n. contest; sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
E.g. At the beginning of this tournament no-one in their wildest dreams had ever imagine their team would hold the cup aloft at the end of the final match.
v. draw or pull behind by a chain or line
E.g. The tugboat will tow the barge away before sunset.
n. quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
E.g. Of all of these characteristics, Bilbo's strongest trait is his humanity; he is with a big heart and generous spirit.
n. one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country
E.g. He was surprised to discover that his best friend had turned traitor.
n. deal; communication involving two or more people that affects all those involved
E.g. The Euro made its debut in the financial markets three years ago and it has been an option for any non-cash transaction ever since.
n. reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
E.g. When applying for this job, please include your latest transcript in package.
v. change in outward structure or looks; convert
E.g. He wants to transform into a monster.
n. act of passing; passage through or over; line or route of passage
E.g. The transit was damaged by flood; we were blocked at a remote mountain village.
n. going from one state of action to another
E.g. We are in transition from an empire to a republic.
n. act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal
E.g. We now interrupt our normal transmission to bring you a special news flash.
a. easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
E.g. John's pride in his son is transparent; no one who sees the two of them together can miss it.
n. act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
E.g. The Government has signed a treaty with Moscow.
n. travel; journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
E.g. The next stop on the trek is an art museum in which you use your hands to get a feel for a sculpture's shape.
v. shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder
E.g. I tremble to see his danger, because the similar scenario is coming to me.
n. canal; deep furrow or ditch; long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor
E.g. The way he builds up the segments of the trench is really amazing.
n. popular taste; general direction in which something tends to move
E.g. Only late last year, Air Canada seemed to be contradicting the downward trend affecting US-based airlines by posting profits.
v. unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
E.g. After meeting Thailand's foreign minister, Cambodia's prime minister, said armed clashes would erupt if Thai troops continued to trespass over the border.
n. a thing of very little value or importance
E.g. Then Tom traded a couple of white alleys for three red tickets, and some small trifle or other for a couple of blue ones.
v. clip; cut down to the desired size or shape
E.g. It's part of a restructuring programme intended to trim operating costs by a billion dollars.
n. victory; win; expressing great joy
E.g. I am influenced; and the influence is sweeter than I can express; and the conquest I undergo has a witchery beyond any triumph I can win.
a. unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
E.g. Mr Madhi escaped from Iran in February 2008 after being sentenced to 73 years in jail for what he described as a trivial charge.
n. suspension of arms of opposing forces; temporary quiet of action, pain, contest; period of no fighting takes place
E.g. To put it in a different context, if the Taliban proposed a long term truce in Afghanistan, would US officials give it serious thought?
a. dependable; reliable
E.g. Tablets allow publishers to place these shops in the trustworthy environment of a newspaper, while offering the enhanced functionality of an online store.
v. pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
E.g. She tried to tug my hand away.
n. teaching pupils individually; fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning
E.g. Edmunds spent more than $10,000 in tuition and testing licensing fees.
v. fall down, as if collapsing
E.g. On the river front some of the houses were sticking out over the bank; they was bowed and about ready to tumble in.
n. surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass; territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
E.g. As the industry continues to consolidate, HP and IBM are encroaching on each other's turf.
n. state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
E.g. Clearly, the middle class is bearing the burden of this economy, one in turmoil from the housing and financial crises.
v. guide; give individual instruction
E.g. She will tutor me in Spanish in the evening.
n. small branch or division of a branch
E.g. Pretty soon I heard a twig snap down in the dark amongst the trees - something was a stirring.
n. light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun; faint light; dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed
E.g. His walk soon becomes solitary, leading further and further into a wilderness where twilight is short and the shadows are dense.
v. open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
E.g. Stars twinkle in the sky above us, above you, and above them.
n. last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
E.g. He said it was a warning, not an ultimatum, aimed only at the bandits in the capital.
a. uniform; in complete agreement
E.g. At last we got the unanimous decision.
a. made without condition; absolute; unreserved
E.g. He closed his eyes for a moment, wondering what it would be like to have that kind of unconditional love and support.
a. lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
E.g. We face a combination of changes in underlying conditions not seen in almost a century.
v. weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath
E.g. What we should not allow this moment to undermine, is our commitment to South Africa, to the constitution and the reconstruction.
ad. unquestionably; without doubt; certainly
E.g. She's against tough competition, but this award will give her undoubtedly.
a. not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
E.g. That made me pretty uneasy again, but only for a minute; I believed I would get that chance.
n. not having a job; condition of being unemployed; state of being unused
E.g. The plan is ambitions: to reduce France's stubbornly high unemployment rate of ten percent.