No
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Word
/ Phrases
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Definition
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Example
of a sentence
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1.
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Dreadful
|
Very
bad/unpleasant
|
What
dreadful weather!
|
2.
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Shiver
|
To shake slightly because you are cold, frightened,
excited etc
|
Ali shivered at the thought of the
cold, dark sea.
|
3.
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Endurance
|
The
ability to continue doing something painful/difficult for a long period of
time without complaining
|
Sofia
showed remarkable endurance throughout her illness.
|
4.
|
Stump
|
The
end of something/the part that is left after the main part has been cut,
broken off/worn away
|
The
stump of a pencil.
|
5.
|
Bowstring
|
The
string on a bow which is pulled back to shoot arrow
|
Aiman
was armed with a correctively bowstring.
|
6.
|
Gnawing
(Gnaw)
|
Making you feel worried over a period of time
|
Siti
was gnawing her doubts everdays.
|
7.
|
Strange
|
Unusual
/ surprising, especially in a way that is difficult to understand
|
Aminah
was looking at me in a very strange way.
|
8.
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Enormous
|
Extremely
large
|
The
problems facing the President are enormous.
|
9.
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Morsel
|
A
small amount /a piece of something especially food
|
Syed
ate it all, down to the last morsel.
|
10.
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Comrades
|
A
person who is a member of the same communist / socialist political party as
the person speaking @ a friend/ other person that you work with especially as
a soldiers during a war
|
They
were old army comrades.
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