ENGLISH DAY 32 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

English 100 Public

VOCAB

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It wasn't very CONSIDERATE you to drink all the milk/ He is always a kind and CONSIDERATE host.

kind and helpful/ Caring about and respectful of others

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We'll need to KEEP BACK some of the budget for travel later in the year./ I suspect she's KEEPING something BACK.

Not use the whole amount of ST so that there is a small amount remaining for later/Not tell SB everything u know about a situation or an event that has happened

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BE THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD

informal to be an excellent person or thing

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a bar/kitchen/piano STOOL, A three-legged STOOL/ He told the doctor he had been passing bloody STOOLS

a seat without any support for the back or arms/ (MEDICAL, specialized)A piece of solid waste from the body

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STOOL PIGEON (SLANG)

a person, often a criminal, who gives information in secret to the police so that they can catch other criminals

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(OLD-FASHIONED, IFML) the BROUHAHA over his latest novel/ There was a big BROUHAHA when the town council decided to close the park.

a lot of noise or angry complaining about something/ A situation that causes upset, anger, or confusion

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ABYSMAL working conditions The food was ABYSMAL. The standard of the students' work is ABYSMAL=> It was an ABYSMALLY poor interview. The critics were ABYSMALLY wrong on almost every point.

very bad

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If only she'd been called AN or Fla instead of the PROSAIC Jane. He asked if I'd got my black eye in a fight-I told him the PROSAIC truth that I'd banged my head on a door/Only a few PROSAIC tables and chairs remained by the time we got her

Without interest, imagination, & excitement/ Ordinary and not especially interesting or unusual

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A LAUDABLE goal/ambition The recycling programme is LAUDABLE, but does it save much money?

(of actions and behaviour) deserving praise, even if there is little or no success

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I thought he CARRIED OFF the part of Hamlet with great skill. She was nervous about giving a talk to her colleagues, but she CARRRIED it OFF very well.

succeed in doing or achieving something difficult

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Deep-sea divers carry CYLINDERS of oxygen on their backs.

a solid or hollow tube with long straight sides and two circular ends the same size, or an object shaped like this, often used as a container

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police FROGMEN

SB who swims or works underwater for a long time wearing breathing equipment, flippers (= rubber or plastic shoes that are longer than the feet),& usu a rubber

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They died from inhaling NOXIOUS fumes/ A NOXIOUS smell/influence (FORMAL)

Something, especially a gas or other substance, that is noxious is poisonous or very harmful/ Harmful and unpleasant

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We sat down and started the exam under the EAGLE EYE of the teacher=> My EAGLE-EYED mother noticed that some biscuits were missing. An EAGLE-EYED editor corrected the misspelling.

If someone has an eagle eye, they notice everything, even very small details

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members of the ARISTOCRACY=> a prep-school-educated American ARISTOCRAT=> His ARISTOCRATIC manner alienated many voters.

a class of people who hold high social rank

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Where have you been? You're soaking wet! You LOOK LIKE A DROWNED RAT

Be very wet, especially because you have been in heavy rain

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