Aravind
Write down and discuss English vocabulary, Verbal phrases and Idioms you came across in everyday life

Vocabulary

1 Pessimistic 


Verbal Phrases

1 Tarted up


Idioms

1 Chip off the old block


Feb 12, 2016 7:50 PM
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bombshell
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1.
an unexpected and surprising event, especially an unpleasant one.
"the news came as a bombshell"
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2.
informal
a very attractive woman.
"a twenty-year-old blonde bombshell"
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February 12, 2016
reel
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wind something on to a reel by turning the reel.
"sailplanes are often launched by means of a wire reeled in by a winch"
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lose one's balance and stagger or lurch violently.
"he punched Connolly in the ear, sending him reeling"

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February 12, 2016