1.build (v.)
a. to make something by putting bricks or other materials together
e.g.: They're building new houses by the river.
b. to create and develop something over a long period of time
e.g.: We want to build a better future for our children.
2.fair (adj.)
a. treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment
e.g.: Why should I have to do all the cleaning? It's not fair!
b. If you hit someone fair and square on a particular part of their body, you hit that person hard, exactly on that part
e.g.: He hit me fair and square on the nose.
3.shaven (adj.)
a. with the hair removed
e.g.: They all had shaven heads.
4.resent (v.)
a. to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like
e.g.: She bitterly resented her father's new wife.
5.saunter (v.)
a. to walk in a slow and relaxed way, often in no particular direction
e.g.: He sauntered by, looking very pleased with himself.
6.dismal (adj.)
a. sad and without hope
b. very bad
e.g.: The acting was dismal, wasn't it?
7.resent (v.)
a. to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like
e.g.: She bitterly resented her father's new wife.
8.saunter (v.) [`sɔntɚ]
a. to walk in a slow and relaxed way, often in no particular direction
e.g.: He sauntered by, looking very pleased with himself.
9.literally (adv.) [ˋlɪtərəlɪ]
a. using the real or original meaning of a word or phrase
e.g.: They were responsible for literally millions of deaths.
b. If you translate literally, you translate each word in a text separately, without looking at how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence
c. used to emphasize what you are saying
e.g.: He missed that kick literally by miles.
d. simply or just
10.tank (n.)
a. a container that holds liquid or gas
b. a large military fighting vehicle designed to protect those inside it from attack, driven by wheels that turn inside moving metal belts
11.luncheon (n.)
a. formal -lunch
12.chimney (n.)
a. a hollow structure that allows the smoke from a fire inside a building to escape to the air outside
e.g.: Factory chimneys belched dense white smoke into the sky.
13.dim (adj.)
a. not giving or having much light
e.g.: The lamp gave out a dim light.
b. something that you remember slightly, but not very well
e.g.: I had a dim recollection of having met her before.
c. not very clever
e.g.: He's a nice guy, but a little dim.
14.ghastly (adj.)
a. unpleasant and shocking
e.g.: Today's newspaper gives all the ghastly details of the murder.
b. extremely bad
e.g.: What ghastly weather!
c. If someone looks ghastly, they look very ill or very shocked, especially with a very pale face
e.g.: You look ghastly - are you okay?
15.spade (n.)
a. a tool used for digging especially soil or sand, with a long handle and a flat blade
e.g.: The kids took their buckets and spades to the beach.
b. one of the four suits in playing cards, which has one or more black symbols like a pointed leaf with a short stem
c. one of the four suits in playing cards, which has one or more black symbols like a pointed leaf with a short stem
e.g.: Don't you have any spades?
16.bleak (adj.)
a. If a place is bleak, it is empty, and not welcoming or attractive
e.g.: The house stands on a bleak, windswept hilltop.
b. Bleak weather is cold and unpleasant.
c. If a situation is bleak, there is little or no hope for the future
e.g.: The economic outlook is bleak.
17.decline (v.)
a. to gradually become less, worse, or lower
e.g.: His interest in the project declined after his wife died.
18.interval (n.)
a. a period between two events or times, or the space between two points
e.g.: We see each other at regular intervals - usually about once a month.
19.dock (n.)
a. an area of water in a port that can be closed off and that is used for putting goods onto and taking them off ships or repairing ships
20.desolate (adj.)
a. A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it
e.g.: The house stood in a bleak and desolate landscape.
b. extremely sad and feeling alone
e.g.: She felt desolate when her best friend moved away.
21.ridge (n.)
a. a long, narrow raised part of a surface, especially a high edge along a mountain
e.g.: We walked along the narrow mountain ridge.
b. the part of a roof where the sloping sides join at the top
22.ridge (n.)
a. a long, narrow raised part of a surface, especially a high edge along a mountain
e.g.: We walked along the narrow mountain ridge.
b. the part of a roof where the sloping sides join at the top
23.grotesque (adj.)
a. strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way
e.g.: By now she'd had so much cosmetic surgery that she looked quite grotesque.
24.chimney (n.)
a. a hollow structure that allows the smoke from a fire inside a building to escape to the air outside
e.g.: Factory chimneys belched dense white smoke into the sky.
25.dim (adj.)
a. not giving or having much light
e.g.: The lamp gave out a dim light.
b. something that you remember slightly, but not very well
e.g.: I had a dim recollection of having met her before.
c. not very clever
e.g.: He's a nice guy, but a little dim.
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