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UNITS 6&7
Revision of VOCAB
TERM | DEFINITION |
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FICTIONAL | not real, imaginary |
SUFFERING | a state of undergoing pain or distress |
MONUMENT | a statue or other structure made in honour of someone/something |
REMOVED | take smth off or away |
DECIPHER | decode, convert something in code to normal language |
SUFFICIENT | enough, as much as you need |
TIMES GONE BY | moments that have already passed (from the past) |
MIRACULOUS | like a miracle completely unexpected |
ARTIFICIAL | made to copy something, not original |
IDENTITY | who/what somebody/something is |
SATISFY | please somebody by giving them what they want |
AUTHENTIC | real, not a copy |
SHED LIGHT ON | make a problem easier to understand (e.g. by giving information) |
SET UP | make a piece of equipment or a machine ready for use |
SET OFF | start a journey |
PUT OFF | discourage / cancel an arrangement for a later date |
BRING TO LIGHT | become known to somebody |
BLOW UP | to explode |
HEAD IN THE CLOUDS | when you're not connected to reality |
RAY OF SUNSHINE | person or a thing that makes life brighter |
GO DOWN A STORM | to be enthusiastically received by an audience |
THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND | do smth without thinking logically |
CLASSIFY | organise information into groups |
AUTHORITIES | sb who has power to give orders to people |
DESTRUCTIVE | causing damage |
FRAGMENT | a small part from something broken |
PLAY HAVOC | to make something more difficult/confusing |
SWEEP AWAY | to destroy/damage smth (e.g. by floods) |
INHABITANTS | a person/animal that lives in a particular place/area |
RAPIDLY | very fast |
THE CLOCK IS TICKING | time is passing quickly |
HEAD OF | in charge of |
WEAKENED | become weak |
ULTIMATELY | in the end, finally |
DEPICTION | showing what someone/something is like in pictures |
FRACTURE | a break in the bone or other hard material |
LIBERATE | to free |
PLOT | events of a story |
REVOLUTION | change the government of a country (by a violent action) |
SUBJECTIVE | based on your own opinion / feeling |
OBJECTIVE | not influenced by personal feelings/opinion |
DIE OUT | become extinct, disappear |
TAKE OVER | take control of something |
CONCLUDE | to believe something as a result of what you've seen |
ANALYZE | examine the nature of something, especially by separating its parts |
PROVE | show something is true |
OCCUR | happen |
RESIDENT | a person who lives at a particular place |
CONSUME | to use something (esp. fuel, time) |
GATHER | come/bring together |
TO FEEL UNDER THE WEATHER | you are a bit ill |
TO BE IN DEEP WATER | you are in big trouble |
TO BE DOWN TO EARTH | you think logically and behave sensibly |