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Vocabulary quiz 'S words 1'
Message de marit64 posté le 13-10-2005 à 00:45:31 (S | E | F | I)
everyone!
Find the words beginning with the letter "S".
1- What "S word" means a very thin person? ...............
2- It's a deep pan usually with a long handle for boiling or stewing food. ..............
3- If you prevent a fire from burning by covering it thickly, you .......... .
4- When you wrinkle the brows in displeasure, you ............. .
5- How do you call a shortened form of a statement, story etc. giving only the main points. ..............
6- What "S word" means a piece of wax or other material bearing a design, attached to a document to show that it's genuine and legal? ...............
7- If you couldn't use these words "a husband or wife", what word would you use? ..............
8- We use this name for a cutting-tool with two blades, like a large pair of scissors. .............
9- What word would you use for any of several types of sea animal, some furry, living partly on land? ..............
10- It's an "S word" meaning a long, narrow strip (especially very small) torn or cut off. ..............
Good luck! I'll give you the answers next Wednesday.
Message de marit64 posté le 13-10-2005 à 00:45:31 (S | E | F | I)
everyone!
Find the words beginning with the letter "S".
1- What "S word" means a very thin person? ...............
2- It's a deep pan usually with a long handle for boiling or stewing food. ..............
3- If you prevent a fire from burning by covering it thickly, you .......... .
4- When you wrinkle the brows in displeasure, you ............. .
5- How do you call a shortened form of a statement, story etc. giving only the main points. ..............
6- What "S word" means a piece of wax or other material bearing a design, attached to a document to show that it's genuine and legal? ...............
7- If you couldn't use these words "a husband or wife", what word would you use? ..............
8- We use this name for a cutting-tool with two blades, like a large pair of scissors. .............
9- What word would you use for any of several types of sea animal, some furry, living partly on land? ..............
10- It's an "S word" meaning a long, narrow strip (especially very small) torn or cut off. ..............
Good luck! I'll give you the answers next Wednesday.
Réponse: Vocabulary quiz 'S words 1' de oldman, postée le 13-10-2005 à 20:32:24 (S | E)
Hello my dear Marit,
Here are the S words I propose:
1. slim
2. sauce-pan
3. (to) smother
4. (to) scowl
5. summary
6. seal
7. spouse
8. shears
9. seal
10. strap
Best wishes.
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Edité par oldman le 15-10-2005 12:11
1. skinny
10. I propose scrap, but I think this word doesn't match up to your definition because a scrap is not necessarly long and narrow.
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Edité par oldman le 18-10-2005 11:52
10. I think the expected word is shred.
Thank you, Marit, for the clue.
Réponse: Vocabulary quiz 'S words 1' de post-scriptum, postée le 13-10-2005 à 22:17:50 (S | E)
Good evening my dear Marit,
1. slim, slender, skinny
2. a saucepan, a streamer
3. (to) smother
4. (to) scowl
5. a summary
6. a seal
7. a spouse
8. shears, secateurs
9. a seal
10. (I don't know)
Thank you. See you soon.
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Edité par post-scriptum le 17-10-2005 11:13
Thank you my dear Marit
Réponse: Vocabulary quiz 'S words 1' de isa71, postée le 13-10-2005 à 22:20:29 (S | E)
hello marit
1-skinny
2-saucepan
3-smother
4-scowl
5-summary
6-seal
7-spouse
8-shears
9-seal
10-shred
à bientôt
isa
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Edité par isa71 le 15-10-2005 22:36
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Edité par isa71 le 15-10-2005 22:41
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Edité par isa71 le 17-10-2005 21:58
Marit merci pour ton aide
Réponse: Vocabulary quiz 'S words 1' de felin, postée le 14-10-2005 à 00:46:51 (S | E)
Bonsoir Marit
1. slim/skinny
2.saucepan
3. smother
4. scowl
5.summary
6. seal
7.spouse
8. shears
9. seal
10.
Marit
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Edité par felin le 18-10-2005 22:10 Marit
Réponse: Vocabulary quiz 'S words 1' de tubereuse2, postée le 16-10-2005 à 00:31:01 (S | E)
Hello my dear Marit,
1-
2- Saucepan.
3- Smother .
4- Scowl
5- Summary.
6- Seal.
7- Spouse.
8- Shears.
9- Seal.
10- je ne vois toujours pas.
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Edité par tubereuse2 le 18-10-2005 21:43
Thanks my dear Marit for the clues
Réponse: Vocabulary quiz 'S words 1' de lynx_300, postée le 19-10-2005 à 10:41:13 (S | E)
Hello Marit,
1- slender or slim
2- stove
3- to smother
4- to scowl
5- a summary
6- a seal
7- spouse
8- secateurs or shears
9- seal
10- Scar
for this new list of definitions
Bye
Lynx
Réponse: Vocabulary quiz 'S words 1' de marit64, postée le 20-10-2005 à 00:45:00 (S | E)
Hi everybody!
for your good work!
Here are the answers:
1- skinny (très maigre) 2- saucepan (casserole) 3- smother (étouffer)
4- scowl (froncer les sourcils) 5- summary (résumé, sommaire)
6- seal (sceau) 7- spouse (époux, épouse) 8- shears (cisailles)
9- seal (phoque) 10- shred (lambeau).
for your participation my
So long,