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Meanings of difficult words from the lesson "The Last Stone Carver":
Numbers | Word | Meanings |
1 | Chisel | A long-bladed hand tool with a sloped cutting edge |
2 | Grunted | Make a short harsh sound |
3 | Pittance | A very small or inadequate amount of money |
4 | Hesitant | Unsure, or slow in acting or speaking |
5 | Crouching | Duck down |
6 | Ashen | Very pale with shock, fear, or illness |
7 | Determination | Will power |
8 | Ebb | (Of an emotion or quality) gradually decrease |
9 | Blurred | Unable to see or be seen clearly |
10 | Eternally | In a way that continues or lasts forever; permanently |
11 | Finer | Of very high quality; very good of its kind |
12 | Thumped | Hit or strike heavily |
13 | Blushed | Show shyness, embarrassment |
14 | Bitterness | Anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly |
15 | Ashtrays | A small receptacle for tobacco ash and cigarette ends |
16 | Sagged | Sank or bulged downwards under weight |
17 | Limply | To walk lamely, especially with irregularity |
18 | Deceived | Tricked, cheated |
19 | Chipping | Cut or break (a small piece) from a hard material, like stone |
20 | Immobilised | Prevent someone from moving |
21 | Arching | Form the curved shape of an arch |
22 | Clumsily | In an awkward and careless way |
23 | Stunned | Astonished |
24 | Tottered | Move in a feeble way |
25 | Quarry | A deep pit, from which stone is extracted |
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