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CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To freeze Laughing stock Blank To giggle To stiffen To coax To flush Frantic
If you ______________, you stop moving and stand or sit with muscles that are suddenly tense, for example because you feel afraid or angry. Examples: Ada ________________ed at the sound of his voice. If your muscles or joints ____________, or if something ______________s them, they become difficult to bend or move. Example: The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles _______________.
If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid _____________s, or if something ___________s it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures. Examples: If the temperature drops below 0° C, water ________________s. The ground ____________ (past) solid.
Synonyms :chill, harden, ice over or up, stiffen suspend, fix, hold up, inhibit, peg, stop
If you say that a person or an organization has become a ___________ ___________, you mean that they are supposed to be important or serious but have been made to seem ridiculous. Examples : The truth must never get out. If it did she would be a __________ - ___________ ...his policies became the ___________ - ____________ of the financial community.
Something that is ______________ has nothing on it. Example: He tore a___________ page from his notebook. A ____________ is a space which is left in a piece of writing or on a printed form for you to fill in particular information. Example: Put a word in each _______________ to complete the sentence. If you look ________________, your face shows no feeling, understanding, or interest. Example: Abbot looked __________. `I don't quite follow, sir.'. If your mind or memory is a _____________, you cannot think of anything or remember anything. Examples: I'm sorry, but my mind is a ______________
If someone _____________s, they laugh in a childlike way, because they are amused, nervous, or embarrassed. Examples: Both girls began to_____________. ...a ___________ling little girl. = titter
If you ____________, your face goes red because you are hot or ill, or because you are feeling a strong emotion such as embarrassment or anger. Example : He turned away embarrassed, his face ____________ing red.Also a noun. Example : There was a slight _______________on his cheeks.
If you are ____________, you are behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way because you are frightened or worried. A bird had been locked in and was by now quite __________ = frenzied She clutched ___________cally at Emily's arm.
If you ________________someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it. Examples : After lunch, she watched, listened and ______________ed Bobby into talking about himself. The government ___________ed them to give up their strike by promising them temporary residence permits. = cajole
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
To freeze Laughing stock Blank To giggle To stiffen To coax To flush Frantic
If you ______________, you stop moving and stand or sit with muscles that are suddenly tense, for example because you feel afraid or angry. Examples: Ada ________________ed at the sound of his voice. If your muscles or joints ____________, or if something ______________s them, they become difficult to bend or move. Example: The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles _______________.
If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid _____________s, or if something ___________s it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures. Examples: If the temperature drops below 0° C, water ________________s. The ground ____________ (past) solid.
Synonyms :chill, harden, ice over or up, stiffen suspend, fix, hold up, inhibit, peg, stop
If you say that a person or an organization has become a ___________ ___________, you mean that they are supposed to be important or serious but have been made to seem ridiculous. Examples : The truth must never get out. If it did she would be a __________ - ___________ ...his policies became the ___________ - ____________ of the financial community.
Something that is ______________ has nothing on it. Example: He tore a___________ page from his notebook. A ____________ is a space which is left in a piece of writing or on a printed form for you to fill in particular information. Example: Put a word in each _______________ to complete the sentence. If you look ________________, your face shows no feeling, understanding, or interest. Example: Abbot looked __________. `I don't quite follow, sir.'. If your mind or memory is a _____________, you cannot think of anything or remember anything. Examples: I'm sorry, but my mind is a ______________
If someone _____________s, they laugh in a childlike way, because they are amused, nervous, or embarrassed. Examples: Both girls began to_____________. ...a ___________ling little girl. = titter
If you ____________, your face goes red because you are hot or ill, or because you are feeling a strong emotion such as embarrassment or anger. Example : He turned away embarrassed, his face ____________ing red.Also a noun. Example : There was a slight _______________on his cheeks.
If you are ____________, you are behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way because you are frightened or worried. A bird had been locked in and was by now quite __________ = frenzied She clutched ___________cally at Emily's arm.
If you ________________someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it. Examples : After lunch, she watched, listened and ______________ed Bobby into talking about himself. The government ___________ed them to give up their strike by promising them temporary residence permits. = cajole