Verbs

Pronunciation of ED

ED pronounced like T

After verbs ending with a K sound

• asked
• checked
• kicked
• looked
• liked
• talked
• thanked
• walked
• worked

Vocabulary with movies - Lesson 1

Vocabulary with movies - Lesson 1

 accuse

to say that someone is responsible for a crime or for having done something wrong

• ·        He was accused of failing to pay his taxes.
• ·        She accused me of lying

barrier

anything used or acting to block someone from going somewhere or from doing something, or to block something from happening:

• The Secret Service erected concrete barriers around the White House.

• Jackie Robinson was the African-American who succeeded in breaking major league baseball’s color barrier 

candidate

a person who is competing to get a job or elected to a position:

• There are three candidates running for sheriff

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daughter

a female child in relation to her parents:

• We have a son and a daughter

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especially

(used to emphasize the importance of one thing among others of its type or to point to one thing among others) very; particularly:

• He was especially fond of his youngest brother.

• She campaigned throughout the US, but especially in the northeast.

favourite

best liked or most enjoyed:

• "What's your favourite colour?" "Green."

• my favourite restaurant/book/song

guarantee

 a promise that something will be done or will happen, esp. a written promise by a company to repair or change a product that develops a fault within a particular period of time:

• The vacuum cleaner comes with a two-year guarantee.

•  No matter how many stars you have in the show, there’s no guarantee (= it is not certain that) it will be a success.

 Guarantee is also the state of being certain of a particular result:

helicopter

a type of aircraft without wings but with large blades that spin on top

individual

a single person or thing, esp. when compared to the group or set to which it belongs:

• We will remember him as an individual who always tried to make people happy.

judge

judge noun 

 a person who is in charge of a court of law:

• The judge dismissed the charge after a preliminary hearing.

judge noun  : PERSON WHO DECIDES

 a person who is qualified to form or give an opinion about something:

 judge verb : (DECIDE)

to have or give an opinion, or to decide about something or someone, esp. after thinking carefully:

•  He seems to be handling the job well, but it’s really too soon to judge.

• It’s hard to judge how old he is.

 To judge a competition : is to decide officially who has won

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Learn English with movies - Lesson 3 - keep an eye on

Lesson 3 - keep an eye on

Learn English with movies - Lesson 2 - run into

Lesson 2 -  run into

run into sb

to ​meet someone you ​know when you are not ​expecting to:

to meet someone by chance

Graham ​ran into someone he used to ​know at ​school the other ​day.

vocabulary

crocodile

boots

the woods

the lobby 

the (​large) ​room into which the ​main ​entrance ​door ​opens in a ​hotel or other ​large ​building

Learn English with Movies - Lesson 1 - reluctant

 Lesson 1 - reluctant

reluctant

adjective

·         not ​willing to do something and ​therefore ​slow to do it

examples:

1.       I was very reluctant to agree to their conditions, but I didn't really have much choice

2.       They dragged the reluctant animal into the cage.

3.       Many ​parents ​feel reluctant to ​talk ​openly with ​their ​children.

4.       She ​persuaded her reluctant ​husband to take a ​trip to Florida with her.

5.       The United Nations was reluctant to get ​its ​forces ​embroiled in ​civil ​war.

reluctantly

adverb

examples:

·         She reluctantly ​agreed to ​step down as ​managing ​director.

Vocabulary

To drain

drain verb (REMOVE LIQUID)

If you drain something, you ​remove the ​liquid from it, usually by ​pouring it away or ​allowing it to ​

flow away, and if something drains, ​liquid ​flows away or out of it

·         Drain the ​pasta ​thoroughly.

·         Drain (off) any ​liquid that is ​left in the ​rice.

·         Don't ​bother ​drying the ​pans - just ​leave them to drain.

mourning

great ​sadness ​felt because someone has ​died:

·         Shops were ​closed as a ​sign of mourning for the ​king.

·         He was in mourning for his ​wife.

in charge (of something/someone)

responsible for something or someone

·         Who’s in charge here?

·         The ​teacher put me in charge of ​organizing the ​project.

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afraid.

·         When someone is afraid, they feel fear

·         The woman was afraid of what she saw

 agree

·         To agree is to say “yes” or to think the same way.

·         A: The food is very good in that restaurant. B: I agree with you.

 angry

·         When someone is angry, they may want to speak loudly or fight

·         She didn’t do her homework, so her father is angry

 arrive  .

·         To arrive is to get to or reach some place.

·         The bus always arrives at the corner of my street at 4:00.

 attack .

·         To attack is to try to fight or to hurt.

·         The man with the sword attacked the other man first.

 bottom .

·         The bottom is the lowest part.

·         The bottom of my shoe has a hole in it.

 clever .

·         When someone is clever, they can solve a hard puzzle or problem.

·         The clever boy thought of a good idea.

 C r u e l .

·         When someone is cruel, they do bad things to hurt others.

·         The cruel man yelled at his sister.

 finally .

·         If something happens finally, it happens after a longtime or at the end.

·         He finally crossed the finish line after five hours of running.

 hide

·         To hide is to try not to let others see you.

·         The other children will hide while you count to 100