Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Day 7 (Dec 20, 2011)

1,
freeze /fri:z/ (n):
Ex: If you freeze something such as food, you preserve it by storing it at a temperature below freezing point. You can also talk about how well food freezes.
Ex: If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures.
Ex: If the temperature drops below 02C, water freezes
freeze(v):
past tense: froze, frozen

2,
thaw /θɔ:/ (n):
thaw( v ), past tense: thawed
Ex:  A thaw is a period of warmer weather when snow and ice melt, usually at the end of winter.
We slogged through the mud of an early spring thaw.

3,
enemy /'enemy/ (n) (adj):
Ex: If someone is your enemy, they hate you or want to harm you
Ex: The enemy is an army or other force that is opposed to you in a war, or a country with which your country is at war. 

4,
Investigate /in'vestigeit/ (v): investigates, investigating, investigated 
Ex: Gas officials are investigating the cause of an explosion which badly damaged a house in Hampshire. 
The two officers were being investigated by the director of public prosecutions.

5,
Pile /pail/ (n): a pile of book,  a pile of sand,

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