Vocab 1
Define: Consistent
The same
Define: Secure
Safe, or feeling good about
Explain literal vs nonliteral: You're the best!
Literal: You're better than everyone else
Non-literal: You're great/awesome
Explain literal vs nonliteral: Break a leg!
Literal: snap a bone
Non-Literal: Good Luck!
example: I want to sit alone today
Define: Dominate
To be bigger/better or in charge of/ the boss of someone or something
Define: Tolerate
Explain literal vs nonliteral: Right off the bat
Literal: On top of a bat
Non-literal: doing something right away
Explain literal vs nonliteral: Let's call it a day
Literal: It's Monday etc
Non-Literal: Let's be done with whatever we're doing
"I don't want to come to your bday party"
example: I am busy that day
Define: Briskly
Define: Superior
1) Better than OR 2) above
Explain literal vs nonliteral: That blew my mind
Literal: My mind is out of my body
Non-literal: That was so unexpected or crazy (in a good or bad way)
Explain literal vs nonliteral: Hang in there!
Literal: Hang on something
Non-literal: You can do it! (words of encouragement)
"I hate this present"
example: "Thank you!" / "It's nice"
Define: Hesitate
Define: Escalate
Explain literal vs nonliteral: That was a piece of cake
Literal: Here is a piece of chocolate cake
Non-literal: It was really easy
Explain literal vs nonliteral: It's up in the air
Literal: something is in the sky
Non-literal: Something is unsure/ not decided yet
"I hate your haircut"
example: It's different!
Define: Dedicate
To practice a lot, to make in honor of, to make of importance
Define: Expand
To get bigger
Explain literal vs nonliteral: Under the weather
Literal: underneath clouds/sun
Non-Literal: Sick
Explain literal vs nonliteral: Stabbed in the back
Literal: Someone put something in my back that hurts
Non-literal: Someone betrayed me/lied to me/did something wrong or bad to me
"You have a weird nose"
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