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Oral Glossary
-The tour guide leads the people through the city.
-The captain led his troops over the hill.
Lead-led(noun)
Definition: To go before or with to show the way;
conduct or escort; guide.
Fight(noun)
Definition: a battle or combat.
- A fight between the gangs.
- They fought in World War II.
Empire(noun)
Definition: a group of nations, states, or peoples ruled over by
an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign.
-The period during which a particular
empire -exists.
-In service of the Empire.
Stab(noun)
Definition: to pierce with or as if with a pointed weapon.
-Telling him all my secrets was a vicious stab in the
back.
- The victim had three stab wounds in his chest.

Rule(noun)
Definition: a principle guiding how one
behaves, the way things are done, etc.
-A rule in hockey saying to eject anyone
fighting.
- In the days of foreign rule.
Crop(noun)
Definition: the produce of cultivated plants, esp cereals,
vegetables, and fruit.
-Grandmother's farm always bore crops of corn and
tomatoes.
- This year's corn crop was poor after the torrential
summer rains.
Invent(noun)
Definition: to produce for the first time, as
a result of one's own ingenuity and effort.
-Edison is usually credited with invent the light bulb.
- Quick at invent excuses.
Definition: also found in these entries.
Hilltop(noun)
-Montecito Heights hilltop to become parkland.
- Rustic Innovations of Scandia dismantled the historic Hilltop
Tower Barn between July and Sept
Definition: a traditional story, esp. one that involves
gods and heroes and explains a practice or some natural
object or phenomenon.
Myth(noun)
-Greek, Roman, Chinese, Japanese, African, and Indian
myths.
-The study of ancient myth.
Sad(Adj.)
Definition: feeling or showing sorrow. Feeling unhappiness or grief.
-Jim has a sad expression on his face.
-This is a sad situation.
Awful(Adj.)
Definition: extremely bad; unpleasant;
disagreeable.
-There's a dead skunk in the middle of the road - it smells awful!
- It was awful to see so many suffering people.
Rubble(noun)
Definition: fragments of broken stones, bricks, etc.
-Bombing reduced the town to rubble.
-They managed to pull a man alive from the rubble ten days after the
earthquake.
Stumble(noun)
Definition: to strike the foot against something, as in running, so as
to trip or fall.
-He hit a rock and stumbled.
- They stumbled on a little village and stayed there.
Shelter(noun)
Definition: something beneath, behind, or within which one is
protected, as from storms, cold, danger, etc.
-We need to seek a shelter before the storm arrives.
- Homeless people spent the night in a shelter.
Viewer(noun)
Definition: a person who views something.
-Viewers of the spectacle.
-Viewers can call in to make donation.
Definition: extreme and general lack or scarceness of food, esp.
within a large geographical area.
Famine(noun)
-Famine that killed thousands of people.
-The terrible famine in Ethiopia.
Caught(noun)
Definition: pt. and pp. of CATCH. To seize or capture, esp. after chasing.
-He was caught smoking behind the bike shed.
- He got caught smoking and was grounded for a week.
Definition: the pursuit and killing or capture of game and
wild animals, regarded as a sport.
Hunting(noun)
-Animal rights activists believe that fox hunting is
barbaric.
- They like to go hunting at weekends.
Definition: a bowl-shaped or pocketlike structure, often of
twigs, grasses, and mud, prepared by a bird for holding eggs
until they hatch and for caring for young.
Nests(noun)
-There is a bird's nest built in the tree outside my house.
- There's a crow's nest on top of my neighbour's chimney.
Mammal(noun)

Definition: a warm-blooded animal with a backbone, having a
covering of hair on some or most of the body, a heart with four
chambers, and nourishing its newborn with its milk.
-People sometimes forget that dolphins are mammals, not
fish.
-A dolphin is a mammal that lives in the sea.
Judge(noun)
Definition: a public officer with the authority to hear and
decide cases in a court of law.
-She was the judge in the recently televised trial.
- He was a judge at the fruit and vegetable show.
Passenger(noun)
Definition: a person traveling in an
automobile, train, etc., esp. one who is not
the operator.
-One passenger refused to show his ticket, so the
whole train was stopped.
- Several passengers were hurt in the accident.
Safe(Adj.)
Definition: offering security from danger;
giving protection.
-We live in a safe neighbourhood.
- You're safe here. They can't get you now.
Definition: a deep, round container with a flat bottom, an
open top, and a handle; pail.
Bucket(noun)
-He put the mop in the bucket of water.
-The U.S. needs to redevelop passenger rail; Amtrak
funding is just a drop in the bucket.
Duty(noun)
-It is your duty to take out the trash.
- It is your duty to vote.
Definition: something that one is expected
to do by obligation.
Definition: adapted or suited; suitable; appropriate.
Fit(Adj.)
-The stormy night was not fit for man or beast.
- This water isn't fit for drinking.
Training(noun)
Definition: the process of bringing a person, etc, to an
agreed standard of proficiency, etc, by practice and
instruction.
-He received no formal training in the new technology.
- He went to training every day to regain use of his
hand.
Device(noun)
-This futuristic device sweeps the floors by itself.
- The nuclear device was loaded on to the battleship.
Definition: a thing made for a particular purpose, esp. a
mechanical or electric invention:
Interview(noun)
Definition: a formal meeting in which one or more persons
question, consult, or judge the worth of another person.
-He put on a suit for the interview with the company.
- The interview with the president lasted for thirty
minutes.
Mostly(Adv.)
-The victims were mostly women and children.
- He is mostly here, except when he has meetings.
Definition: for the most part; in the main; chiefly; generally; customarily.
Definition: an occasion on which something is seen
Sighting(noun)
-A snake sighting at Glen Echo Park.
- The latest sighting occurred 8 p.m.
Witness(noun)
Definition: to see, hear, or know by personal presence
and experience.
-He was a witness to the crime.
- The witness testified in court that he saw the crime.
Assistant(noun)
Definition: a person who assists; helper.
- I'm currently working as an administrative assistant in a small logistics company.
- Technically I'm a graduate assistant, but the professor just treats me as his slave.
Available(Adj.)
Definition: obtainable or accessible; capable of being
made use of; at hand.
-Is this shirt available in any other colours?
- I have three people available to start work tomorrow.
Average(noun)
-Joe thought of himself as just an average guy.
-Household income in this state is close to the national average.
Definition: the typical or normal amount, quality, degree, etc.
Definition: money in the form of coins or banknotes.
-She paid for her new dress by cash.
- If you go to the warehouse, you can get a ten percent cash discount.
Cash(noun)
Clerk(noun)
Definition: a person employed to keep records or perform
general tasks in an office, etc.
-The bank clerk miscounted the funds and gave the customer extra cash
by mistake.
- In the old days they called us clerical clerks; now they call us
administrative assistants.
Definition: residency - resident
-Xavier School of Management has achieved 100 per cent
summer internship placements for the batch.
- If you want to secure an internship in a certain field.
Internship(noun)
Lung(noun)
Definition: either one of a pair of spongy saclike respiratory organs
within the thorax of higher vertebrates, which oxygenate the blood
and remove its carbon dioxide.
-Coal miners may develop black lung disease -from
breathing in coal dust.
- Thousands of polio victims were saved by the invention of
the iron lung.
Thrill (noun)
Definition: to (cause to) feel a sudden wave of emotion or excitement.
-He felt a thrill go through him when she entered the room.
- It's certainly a thrill to meet the president.
Bibliography
Evans, V., Dooley, J., Criollo, R. & Olmos, B. (2010).
Prime Time 2.

Evans, V., Dooley, J., Criollo, R. & Olmos, B. (2010).Prime Time 3

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