Monday, February 19, 2024

My Daily Vocabulary

 Hello guys,

Here are the answers to the previous post from 02/18/2024:

1. heaved

2. thrall

3. slumped

4. hauled

5. bellowing

6. stifled

7. beckoning

8. banished

9. jangle

10. jolts

11. docile

12. twitching

13. loathing

14. libel

Enjoy the new words:

confide

corollary

dogged

fester

infatuation

jeer

lurch

slur

throng

torment

wheeze out

1. He had recovered from far worse, but for some reason this cut had begun to ___ and he could already smell the rot.

2. He pushed away from the trunk with a deep breath that made his head spin and his stomach ___.

3. Magnus had quickly realised his ___ was entirely one-sided.

4. Like his friends in Del, he had always ___ at such talk.

5. I ___ in him and I forget, once again, what I'm doing here.

6. He glanced down at her, his chest tight as he struggled to ___ the question. 

7. "Why did you ignore me? Did I do something wrong?" he ___, hating how pathetic he sounded, and not only because of illness...

8. Why did he ___ himself with these questions?

9. But ___ he moved on, hurrying despite his exhaustion.

10. I'm part of the Friday - evening commuter ____, just another wage slave amongst the hot, tired masses, looking forward to getting home and sitting outside with a cold beer, dinner with the kids, an early night. 

11. The ___  is that no writer will take all of his or her editor's advice; for all have sinned and fallen short of editorial perfection.


Sunday, February 18, 2024

My Daily Vocabulary

 Hello guys,

Here are the answers to the previous post on 02/10/2024

1. hurtled

2. haul

3. lumber

4. jeering

5. snapping

6. frailing

7. gnashing

8. placate

9. thrall

10. pyre

New words to enjoy

banish

beckon

bellow

docile

haul

heave

jangle

jolt

loathe

libel

slump

stifle

thrall

twitch

1. Lief ___ on the cloak with all his might.

2. You were his ___.

3. His bronze skin looked sallow, and his tall frame seemed a little ___ in his seat.

4. Lief and Barda ___ on the cloak, their arms straining.

5. ____ in shock and terror they sank like stones, their arms thrashing frantically as their great weight drove them down.

6. Somewhere in those depths lay Jin and Jod, their wickedness ___ forever.

7. He felt a hand touch his arm, and looked up to see Manus ___ to him urgently.

8. Lief took a deep breath, ____ the whispering voice from his mind, and nodded.

9. Until I hear footballs on the steps outside, the familiar ___ of Cathy fishing around in her huge handbag for her house keys.

10. It ___ me to life.

11. He does as he's told, kicking off his shoes and lying back on the bed, ___ as a sick child.

12. Beside him, Manus was sighing and ___ - tormented, no doubt, by dreams.

13.For five years he had lived with fear and ___ in the company of wickedness.

14. Can't ___ the dead!!!




Friday, February 9, 2024

My Daily Vocabulary

 Good morning guys!!

Here are the answers to my 02.07 post-check yourself!!!

1.bereavement

2. scramble

3. gaped

4. jutted

5. wrenched

6. coaxed

7. forgone

Enjoy some new words this weekend!!!

flail

gnash

haul

hurtle

jeer

lumber

placate

pyre

snap

thrall

1.The axe ____, spinning, towards her.

2. He bent and caught Jasmine's arm, trying to ____ her up beside him.

3. Howling in triumph, Jin and Jod ____ forward.

4.They were ____, gathering themselves to spring.

5. Jin and Jod shouted in shock as the black bird attacked them, its sharp beak ___ viciously.

6. It wheeled away from their ___ arms and dived again.

7. Lief caught a glimpse of Jod's metal teeth, ____ in furious triumph.

8. He tried to ___ me, he made all the right noises, he told me it was probably a load of rubbish anyway.

9. He had captured her five years ago and made her his ____.

10. If he had died here, you might have joined him on the funeral ___.



Wednesday, February 7, 2024

New Vocabulary +Answers to the previous post

 Good morning guys!!! Here are the answers to the post of 05.02.

1. hulking

2. rekindled

3. hiatus

4. funky

5. hurtled

6. dunking

7. sweatbox

8. exultation

Here are new words to enjoy!!

bereavement

coax

forgo

gape

jut

scramble

wrench

1. Was there something specific for you? A ___, or some other loss?

2. He peered over Jasmine's head and his heart thumped as he saw that Jin and Jod were already ___ to their feet.

3. But Bards and Jasmine just ___ at him.

4. Yellow tusks ___ from her open, shrieking mouth.

5. With an effort he ____ his right foot free and stepped to the next gap.

6. I knew we didn't - we'd taken on a big mortgage, he had some debts left over from a bad business deal his father had ___ him into pursuing - I just had to deal with it.

7. Couldn't he have ___ a weekend in Vegas?



Monday, February 5, 2024

New Vocabulary

Hello guys! Today's task is super easy. Enjoy filling the gaps with the vocabulary below. And.. learn the words if you don't know them!!))) Have a nice day!!!
hulking - bulky; great in size
exultation - rejoicing greatly
hiatus - a gap in time
sweatbox - a type of torture, punishment
funky - hearty and simple
hurtle - move with great speed
dunk - plunge
rekindle - to revive
  1. The sweet little cottage they thought they had seen was in fact a grim, ____ square of white stones with no windows.
  2. I've ____ my love for novels and even joined a book club.
  3. The ___ was necessary, but I'm ready to dive back into the world of blogging and reconnect with this community.
  4. Don't miss your opportunity to share your love of Korean with the world through these ___ shirts!
  5. Someone ___ out and began pounding across the grass towards them.
  6. With every swing, the hook at the end, still dripping with slime from its ___ in the quicksand missed the fleeting Ralad man by a hair.
  7. It's like a ___.
  8. ___, fear, confusion, and guilt.