8th grade. Module 4

To look at sb/sth for a long time

• to stare at

• to greet sb

• to witness sth

When completing a task, a project

• in search of

• on an assignment

• to resemble sb closely

A feeling as if everything is turning around, and that you are not able to balance and may fall over

• to be dizzy / to cause dizziness

• anxiety

• to draw sb’s attention

A small quantity of sth scientists collect to examine

• the remains of sth

• a specimen

• a hair/blood sample

To develop and become clear to other people

• to be amusing

• the case/story/drama unfolds

• to come across sth

Extremely large (synonym – huge)

• to be enormous

• to be creepy

• to be weird

To look closely or carefully at sth, esp. when you can’t see it clearly

• glimpse

• peep

• peer

8. To consider or evaluate sth, such as a statement, while keeping in mind that it may not be completely true or reliable

• to be reluctant to do sth

• to take sth with a pinch of salt

• to be countless

To request the information, facts that prove sth or make sb believe that sth is true

• to be virtually known

• to investigate sth

• to demand convincing/hard evidence of

To tell sth in order to give sb information about it and make them notice it

• to point out (that...)

• to insist (on/that)

• to put sth down to sth else