Sunday, October 18, 2015

Assignment #2 Words from ESL Cyber Listening Lab




1. Specialize
-specialize (in something) to become an expert in a particular area of work, study or business; to spend more time on one area of work, etc. than on others
Ex. She specialized in cooking.

2. Adjustment
-a small change made to something in order to correct or improve it
- change in the way a person behaves or thinks
Ex. The company made an adjustment in this project.

3. Lean
- to bend or move from a vertical position
- to rest on or against something for support
-lean something against/on something to make something rest against something in a sloping position
Ex.  A desk was leaning against the wall.

4.Butcher
-butcher somebody to kill people in a very cruel and violent way
-butcher something to kill animals and cut them up for use as meat
-butcher something (especially North American English) to spoil something by doing it very badly
Ex. The picture was beautiful, but those children butchered it

5.Decent
-acceptable to people in a particular situation
Ex. She did a decent job on this presentation.



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