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ESL - Cyberbullying
ESL - Vocabulary Cyberbullying
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| To pet (Verb) | To stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately. |
| To stroke (someone/something) (Verb) | To gently rub or pass one's hand over a surface or object. |
| To caress (Verb) | To touch in a tender or loving way |
| To defecate (Verb) | to have a bowel movement, to poop |
| A pickle (Noun) | vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar |
| To be in a pickle (Expression) | to be in a difficult situation |
| To knit (Verb) | knit, knit |
| A cub (Noun) | a young animal, such as a young bear, lion, fox, etc. |
| A backhoe (Noun) | a large machine that digs into the ground with a metal scoop |
| To threaten | to be likely to harm or destroy something |
| To harass (Verb) | to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks |
| To punish (Verb) | v. to cause pain, suffering or loss for doing something bad or illegal |
| Salient (Adjective) | most noticeable or important |
| Defenestration (Noun) | the act of throwing someone or something out a window |
| To exploit (Verb) something | To make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource) |
| To exploit (Verb) someone | To use someone unethically or unfairly for one's own personal gain, often by taking advantage of their weaknesses or vulnerabilities |
| An exploit (Noun) | A bold or daring feat |
| Parched (Adjective) | dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight |
| Severe (Adjective) | very bad or serious |
| a target | someone or something that is the focus of an intentional action |
| the authority | the power or right to give orders, tell others what to do, make decisions, and enforce obedience. |
| The threat | something that is a source of danger, a statement that expresses the possibility that something BAD will happen |
| A victim | A person who has been injured or harmed (murdered, hurt, harassed, killed, attacked, etc.) |
| Injured | Hurt or physically harmed |
| To testify | give evidence as a witness in a law court. |
| To identify | to recognize and name someone, to point out |
| A theft (Noun) | the act of stealing something |
| A thief (Noun) | someone who steals things |
| A neighborhood (Noun) | the area or region around or near some place or thing |
| an authorization (Noun) | (n) a permission; an approval; a green light |
| Purposely (adverb) | intentionally, on purpose |
| To throw someone under the bus (expression, idiom) | To betray someone for personal gain. |
| To tattle on someone (Verb) | (phrasal verb) telling to someone in authority about someone who did something bad, usually said in a negative way |
| To snitch (Verb) (casual talk) | The action where someone tells on someone else |
| Harmed | Hurt |
| To Harm | To injure, to hurt |
| To violate | to break, as a law or a promise |
| To insult | offend; treat or speak to someone (or about someone) in a rude manner |
| an insult | an offensive remark or action |
| insulted | hurt someone's feelings or make them feel bad |
| to assemble | to put or bring together |
| an assembly (definition #1) | a group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose, a meeting. |
| an assembly (definition #2) | The action of fitting together the parts of a machine or other object. |
| a violation | a breaking of or failing to keep something like a law or a promise |
| assembled | to put together |
| explicit | precise, straightforward, clearly stated |
| a rumble of thunder | deep noise of thunder |
| Thunder | a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air. |
| To steal someoneone“s thunder | To upstage someone; to destroy the effect of what someone does or says by doing or saying the same thing first |
| lightning | A sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud, between nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. |
| To intimidate | frighten or scare (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants |
| an intimidation | The action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated. |
| Intimidated | frightened into submission or compliance |