[영단어 영어로 설명하기] tense, clap, curl, clamp, blink etc

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2015.1.18

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□ tense : If you are tense, you are anxious and nervous and cannot relax.

□ clap:  When you clap, you hit your hands together to show appreciation or attract attention.

□ curl : If you have curls, your hair is in the form of tight curves and spirals.

□ clamp: When you clamp one thing to another, you fasten the two things together with a clamp.

□ blink : When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again.

□ lead the way : If you lead the way toward somewhere, you go there in front of the others who do not know how to go there.

□ splat : Splat is used to describe the sound of something wet hitting a surface with a lot of force.

□ aim : If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.

□ thigh : Your thighs are the top parts of your legs, between your knees and your hips.

□ arrive :  When someone or something reaches a place, they arrive there.

□ hang : If something hangs in a high place or position, or if you hang it there, it is attached there so it does not touch the ground.

□ patronizing : If someone is patronizing, they speak or behave towards you in a way that seems friendly, but which shows that they think they are superior to you.

□ snatch : If you snatch something or snatch at something, you take it or pull it away quickly.

□ whoop : If you whoop, you shout loudly in a very happy or excited way.

□ prove : If something proves to be true or to have a particular quality, it becomes clear after a period of time that it is true or has that quality.

□ greedy : If you describe someone as greedy, you mean that they want to have more of something such as food or money than is necessary or fair.

□ cluster : A cluster of people or things is a small group of them close together.

□ dejected : If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.

□ sneaking : A sneaking feeling is a slight or vague feeling, especially one that you are unwilling to accept.

□ benefit : The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.

□ flirty : If you describe someone as flirty, you mean that they behave towards people in a way which suggests they are sexually attracted to them, usually in a playful or not very serious way.

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