English Quiz (Part 239)

'modus operandi' Meaning

• a small problem or weakness in a person or system that can result in failure; a weak point in a person or system that can result in its failure

• to make someone confused about where they are and where they are going

• a particular way of doing something

'Achilles heel' Meaning

• a small problem or weakness in a person or system that can result in failure; a weak point in a person or system that can result in its failure

• a particular way of doing something

• to make someone confused about where they are and where they are going

'disorient' Meaning

• making clever, secret plans, often to deceive others; used to describe someone who makes clever secret plans intended to deceive others; behaviour or activities that involve making clever secret plans intended to deceive people

• to make someone confused about where they are and where they are going

• a large farming tool with blades that digs the soil in fields so that seeds can be planted;  (under the plough)If land is under the plough, crops are grown on it; (the Plough)a group of seven bright stars that can only be seen in the northern part of the world

'scheming' Meaning

• making clever, secret plans, often to deceive others; used to describe someone who makes clever secret plans intended to deceive others; behaviour or activities that involve making clever secret plans intended to deceive people

• a very thin sheet of metal, especially used to wrap food in to keep it fresh; something or someone that makes another's good or bad qualities more noticeable; to prevent someone or something from being successful

• a large farming tool with blades that digs the soil in fields so that seeds can be planted;  (under the plough)If land is under the plough, crops are grown on it; (the Plough)a group of seven bright stars that can only be seen in the northern part of the world

'plough' Meaning

• a very thin sheet of metal, especially used to wrap food in to keep it fresh; something or someone that makes another's good or bad qualities more noticeable; to prevent someone or something from being successful

• making clever, secret plans, often to deceive others; used to describe someone who makes clever secret plans intended to deceive others; behaviour or activities that involve making clever secret plans intended to deceive people

• a large farming tool with blades that digs the soil in fields so that seeds can be planted;  (under the plough)If land is under the plough, crops are grown on it; (the Plough)a group of seven bright stars that can only be seen in the northern part of the world

'foils' Meaning

• an ancient musical instrument consisting of a U-shaped frame with strings attached to it

• a very thin sheet of metal, especially used to wrap food in to keep it fresh; something or someone that makes another's good or bad qualities more noticeable; to prevent someone or something from being successful

• the quality of happening quickly or immediately

'swiftness' Meaning

• an ancient musical instrument consisting of a U-shaped frame with strings attached to it

• to remove dirt from something by rubbing it hard with something rough; to search a place or thing very carefully in order to try to find something; (of farm animals, especially cows and pigs) to have diarrhoea; a search; a process in which the continuous movement of water gradually forms a hole in the sediments (= sand, stones, etc.) in a river, etc., or the sediments themselves; to clean something by rubbing it hard with rough cleaning material

• the quality of happening quickly or immediately

'lyre' Meaning

• an ancient musical instrument consisting of a U-shaped frame with strings attached to it

• the quality of happening quickly or immediately

• to remove dirt from something by rubbing it hard with something rough; to search a place or thing very carefully in order to try to find something; (of farm animals, especially cows and pigs) to have diarrhoea; a search; a process in which the continuous movement of water gradually forms a hole in the sediments (= sand, stones, etc.) in a river, etc., or the sediments themselves; to clean something by rubbing it hard with rough cleaning material

'scour' Meaning

• a large farming tool with blades that digs the soil in fields so that seeds can be planted;  (under the plough)If land is under the plough, crops are grown on it; (the Plough)a group of seven bright stars that can only be seen in the northern part of the world

• to remove dirt from something by rubbing it hard with something rough; to search a place or thing very carefully in order to try to find something; (of farm animals, especially cows and pigs) to have diarrhoea; a search; a process in which the continuous movement of water gradually forms a hole in the sediments (= sand, stones, etc.) in a river, etc., or the sediments themselves; to clean something by rubbing it hard with rough cleaning material

• making clever, secret plans, often to deceive others; used to describe someone who makes clever secret plans intended to deceive others; behaviour or activities that involve making clever secret plans intended to deceive people