Monday 17 February 2020

UNIT 4: LIVE WELL

GLOSSARY
Calm down: Free from excitement; tranquil from higher to lower.
Cheer up: To become or make happier or more cheerful.
Cut down: To reduce or make a reduction.
Slow down: Moving or going forward from higher to lower speed.
Anxious: Full of mental distress or of fear of danger or misfortune; troubled; worried.
Cheerful: Full of cheer; happy; in good spirits.
Dynamic: Vigorously active or forceful; energetic.
Grumpy: Unhappy and bad-tempered; grouchy.
Sleepy: Ready to sleep; drowsy.
Bruised: To injure by striking or pressing, without breaking the skin but causing a discolored spot to develop.
Itchy: To have or feel a tingling irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected.
Sore: Physically painful or sensitive, such as a wound or diseased part.
Sprained: To overstrain or twist (the ligaments around a joint) so as to injure without a fracture or break.
Stiff: Rigid or firm.
Swollen: Overly proud or conceited.
Avalanche: A large mass of snow, ice, etc., that comes loose from a mountain slope and slides or falls suddenly downward.
Layer: A thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface.
Parka: A hooded coat made of materials that protect against very cold temperatures.
Snowshoes: A frame shaped like a racket and attached to the shoe for walking on deep snow without sinking.
Thermal underwear: Underwear designed to retain body heat in cold temperatures. Also called  thermals. 
Thermometer: An instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts, or rises and falls, with temperature changes, the temperature being read where the top of the column coincides with a calibrated scale marked on the tube or its frame.

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