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Flashcards by Diana Itzel Moctezuma Acosta, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Diana Itzel Moctezuma Acosta
over 7 years ago
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| EARSHOT The distance within which someone's voice can be heard. Randall was always listening to others people's plans. | EARSHOT Noun ear·shot ˈir-ˌshät |
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DRAWS
To attract attention or interest.
To make a picture of something or someone with a pencil or pen.
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Draww (binary/octet-stream)
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DRAWS verb \ ˈdrȯ \ |
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DRAWS
A situation in which each team in a game has equal points and neither side wins.
Neither of the teams won.
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Draw (binary/octet-stream)
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DRAW noun \ ˈdrȯ \ |
| TO GET SWEPT UP To suddenly be very involved in something Summer Roberts was carried away in saving the world. | TO GET SWEPT UP Swept verb Up preposition |
| JUMP THE QUEUE To move in front of people who have been waiting longer for something than you. In organ transplantation, patients are picked on a first come, but if they are near death they can go first . | JUMP THE QUEUE verb Jump verb Queue noun |
| KEEP YOUR WORD To do what you have told someone that you would do Brienne of Tarth made a promise to Catelyn Stark and she intend to keep it. | KEEP YOUR WORD verb Keep verb Word noun |
| MAKE (UP) AN EXCUSE To invent an excuse, a story, in order to deceive. Alex Karev always found a way to lie and be out of trouble. | MAKE (UP) AN EXCUSE phrasal verb with make /meɪk/ |
| BE KEEN ON To be enthusiastic about someone or something. I'm not very interested in the Divergent saga, people say the books are great. | BE KEEN ON adjective |
| PROFUSELY With a large amount of something. Mexico is a country with abundance of culture. | PROFUSELY adverb /prəˈfjus·li/ |
| TO BRING STH INTO QUESTION To cause something to be questioned. To cause doubts about something The fact that Shakespeare was an illiterate makes me doubt about the authenticity of his writings. | TO BRING STH INTO QUESTION Bring verb Into preposition Question noun |
| TO SET THE SCENE To give someone information that is needed to understand something. "I'll just quickly explain the background for this novel" said the teacher | TO SET THE SCENE Set verb Scene noun |
| FIERCELY In a frightening, violent, or powerful way Robb Stark fought savagely against the Lannisters | FIERCELY adverb fierce·ly /ˈfɪəs.li/ |
| BITTERLY A strong negative emotion such as sadness and disappointment. What is happening to Mexico is a grievous loss to the whole community. | BITTERLY adverb bit·ter /ˈbɪt.ə.li/ |
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