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vocabulary '1984'

Term	Definition
to grate	to grincer, râper, être agaçant(e)
to utter	to say something or to make a sound with your voice
She sat through the whole meeting without a word.	to utter
a furnace	a container heated to a high temperature, so that substances inside it will melt or burn
grossly	extremely
to be aware of something	knowing that something exists
Were you of the risks at the time?	to be aware of something
to crumple something up	to crush a piece of paper until all of it is folded.
a palimpsest	a old document in which writing has been removed and covered or replaced by new writing
forgery	an illegal copy of a document, painting, etc. or the crime of making such illegal copies
an output	used to refer to the amount of something that a person or thing produces.
Government statistics show the largest drop in industrial for ten years.	output
dart a glance OR look at sb	to look quickly at someone
She a sly sideways glance at Bramwell.	darted
to toil	to work hard
ineffectual	inefficient
The teachers were at maintaining discipline.	ineffectual
repository	a person who has, or a book that contains, a lot of information or detailed knowledge
multifarious	of many different types
The newspaper report detailed the fraudster's business activities.	multifarious
kaleidoscope: a changing and enjoyable mixture or pattern
to incur	to experience something, usually something unpleasant, as a result of actions you have taken
The play has the wrath	anger of both audiences and critics.
to stroke	in French: caresser
to spring	to move quickly and suddenly towards a particularly place
I out of bad to answer the door.	sprang
pedantic	disapproving, giving too much attention to formal rules or small details
Professor Harris had a narrow, approach to history that put us to sleep.	pedantic
to leap out at somebody	If something leaps out at you, you notice it immediately
As I turned the page his picture out at me.	leapt
to disregard	to ignore something
The jury was told to the comments made by the witness.	disregard
to rise up	to go upwards
to hum	to make a low continuous sound
The birds sang, the bees .	hummed
to blossom	to develop good, attractive, or successful qualities.
What began as a local festival has into an international event.	blossomed
to gamble	in French: parier
to itch	when a part of your body itches, you have an feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch.
stovepipe	pipe usually made of sheet steel used as a stove chimney or to connect a stove with a flue
bareness	noun derived from the adj. ‘bare’: not covered by any clothing.
the mist	thin frog produced by small drops of water collecting in the air
embezzlement	secretly taking money that is in your care or that belongs to your employer (crime)
a sinecure	a paid position that involves little or no work.
to sag	to become weaker or to drop down to a lower level in the middle
The shelf under the weight of the heavy books.	sagged
bulging	sticking out in a rounded shape
His eyes seemed to like those of a toad.	buldge
to bray	to make the loud noise typical of a donkey
The mules suddenly started .	braying
to jeer	to laugh or shout insults at someone to show you have no respect for them.
The people at the back of the hall the speaker.	jeered
stratum	one of the parts or layers into which something is separated.
A of society is a group of people who are similar in their education, income, or social status.	stratum
to scribble	you write quickly and roughly
She a note to tell Mum she'd gone out	scribbled
a draught	a current of air that comes into a place in an undesirable way
tacitly	without expressing something directly
truism	a statement that is so obviously true that it is almost not worth saying.
As far as health is concerned, it's a that prevention is better than cure.	truism
axiom	a statement or principle that is generally accepted to be true, but need not be so.
It is a widely held that governments should not negotiate with terrorists.	axiom
demeanour	a way of looking and behaving
She has the of a woman who is contented with her life.	demeanour
To drift	to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction
No one noticed that the boat had begun to out to sea.	drift
to flick	to move with a short, sudden movement.
He his cigarette out of the window.	flicked
to heave	to move something heavy using a lot of effort.
He cleared a space, boxes out of the way.	heaving
to heave	If something heaves, it makes one or more large movements up and down
As the wind increased, the deck of the ship began to beneath his feet.	heave
coated	thickly covered
Your trousers are in mud!	coated
to dodge	to avoid being hit, caught, or seen by moving suddenly
Stiff	firm and not easily bent or moving with pain or difficulty
I'm all over right now.	stiff
to grasp	to grip firmly or to understand
sour	having a sharp biting taste like the taste of lemon juice or vinegar
Stifling	suffocating
The heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.	stifling
sweltering	something extremely hot that makes you feel uncomfortable (weather)
In the summer, it's in the smaller classrooms.	sweltering
loosestrife	any of various primulaceous plants of the genus Lysimachia, esp the yellow-flowered
to blaze	to burn fiercely
to tickle	chatouiller
to wriggle	to twist and turn with quick movements
to dissent	do disagree
Anyone wishing to from the motion should now raise their hand.	dissent
cunning	clever at deceiving
to scrape	to produce a grating sound by rubbing against (something else)
She went round the car the frost off the windows.	scraping
sodden	soaking wet
a shelter	something that provides cover or protection from weather or danger.
A neighbour the boy for seven days.	sheltered
a rubble	pile of broken stones or bricks
to scrounge	to beg
Peter never buys anything - he just off his friends.	scrounges
a mantelpiece	a shelf above a fireplace, usually part of a frame that surrounds the fireplace.
counterpane	a bed covering
a fender	a low metal frame around an open fireplace that stops the coal or wood from falling out
pathos	the power of a person, situation, or work of art to cause feelings of sadness, people feel sympathy
The dying girl’s speech generates genuine .	pathos
to wrench	to pull and twist something suddenly or violently away from its position
the phone had been from (or ‘off’) the wall.	to wrench
to pilfer	to steal things of small values.
He was caught sweet from the shop.	pilfering
quilted	(especially on clothes) filled with thick soft material that is sewn in place
to be in the grip of something	to be experiencing something unpleasant that you have no control over
The country currently in the grip of the worst recession in 20 years.	to be in the grip of
a stream	water that flows naturally along a fixed route formed usually at ground level
a stalk	the main stem of a plant, or the narrow stem that joins leaves, flowers, or fruit to the main stem.
She trimmed the of the tulips before putting them in a vase.	stalks
downhearted	sad and discouraged
After hearing the news of the defeat, she told supporters not to be .	downhearted
to outwit	to get an advantage over someone by acting more cleverly and often by using a trick.
In the story, the cunning fox the hunters.	outwits
utmost	to emphasise how important or serious something is
The situation needs to be handled with the care.	utmost
varicose veins	a condition in which the tubes that carry blood, are swollen and can be seen on the skin
Pregnant women often get .	varicose vein
dimly	in a way that does not give or have much light
The room was lit.	dimly
torpid	not active or thinking slowly, especially as a result of being lazy or feeling that you want to sleep
It remains there quiescent, dormant and torpid in the hope that someday the waters will return.	torpid
taut	tight
He kept his eyes on the road ahead, his face with concentration.	taut
to squat	to crouch with the knees bent and the weight on the feet
He down and examined the front wheel of his bike.	squatted
whitish	almost white in colour
a lump	a small solid mass without definite shape
blissful	extremely delightful
We spent a year together before things started to go wrong.	blissful
elm	a kind of tree (orme in French
willow	a tree that grows near water and has long, thin branches that hang down. (saule pleureur)
a furrow	a long line or hollow that is formed or cut into the surface of something
a deep has formed in the rock, where water has run over it for centuries.	furrow
onwards	If you move onwards, you continue to go forwards
We sailed in a westerly direction.	onwards
cyst	a round mass growing just under the skin or deeper in the body, that contains liquid
to plunge	to (cause someone or something to) move or fall suddenly and often forward, down, or into something
We ran down to the beach and into the sea.	plunged

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