Miserable Very unhappy,uncomfortable I can’t tolerate this miserable lady begging on

street.
Disheartening Disheart It’s dishearteningto see well-dressed people.
Stale No longer fresh Smell their stale breath once you are colse
enough to talk to them.
Never-flatering Endless Her never-flatering love and faith in his ability
to get well.
Touching interesting His story is very touchy.
Irony Different situation as you expected The irony is that,keeping our beloved alive is
not enough.
Deface To damage It defaces the face of religion that preaches
tolerence and peace.
Disgusts Dislike or disapproval It ‘s disgusts me how barbarically and
mindlessly those militants behaved.
Heart-felt Sincereand serious My heart-felt sympathies.
epitomise Example His suffering and endurance epitomise the
strenght of the human spirit.
Amiss Strange She felt something was amiss.
Distraught Extremely upset Distraught,she wrote to police.

Dismay Sad Feelings To her dismay,Police didn’t reply her

Brazen Open without shame He photographed the brazen flouting of the

rules.
Upholding Keep Care It was clear that the authorities were more
concerned about raising adverstising revenue
than upholding the law.
faux Artificial By the 1680s lawyers were sporting the faux
coifs.
Dilapidated Partial Broken We lived in a dilapidated house for ages.
Stilts Bans It stood on wooden stilts.
Steepy Amodi dhalwan It stood on wooden stilts and had steepy
sloping roof.
Corrugated Line gap It stood on wooden stitls and had steepy
sloping roof of corrugated zinc sheet.
Boisterous Noiseful When our play got too boisterous the whole
house shook.
Perpetual Continuing for long time We seemed to live in perpetual darkness.
Malevolent Showring desire to harm others His dark black malevolent eyes.
Tinge Add some color of fear Mother would ask in a voice tinged with
fear”what do you see”.
Dusk Before the time of night (magrib) At dusk,I would reluctantly return home.
Dread Afraid of something At dusk,I would reluctantly return home with
the feeling to dread.
Discontent Unhappy Fear had been replaced by feelingsof
discontent and shame.
Sprained Injured a joint When I was 13,I sprained my ankle. 28
 I wish I could have somewhere else at that
moment
I admired the house as it were the subject of
painting.
Slender Slim Slender young lady.
Implored Want it at anycost/badly “use my story in anyway” she implored.
Battering To damage something The rain was battering the tatched roof.
Numerous Many There were numerous stories about house.
Shiver Shake slightly He shivered thorough the night without
jacket.
Dire Serious There would be dire consequences.
Relation They continued their alliance throught
letters.
Mass of flowers By this time something more than friendship
was bloosming between them.
Flee Leave place quickly of Danger He had fled back home from forced labour.
Pessage between benches They walked down the aisle as 30 attendants
held bamboo roads woven with flowers.
Muttering Talk in a voice which only you He is muttering to himself.
understand
Moving belt you collect luggage If you want more information about your
luggage you must report to carousel 3.

Bellow Shout with anger He repeats with a bellow of laughter

Shuffled To walk slowly without lifting your He shuffled across the room to the window
feet
Savant Knowledge person Most savants possess remarkable expertise in
up to 3 subjects.
Enigmatically Difficult to understand He replies enigmatically.
Its hard to hold conversation with him.
Flits Jump His mind flits from one subject to next
quickly.
Bewildering Confusing His mind flits from one subject to next with
bewildering speed.
He can be a bit inimidating.
The women gasped.

The women gasped and lid slammed down.

Curious Having a strong desire to know sth Whether you are curious about wine.
Soars Increase The thrist for informaiton also soars.
Wine-Book market is doing a brisk trade.
Forthright Honest Forthright and hard-working,the couple had
grown up together and took pride in beign a
proper family.
Bruise Daagh,zakham She had slipped and badly bruised her face.
Advocacy Work of lawyers who talk about case My advocacy could be too zealous
Zealous Tashadut pasand,mutasib My advocacy could be too zealous 56
chord Do something that make people The speaker had obviously struck a chord
sympathy with his audience.
Disguise To change your appearance so They got in disguise as security guard
people can’t recognize you
Daze in a confused state I've been in a complete daze since hearing
the news.
Wriggle To twist and turn body part You will never again have to wriggle
uncomfortably in your seat.
Engross Involved in something that you give As the business grew,it totally engrossed him
all your attention
squeeze Press something firmly Just take hold of a tube and squeeze
woe problems Thanks for listening to my woes
anxiety The state of feeling nervous that If you are worried about your health,share
something is going to happen bad your anxieties with doctor
grin To smile widely He was grinning from ear to ear
extol To praise st or sb She was extolled as a genius
Paragon a person who is perfect or who is a He wasn't the paragon of virtue she had
perfect example of a particular good expected.
quality
virtue behaviour or attitudes that show She was certainly no paragon of virtue
high moral standards
grim looking or sounding very serious She looked grim
gather To come together I gathered up candles and headed for the tub
off Why did you take the candle off the piano?
Swallow Go down your throat to stomach When I am hurt by someone I will swallow
and get on with my life
Crap nonsense Let’s cut the crap and get down to business
riffle Turn pages of the book quickly I was riffling through the papers on my desk
without reading it
rivet Hold attention completely so you I was absolutely riveted by her story.
don’t think for anything else
sprout To start to grow I wished I could just sprout wings and fly
away
discriminate To treat one person than other in It is illegal to discriminate on grounds of race
unfair way and sex.
Snort To make a loud sound The guy in line behind him snorts ,”they don’t
serve wine”.
Startle To surprise somebody The women is startled but she keeps drilling.
Rinky-dink Very old They are using very rinky-dink systems.
Rink Old This is the manager of the skating rink.
Raspy Having a rough voice Men are attracted to women with raspy
voice.
Quaff Drink st quickly I spent the evening quaffing cold drink.
Throw Several weeks later,my parents threw a party
Limbo His life seemed stuck in limbo,he could not go
forward and he could not go back.
Discreet In order to keep st secret It discreetly sends treats to elementary
86school,so homeless kinds can celebrate.
Candour Quality of saying what you think Through her candour she also provides
openly valuable advice
Appalled Feeling or showing horror/disgust at They are appalled when we point out that kid
something unpleasant needs to fail in order to help them deal with
life as adult.
accuse To say sb has done st wrong You are accusing him of lying
Wreck Person who is in physical or mental Physically he was a total wreck
condition
Assert To state clearly and firmly that st is I will get them, she asserted
true
Tuck To push She tucked a long-book into her shoulder bag
Stride Walk with long steps I crossed the room in two strides
Gradual Happening slowly over long period Recovery from the disease is very gradual
Bewilder Confuse somebody She was totally bewildered by his sudden
change of mood.
Vaguely Ghair wazay tor per I will be in touch,she said vaguely
Permeate To spread to every corner of the The smell of leather permeated the room
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Mollify To make somebody feel less angry His explanation failed to mollify her
Intrigue To make sb very interested and want She was mildly intrigued,wondering who the
to know more st woman was
Evasive Not willing to give clear answer I am not sure she replied evasively

slumped To fall in price Sales have slumped this year

revel To enjoy st very much
Apprentice A young worker who works
for an employer for a fixed time of
period to learn something
Some people seem to revel in annoying
others
He was apprenticed to his uncle as a
carpenter.