Takeoff D (Life) | U7C: Vocabulary

amateur

• a person who is incompetent or inept at a particular activity

• a person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area

gross misrepresentation

• a true description

• a very false description of something

gap

• an empty space or opening in the middle of something or between two things

• the end of an event or of a period of time or activity

dutifully

• in a way that lacks respect

• in a way that shows that you want to obey and do everything that you are expected to do

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manner

• the usual way in which you behave toward other people, or the way you behave on a particular occasion

• something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it

dimly-lit

• shining with a bright light

• in a way that does not give or have much light

strewn (past participle of strew)

• come together; assemble or accumulate

• to spread things in an untidy way over a surface, or to be spread in an untidy way over a surface

to retrieve

• become unable to find (something or someone)

• get or bring (something) back; regain possession of

to dismiss

• to decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering

• to be glad to entertain (someone) or receive (something)