Part E p. 40
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Unit 3 Safety and Danger
| ¹. | Words | Synonyms | Definition |
| 1. | Speculation about | Reflection, thought, contemplation | |
| 2. | To be suffused | To be filled with | |
| 3. | Unaffectedly dressed | Casual style | |
| 4. | To catch a glimpse | To look quickly and see smth | |
| 5. | Fairly drunk | Tipsy | |
| 6. | To gaze | To look of one's eyes, to concentrate | |
| 7. | Resentment | Indignation, displeasure, anger | |
| 8. | Candidly | openly, overtly, frankly, plainly, unreservedly | |
| 9. | Sinewy energy | Muscular | |
| 10. | To slur | To speak unclearly, indistinctly, without separating words or sounds correctly | |
| 11. | To detest | Can't stand hate, abhor, despise, abominate | |
| 12. | To hunch over | To hump To stoop | To bend down and forwards so that your back forms a curve |
| 13. | Elation | High spirits, great happiness, exhilaration | A feeling of great happiness and excitement |
| 14. | Reluctant | Unwilling , averse , disinclined | Slow and unwilling |
| 15. | To clink | To sound To ring | To produce a short ringing sound from metal or glass |
| 16. | Sanity | Strong mind Strong sense | The condition of being mentally health |
| 17. | Ferocious concentration | savagely fierce, cruel, or violent action or power of focusing all one's attention |
| 18. | To recover from the wreckage | To get better after an accident, shock | |
| 19. | To divert the flight | To change the direction | |
| 20. | To be averse to doing smth | Loath, reluctant, unwilling | Unwilling to do something or not liking something |
| 21. | Decree | Mandamus, order, command | An official order or decision |
| 22. | Deflect | Sidetrack, avert | To take someone's attention from something |
| 23. | Detract | Depreciate | To make something seem less good |
| 24. | Crash | To shiver, shatter | To make a sudden loud noise |
| 25. | Odour | Aroma, perfume, scent | A distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one |
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| Glossary | | | Text “The Bridge” p. 41 |