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9 The news
Page 105 something wrong or something that people will not
approve of
dedication /ˌdedɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun uncount admit doing something | admit to (doing) something
someone’s dedication is their determination to do a | admit that
task thoroughly and well
he admitted stealing the car | he hasn’t admitted
his dedication to keeping fit was admirable | anything yet | they’ll never openly admit being
finishing medical school took years of dedication | wrong | he admitted to being a liar | the farmers
her lifelong dedication to classical music finally admitted that they had acted wrongly
Verb: dedicate Noun: admission
she is dedicated to providing the best customer admission of something
service possible
an admission of guilt
mat /mæt/ Noun
a mat is a piece of cloth that you put on the floor beg /beɡ/ Verb
like a carpet if you beg someone for something, you ask them for
it in an anxious or desperate way
wipe your feet in the mat before you come in | a mat
for doing yoga on | we’re just using a couple of mats beg someone for something | beg someone to do
until we can afford a carpet something | beg for something| beg something | beg
of someone
only child /ˈəʊnli ʧaɪld/ Noun he begged her forgiveness | I beg you to reconsider |
an only child is someone who doesn’t have any let me have it, I beg of you | can I beg a slice of bread
brothers or sisters from you? | he came round begging for another
he was an only child of wealthy parents | Cerys was chance
single and an only child | didn’t you feel lonely as an
only child? blanket /ˈblæŋkɪt/ Noun
a blanket is a large, thick piece of cloth that you use
settle /ˈset(ə)l/ Verb as a cover to keep yourself warm when you are in
if you settle someone somewhere, or if they get bed
settled there, they become comfortable where they we need to provide them with food and blankets
are and have become familiar with it | the blanket slid off the bed during the night and
settle down I woke up really cold | the blanket was the same
parents are keen to settle them into college life | colour as the curtains
we’re happily settled here now | the kids have settled claim /kleɪm/ Verb
down and are in bed now if you claim something, you say it is true, although
you do not give any proof, and so some people do
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accuse /əˈkjuːz/ Verb claim that
if you accuse someone of doing something, you tell he claimed that his father had been an MP | she
them that you believe they have done something claimed that she had a degree, but I know that she
bad or illegal never went to university | he still claims that he is
accuse someone of (doing) something innocent | he claimed that he never got my email
he’s been accused of a number of crimes | the two Noun: claim
men were accused of murder | opposition leaders the company made some false claims about the
regularly accuse the government of failure quality of its products
Noun: accusation | Noun: accuser | Noun: the accused
convince /kənˈvɪns/ Verb
make an accusation | a serious accusation | a wild if you convince someone, you succeed in making
accusation them believe something that they did not believe to
she made a serious accusation against her boss start with
| officials denied all accusations that they were convince someone of something | convince someone
responsible | he plans to pursue legal action against that
his accusers | you need to face your accusers | the
the professor is trying to convince me that I could
accused had spent three months awaiting trial
waste less | he managed to convince them of his
admit /ədˈmɪt/ Verb honesty | the article wouldn’t convince all its readers,
if you admit something, you say that you have done but it was well written
Adjective: convincing | Adjective: convinced

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it was a very convincing article | I’m convinced he’ll things or people that are a very long way away
be back at work next week a new digital camera with a telephoto lens | the
safest way to photograph the tigers is with a
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ Verb
telephoto lens
if you deny something, you say that it is not true
deny doing something threaten /ˈθret(ə)n/ Verb
I thought he’d taken my laptop, but he denied it if someone threatens you, they frighten you by
| it was you wasn’t it? Don’t deny it | he denied telling you they will hurt you or do something bad
taking the laptop | the rumours were denied by both to you
policemen threaten to do something
Noun: denial “I’ll call the police,” he threatened | he followed me
his denials were ignored by everyone home and started threatening me | the government
threatened to close the university | lack of money
erase /ɪˈreɪz/ Verb threatened the survival of the school | the crowd was
if you erase something, you do something that threatening violence against the president
makes it go away or disappear as if it had never been Noun: threat | Adjective: threatening
there
they faced threats of violence | global warming is a
time had erased her youth | all our progress was serious threat to the human race | he was charged
erased by the storm | it will take a few years to erase with sending a threatening letter to his teacher
the debt
unethical /ʌnˈeθɪk(ə)l/ Adjective
hardship /ˈhɑː(r)dʃɪp/ Noun uncount unethical behaviour is morally wrong
hardship is a situation in which your life is very
is it unethical to take photos without people’s
difficult, for example because you do not have much
permission? | he was accused of unethical conduct |
money
his methods were clearly unethical | it was neither
she suffered hardship throughout her childhood | illegal nor unethical
losing his job caused him great hardship | he faced
Adverb: unethically || Opposite – Adjective: ethical |
hardship to get through university | the country went
Adverb: ethically
through a period of severe hardship during the war
the doctor acted unethically on several occasions
invade someone’s privacy /ɪnˈveɪd ˈsʌmwʌnz ˈprɪvəsi/ | they insist on the highest ethical standards | is it
Phrase ethically acceptable to keep them in prison for so
to invade someone’s privacy means to do something long?
without their permission that they do not like
because it unfairly involves their private life urge /ɜː(r)dʒ/ Verb
if you urge someone to do something, you
they were worried about their privacy being invaded
encourage them very strongly to do it
| you can’t just walk in and invade my privacy like
that! | ringing your doorbell isn’t really invading your urge someone to do something | urge that
privacy he urged me to think again | shoppers have been
Noun: invasion of privacy urged to change their habits | parents who smoke
are strongly urged to quit | we strongly urge you to
if your boss is reading all your emails, it’s a definite
vote “no” | we urge our best students to consider
invasion of privacy
graduate study | he urged that peace talks should
refugee /ˌrefjʊˈdʒiː/ Noun start
a refugee is someone who has left their country to Noun: urge
escape from war or danger feel an urge (to do something)
the war has created thousands of refugees | Annie felt an urge to phone her mother (wanted
thousands of people live in the refugee camp | very much to phone her)
more refugees arrived by boat last week | life is very
difficult as a refugee victim /ˈvɪktɪm/ Noun
a victim is someone who suffers as a result of a crime
swear /sweə(r)/ Verb committed against them or as a result of an event
if you swear something, you promise very firmly that that they cannot control
it is true or that you will do it
a victim of something
swear that
I’ve been a victim of three burglaries | another victim
I swear I didn’t take your phone | he had a gun, I died two days later | about half of dog bite victims
swear it! | Jan swore that the door was locked when are children | flood victims were unable to return to
he left the office their homes for weeks
telephoto lens /ˈtɛliˈfəʊtəʊ lɛnz/ Noun warn /wɔː(r)n/ Verb
a telephoto lens is a piece of equipment on the front if you warn someone, you tell them about
of a camera that allows you to take photographs of something bad that might happen to them

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warn someone about something | warn someone cure someone of something

that | warn someone not to do something she’s now completely cured of the disease | it’s likely
she warned us that it was going to rain | it’s good to to be several weeks before he’s fully cured | this
warn other people so they’re prepared for the worst disease used to be fatal, but now it can be cured |
| we were warned about the danger before we set you can’t cure a common cold | a curable illness | he’s
off | I warned you not to do that got an incurable medical condition
Noun: warning
discipline /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ Verb
the bomb went off without warning | they ignored to discipline someone means to punish them because
the warnings to stay away | Tom shouted a warning, they have broken the rules of an organisation that
but it was too late they are part of
weathered /ˈweðəd/ Adjective the bus company apologised and disciplined the
if something is weathered, the surface has started driver | six members of staff were disciplined for
to look old and worn, like something that has been smoking in the toilets | she threatened to discipline
outside in the wind and rain for a long time anyone who spoke to the local newspaper
her skin had weathered over the years | his face was Noun: discipline | Adjective: disciplinary
weathered and he looked older than his 38 years | he imposed tough discipline whenever anyone was
the building had a weathered appearance late for work | we had to take disciplinary action
against him
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aerosol /ˈeərəˌsɒl/ Noun something that is engaging keeps you interested all
an aerosol is a liquid kept under pressure that you the time
spray out of a metal container her lessons were always very engaging | not all the
don’t leave aerosol containers near the cooker | don’t stories in the book were so fresh and engaging | an
use aerosol cleaners on the furniture | aerosols are engaging, interactive display | every night there were
the main reason for the hole in the ozone layer engaging and educational activities

astonishing /əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋ/ Adjective entitled /ɪnˈtaɪtld/ Adjective

something that is astonishing makes you very if you are entitled to have something or do
surprised and impressed something, you have a right to have it or do it
it was an astonishing achievement | the island entitled to something | entitled to do something
is home to an astonishing variety of birds | the the law says you are entitled to keep the car | the
paintings were absolutely astonishing | the results bank is entitled to refuse to lend you the money | I’m
were astonishing not entitled to a company car yet | you are entitled
Adjective: astonished | Noun: astonishment | Verb: astonish to free legal advice
in astonishment Noun: entitlement | Verb: entitle
they both looked astonished when I told them the entitlement to something | entitle someone to
news | Howard was too astonished to say anything something
| his mouth fell open in astonishment | she made the children’s entitlement to free school meals | this
no attempt to hide her astonishment | Harold did will entitle you to free medical care for the next year
something that astonished us all
fabric /ˈfæbrɪk/ Noun
charming /ˈtʃɑː(r)mɪŋ/ Adjective fabric is cloth or material used for making clothes,
someone or something that is charming is very sheets, covering for furniture, etc
pleasant and attractive a light cotton fabric | silk is my favourite fabric for
she had such a charming personality | he’s a very this sort of dress | a shop window displaying several
charming man | he found her utterly fascinating and colourful fabrics | a roll of fabric
charming | she gave me a charming smile
furnish /ˈfɜː(r)nɪʃ/ Verb
Noun: charm
if you furnish a house or flat, you get the furniture
he had great personal charm that you need and put it in there
cure /kjʊə(r)/ Noun we gave him an armchair to help him furnish his flat
a cure for an illness is something that stops the illness | over the years we furnished the house with some
and makes someone well again very fine furniture | a fully-furnished flat
a cure for something Noun: furniture
there’s no cure for the common cold | scientists are there was hardly any furniture in the room – just a
still searching for a cure | she wants to discover a bed and a chair
cure for cancer | this is not a permanent cure (it
honesty /ˈɒnɪsti/ Noun uncount
won’t last for ever)
honesty is the quality of always telling the truth and
Verb: cure | Adjective: curable || Opposite – Adjective: never cheating or stealing things
incurable
honesty is very important in this job | a high degree

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of honesty is required in this job | you can go far slow down /sləʊ daʊn/ Phrasal verb
through hard work and honesty | I really appreciate if a process or activity slows down, or if you slow it
your honesty down, it starts to happen less quickly
Adjective: honest | Adverb: honestly || Opposites – products that will slow down the ageing process
Noun: dishonesty | Adjective: dishonest | Adverb: | is there any way we can slow down population
dishonestly growth? | progress has been slowing down for
her father was a kind, honest man | my parents several months now | you can’t stop the process, just
taught me to be honest | he lived his life honestly slow it down if you’re lucky
| his dishonesty was obvious | if they think you’re
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decided she had acted dishonestly
bad publicity /bæd pʌbˈlɪsɪti/ Noun uncount
life expectancy /laɪf ɪksˈpɛktənsi/ Noun uncount bad publicity is news or information about someone
your life expectancy is the number of years you can or about an organisation that has a bad effect on
reasonably expect to be alive them because it makes people think worse of them
life expectancy in the UK for women is now over afraid of bad publicity, he refused to do a newspaper
82 years | life expectancy rose throughout the 20th interview | last week, thanks to bad publicity, the
century but might now drop | the inhabitants of airline backed down and offered everyone a refund |
Liechtenstein have the longest life expectancy in we don’t want any more bad publicity
Europe | lower than average life expectancy | the life
expectancy of a horse is 25 to 30 years be lost for words /biː lɒst fɔː wɜːdz/ Phrase
if you are lost for words, you are so surprised or
lottery /ˈlɒtəri/ Noun shocked by something that you cannot think of what
a lottery is a sort of game where you choose a set to say
of numbers, and you win money if the numbers you she fell silent, lost for words | I’m lost for words – I
chose are the right ones just never expected to win the whole tournament |
do/play the lottery | win the lottery | win (money) on for once, Mr Trump seemed lost for words
the lottery | lottery ticket
betray /bɪˈtreɪ/ Verb
a weekly lottery | a national lottery (you can buy
if someone betrays you, they do something that has
tickets anywhere in the country) | a lottery ticket |
a bad effect on you when it was their job or duty to
I dream of winning the lottery | the lottery jackpot
be loyal to you
(the biggest prize in the lottery) | I do the lottery
every week | she won £200 on the lottery Judith was betrayed by her own brother | if you
betray me, I will kill you | he felt betrayed by his boss
ozone layer /ˈəʊzəʊn ˈleɪə/ Noun singular | he was accused of betraying his country by spying
the ozone layer is the part of the atmosphere about for the Russians
10 km above the earth that is made up of ozone (a Noun: betrayal
kind of oxygen) and that protects the earth from some
the novel deals with murder and betrayal
of the possible harmful effects of strong sunshine
there’s a dangerous hole in the ozone layer | these clear your name /klɪə jɔː neɪm/ Phrase
chemicals have a bad effect on the ozone layer | if you clear your name, you prove that you are not
during winter, the ozone layer increases in depth guilty of something bad or illegal that you have
been accused of doing
riot shield /ˈraɪət ʃiːld/ Noun
it took me three years to clear my name | he was
a riot shield is a piece of equipment used by the
able to clear his name thanks to a lot of help from
police when there is a violent protest on the streets.
a journalist friend | he asked the company to issue a
It is made from thick, strong, transparent metal
statement to clear his name
or plastic to protect them from stones, bottles, etc
being thrown at them fail /feɪl/ Verb
police with riot shields stood outside the station | when something such as a machine or an important
metal riot shields were introduced in 1970 | some part of your body fails, it stops working properly
metal riot shields have a small window at eye level both engines failed within an hour of taking off | the
brakes failed in the wet conditions | she was only 11
sledge /sledʒ/ Verb
when her kidneys failed
a sledge is an object people use to travel over snow.
It has pieces of metal or wood instead of wheels so Noun: failure
that it can slide. If you sledge, you ride on a sledge he pulled out of the race with engine failure | heart
we sledged down the hill | they sledged 11 miles to failure is a common cause of death | the probable
reach the lake | we sledged through the storm to get cause was mechanical failure
back to the cabin | we spent the afternoon sledging
give your word /gɪv jɔː wɜːd/ Phrase
down the hill behind the house
if you give your word, you promise something
Noun: sledge
give someone your word
the children were outside making a sledge | I fell off
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I give you my word that I’ll pay back the money | he she proposed a radical transformation of the health
gave his word that he would keep the library open | I service | the transformation phase of the process
want you to give me your word that you didn’t | she underwent an amazing transformation |
steal it the building’s transformation from a school to a
community centre | the party has undergone a
let down /lɛt daʊn/ Phrasal verb complete transformation
if someone lets you down, they don’t do something
Verb: transform
that they were meant to do, and this causes a
problem for you the whole house has been transformed | they
transformed the old station into a hotel
I’m determined not to let you down | it wasn’t the
first time that she had been let down by her brother wing flap /wɪŋ flæp/ Noun
| he had let down both his crew and his passengers | a wing flap is a section of the wing of an aeroplane
we’re relying on you, Wayne. Don’t let us down that can be moved up or down in order to control
Adjective: let down the movement of the aeroplane
the incident left him feeling let down and upset | wing flaps help reduce the plane’s speed when
despite what she said, she felt terribly let down landing | the pilot adjusted the wing flaps ready for
take-off
miraculously /məˈrækjʊləsli/ Adverb
if something good happens miraculously, it actually word goes round /wɜːd gəʊz əˈraʊnd/ Phrase
happens even though people were afraid that it if word goes round or gets round, information
would not happen and that people would be hurt or passes from one person to another so that eventually
things would be damaged a lot of people know it
he miraculously survived by holding onto a tree | the word went round that McCartney was coming
operation as miraculously successful | his mother and back to Liverpool | word went round that our new
brother miraculously swam to safety neighbours were from Albania | somehow, word got
Adjective: miraculous | Noun: miracle round that my dad had been in prison
the doctor said her survival was simply miraculous word of mouth /wɜːd ɒv maʊθ/ Phrase
| he made a miraculous recovery | if he passes his if information is carried by word of mouth, it gets
exams it will be a miracle known by people talking to each other, rather
than through advertisements, TV programmes, the
rumour /ˈruːmə(r)/ Noun
Internet, etc
a rumour is information that passes from one person
to another, and that is not certain to be true the hotel relies on word of mouth for new customers
| the best sales technique is still word of mouth
rumours started that he had been sacked | have
| you should always listen to word-of-mouth
you heard the rumours about David Beckham? | the
recommendations
rumours were obviously untrue | it’s surprising how
quickly rumours spread
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she was rumoured to have been poisoned | it was fake /feɪk/ Adjective
widely rumoured that he had recently come back something that is fake is a copy of a real, valuable,
from Syria or official object, that has been made in order to
deceive people
runway /ˈrʌnweɪ/ Noun
he was arrested for trying to enter the country on a
a runway is a long, straight strip of land at an airport
fake passport | a fake CV | | the paper was accused of
where planes take off and land
publishing fake news | the paintings were fake
the runway here is over 4,000 metres long | nobody
Noun: fake | Verb: fake
wants to see a third runway built at Heathrow | a
concrete runway was installed in 1954 | the plane the painting was a fake | he faked her signature on
climbed steadily after leaving the runway the cheque | he entered the country using faked
documents
take someone’s word for it /teɪk ˈsʌmwʌnz wɜːd fɔːr ɪt/
Phrase genuine /ˈdʒenjuɪn/ Adjective
if you take someone’s word for it, you believe what someone who is genuine is really what they appear
they say even though they have given no evidence to be and does not pretend to be different
for it he seems like a genuine guy | she’s honest, sincere,
don’t take my word for it, go and see for yourself | it and genuine | you’ve been a genuine friend to me
sounds unlikely, but I’ll take your word for it | we’ll
gossip /ˈɡɒsɪp/ Noun uncount
just have to take his word for it and hope he’s right
gossip is talking about things in not a very serious
transformation /ˌtrænsfə(r)ˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun way, often about personal things to do with other
a transformation is a complete change people that might not be true
the transformation of something (into something) I try not to get involved in office gossip | this wasn’t
| a complete/total transformation | undergo a idle gossip (probably untrue), it was absolutely true |
transformation her divorce was in all the gossip columns (newspaper

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columns about famous people) | he enjoys spreading Noun: immunity

gossip whenever he can immunity to something
Verb: gossip | Noun: gossip children build up their natural immunity to simple
gossip about someone or something colds | immunity can be passed from a mother to her
they’re always gossiping about the boss’s husband | baby
we can’t spend all day gossiping – I’m going back to
overwhelm /ˌəʊvə(r)ˈwelm/ Verb
work | the village gossip (someone in a village who is
if you overwhelm someone or something, you
always gossiping)
manage to get complete control over them despite
proper /ˈprɒpə(r)/ Adjective their attempts to stop you
someone or something that is proper is correct, and they coordinate their attacks to overwhelm their
is exactly how they are meant to be prey | 300 troops overwhelmed the city in a night
he’s a proper doctor | you should eat a proper meal, time attack | we were overwhelmed by a much
just a sandwich | my father always said that being stronger army
a musician isn’t a proper job | you need to do a Adjective: overwhelming
proper search of the house | the proper way to carry the use of overwhelming force
them is like this | make sure he gets proper medical
treatment pack /pæk/ Noun
Adverb: properly a pack is a group of animals that live and hunt
together
the fish wasn’t cooked properly | my phone isn’t
working properly a pack of something | in packs
a pack of dogs | these animals hunt in packs | a pack
of eight wolves
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coordinate /kəʊˈɔː(r)dɪneɪt/ Verb prey /preɪ/ Noun uncount
if you coordinate something with someone else, you prey is an animal or animals that another animal is
arrange to do something at the same time as them hunting to eat as food
so that you will get the exact result that you want lions will attack prey that are larger than them
they coordinate their attacks to overwhelm their | a bird of prey (a bird that hunts and kills other
prey | we need to coordinate our approach to him | animals) | spiders use webs to catch their prey | when
you should coordinate this activity with the school chasing prey they can run at speeds of 30 km/h |
librarian smaller snakes eat smaller prey
Adjective: coordinated Verb: prey
they launched a coordinated attack from both sides prey on/upon something
of the city these birds prey on mice and other small mammals

dip /dɪp/ Verb put off /pʊt ɒf/ Phrasal verb

if you dip something in a liquid, you put it into a if something puts you off something, it makes you
liquid briefly, just long enough to get it wet dislike it or not want to do it
dip something into something put someone off (doing) something
I like to dip my biscuits into my tea | dip the brush don’t be put off by the smell – it tastes lovely | I felt
into the paint pot | I dipped my toe in the water to so sick afterwards that it put me off smoking for life |
see how cold it was the adverts for the film put me off wanting to see it |
don’t let that one bad experience put you off golf
flipper /ˈflɪpə(r)/ Noun
Adjective: off-putting
a flipper is the flat arm or leg of a sea animal such as
a whale or a penguin the smell from the kitchen was rather off-putting
whales move easily through water because of their ruthless /ˈruːθləs/ Adjective
flippers | it had flippers instead of feet | the flippers someone who is ruthless makes sure they achieve
help it swim very fast what they want and does not care if other people
are hurt in the process
immune /ɪˈmjuːn/ Adjective
if you are immune to an illness, you cannot catch it the newspaper described him as a ruthless killer
because your body is able to resist it | Stalin was a ruthless dictator | I never knew you
could be so ruthless | a ruthless enemy
immune to something
Adverb: ruthlessly | Noun: ruthlessness
I had measles as a baby so I’m immune to it now | the
doctor told me not to worry as I was immune | the we were ruthlessly punished for the smallest offences
body’s immune system (the chemicals in one’s body | the ruthlessly ambitious daughter of King Uther
that fight disease and infection) | he was known for his ruthlessness and cruelty |
he achieved his aims thanks to a combination of
ruthlessness and skill

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splash /splæʃ/ Verb she’s been missing for three weeks | he went missing
if liquid splashes, it flies up in small drops and makes after school on Tuesday | a missing child | police
something wet found the missing couple in Barnsley
the coffee splashed over the tablecloth | the paint
naughty /ˈnɔːti/ Adjective
splashed against the wall when I dropped the tin
if children are naughty, they behave badly and do
Noun: splash things they are not supposed to do
Benny jumped into the water with a huge splash Yamato did something very naughty | his children are
really naughty | she can be quite naughty sometimes
swipe /swaɪp/ Verb
| you’ve been a very naughty boy | that was very
if you swipe something or swipe at it, you hit it in a
naughty of you | my neighbour talks to me as if I
slightly uncontrolled way
were a naughty schoolchild
she swiped at the wasp | she swiped me right across
the nose by accident | the dog swiped him with its tail shelter /ˈʃeltə(r)/ Noun
Noun: swipe a shelter is somewhere that gives you protection, for
example from rain, cold, danger, etc
he took a swipe at me
take shelter
a bus shelter (where people keep dry when they
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are waiting for a bus) | they took shelter under the
misbehave /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv/ Verb entrance to a supermarket | the lizard was looking
if someone misbehaves, they behave very badly for shelter under a rock | the sun was very strong and
he’d been misbehaving all afternoon | if you there was no shelter in the middle of the field | he
misbehave again you’ll have to go to your room found a military shelter in the forest
and stay there | he always misbehaves when we Verb: shelter | Adjective: sheltered
have visitors | they were severely punished if they four of us sheltered under the branches of an oak
misbehaved tree | a nice sheltered spot for a picnic
Noun: misbehaviour || Opposite – Verb: behave
any future misbehaviour will be punished | make
sure you behave when the visitors are here

missing /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ Adjective

something that is missing is not where it is meant to
be and you do not know where it is. If someone goes
missing, they disappear from their home and people
worry about them because they do not know where
the person is
go missing

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