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Meanings of difficult words from the poem "Vocation":
Numbers | Words | Meanings |
1. | gong | a large, flat, circular piece of metal that you hit with a hammer to make a sound like a loud bell. |
2. | hawker | a person who travels about selling goods, typically advertising them by shouting. |
3. | digging | break up and move earth with a tool or machine. |
4. | spade | a tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging. |
5. | lane | a narrow road, especially in a rural area. |
6. | lantern | a lamp with a transparent case protecting the flame or electric bulb, and typically having a handle by which it may be carried or hung. |
7. | chasing | pursue, run after. |
8. | giant | an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size. |
9. | restrictions | with a limited condition. |
10. | freedom | the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved. |
11. | vendor | a street salesman. |
12. | red-eye | caused by a reflection from the retina when the flashgun is too near the camera lens. |
13. | sound | something that you can hear. |
14. | home | the place where one lives. |
15. | gardener | a person who tends and cultivates a garden as a pastime or for a living. |
16. | bangles | a rigid ornamental band worn round the arm. |
17. | hurry | cause to move or act with speed. |
18. | crying | the shedding of tears. |
19. | school | education place. |
20. | baked in the sun | heated because of excessive sunlight, excessive sun exposure. |
21. | walking up | walk on foot to someone. |
22. | walking down | walk longer. |
23. | swings | to move back and forth. |
24. | watchman | a man employed to look after an empty building, especially at night. |
25. | lonely | feeling sad. |
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