English Quiz (The Millionaire Fastlane) Part 26

'erosion' Meaning

• tied to a post or fixed to the ground with a rope or chain; using a mobile phone as a wireless internet connection to which you can connect other devices; attached to something; closely connected with something, and changing when it changes

• very strong, powerful, or impressive; causing pain or difficulty

• the fact of soil, stone, etc. being gradually damaged and removed by the waves, rain, or wind; the fact of a good quality or situation being gradually lost or destroyed; Erosion of a natural feature or physical object is damage caused by the effect of weather; the gradual reduction or destruction of something

'hellacious' Meaning

• the fact of soil, stone, etc. being gradually damaged and removed by the waves, rain, or wind; the fact of a good quality or situation being gradually lost or destroyed; Erosion of a natural feature or physical object is damage caused by the effect of weather; the gradual reduction or destruction of something

• very strong, powerful, or impressive; causing pain or difficulty

• tied to a post or fixed to the ground with a rope or chain; using a mobile phone as a wireless internet connection to which you can connect other devices; attached to something; closely connected with something, and changing when it changes

'tethered' Meaning

• tied to a post or fixed to the ground with a rope or chain; using a mobile phone as a wireless internet connection to which you can connect other devices; attached to something; closely connected with something, and changing when it changes

• relating to an official agreement that someone will work for someone else for a length of time, especially in order to learn a job; relating to an agreement in which someone works for someone else until they have paid back a debt, especially in the past when poor people worked for someone in another country in return for being taken to that country

• to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons; to severely punish someone who has committed a crime, or to force someone to suffer; to decide officially that a building is not safe for people to use

'indentured' Meaning

• to make unpleasant feelings less strong

• relating to an official agreement that someone will work for someone else for a length of time, especially in order to learn a job; relating to an agreement in which someone works for someone else until they have paid back a debt, especially in the past when poor people worked for someone in another country in return for being taken to that country

• to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons; to severely punish someone who has committed a crime, or to force someone to suffer; to decide officially that a building is not safe for people to use

'condemn' Meaning

• relating to an official agreement that someone will work for someone else for a length of time, especially in order to learn a job; relating to an agreement in which someone works for someone else until they have paid back a debt, especially in the past when poor people worked for someone in another country in return for being taken to that country

• to make unpleasant feelings less strong

• to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons; to severely punish someone who has committed a crime, or to force someone to suffer; to decide officially that a building is not safe for people to use

'assuage' Meaning

• to make unpleasant feelings less strong

• a chair in which you can lean back at different angles

• strange and unusual and difficult to accept or like