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jeanlouis Sam 6 Sep - 17:03Unit 4 The Bully
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
A Bully To Sip To Mumble Son-of-a-gun To Slam To Let Go
What Goes Around Comes Around
________________ _________ __________ ____________In British naval slang this term refers to a child of questionable parentage conceived on the gun deck, hence 'son of a gun'. However, children born on board British naval vessels to enlisted men were referred to as a 'true son of a gun'. Admiral William Henry Smyth wrote in his 1867 book, the Sailor's Word-book: “Son of a gun, an epithet conveying contempt in a slight degree, and originally applied to boys born afloat, when women were permitted to accompany their husbands to sea; one admiral declared he literally was thus cradled, under the breast of a gun-carriage.”
If you __________ a drink or __________ at it, you drink by taking just a small amount at a time. Example: He ____________ped at the glass and then put it down.
A ___________ is a small amount of drink that you take into your mouth. Example:
Harry took a ____________ of bourbon.
A _____________ is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people. Example: He's a coward and a ____________ who confuses physical strength with manhood. If someone _____________es you, they use their strength or power to hurt or frighten you. Example: I asked her if she was ____________ ied by the other children.
= push around
Release and __________ ___________ are used in similar ways. Release is more formal .
f you release a person or animal or __________them ___________, you allow them to leave or escape. Examples: Arnold didn't ___________ __________ of her arm. `________ _________ of me,' she said.
If you _______________, you speak very quietly and not at all clearly with the result that the words are difficult to understand. Example: He ____________led a few words.
= mutter Also a noun. He could hear the low ________________of Navarro's voice.
.
If you _____________ a door or window or if it ______________s, it shuts noisily and with great force. Example: She ___________med the door and locked it behind her.
To ____________ someone or something means to criticize them very severely. (JOURNALISM). Example: Britain has been _________________med by the United Nations for having one of the worst race relations records in the world.
___________ _____________ ____________ _______________ _____________The proverb means : "What you do or say today will come back to you in the future. The proverb originated in the United States in the 1970s. The earliest appearance in print was 1974 in Eddie Stone's book, 'Donald Writes No More.' The Russian equivalent is...'As the call, so is the echo.'..." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
A Bully To Sip To Mumble Son-of-a-gun To Slam To Let Go
What Goes Around Comes Around
________________ _________ __________ ____________In British naval slang this term refers to a child of questionable parentage conceived on the gun deck, hence 'son of a gun'. However, children born on board British naval vessels to enlisted men were referred to as a 'true son of a gun'. Admiral William Henry Smyth wrote in his 1867 book, the Sailor's Word-book: “Son of a gun, an epithet conveying contempt in a slight degree, and originally applied to boys born afloat, when women were permitted to accompany their husbands to sea; one admiral declared he literally was thus cradled, under the breast of a gun-carriage.”
If you __________ a drink or __________ at it, you drink by taking just a small amount at a time. Example: He ____________ped at the glass and then put it down.
A ___________ is a small amount of drink that you take into your mouth. Example:
Harry took a ____________ of bourbon.
A _____________ is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people. Example: He's a coward and a ____________ who confuses physical strength with manhood. If someone _____________es you, they use their strength or power to hurt or frighten you. Example: I asked her if she was ____________ ied by the other children.
= push around
Release and __________ ___________ are used in similar ways. Release is more formal .
f you release a person or animal or __________them ___________, you allow them to leave or escape. Examples: Arnold didn't ___________ __________ of her arm. `________ _________ of me,' she said.
If you _______________, you speak very quietly and not at all clearly with the result that the words are difficult to understand. Example: He ____________led a few words.
= mutter Also a noun. He could hear the low ________________of Navarro's voice.
.
If you _____________ a door or window or if it ______________s, it shuts noisily and with great force. Example: She ___________med the door and locked it behind her.
To ____________ someone or something means to criticize them very severely. (JOURNALISM). Example: Britain has been _________________med by the United Nations for having one of the worst race relations records in the world.
___________ _____________ ____________ _______________ _____________The proverb means : "What you do or say today will come back to you in the future. The proverb originated in the United States in the 1970s. The earliest appearance in print was 1974 in Eddie Stone's book, 'Donald Writes No More.' The Russian equivalent is...'As the call, so is the echo.'..." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).