e-Portfolio: Session 5 (September 10)

 

 Session 5 (September 10) 

Meybeline Acosta U. B90046

1) Captive: /ˈkæp.tɪv/ Adjective 

A person or animal whose ability to move or act freely is limited by being kept in a space; a prisoner, especially a person held by the enemy during a war. 

E.g. There is a captive animal at the zoo. 

2) Breeding:  /ˈbriː.dɪŋ/ Noun 

The keeping of animals or plants in order to breed from them. 

E.g. The breeding of rats be used for experiments. 

3) Widespread: /ˌwaɪdˈspred/ Adjective 

existing or happening in many places and/or among many people. 

E.g. I live in a widespread neighborhood. 

4) Allegdly: /əˈledʒ.ɪd.li/ Adverb 

Used when something illegal or wrong is said to have been done, but has not been proved.

E.g. He was allegedly a thief. 

5) Ragged: /ˈræɡ.ɪd/ Adjective 

(of clothes) torn and not in good condition.

E.g. I have some ragged clothes. 

6) Rugged:  /ˈrʌɡ.ɪd/ Adjective 

(of land) wild and not even; not easy to travel over.

E.g. The way has a rugged terrain. 

7) Tape:  /teɪp/ Noun 

Thin plastic in a long, narrow strip with a magnetic covering that allows sounds or sounds and pictures to be recorded and played again, especially one on which sound is recorded. 

E.g. My father has a tape in his bag. 

8) Stuff: /stʌf/ Noun 

A substance, especially when you do not know or say exactly what it is. 

E.g. I don't know how I can say that stuff. 

9) Fang: /fæŋ/ Noun 

A long, sharp tooth. 

E.g. The lion has two fangs in its mouth. 

10) Strip: /strɪp/ Verb 

To remove, pull, or tear the covering or outer layer from something. 

E.g. The The hurricane stripped with all the trees 

11) Pile: /paɪl/ Noun 

Objects positioned one on top of another. 

E.g. I have to wash a pile of dirty clothes.

 

12) Envy: /ˈen.vi/ Verb 

To wish that you had something that another person has

E.g. My friends envy my new shoes. 

13) Boisterous: /ˈbɔɪ.stɚ.əs/ Adjective 

Noisy, energetic, and rough.

E.g. My cousin is a boisterous kid. 

14) Herd: /hɝːd/ Noun 

A large group of animals of the same type that live and feed together. 

E.g. My grandfather has a herd of cows. 

15) Beg: /beɡ/ Verb 

To make a very strong and urgent request. 

E.g. They beg in the street