Week 14(5/25-5/29)
1. retreat /rɪˈtriːt/
- to go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger
E.g.: Attacks by enemy aircraft forced the tanks to retreat (from the city).
From: Sometimes, a well-placed hit will be enough to make a mountain lion treat.
2. sideways /ˈsaɪd.weɪz/
- in a direction to the left or right, not forwards or backwards
E.g.: The fence is leaning sideways.
From: If you feel yourself being pulled down, roll sideways to shake the big cat off of you.
3. snarl /snɑːrl/
- (especially of dogs) to make a deep rough sound while showing the teeth, usually in anger or (of people) to speak or say something angrily and forcefully
E.g.: The dogs started to snarl at each other so I had to separate them.
From: Jessie then snarled like a dog, looking directly at the mountain lion.
4. spine-chilling /ˈspaɪnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/
- very frightening
E.g.: He told them a spine-chilling ghost story.
From: Jessie and Brianna’s spine-chilling experience may seem unusual.
5. extinction /ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
- a situation in which something no longer exists
E.g.: The extinction of the dinosaurs occurred millions of years ago.
From: Once hunted to the point of extinction, mountain lion populations are on the rise.
6. leash /liːʃ/
- mainly US for lead noun
From: If you feel you must bring a dog, be sure to keep it on the leash.
7. GPS /ˌdʒiː.piːˈes/
- for global positioning system: a system that can show the exact position of a person or thing by using signals from satellites (= objects in space that send signals to Earth)
From: Bring a fully-charged GPS device or cell phone with you that you can use to call for help in the event of emergency.
8. strike back /straɪk/
- to attack someone who has attacked you
From: Use whatever means you have available to strike back---your hands and feet, sticks, or sharp rocks.
9. come clean
- to tell the truth about something that you have been keeping secret
E.g.: I thought it was time to come clean (with everybody) about what I'd been doing.
From: I will come clean.
10. despair /dɪˈspeər/
- the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation
E.g.: To her teacher's despair, Nicole never does the work that she's told to do.
From: A part of me did not want Richard Parker to die at all, because if he died I would be left alone with despair, a foe even more formidable than a tiger.
11. fury /ˈfjʊə.ri/
- extreme anger
E.g.: He could hardly contain his fury.
From: Tigers go woof when they are surprised, a short, sharp explosion of fury that would instantly make your legs jump up and run away if they weren’t frozen to the spot.
12. growl /ɡraʊl/
- to make a low rough sound, usually in anger
E.g.: The dog growled at her and snapped at her ankles.
From: No lips were rising and falling, no teeth were showing, no growling or snarling was coming from him.
13. in the same boat
- to be in the same unpleasant situation as other people
E.g.: She's always complaining that she doesn't have enough money, but we're all in the same boat.
From: We were in the same boat.
14. intently /ɪnˈtent/
- giving all your attention to something
E.g.: She had an intent look on her face.
From: He was looking at me intently.
15. outlast /ˌaʊtˈlɑːst/
- to live or exist, or to stay energetic and determined, longer than another person or thing
E.g.: The queen outlasted all her children.
From: More likely the worst would happen: the simple passage of time, in which his animal toughness would easily outlast my human frailty.
16. petrifying /ˈpet.rə.faɪ/
- to frighten someone a lot, especially so that they are unable to move or speak
E.g.: I think you petrified poor Jeremy - he never said a word the whole time you were here.
From: It’s a cry that travels far and wide, and is absolutely petrifying when heard close up.
17. pick up one’s ears
From: I pricked up my ears.
18. rusty /ˈrʌs.ti/
- covered with rust (= metal decay)
E.g.: a rusty car/nail
From: And tigers hiss and snarl, like a giant door with rusty hinges slowly opening---in both cases, completely spin-chilling.
19. tame /teɪm/
- (especially of animals) not wild or dangerous, either naturally or because of training or long involvement with humans
E.g.: After a few months' contact the monkeys become very tame.
From: I had to tame him.
20. twitch /twɪtʃ/
- (to cause) to make a sudden small movement with a part of the body, usually without intending to
E.g.: He tried to suppress a smile but felt the corner of his mouth twitch.
From: He kept twitching his ears and varying the sideways turn of his head.
21. hyena /haɪˈiː.nə/
- a wild animal from Africa and Asia that looks like a dog, hunts in groups and makes a sound similar to an unpleasant human laugh
From: Clearly Richard Parker had eaten his fill of hyena and drunk all the rainwater he wanted.
22. tabby /ˈtæb.i/
- (a cat) having dark coloured marks on grey or brown fur
From: He looked like a nice, big, fat domestic cat, a 450-pound tabby.
23. snort /snɔːrt/
- to make an explosive sound by forcing air quickly up or down the nose
E.g.: He did an impression of a horse snorting.
From: He made a sound, a snort from his nostrils.
24. hiss /hɪs/
- to make a noise which is like the first sound in the word 'sing' but which lasts a lot longer
E.g.: Why do snakes hiss?
From: And tigers hiss and snarl, like a giant door with rusty hinges slowly opening---in both cases, completely spin-chilling.
25. rustle /rʌsl̩/
- If things such as paper or leaves rustle, or if you rustle them, they move about and make a soft, dry sound
E.g.: The leaves rustled in the breeze.
From: And tigers hiss and snarl, like a giant door with rusty hinges slowly opening---in both cases, completely spin-chilling.