VOCABULARY
Define ‘phenomenal’
Very large or impressive
Lõpuks otsustasid nad riskida ja registreerusid Himaalaja matkale.
They finally took the plunge and signed up for the Himalayan trek.
Meaning: ‘out of the ordinary’
Strange or different
Ex: Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until the lights suddenly went out.
Examples of gradable adjectives
Serious, radical, late, difficult
Opposite of humane
Inhumane
Define ‘pristine’
Well cleaned and maintained
Järsku jõudis meile kohale, et olime viimasest bussist maha jäänud.
It suddenly dawned on us that we had missed the last bus.
Meaning: ‘Stumble upon’
Find by chance
Ex: While hiking, in the forest, we stumbled upon an abandoned cabin.
Examples of ungradable adjectives
Essential, right, breathtaking, exhausted
Synonym of hidden away; isolated
Secluded
Define ‘dawn on’
Finally begin to understand
Nad järsku otsustasid, et võtavad koera.
On the spur of the moment they decided to adopt a dog.
Meaning; ‘wipe out’
Destroy completely
Ex: The powerful storm nearly wiped out the entire village.
Rewrite using “utterly”
Sean was very exhausted after the long flight.
Sean was utterly exhausted after the long flight.
What’s the difference between ‘educated’ and ‘educational’?
Educated-having learned at lot at school
Educatinonal-providing education
Define ‘influx’
The arrival of people or goods in large numbers
See on nii väike osa sellest, pole vahet.
It’s just a drop in the ocean, it doesn’t matter.
Meaning: ‘drive sb/sth out’
Compel sb/sth to leave a place
Ex: The new law was intended to drive out illegal businesses from the city center.
Rewrite using “utterly”
It’s very ridiculous to deny that climate change is happening.
It’s utterly ridiculous to deny that climate change is happening.
Explain ’put one over on sb’
Fool sb, deceive
Define ‘tranquility’
The state of undisturbed quiet and peacefulness
Ta kuulis pealt, et füüsikas on kontrolltöö, aga ta pole kindel, kas see on tõsi.
He heard on the grapevine, that we have a test in physic, but he’s not sure if it’s true.
Meaning: ‘a riot of sth’
A mass of different types of the same thing
Ex: The trees were a riot of orange hues in late autumn.
Rewrite using “virtually”
There were almost no hotels open during the low season.
There were virtually no hotels open during the low season.
Define crackpot
Crazy or unusual