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- Tray (n): a flat container, usually with slightly raised edges, for carrying food and drinks: - Blessing (n) / ˈbles·ɪŋ/: a prayer asking for God’s help, or a prayer of thanks for God’[r]
(1)Vocabulary A Reading
- On the other hand: used when you are comparing two different facts or two opposite ways of thinking about a situation
On the one hand I'd like a job which pays more, but on the other hand I enjoy the work I'm doing at the moment
- Contract (n) /ˈkɑn·trækt/: a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the agreement itself:
She already has a contract for her next book with a publisher - Contractual (adj) / kənˈtræk·tʃu·əl/
- Bride (n) / brɑɪd/: a woman who is about to get married or just got married - Groom (n) / grum/: a man who is about to get married or just got married - To decide on st
- To precede / /prɪˈsid/: to be or go before someone or something in time or space - Survey (n) / ˈsɜr·veɪ/: research
- To conduct / kənˈdʌkt/: to organize and direct a particular activity: The experiments were conducted by leading scientists
- To determine /dɪˈtɜr·mən/: to decide
- To attract – attractive (a) – attractively (adj) – attractiveness (n)
- To confide / kənˈfɑɪd/: to tell something secret or personal to someone whom you trust not to tell anyone else:
As sisters, they have always confided in each other
- To reject: to refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone
- Significant (a) / sɪgˈnɪf·ɪ·kənt/: important, large, or great, esp in leading to a different result or to an important change
- Significance (n) - Significantly (adv): by a large amount - To oblige / əˈblɑɪdʒ/: to force
- To demand: to ask for forcefully, in a way that shows that refusal is not expected and will not be accepted:
The library demanded $5 for each book returned late - To italicize /ɪˈtæl·əˌsɑɪz/
- To suppose: guess, expect or believe - Point of view = standpoint
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- Roof (n) / ruf/: the covering that forms the top of a building, vehicle, or other object: The school has a flat roof
- Nursing home
- Typical (a) /ˈtɪp·ɪ·kəl/: showing the characteristics of a particular kind of person or thing - Corresponding (a) / ˌkɔr·əˈspɑn·dɪŋ/: similar or the same in some way
- Income (n) / ˈɪn·kʌm/: money that is earned from doing work or received from investments - Grocery (n) /ˈgroʊ·sə·ri /: a store where food and small items for the house are sold
- Groceries (n) / ˈgroʊ·sə·riz/: the food and other items that you buy in a food store or supermarket. - Altar (n) / ˈɔl·tər/: a type of table used in religious ceremonies
- Master of Ceremonies: a person who makes certain that official events happen correctly, for example by introducing performers at the right time
- Banquet (n) /ˈbæŋ·kwɪt/: a large formal meal for many people, often followed by speeches in honor of someone:
Ed Carey will receive the award at the organization’s annual banquet
- Ancestor (n) / ˈænˌses·tər/: any member of your family from long ago, for example, the grandparents of your grandparents:
He returned to Ecuador, where his mother’s ancestors lived
- Tray (n): a flat container, usually with slightly raised edges, for carrying food and drinks: - Blessing (n) / ˈbles·ɪŋ/: a prayer asking for God’s help, or a prayer of thanks for God’s help:
Before we eat, Sam will say the blessing - Newly (adv)
- To wed: to marry someone - Wedded (a)
(2)- Conical (a): /ˈkɑn·ɪ·kəl/: shaped like a cone - Leaf (n) - Leaves
- Conical leaf hat
- Equivalent (a) / ɪˈkwɪv·ə·lənt/: equal to or having the same effect as something else: A mile is equivalent to about 1.6 kilometers
- Equivalent (n)
- Rim (n) / rɪm/ : the outer edge of something, esp of something curved or circular
- Rib (n): Ribs are also the thin, curved pieces of metal or wood that shape and support the sides and bottom of a boat or the top of an umbrella (= a cover that protects from rain or sun)
- Ant (n) / ænt/: a small insect that lives in large and highly organized social groups - White ant
- Gross (a): rude - Meatball (n)