Vocabulary
- onto: (preposition): to a position that is ON (something, such as a surface, area, or object)
- Example 1: We climbed onto the house's roof to repair the leak
- Example 2: The beer spilled onto the floor when I dropped my beer glass
- scribbling: (it can be either a noun or a verb in present continuous tense. The article used it in the present continuous from). To draw lines, shapes, etc., that have no particular meaning in a quick and careless way OR to write (something) quickly and in a way that makes it difficult to read
- Example 1: the students scribbled as the professor gives his lecture
- Example 2: Her handwriting is terrible. It's a bunch of ugly scribblings
- gathering: (noun): the process or act of putting things or people together
- Example 1: AS A VERB. Gather your books and let's go to my house to study
- Example 2: I see my uncle only when we have family gatherings during Christmas time
- genuinely: (adverb): sincerly and honestly
- Example 1: He was genuinely concerned about my heath
- Example 2: AS AN ADJECTIVE. He is a very genuine person
- nerve -wracking: (adjective) causing a person to feel very nervous.
- Example: Passing the BAC is a nerve wracking experience for teenagers in France
- dull: (adjective) boring. Not exciting or interesting OR having a point or edge that is not sharp
- Example 1: The students felt that the class was very dull today
- Example 2: We can not cut the meat with these knives as their blades are very dull (not sharp)
- Tedious: (adjective) Too long or too slow...boing.
- This was a very tedious homework assignment
- Fellow: (noun) a male person (boy or a man) OR someone with an interest in common
- Example 1: She found herself a new fellow
- Example 2: Her fellows engineers are greatful for her contribution to the Technology Journal this month
- Knit: (verb): to make (a piece of clothing) from yarn or thread by using long needles or a special machine
- Example: She knitted a new sweater for her son
- To cope: (verb) to deal with a problem and try to come up with solutions
- Example: We are not copping very well with the death of our family dog last week
- Mind numbing (adjective) tedium (noun): very boring (it is so boring that it puts your mind to sleep)
- The last movie from Tarantino turned out to be a mind numbing tedium
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