New vocabulary

10 English terms

to help me to not only memorize facts quickly but to process and store the information over the long-term.

• bidding

the act of offering to pay a particular amount of money for something, by different people:

• breviary

noun

a book of psalms, hymns, prayers, etc, to be recited daily by clerics in major orders and certain members of religious orders as part of the divine office

Example: She kept glancing towards the phone.

• Commune

verb

to get very close to someone or something by exchanging feelings or thoughts

Example: Lying naked in the grass, among the trees and birds, he felt he was communing with nature.

• frown

to bring your eyebrows together so that there are lines on your face above your eyes, often while turning the corners of your mouth downwards, showing that you are annoyed, worried, sad, or thinking hard:

• mourning

• patter

continuous and sometimes funny speech or talk, especially used by someone trying to sell things or by an entertainer:

• pensively

in a way that shows that you are thinking in a quiet way, often with a serious expression on your face:

• refusal

Our request for permission to travel met with/received a flat/point-blank (= complete) refusal from the authorities.

• towards

in the direction of, or closer to someone or something:

• wonder

verb

to think or speculate curiously:to wonder about the origin of the solar system.