Danny Ch. 6 (2)
Page Page 46-49
4. Words and Definitions
Read the Words
and Definitions out loud.
1
explain
to help a person
understand s.t. ,
to tell s.o. how to do s.t.
2
first-grade
when s.t. is very good,
the best,
prime,
top quality
3
local
from around here,
s.o. who lives here
4
official
a person who works for
the country or
the government
and has power
5
miracle
an amazing thing
that happens
and nobody knows
how it happened
6
repair
to fix s.t. ,
to make s.t work again
7
release
to let s.t. go,
not holding it anymore
8
spring
s.t. made of metal,
when you push it down
it will push back up again
9
unscrew
to take s.t. off
another thing
by turning it
anticlockwise
10
twilight
the time
when the sun goes down
or sets,
before it becomes
really dark
11
veiled
covered,
hidden,
not easy to see
12
shady
cool and dark
because the sun
can’t shine there
13
shadow
a dark shape
on the ground
made by s.t.
when the sun shines
on it
14
fond of
to like s.t.
or s.o. a lot
15
impatient
not wanting to wait,
getting angry easily
16
precisely
at exactly the right time,
not early or late,
when s.t. is done
the right way
17
set off
to leave a place,
to begin to go away
18
stride
a step,
a pace
19
countrymen
people who live
away from the city
20
a bend
a curve,
a part of something
that turns
Extra Words
21
clockwise
moving around
in a circle
in the same direction
as the hands of a clock
(The hands of a clock
turn in a clockwise direction.)
22
anticlockwise
to turn
in the opposite way
to a clock’s hands
(anticlockwise =
counterclockwise)
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