VOCABULARY DESTINATION C1 C2 UNIT 8

accelerate(v)

• to happen faster or earlier; to make something happen faster or earlier

• to come near to sbd/sth in distance or time

• to rise; to go up; to climb up

• to move smoothly and quietly, especially as though it takes no effort

2. approach (v, n)

/əˈprəʊtʃ/

• to happen faster or earlier; to make something happen faster or earlier

• to come or go down from a higher to a lower level

• to come near to somebody/something in distance or time

• to move forward on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground

ascend (v) /əˈsend/

• to happen faster or earlier; to make something happen faster or earlier

• to use your hands in a way that is not smooth or steady or careful when you are doing

  something or looking for something

• - to rise; to go up; to climb up

• - to come or go down from a higher to a lower level

4. bounce (v,n)

/baʊns/

• to move along smoothly and slowly in water or air

• - if something bounces or you bounce it, it moves quickly away from a surface it has just hit

  or you make it do this

• - to move forward on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground

• - to come near to somebody/something in distance or time

clamber (v)

/ˈklæmbə(r)/

SYNONYM: scramble

• to climb or move with difficulty or a lot of effort, using your hands and feet

• to come or go down from a higher to a lower level

• - to leave your own country to go and live permanently in another country

• - to move forwards lightly and quickly making a little jump with each step

clench (v) /klentʃ/

• to happen faster or earlier; to make something happen faster or earlier

• to come or go down from a higher to a lower level

• to close tightly together

• to hold somebody/something tightly

clutch (v) /klʌtʃ/

SYNONYM: grip

• to stop existing; to disappear or die

• to make the same journey regularly between work and home

• to hold somebody/sth tightly

• - to put a lot of things into a vehicle or machine

crawl (v) /krɔːl/

• to move forward on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground

• to understand something as it is being said or done.

• to climb or move with difficulty or a lot of effort, using your hands and feet

• to happen faster or earlier; to make something happen faster or earlier

creep (v) /kriːp/

• to act or do something in the way that it indicates, advice

• to get in front of somebody in order to make them turn back or change direction

• to move slowly, quietly and carefully, because you do not want to be seen or heard

• to do the same thing that someone else has done

dash (v) /dæʃ/

• an act of going somewhere suddenly and/or quickly

• to move forwards lightly and quickly making a little jump with each step

• the steady and continuous movement of something/somebody in one direction

• to turn over and over and move in a particular direction; to make a round object do this