Meaning in the Context

Hello! Can you get the meaning of the word in the context?

She knew her work well – all the complications of drips and pumps, ventilators, and tubes held no fears for her.

Ella was whisking sheets smooth, when the doctor called her.

Anna, a convalescent appendix, had been quiet and uncomplaining.

The same study also found that having clear rules for member participation – some predefined, some negotiated by the group – also helped.

Some point to the design of online programs as a possible culprit.

The interested practitioner can also access online seminal articles on related topics such as literacy and civics.

To her millions of fans she epitomized the romance writer.

The patients, settling down for the night, were drinking the final dregs of the cocoa.

How could he talk about kippers when only a moment ago he had been kissing her?

The use of mobile technology is becoming more and more prevalent, almost ubiquitous, in our everyday lives with devices such as mobile phones pervading every aspect of our daily routines and becoming as much part of the language classroom as pens, paper and course books.

New Vocab Practice

Some new words to practice!

a) gift of the gab

b) lavishly

c) get their feet wet

1.It is ________illustrated manuscript codex of 234 pages.

2.He had the _______and could be very charming.

3.The annual sessions have become an important means to help teachers “________” in the vast ocean of online teaching.

(Answer: 1.b; 2.a;3.c)

a sentence from Charlotte Bronte

Hi! Today we have one (!) wonderful sentence from Charlotte Bronte!

a) virulent

b) precocious

c) duplicity

I was a 1)______actress in her eyes; she sincerely looked on me as a compound of 2) ______passions, mean spirit, and dangerous______. (Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Bronte)

(Answers:1b;2a;3c )

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a) gibberish

b) friar

c) run the gamut

1.Interview questions can _______.

2.Some think the manuscript is ________, and it was probably a practical joke played on the king.

3.One theory is that it was written sometime during the 13^th century by a Franciscan _______.

(Answer: 1.c;2.a;3b)

Vocab challenge

Good evening! Here is a new vocabulary challenge for you!

The cows in headlong panic, the bulls furious with rage, uttering deep roars, and occasionally turning with a desperate rush upon their pursuers. (The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington)

When she had ascertained that I was really subsiding, she loosened her hold of me; then she and Miss Abbot stood with folded arms, looking darkly and doubtfully on my face, as incredulous of my sanity. (Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Bronte)

She's an underhand little thing: I never saw a girl of her age with so much cover. (Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Bronte)