​​🔰 Vocabulary class
🎶 Words describing animal sounds are often used figuratively to describe human behaviour.

🐶 Dogs bark = make a short loud sound
🏷 My boss's bark is worse than his bite. INF = He's not really as angry or aggressive as he sounds.

1️⃣ bark /bɑːk $ bɑːrk/ verb (also bark out) [transitive]
📖 to say something quickly in a loud voice

📌 bark at
🏷 ‘Don’t just stand there, give me a hand, ’ she barked at the shop assistant.
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🐺 wolves howl
🏷 He was howling in pain.

2️⃣ howl /haʊl/ verb [intransitive]
📖 to make a long loud cry because you are unhappy, angry, or in pain, or because you are amused or excited
📌 howl in/with
🏷 Upstairs, one of the twins began to howl (=cry).
🏷 He makes audiences howl with laughter.
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🐕 dogs growl = make a deep angry sound.
🏷 'What are you doing here?' he growled

3️⃣ growl /ɡraʊl/ verb [intransitive, transitive]
📖 to say something in a low angry voice
📌 SYN snarl

🏷 ‘Get out of my way, ’ he growled.
🏷 ‘Who are you?’ he growled at me.
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🐝 bees buzz = make a continuous low sound.
🏷 After the meeting, my head was buzzing for hours.

4️⃣ buzz /bʌz/ verb [intransitive]
📖 if your head or mind is buzzing with thoughts, ideas etc, you cannot stop thinking about them
📌 buzz with

🏷 My mind was buzzing with new ideas.
🏷 Questions started buzzing round in my head.
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📄Title:The rise of the novel
📝By:Ian Watt

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Reported speech 1

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​​🔰 Vocabulary class
🎶 Words describing animal sounds are often used figuratively to describe human behaviour.

🦁 lions roar = make a very loud deep sound.
🏷 There was a huge roar when Drogba scored = a huge noise from the crowd.

5️⃣ roar /rɔː $ rɔːr/ verb [intransitive, transitive]
📖 to shout something in a deep powerful voice
🏷 ‘Get out of my house!’ he roared.
🏷 The crowd roared in delight.

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🐭 mice squeak = make a short high but not loud sound.
🏷 "I've won the cup!" she squeaked down the phone = spoke in a high-pitchcd, excited voice. squeaky, ADJ

6️⃣ squeak /skwiːk/ verb [intransitive, transitive]
📖 to say something in a very high voice, especially because you are nervous or excited
🏷 ‘Too late!’ she squeaked.

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🐓 cocks crow = make repeated loud sounds especially in the morning.
🏷 He was crowing about his victory till night = Talking too proudly about.
📌 SYN boast (about sth).

7️⃣ crow /krəʊ $ kroʊ/ verb [intransitive]
📖 to talk about what you have done in a very proud way – used to show disapproval
📌 crow over/about
🏷 He was crowing over winning the bet.
🏷 Nordstrom and his supporters are still crowing about winning the lawsuit.

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🦉 owls hoot = make a long 'oo' sound.
🏷 She hooted at me = sounded her car horn.

8️⃣ hoot /huːt/ verb [intransitive, transitive]
📖 to laugh loudly because you think something is funny or stupid. if a vehicle or ship hoots, it makes a loud clear noise as a warning
📌 hoot at
🏷 The car behind was hooting at me.
🏷 He had the audience hooting with laughter.

Words describing animal sounds PART1

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Daily Dare №23. 60 Seconds Bicep Flex Hold
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♈️ Vocabulary class
▶️ Today's words are:

💥💥 perfidious /pɚˈfɪdiəs/ adjective

Ⓜ unable to be trusted, or showing no loyalty:

✳ She described the new criminal bill as a perfidious attack on democracy.

✨ perfidy noun U
💢 synonyms: betraying, disloyal

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💥💥 bigamy /ˈbɪɡəmi/ noun U
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Ⓜ the crime of marrying a person while already legally married to someone else:

✳ In court, he admitted that he had committed bigamy.

✨ bigamist noun C
✨ bigamous adjective
✨ bigamously adverb

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💥💥 mollify /ˈmɑːləfaɪ/ verb T

Ⓜ to make someone less angry or upset:

✳ I tried to mollify her by giving her flowers.
✳ Say something to mollify his anger.

💢 synonyms: pacify,conciliate

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🎧Listening practise🎧
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〽️ How to succeed in Task 1 of the IELTS Academic writing section.

❓ One question that often comes up in Task 1 is "What should I include in the report?" In this lesson, we'll go over some of the key elements to look for in the infographics you will be given, as well as how to present them in a clear structure. Should you write an introduction? What about a conclusion? Should you put in your personal opinion? If you're talking the IELTS, you must watch this class!

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