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vocabulary english

unit 10

TermDefinition
tune series of musical notes that form a piece of music
step short movement made by putting one foot in front of the other
aloud, loud in a voice that the other can hear ( 2X adj)
to distract to take sb's attention away from what they are trying to do
demonstration act of giving proof or evidence for sth
diagram, diagrammatic picture of how to do sth or how sth works
chart visual representation of information
ruler straight strip of wood, plastic or metal, marked in centimeters, used for measuring
to do calculations acts of using numbers to find out an amount
to perform to do sth, such as a piece of work, task or duty
astonishing, to astonish, astonished, astonishment very surprising ( adv, verb, adj, noun)
savant person whois less intelligent than others but has particular unusual abilities that other people don't have
simultaneously, simultaneous, simultaneity happening at the same time (adv, adj, noun)
feat action that need skill, strength or courage
abstract, abstraction based on general ideas and not real things or people (adj, noun)
intriguingly, to intrigue, intriguing interstingly, not easy to explain (adv, verb, adj)
to acquire to gain
somehow in a way that is know or certain
wave form that some types of energy such as heat or light take as they move
accruate, inaccruate correct and true in every detail
skyline outline of buildings, trees etc. seen against the sky
to memorise, memory, memorable to learn sth so that you remember it exactly
volume book, often part of a series
encyclopaedia, encyclopaedic book or set of books giving information about all areas of knowledge
to reflect (on), reflection, reflective to think carefully and deeply about (verb, noun, adj)
to visualise to imagine how sth looks
to doubt (sth) to think that sth is probalbly not true
to recollect (sth), recollection to think about an experience at a later date (verb, noun)
to contemplate to think about sth for a quite long time
to comprehend, comprehension, comrehensible to understand (verb, noun, adj)
to remind of to make you think of
to occure to sb to come into your mind suddenly
ballerina femal ballet dancer
graceful, graceless moving in a controlled attractive way (adj, noun)
builder smne who repairs or makes building as a job
fisherman person who catches fish, either as a job or as a sport
steel strong hard metal that is made of a mixture of iron and carbon
whale very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like an enormous fish
brontosaurus very large dinausor with a long neck and long tail
chimpanzee intelligent monkey that is most similar to humans
to convey to communicate informations, feelings or images to sb
to work out to have a good result
to mess things up to do sth badly
to go on about talk about sth too often
mind you used to add add sth to what you have said
dull uninteresting
public speaking talking to a large group of people
thunderstorm very bad weather with a lot of rain, thunder and lightning
rope strong thick string made by twisting thinner strings together
depth, deep distance from the top or surface to the bottom of sth (noun, adj)
mask, to mask covering for the face that protects or hides the person wearing it (noun, verb)
cave large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground
torch hand-held light you can switch on and off
rock face vertical surface of rock on a mountain
wet-suit piece of clothing made of rubber used for water sports
nightmare dream that is very frightening or unpleasant
to donate, donation, donor to give money or things to charity (verb, noun, noun)
punctual, punctuality on time, not late (adj, noun)
to investigate to try to discover all the facts about sth, especially a crime or accident
to resign, resignation to officially tell your employer that you are leaving your job (verb, noun)
to replace, replacement to use instead of sth/sb else (verb, noun)
to pursue, pursuit, pursuer to follow, to try to reach sb or sth (verb, noun, noun)
throughout 1) in every part of 2) during the whole period of
untrue false
(child) prodigy prodigious (Young) person who is exremely talented or clever (noun, adj)
to dedicate, dedication, dedicated to to give a lot of time and effort to a particular acivity (verb, noun, adj)
to change one's mind (about) to change a decision you have made
to make up one's mind to make a final decision
mind your head be careful that you don't hit your head, e.g because the ceiling is low
to take sb's mind off sth to make sb stop thinking about sth
to give sb a lift to drive sb somewhere
to interfere to try to become involved in a situation, in a way that is annoying
in response to to answer
diploma certificate of achievement
distinction, distinct, distinctive special mark for excellence in an exam (noun, adj, adj)
keen on very interested or enthusiastic
syllabus list of the subjects that are included in a course of study
post job
requirement sth that is needed or demanded
disappointment, disappoint feeling of being unhappy because of sb/sth was not as good as you expected or hoped (noun, verb)
to tell apart to be able to see difference between two things or people that are very similar
to over-commit to agree to do more things that you can
to deceive, deception, deceit to make sb believe sth that is not true (verb, noun, noun)
distant-cousin person who is related to you but not in you're close family
get-together informal meeting
Created by: reynard.amelie
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