Gulliver’s Travels
autobiography – noun - the story
of a person’s life written by that person
biography – noun - the story of a
person’s life written by somebody else
sailor – noun – a person who
sails a boat, a person who works on a ship as a member of the crew
giants – noun - a very large strong person who is often
cruel and stupid, an unusually large person, animal or plant
discover – verb - to be the first person to become aware that a
particular place or thing exists
Scientists
around the world are working to discover a cure for AIDS.
invent – verb – to produce or
design sth that has not existed before
captain – noun – the person in
charge of a ship or commercial aircraft
vessels – noun – a large ship or
boat
spring – noun – a place where
water comes naturally to the surface from under the ground
bellowing – verb – to shout
in a very loud noise because you are angry
They bellowed at her to stop.
synonym
– yell
a bull bellows………..
Do you have to bellow in my ear?
inhabitants – noun - occupants,
a person or an animal that lives in a
particular place
explore – verb – to travel
to/around an area in order to learn about it
As
soon as we arrived on the island we were eager to explore.
barren – noun – land with no
vegetation, infertile
rocky – adjective – made of
rock, full of rocks
crew – noun – all the people
working on a ship, plane etc.
None
of the passengers and crew were injured.
verb – Normally the boat is crewed by five people.
get into – phrasal verb – move, She
got into bed.
to
reach a particular state/condition, to arrive (get in also)
He
got into trouble with the police
rowing – noun – the sport or
activity of travelling in a boat using oars
get to – verb – go
We didn’t get to bed
until 3 a.m.
monster – noun – an imaginary
creature that is very large, ugly and frightening
adjective – unusually large
synonym - giants
overtake – verb – to go past a
moving vehicle or person ahead of you
It
is dangerous to overtake on a bend.
speeding
– adjective
steep – adjective – steeper –
steepest – rising or falling quickly
of
a slope / hill
The path grew steeper as we climbed higher.
synonym – sharp,
expensive
Rupees
10 for a cup of tea seems a little steep to me.
barley – noun - a plant grown for its grain that is used for
making food, beer, and whisky
struck – verb – past tense of
strike – hit sb/sth hard
trumpet – noun – a brass musical
instrument made of a curved metal tube that you blow into
verb – making of loud noise in the sky during a storm, to make a very loud
deep noise(roar)
A
voice thundered in my ear. (roared)
reaping hook – a curved piece of metal used for
reaping crops
screamed – verb – gave a high loud
cry, shriek
forefinger – noun – the
finger next to the thumb ( synonym – index finger )
pulled off – phrasal
verb - to remove sth from a place
by pulling. He pulled off her boots.
crumbled – verb – broken into
pieces
stroking – verb – to move hand
gently and slowly over an animal’s fur or hair/any surface
apron – noun – a piece of
clothing worn over the front of the body
apropos – preposition - concerning
or related to somebody/something
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