| retire |
To stop working - often when you reach a certain age |
he retired from BMW in 1966 |
| mammal |
An animal that gives birth to its babies rather than laying eggs |
mammals can produce milk |
| apartheid |
A system where white people and black people where segregated |
The apartheid system is now officially dead in Africa |
| population |
The number of people in a country |
Syria's population of 25 million |
| opportunity |
Another word for chance |
we should increase opportunities for export |
| savannah |
A mixture of trees and grassland |
savannah has mixture of trees and grassland |
| trial |
A meeting in a court of law where a judge |
Ahmed trial will be next week |
| leopard |
A type of wild cat |
leopard is a strong animal |
| democratic |
Describe avountry governed by representatives who are elected by the people |
Sweden is a democratic country |
| mountain |
e.g everest |
Everest is the tallest mountain in the world |
| approximately |
roughly - about |
The job will take approximately three weeks |
| silence |
expected in a library |
The teacher raised his voice to silence the class |
| scared |
another word for afraid |
He's scared of spiders. |
| recognize |
to know who who someone is because you have met or seen them before |
I can not recognize him |
| pinch |
an informal word for steal |
He pinch an apple |
| instructions |
you should always read these first |
You must read instructions first |
| umbrella |
needed when it's raining |
Do you have umbrella |
| hiccuping |
a noise you make - often the result of eating or drinking too quickly |
I can't stop hiccuping |
| giggle |
a way of laughing |
I got the giggles in the lecture |
| dithering |
to be unable to make a final decision about something |
Stop dithering and choose what do you want! |
