Unit 5B
Terms
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- nevertheless
- despite what has just been said or referred to
- tolerate
- 1. endure sb. or sth. without complaining; put up with; 2. allow sth. that one does not like or agree with to happen or continue
- turn up
- increase (a flame, sound, etc.)
- oral
- spoken; not written
- fur
- the short, fine hair of certain animals, or the skin of these animals, often used to make clothes, etc. for people
- give up on
- admit defeat in one's efforts to affect, harm, change, improve, etc.
- get along with
- form or have a friendly relationship with
- organic
- 1. produced without the use of chemical fertilizers; 2. of or produced by living things
- resort
- to use sth. for help, because one cannot find any other way of acting
- against all (the) odds
- in spite of the difficulties that would usu. make sth. impossible; very unexpectedly
- tear apart
- cause serious arguments in an organization, group, etc.
- mosquito
- a small flying insect that bites people and animals, and sucks their blood
- spring from
- have its or one's origin in (usu. sth.)
- before long
- soon
- thermometer
- a device used for measuring temperature
- chew
- crush food into smaller, softer pieces with teeth so that it is easier to swallow; bite sth. with teeth, usu. to taste its flavor
- chip
- n. 1. a small piece cut or broken off from glass, stone, wood, etc. 2. (usu. pl.) a long thin piece of potato that is fried and usu. eaten hot; v. (cause to) lose a small piece from the surface or edge, e.g. by breaking or dropping
- paw
- v. 1. feel or touch clumsily, rudely or indecently; 2. touch, hit, etc. with the foot; n. 1. the foot of an animal such as a cat, dog or bear which has claws or nails; 2. a human hand
- end up
- (cause to) reach (an unfavorable end); finish by becoming or by doing sth.
- resort to
- make use of (sth. or doing sth. ; often sth. unpleasant or unpopular) to gain an advantage, often when everything else has failed
- dorm
- a large building in a college or university where students live
- vibrate
- (cause) to shake slightly and quickly in a way that is felt rather than seen or heard
- undergraduate
- a student who is studing for their first degree at college or university
- strike out
- make an independent effort
- selection
- 1. the choosing of things or people; 2. a choice, range or variety of sth.
- in case
- if it happens that; lest
- disk
- 1. a musical recored or a compact disk; 2. a flat circular device, usu. inside a square container, which has magnetic covering and is used for storing computer information
- sum up
- give a short account of (sth.); give the main ideas of (sth. written or spoken); repeat the chief facts
- stale
- 1. no longer interesting or exciting because o having been heard, done, etc. 2. (esp. food) no longer fresh and often tasting or smelling unpleasant
- ant
- a type of small insect, thought of as hard-working
- cut up
- cut (sth. ) into small pieces
- abstract
- a. existing as an idea, feeling or quality, not as a material object, or (of an argument, discussion etc.) general, not based on particular examples; n. 1. general ideas; 2. a short summary of a book
- slap
- v. 1. hit quickly with the flat part of the hand; 2. move aganist (a surface) with a sound like a slap; n. a quick hit with the flat part of the hand
- fill in
- write what is necessary on (sth. such as a paper)
- saw
- 1. divide a place into several parts; 2. cut sth. with a tool that has a long blade with sharp teeth on one of its edges
- turn off
- (of a supply of water, gas, electricity, etc. ) cause to stop working by a switch of control
- trumpet
- a brass musical wind instrument
- jury
- a group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in a trial in a law court and to decide whether a claim has been proved
- furnace
- 1. a piece of equipment for heating a building; 2. a container which is heated to a very high temperature, so that substances that are put inside it, such as metal, will melt or burn
- on the basis of
- because of a particular fact or situation
- exclaim
- say or shout sth. suddenly because of surprise, fear, pleasure, etc.
- disorder
- 1. a state of untidiness and lack of organization; 2. an angry, possibly violent expression of dissatisfaction by crowds of people, esp. about a political matter
- chess
- a game for two, played with thirty-two pieces on a board with sixty-four black and white squares
- holy
- related to God and religion and therefore thought to be morally good
- frog
- a small jumping animal, without a tail, that lives on land and in water
- war over
- fight or argue about
- range from...to...
- vary from...to...
- head off
- prevent sth. from happening
- postage
- the money that one pays for sending letters and parcels through the post
- minus
- prep. 1. below zero; 2. made less by; adj. negative; less than zero; n. 1. a getagive quantity; 2. the minus sign
- depression
- 1. the state of being depressed; 2. a period in which trhere is very little business activity and not many jobs
- volcano
- 1. a moutain with a large circular hole at the top through which hot liquid rocks, gases, steam and dust are or have been forced out