tailieunhanh - NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases part 21

NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases part 21. The small but very concise NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases offers 6,000 basic and common English words plus 6,000 basic and common English idioms and phrases. You will find this portable title essential in the classroom, at home, or traveling, when you need help to recall word and phrase meanings. | earnest earnest n@st adj. very serious wishing to do something very well. Adv earnestly. IN EARNEST ears are ringing for someone s ears to have a ringing sound because they have been exposed to an explosion very loud music or some other very loud sound. earth 0 1. n. the planet we live on the third planet from the sun. Often capitalized. No plural. 2. n. soil land. No plural. 3. n. the surface of Q. No plural. LIKE NOTHING ON EARTH MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO DO SOMETHING ON EARTH a PARADISE ON EARTH RUN SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TO EARTH SALT OF THE EARTH TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH earthly 0 li adj. of or on the earth of a part of life on earth rather than in heaven. earthquake and quake 0 kwek kwek n. a violent shaking of the ground by natural forces. earthworm 0 w m n. a worm that lives in the soil. ease iz 1. tv. to make something less hard to do to make something easier. 2. tv. to make something become less strong or have less pain. 3. tv. to move something somewhere gently and carefully. 4. iv. to become less hard or less difficult. 5. n. freedom from problems or bother peaceful rest. No plural. WITH EASE ease away from someone or something to pull away from someone or something slowly and carefully. ease back on something to move something back slowly and carefully. Usually refers to a throttle or some other control on an airplane or other vehicle. ease off for something to diminish. ease off from someone or something to move away from someone or something slowly and carefully. ease off on someone or something to let up doing something to someone or something to diminish one s pressure or demands on someone or something. ease out of something to move out of something slowly and carefully to retreat from something. ease someone out of something 1. to get someone out of something carefully. 2. to get someone out of an office or position quietly and without much embarrassment. ease up on someone or something to treat someone or something more gently. east ist 1. n. the .