and difficult to break, cut, or tear.
Tough meat is difficult to cut and chew.
If someone who is trying to achieve something hangs tough, they remain determined and do not give up, even when there are difficulties or problems.
scrub
If you scrub something, you rub it hard in order to clean it, using a stiff brush and water.
Scrub is also a noun.
If you scrub dirt or stains off something, you remove them by rubbing hard.
Scrub consists of low trees and bushes, especially in an area that has very little rain.
pan
A pan is a round metal container with a long handle, which is used for cooking things in, usually on top of a cooker or stove.
= saucepan
If something such as a film or a book is panned by journalists, they say it is very bad.
= slate
If you pan a film or television camera or if it pans somewhere, it moves slowly round so that a wide area is filmed.
If someone pans for gold, they use a shallow metal container to try to find small pieces of gold from a river.
crave
VERB: V n, V for n, also V to-inf
If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
endurance
Endurance is the ability to continue with an unpleasant or difficult situation, experience, or activity over a long period of time.
butler
A butler is the most important male servant in a wealthy house.
divine
divine divines divining divined
1 You use divine to describe something that is provided by or relates to a god or goddess.
He suggested that the civil war had been a divine punishment.
The law was divinely ordained.
2 If you divine something, you discover or learn it by guessing.
...the child's ability to divine the needs of its parents and respond to them...
From this he divined that she did not like him much.
integrate
If someone integrates into a social group, or is integrated into it, they behave in such a way that they become part of the group or are accepted into it.
integrated
When races integrate or when schools and organizations are integrated, people who are black or belong to ethnic minorities can join white people in their schools and organizations.
integrated
integration
If you integrate one thing with another, or one thing integrates with another, the two things become closely linked or form part of a whole idea or system. You can also say that two things integrate.
persuade
If you persuade someone to do something, you cause them to do it by giving them good reasons for doing it.
persuader
If something persuades someone to take a particular course of action, it causes them to take that course of action because it is a good reason for doing so.
If you persuade someone that something is true, you say things that eventually make them believe that it is true.
= convince
persuaded
arrears
Arrears are amounts of money that you owe, especially regular payments that you should have made earlier.
If someone is in arrears with their payments, or has got into arrears, they have not paid the regular amounts of money that they should have paid.
If sums of money such as wages or taxes are paid in arrears, they are paid at the end of the period of time to which they relate, for example after a job has been done and the wages have been earned.
proclamation
A proclamation is a public announcement about something important, often about something of national importance.
= declaration
plead
If you plead with someone to do something, you ask them in an intense, emotional way to do it.
= beg
When someone charged with a crime pleads guilty or not guilty in a court of law, they officially state that they are guilty or not guilty of the crime.
If you plead the case or cause of someone or something, you speak out in their support or defence.
If you plead a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse.
kin
Your kin are your relatives.
see also kith and kin, next of kin
wager
If you wager on the result of a horse race, football match, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.
= bet, gamble
Wager is also a noun.
If you say that you will wager that something is the case, you mean you are confident that it is the case.
= bet
wager
If you wager on the result of a horse race, football match, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.
= bet, gamble
Wager is also a noun.
If you say that you will wager that something is the case, you mean you are confident that it is the case.
= bet
stake
If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.
If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.
If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.
You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes.
A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree.
= post
If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
province
A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration.
The provinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated.
If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.
rage
Rage is strong anger that is difficult to control.
= fury
You say that something powerful or unpleasant rages when it continues with great force or violence.
If you rage about something, you speak or think very angrily about it.
You can refer to the strong anger that someone feels in a particular situation as a particular rage, especially when this results in violent or aggressive behaviour.
see also road rage
When something is popular and fashionable, you can say that it is the rage or all the rage.
whack
If you whack someone or something, you hit them hard.
Whack is also a noun.
Your whack of something is your share of it.
= share
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-4
finance
When someone finances something such as a project or a purchase, they provide the money that is needed to pay for them.
= fund
Finance is also a noun.
Finance is the commercial or government activity of managing money, debt, credit, and investment.
You can refer to the amount of money that you have and how well it is organized as your finances.
grout
Grout is a thin mixture of sand, water, and cement or lime, which is used to fill in the spaces between tiles that are fixed to a wall.
If you grout the tiles on a wall, you use grout to fill in the spaces between the tiles.
gravel
Gravel consists of very small stones. It is often used to make paths.
crisp
Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
If food crisps or if you crisp it, it becomes pleasantly hard, for example because you have heated it at a high temperature.
Crisps are very thin slices of fried potato that are eaten cold as a snack.
Weather that is pleasantly fresh, cold, and dry can be described as crisp.
Crisp cloth or paper is clean and has no creases in it.
depict
To depict someone or something means to show or represent them in a work of art such as a drawing or painting.
To depict someone or something means to describe them or give an impression of them in writing.
= portray
hinge
hinge hinges hinging hinged
A hinge is a piece of metal, wood, or plastic that is used to join a door to its frame or to join two things together so that one of them can swing freely.
The top swung open on well-oiled hinges.
rear
The rear of something such as a building or vehicle is the back part of it.
Rear is also an adjective.
If you are at the rear of a moving line of people, you are the last person in it.
Your rear is the part of your body that you sit on. = behind
If you rear children, you look after them until they are old enough to look after themselves.
= bring up, raise
If you rear a young animal, you keep and look after it until it is old enough to be used for work or food, or until it can look after itself.
When a horse rears, it moves the front part of its body upwards, so that its front legs are high in the air and it is standing on its back legs.
If you say that something such as a building or mountain rears above you, you mean that is very tall and close to you.
= loom
If a person or vehicle is bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them.
If something unpleasant rears its head or rears its ugly head, it becomes visible or noticeable.
lad
A lad is a young man or boy.
Some men refer to their male friends or colleagues as the lads.
cockeyed
If you say that an idea or scheme is cockeyed, you mean that you think it is very unlikely to succeed.
If something is cockeyed, it looks wrong because it is not in a level or straight position.
When someone finances something such as a project or a purchase, they provide the money that is needed to pay for them.
= fund
Finance is also a noun.
Finance is the commercial or government activity of managing money, debt, credit, and investment.
You can refer to the amount of money that you have and how well it is organized as your finances.
grout
Grout is a thin mixture of sand, water, and cement or lime, which is used to fill in the spaces between tiles that are fixed to a wall.
If you grout the tiles on a wall, you use grout to fill in the spaces between the tiles.
gravel
Gravel consists of very small stones. It is often used to make paths.
crisp
Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
If food crisps or if you crisp it, it becomes pleasantly hard, for example because you have heated it at a high temperature.
Crisps are very thin slices of fried potato that are eaten cold as a snack.
Weather that is pleasantly fresh, cold, and dry can be described as crisp.
Crisp cloth or paper is clean and has no creases in it.
depict
To depict someone or something means to show or represent them in a work of art such as a drawing or painting.
To depict someone or something means to describe them or give an impression of them in writing.
= portray
hinge
hinge hinges hinging hinged
A hinge is a piece of metal, wood, or plastic that is used to join a door to its frame or to join two things together so that one of them can swing freely.
The top swung open on well-oiled hinges.
rear
The rear of something such as a building or vehicle is the back part of it.
Rear is also an adjective.
If you are at the rear of a moving line of people, you are the last person in it.
Your rear is the part of your body that you sit on. = behind
If you rear children, you look after them until they are old enough to look after themselves.
= bring up, raise
If you rear a young animal, you keep and look after it until it is old enough to be used for work or food, or until it can look after itself.
When a horse rears, it moves the front part of its body upwards, so that its front legs are high in the air and it is standing on its back legs.
If you say that something such as a building or mountain rears above you, you mean that is very tall and close to you.
= loom
If a person or vehicle is bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them.
If something unpleasant rears its head or rears its ugly head, it becomes visible or noticeable.
lad
A lad is a young man or boy.
Some men refer to their male friends or colleagues as the lads.
cockeyed
If you say that an idea or scheme is cockeyed, you mean that you think it is very unlikely to succeed.
If something is cockeyed, it looks wrong because it is not in a level or straight position.
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