englishstudent78
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Hello, everybody!
I've just spent two hours typing the contents of some flashcards I made. I know some of the sentences I've been learning contain mistakes, and I want to remedy that. (This sounds off...)
Could someone please proofread my vocabulary flashcards? It shouldn't take too much time for a native English speaker, and I can't proofread the sentences myself.
Please suggest better alternatives for the sentences that don't read well. I really need to learn this vocabulary for university. The sentences are all pretty short and if I don't get them verified, I won't be sure that I'm not learning mistakes.
Thank you!
GLOW (v.i. & n.) Indicates latent light with or without heat. This can be cold phosphorescent, or reddish warm light.
A cigarette glows in the night.
Embers glow in the fireplace.
The glow-worm glows.
The luminous dial of a watch glows.
IDIOMATIC:
Her face glowed with good health/indignation (cf. BLUSHED
with embarrassment).
His eyes glowed with desire (latent sexual).
FLICKER (v.i. & n.) A wavering light, not necessarily on point of extinction.
The firelight flickered on the wall.
The shadows of the firelight flickered on the wall (a projected
not a reflected image).
The flickering screen explains why in the old days one didn' t
go to the "cinema "in England: one went to "the flicks".
The grave-diggers worked in a high wind by the light of flickering
hurricane lamps.
~ NOTE: If the light is dying out it will probably "gutter": A moment she saw his face by the light of the GUTTERING candle, then she was plunged into darkness.
A flicker of interest showed in his eyes.
A flicker of comprehension showed in his eyes (cf. GLIMMER).
TWINKLE (v.i. & n.) Original light which obtains intermittent effect through reflection or filtering.
The stars twinkle in the sky. (The atmosphere acts as a veil.)
The lights twinkle on the Christmas tree. (The tinsel and silver
paper move and reflect the light.)
~ IDIOMATIC:
His eyes twinkled with amusement (often of an ironic or sardonic
kind).
GLIMMER (v.i. & n.) Like TWINKLE a filtered light. but the "veil" dims and obscures the light. Usually associated with a feeble light, or a light seen fitfully at a distance.
The lights of the house glimmered through the fog.
The glimmering tail-light disappeared round a final bend
(cf. GLEAM - which is clearer and unmoving),
~ IDIOMATIC:
His eyes glimmered with understanding (indicates effort by a mentally very dense mind). FLICKER, with understanding, implies
a temporary realization - either the person is very dull and cannot grasp the matter, or he is ill, in a state of shock, etc. which precludes him from sustained effort of concentration.
His eyes glimmered at me from behind bi-focal spectacles
(refers to very myopic person - no other figurative connotation).
FLARE (v.i. & n.) A sudden and brief, but intense increase in light associated with the burning of a highly combustible object.
Old-time photographers worked with magnesium - when they lit it
there was a flare of white light which allowed them to take the
photograph.
I have more vocabulary to type up and I will post it as soon as possible.
I've just spent two hours typing the contents of some flashcards I made. I know some of the sentences I've been learning contain mistakes, and I want to remedy that. (This sounds off...)
Could someone please proofread my vocabulary flashcards? It shouldn't take too much time for a native English speaker, and I can't proofread the sentences myself.
Please suggest better alternatives for the sentences that don't read well. I really need to learn this vocabulary for university. The sentences are all pretty short and if I don't get them verified, I won't be sure that I'm not learning mistakes.
Thank you!
GLOW (v.i. & n.) Indicates latent light with or without heat. This can be cold phosphorescent, or reddish warm light.
A cigarette glows in the night.
Embers glow in the fireplace.
The glow-worm glows.
The luminous dial of a watch glows.
IDIOMATIC:
Her face glowed with good health/indignation (cf. BLUSHED
with embarrassment).
His eyes glowed with desire (latent sexual).
FLICKER (v.i. & n.) A wavering light, not necessarily on point of extinction.
The firelight flickered on the wall.
The shadows of the firelight flickered on the wall (a projected
not a reflected image).
The flickering screen explains why in the old days one didn' t
go to the "cinema "in England: one went to "the flicks".
The grave-diggers worked in a high wind by the light of flickering
hurricane lamps.
~ NOTE: If the light is dying out it will probably "gutter": A moment she saw his face by the light of the GUTTERING candle, then she was plunged into darkness.
A flicker of interest showed in his eyes.
A flicker of comprehension showed in his eyes (cf. GLIMMER).
TWINKLE (v.i. & n.) Original light which obtains intermittent effect through reflection or filtering.
The stars twinkle in the sky. (The atmosphere acts as a veil.)
The lights twinkle on the Christmas tree. (The tinsel and silver
paper move and reflect the light.)
~ IDIOMATIC:
His eyes twinkled with amusement (often of an ironic or sardonic
kind).
GLIMMER (v.i. & n.) Like TWINKLE a filtered light. but the "veil" dims and obscures the light. Usually associated with a feeble light, or a light seen fitfully at a distance.
The lights of the house glimmered through the fog.
The glimmering tail-light disappeared round a final bend
(cf. GLEAM - which is clearer and unmoving),
~ IDIOMATIC:
His eyes glimmered with understanding (indicates effort by a mentally very dense mind). FLICKER, with understanding, implies
a temporary realization - either the person is very dull and cannot grasp the matter, or he is ill, in a state of shock, etc. which precludes him from sustained effort of concentration.
His eyes glimmered at me from behind bi-focal spectacles
(refers to very myopic person - no other figurative connotation).
FLARE (v.i. & n.) A sudden and brief, but intense increase in light associated with the burning of a highly combustible object.
Old-time photographers worked with magnesium - when they lit it
there was a flare of white light which allowed them to take the
photograph.
I have more vocabulary to type up and I will post it as soon as possible.