Leonid's language diary 1-4

move very slowly,
No one noticed that he had begun to ______ out to sea.

• drift

• bum

• bruise

• spade

cut (make smth tidier)

• savage

• pure

• trim

• slump

remove sb from the job because sb did smth wrong

• demiss

• frisk

• dismiss

• accomplice

contagious laughter is...

• spreading from one person to another; impossible to resist

• annoying or irritating to the extreme,

when you take exception to doing sth you...

• are offended or angry

• don't work

• ignore something

diffident is...

• shy

• defensive

• messy

argue = _______ with sb

• fall in

• fall off

• fall out

• fall through

petrified =

• angry

• mean

• embarrassed

• frightened

proprietor is...

• owner of something

• someone who rents from someone

fire someone usually temporarily because there is not enough work to do

• lay sb off

• lay sb over

• lay sb on

• lay sb out