🔰 Vocabulary class
✳️ Today's words are:
6️⃣ housing /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/ noun
📖 [uncountable] the houses or conditions that people live in
🏷 Any plan that can provide affordable housing would be a plus.
🏷 a scheme to provide affordable housing for local people
7️⃣ heartless /ˈhɑːtləs $ ˈhɑːrt-/ adjective
📖 cruel and not feeling any pity
🏷 How can you be so heartless?
🏷 In his autobiography, he portrays his father as cold and heartless.
8️⃣ handling /ˈhændlɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]
📖 the way in which someone does a job or deals with a situation, problem, or person
🏷 The president has been much criticized for his handling of the crisis.
🏷 Such a situation needs very careful handling.
9️⃣ emotive /ɪˈməʊtɪv $ ɪˈmoʊ-/ adjective
📖 making people have strong feelings
📌 SYN emotional
📌 emotive issue/subject/word etc
🏷 Child abuse is an emotive subject.
🏷 You will find your Surveyor will not have such emotive issues on his mind when he inspects!
🔟 apologetic /əˌpɒləˈdʒetɪk◂ $ əˌpɑː-/ adjective
📖showing or saying that you are sorry that something has happened, especially because you feel guilty or embarrassed about it
📌 apologetic about
🏷 The manager was very apologetic about everything.
🏷 She gave me an apologetic smile.
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✳️ Today's words are:
6️⃣ housing /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/ noun
📖 [uncountable] the houses or conditions that people live in
🏷 Any plan that can provide affordable housing would be a plus.
🏷 a scheme to provide affordable housing for local people
7️⃣ heartless /ˈhɑːtləs $ ˈhɑːrt-/ adjective
📖 cruel and not feeling any pity
🏷 How can you be so heartless?
🏷 In his autobiography, he portrays his father as cold and heartless.
8️⃣ handling /ˈhændlɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]
📖 the way in which someone does a job or deals with a situation, problem, or person
🏷 The president has been much criticized for his handling of the crisis.
🏷 Such a situation needs very careful handling.
9️⃣ emotive /ɪˈməʊtɪv $ ɪˈmoʊ-/ adjective
📖 making people have strong feelings
📌 SYN emotional
📌 emotive issue/subject/word etc
🏷 Child abuse is an emotive subject.
🏷 You will find your Surveyor will not have such emotive issues on his mind when he inspects!
🔟 apologetic /əˌpɒləˈdʒetɪk◂ $ əˌpɑː-/ adjective
📖showing or saying that you are sorry that something has happened, especially because you feel guilty or embarrassed about it
📌 apologetic about
🏷 The manager was very apologetic about everything.
🏷 She gave me an apologetic smile.
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5 Synonyms to get 7+
🏂GO
🔹 move; proceed; advance; progress; travel; walk; journey; depart; exit; flee; make one’s way; get underway.
🎰GIVE
🔹grant; donate; hand-out; present; provide; deliver; hand over; offer; award; bestow; supply with; contribute to; send; entrust.
🏆GET
🔹acquire; obtain; receive; gain; earn; gather; collect; buy; purchase; attain; score; secure; grab.
🪁EASY
🔹effortless; simple; clear; smooth; straightforward; uncomplicated; painless; accessible; apparent; basic; plain; child’s play; facile; cinch.
⚡️FAST
🔹agile; brisk; rapid; nimble; swift; accelerated; fleeting; high-speed; active; dashing; winged; hurried.
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🏂GO
🔹 move; proceed; advance; progress; travel; walk; journey; depart; exit; flee; make one’s way; get underway.
🎰GIVE
🔹grant; donate; hand-out; present; provide; deliver; hand over; offer; award; bestow; supply with; contribute to; send; entrust.
🏆GET
🔹acquire; obtain; receive; gain; earn; gather; collect; buy; purchase; attain; score; secure; grab.
🪁EASY
🔹effortless; simple; clear; smooth; straightforward; uncomplicated; painless; accessible; apparent; basic; plain; child’s play; facile; cinch.
⚡️FAST
🔹agile; brisk; rapid; nimble; swift; accelerated; fleeting; high-speed; active; dashing; winged; hurried.
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🦠 COVID-19 Vocabulary Part 2
🦠 Coronavirus (any one of a large family of viruses that can cause disease in the breathing and eating systems of humans and animals (respiratory and digestive systems).)
🧬 Incubation period (the period of time from a person's first exposure to a disease to the time when symptoms develop)
♻️ Infectious (that can be transmitted through the environment)
⛔️ Isolation (separation of infected people from healthy people for serious contagious diseases)
🧪 Outbreak (a sudden occurrence of a disease)
🦠 COVID-19 (official name for the coronavirus disease that emerged in China in 2019)
🧫 Disease (illness; sickness; a disorder of the body)
🚷 Epidemic (occurrence of a particular disease in a large number of people in a particular area)
🚫 Quarantine (isolation of people who may have been exposed to an infectious disease to see if they develop symptoms)
⚗ Droplets (the spray produced when people cough or sneeze, and which can spread diseases)
🔬 Vaccine (a substance used to protect humans and animals from a disease)
💉 Treatment (medical care given to a patient for an illness or injury)
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🦠 Coronavirus (any one of a large family of viruses that can cause disease in the breathing and eating systems of humans and animals (respiratory and digestive systems).)
🧬 Incubation period (the period of time from a person's first exposure to a disease to the time when symptoms develop)
♻️ Infectious (that can be transmitted through the environment)
⛔️ Isolation (separation of infected people from healthy people for serious contagious diseases)
🧪 Outbreak (a sudden occurrence of a disease)
🦠 COVID-19 (official name for the coronavirus disease that emerged in China in 2019)
🧫 Disease (illness; sickness; a disorder of the body)
🚷 Epidemic (occurrence of a particular disease in a large number of people in a particular area)
🚫 Quarantine (isolation of people who may have been exposed to an infectious disease to see if they develop symptoms)
⚗ Droplets (the spray produced when people cough or sneeze, and which can spread diseases)
🔬 Vaccine (a substance used to protect humans and animals from a disease)
💉 Treatment (medical care given to a patient for an illness or injury)
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