01/03/2023

1. Advantage: An advantage is something that helps you.

Being tall is an advantage to a basketball player.
2. Cause: To cause is to make something happen.
The cold weather caused her to get sick.
3. Choice: A choice is the act or possibility o picking something.
I had my choice of five doors to open.
4. Community: A community is a group of people who live together.
The kids from my community usually play together.
5. Dead: To be dead is to not be alive.
A dead person is usually buried in the ground.
6. Distance: The distance between two things is how far it is between them.
The distance between the Earth and the Moon is 384,400 Kilometers.
7. Escape: To escape is to run away from something bad.
The butterfly could not escape from the cage.
8. Face: If you face a problem, you deal with it.
My sister and I have to find a better way to face our differences.
9. Follow: To follow means to go behind someone and go where they go.
The little boy followed his mother home.
10. Fright: is the feeling of being scared.
She was filled with fright. (31.27)
PHRASAL VERBS.
1. TO SQUIRREL AWAY: To hide or store something, especially money or gift,
in order to use it in the future.
I purchased some Christmas presents in October and I squirreled them away
until December.
2. TO SCARF DOWN: To eat something quickly and eagerly
Lunch is usually scarfed down in five minutes before they run out to play.
3. TO BEEF UP: To make something stronger or more important.
The security was beefed up during the presidential speech.
4. TO BUTT IN: To interrupt a conversation or discussion or someone who is
talking.
Can I just butt in there?
5. TO CLAM UP: To become silent suddenly, usually because you are
embarrassed or nervous, or do not want to talk about a particular subject.
He just clams up if you ask him about his childhood.
IDIOMS
1. Get someone´s wires crossed
I got my wires crossed a little
2. Bring home the bacon:
Means to make a living, to earn money, to achieve financial support for those
at home.