vil
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Dear teachers,
Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
He's not going to a special school to retread tires!
retread = regenerate
"retread a tire" is to put a new covering on the tire
Jenny would sneak out and come to my house.
The boy had sneaked out of the room while we weren't looking.
The soldier was charted with sneaking army food out of the camp.
sneak out = leave furtively and stealthily
And don't try to sneak out of your duties like you did last time!
sneak out = elude, tergiversate (something undesirable)
And do not try dodge from your responsibilities so, as it was in last times.
dodge = avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
I’m dizzy! I feel dizzy! I’m quite dizzy!
It dizzies one to look down from the tower.
dizzy = giddy; a confused feeling combined with a fear you may fall down
I was looking to buy a boat on my own and then I got drafted .
draft = engage somebody to enter the army
I sure hope I won't let her down.
Let down = fail to meet the hopes or expectations of = disappoint
You have to check out that hole.
check out = investigate or evaluate something or someone; observe carefully
I grabbed him up and run him out of there.
run out = compel to leave = force or drive someone away
Lots of people ran out to see what had caused the noise.
Crowds of people ran into the street look at, that happening.
run out = leave (a home) suddenly and as if in a hurry
The water runs in at this end and runs out at the other.
run out = flow out
The contract runs out next week.
I've run out of coffee.
The money is running out.
run out = become void, expire, become used up or exhausted, end
I've run myself out, I can't go any further.
run out = stale; gasp (during running)
The total area runs out at 25,000 square miles.
run out = reach, treat
You can't run out on your family at a time like this.
You can't run out on the contract, or you could be taken to court.
run out = escape
What does the cost of repairs run out at?
The actual bill runs out at considerably more than the original estimate.
run out = figure out
The aid did not arrive on time giving us the feeling of having been run out on.
His wife ran out on him. (she left him)
run out on = desert, abandon
Thank you for your efforts.
Regards,
V.
Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
He's not going to a special school to retread tires!
retread = regenerate
"retread a tire" is to put a new covering on the tire
Jenny would sneak out and come to my house.
The boy had sneaked out of the room while we weren't looking.
The soldier was charted with sneaking army food out of the camp.
sneak out = leave furtively and stealthily
And don't try to sneak out of your duties like you did last time!
sneak out = elude, tergiversate (something undesirable)
And do not try dodge from your responsibilities so, as it was in last times.
dodge = avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
I’m dizzy! I feel dizzy! I’m quite dizzy!
It dizzies one to look down from the tower.
dizzy = giddy; a confused feeling combined with a fear you may fall down
I was looking to buy a boat on my own and then I got drafted .
draft = engage somebody to enter the army
I sure hope I won't let her down.
Let down = fail to meet the hopes or expectations of = disappoint
You have to check out that hole.
check out = investigate or evaluate something or someone; observe carefully
I grabbed him up and run him out of there.
run out = compel to leave = force or drive someone away
Lots of people ran out to see what had caused the noise.
Crowds of people ran into the street look at, that happening.
run out = leave (a home) suddenly and as if in a hurry
The water runs in at this end and runs out at the other.
run out = flow out
The contract runs out next week.
I've run out of coffee.
The money is running out.
run out = become void, expire, become used up or exhausted, end
I've run myself out, I can't go any further.
run out = stale; gasp (during running)
The total area runs out at 25,000 square miles.
run out = reach, treat
You can't run out on your family at a time like this.
You can't run out on the contract, or you could be taken to court.
run out = escape
What does the cost of repairs run out at?
The actual bill runs out at considerably more than the original estimate.
run out = figure out
The aid did not arrive on time giving us the feeling of having been run out on.
His wife ran out on him. (she left him)
run out on = desert, abandon
Thank you for your efforts.
Regards,
V.