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

English 100 Public

VOCAB

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STAPLE=> The list can then be STAPLED TO each batch of invoices. SheTAPLED S the two documents TOGETHER.

.=> Fasten something using staples

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Shortages mean that even STAPLES(= basic foods) like bread are difficult to find. Phosphate has been a STAPLE of this area for many years=>The STAPLE diet here is mutton, fish and boiled potatoes.

A main product or part of ST=> Basic or main; standard or regular

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The plane REVOLVED 162 degrees onto its back. The earth REVOLVES around the sun, roughly in a circle. His life REVOLVES around (= He is only interested in) football.

Move in a circle or a curve around a central point, or to cause something to do this

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IMPART the bad news I was rather quiet as I didn't feel I had much wisdom to IMPART ON the subject (FORMAL)/ Preservatives can IMPART colour and flavour to a product.

communicate information to someone/ Give something a particular feeling, quality, or taste:

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We work with schools and colleges to help educators inspire students in STEM. We want to see more girls and women studying STEM subjects.

abbreviation for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (as subjects of study)

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There is a £6m BREAK FEE if the company sells out to another bidder/ We would like to pay off our mortgage early but there's a BREAK FEE involved. (BREAK-UP FEE) (LAW)

a payment that a company must make if it does not keep an agreement to be sold to another company/A payment that u must make if u end an agreement before time

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Some workers were INHIBITED (from speaking) by the presence of their managers/ This drug INHIBITS the growth of tumours.

Prevent someone from doing something by making them feel nervous or embarrassed/ Slow down a process or the growth of something

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After a couple of drinks he lost his INHIBITION and started talking and laughing loudly/ The therapy provides INHIBITION of inflammation (MEDICAL, SPECIALIZED)

A feeling of embarrassment or worry that prevents u frm saying o doing what u want/The act of stopping or slowing down a process, or the fact of this happening

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"Yeah, so what?" came the GRUFF reply. He's quite a sweet man beneath the GRUFF exterior=> "You drive," Casey GRUFFLY told Jack.

(of a person's voice) low and unfriendly, or (of a person's behaviour) unfriendly or showing no patience

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Rising costs are threatening the VIABILITY of many businesses/As the world population of Hawaiian geese has shrunk to very small numbers, the bird's continuing VIABILITY is in doubt (BIOLOGY)/ The longterm VIABILITY of the coal-fired power

Ability to work as intended or to succeed/ Ability to continue to exist or develop as a living being/ The degree of chance that something will succeed:

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The hotel used to be the best in town, but since the new manager took over it's really GONE TO THE DOGS

If a country or organization is going to the dogs, it is becoming very much less successful than it was in the past.

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Let’s CALL IT QUITS for today and get together first thing tomorrow. (IFML)

agree to stop what you are doing

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We left the party and I wanted to CALL IT A NIGHT, but Martha invited people back for coffee. After two encores, the band finally CALLED IT A NIGHT and left the stage.

Stop what you have been doing in the evening or night, often in order to go to bed

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Our babysitter's just moved away, so we're ASKING AROUND for a replacement.

Ask a lot of different people in order to get information or help

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He watched her expression as she UNFOLDED the letter. She UNFOLDED a deckchair and sat down/ Like a lot of people, I've watched the events of the last few days UNFOLD on TV/ (FORMAL) Gradually, the author unfolds a fantastical tale.

Open o spread out ST that has been folded/ If a situation o story unfolds, it develops o becomes clear to other ppl/ Tell a story or explain ST such as a plan

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DECKCHAIR

a folding chair for use outside, especially on the beach, on a ship, or in a park, with a long strip of material that forms a low seat when the chair is open

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