The Bridal Party - Scott Fitzgerald

1. RUMBLED



      
           Definition
  • To make a deep, heavy, someone muflled.
  • To move or travel with such a sound
  • To give forth or utter with a rumbling sound.
         Pronunciation (IPA)
  • ruhm-buh
         Original Sentence
  • 'When the last van had rumbled out of hearing and the corners of the furniture.'
       Which part of  speech is?
  • Verb
 
        Examples:
  • The train rumbled on.
  • Thunder rumbled in the distance.
  • We have rumbled all of this for a long time.
  • The thunder rumbled our ears.
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2. PALE


      
           Definition
  • Used to describe a person's face or skin if it has less colour than usual 
  • A pale  light or colour is not bright or strong.

         Pronunciation (IPA)
  •   Peil

           Original Sentence
  •  "She was pale beneath her rouge; there were shadows under her eyes. "

          Which part of speech is?
        
  •  Adjective

          Examples:
  •  She is wearing a pale blue scarf.
  • Lucas has a naturally pale complexion and dark hair.
  • I'm looking pale.
  • My sister turned pale and started to shiver.

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                                                        3. RENDEZVOUS

                                                               

  

       Definition

  • An arragement to meet someone, especially secretly, at a particular place and time, or the place itself.

          Pronunciation
  •  rɑːn.deɪ.vu

       Original Sentence
  • 'He wrote to Hamilton Rutherford, asking him for a rendezvous the following afternoon.'
 
          Which part of speech is?
  • Noun

     Examples
  •  We have a rendezvous for next weekend.
  • I have a rendezvous with my boyfriend tomorrow.
  • They had a rendezvous in París.
  • This Restaurant is beautiful, we must have a rendezvous there someday.

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                                                               4. CLUMSY

                                                                                 


 

             Definition
  •   A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way.
          
          Pronunciation  
  •  klʌm.zi                                                               

           Original Sentence

  • "Turned his body clumsy and rigid; he stumbled with their first step on the floor."

       Which part of speech is
  • Adjective
  
        Examples:
  • My movements were rather clumsy.
  • I fell off the stairs by a clumsy movement
  • My attempts to apologize were very
  • I avoid running a lot because I'm kind of clumsy.

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                                                                 5.  ABYSS



             Definition
  • A very deep hole that seems to have no bottom.

       Pronunciation

  • əˈbɪs

     Original Sentence
"During the next two days Michael floated in an abyss of helplessness."
 
    Which part of speech is?
  • Noun

    Examples:
  • She found herself on the edge of an abyss.
  • The abyss is very deep.
  • At the top of the mountains there is an abyss.
  • I'm afraid of the abyss in the waterfall.

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 6. DAZE



Definition
1. 
To stun by or as if by a blow.
2. Make (someone) unable to think or react properly.
3. A state of stunned confusion or bewilderment.

Pronuntiation (IPA)
deɪz

Original sentence
"He walked in a daze to his bank."

Wich part of speech is?
Verb

Examples
1. I've been a little dazed since I heard the news.
2. 
The blow left me somewhat daze.
3. He danced even though he felt somewhat dazed.
4. She looked a little dazed this morning.

Other way to say it
Stunned

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7. INNOCUOUS


Definition

1. Producing no injury.
2. Not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility.

Pronuntiation

ɪ
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kju
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ɪs

Original Sentence

"Who followed him with a half-displayed packet of innocuous post cards warranted to be very dirty indeed."

Wich part of speech is?

Adjective

Examples
1. My dog would never attack you, it's innocuous.
2. She seemed upset, but everything she said was innocuous.
3. Don't yell at him, it was a innocuous mistake.
4. 
I don't think he's a innocuous person.

Other way to say it:
Inoffensive

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8. Astonish


Definition

1. To surprise or surprise someone very much.
2. To fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder.

Pronuntiation (IPA)

Original Sentence

"He heard a woman say in French that it would not her astonish if that commenced to let fall the bombs."

Wich part of speech is?

Verb

Examples

1.  I was very astonished when he spoke to me.
2. Your gift was incredible, I was very astonished, thank you.
3. I was astonished when the doctor told me I was sick.
4. The spider behind the door astonish me.

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9. Husky

Definition

1. Hoarse with or as if with emotion.
2. O
f a voice or utterance sounding low-pitched and slightly.

Pronuntiation

Original Sentence

"Then he heard another voice, full of husky laughter, and the void in his stomach froze."

Wich part of speech is?

Adjective

Examples
1. I don't know why, but I love his voice, it must be because he has a husky voice.
2He sometimes fakes his voice to a more husky voice.
3. I don't like how he speaks, his voice is very husky.
4.  
My grandmother always scolds me with her husky voice.

Other way to say it:
Hoarse 

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10. Begged


Definition

1. Ask (someone) earnestly or humbly for something.
2. To ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor, to beg forgiveness. to ask (someone) to give or do something; implore.

Pronuntiation

bɛg

Original Sentence

"“Oh, don’t,” she begged him."

Wich part of speech is?

Verb

Examples
1. 
He begged me for mercy. But I  didn´t hear.
2. My nephew begged me to buy him a toy.
3. He begged me to tell his secret.
4. 
She begged me to do her homework.








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