Let's play 'words' >B2

[Zlatko_Berrin]

Let's play the game which we call 'слова'. Try to use more advanced words (providing a sample sentence accompanying your word would be a great supplement to the game.)

As TS, I'm selfhonored to start the game, so

Molest
She was molested whe she was a child.

[mention]Aksamitka[/mention], if it's OK, please move this thread to the 'Practice Your English' section.

[Харбин Хэйлунцзян]

if it's OK, please move this thread to the 'Practice Your English' section.

Не Ok - я ту секцию не читаю. Я слышал слово molest. Объясните что означает ваше malest и правила игры.

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[QwestDay]

Zlatko_Berrin, Molest you meant?

Earmarked
Extra money has been earmarked for the new projects.

[Zlatko_Berrin]

molest

Molest

Yes, sorry.

[Zlatko_Berrin]

Не Ok - я ту секцию не читаю. Я слышал слово molest. Объясните что означает ваше malest и правила игры

Хорошо, пусть тогда здесь будет.
Правило: человек называет слово, начинающееся на букву, на которую предыдущее слово оканчивается.

[Харбин Хэйлунцзян]

Правило: человек называет слово, начинающееся на букву, на которую предыдущее слово оканчивается.

То есть ход QwestDay идет в мусор?

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[Zlatko_Berrin]

То есть ход QwestDay идет в мусор

Немного да. =)

Я думал, все знают эту игру, поэтому не объяснил правило игры. Прошу прощения за недочет.

[mention]QwestDay[/mention], could you write a word that fits the rule?

[Харбин Хэйлунцзян]

Немного да. =)

Ok, я даю на T:

timbrel (timbrels)

Judges 11:34
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

[Zlatko_Berrin]

timbrel

Laceration

In that car crash, two people got severe lacerations.

[QwestDay]

no-brainer

The decision was a complete no-brainer.

[Харбин Хэйлунцзян]

no-brainer

reprobate

"He is a dreadful reprobate," said Mrs. Weller.

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The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens

[Zlatko_Berrin]

[mention]Aksamitka[/mention], можете, пожалуйста, все, касаемое emasculate, перенести в Vocabulary?

Вместо emasculate предлагаю другое слово:
Encompass
The discussion encompassed a wide range of interesting topics.

[QwestDay]

Sentry

only the most attentive sentry would have observed a slight parting of the grass (Stephen Fry' book on Ancient Greek heroes)

[Харбин Хэйлунцзян]

Sentry

yap

Oscar gazed up at the new girl with interest. She wasn’t like Hannah, but she was nice. He then looked hopefully towards the house, waiting for Hannah to come back. When she came running down the path, he yapped happily and danced round her feet.

Oscar's Lonely Christmas, Holly Webb

[Xander]

peregrination

On the final day of our peregrinations, we headed to the French border village of Coustouges.

New York Times

[Zlatko_Berrin]

Nihilism
She couldn't believe that he supported nihilism.

[Харбин Хэйлунцзян]

Nihilism

mien

Here we met Guatemoc, the prince, and his mien was fierce and wild. He was fully armed and carried a bow in his hand.

Montezuma's Daughter, Henry Rider Haggard

[Zlatko_Berrin]

mien

nightingale
Last night, we heard a nightingale singing.

[QwestDay]

expiate

To expiate the crime, Heracles was required to carry out ten labours set by his archenemy, Eurystheus, who had become king in Heracles' place.
Wikipedia

[diggerzz]

exciple
a saucer-shaped rim around the hymenium of various lichens
Крайне выпендрежное и бестолковое слово, но правил не нарушает, вроде как.

[Xander]

estrange

Today, Jake and his wife are estranged and no longer communicate, but he still credits her as his lifeline while he was locked in.


The Guardian

[Zlatko_Berrin]

[mention]diggerzz[/mention], вы дали определение, а не пример. =)

estrange

explicable
Her indifferent reaction to her father's death is entirely explicable by the way he treated her.

[diggerzz]

@diggerzz, вы дали определение, а не пример. =)

exaggerate - Going out the second night in a row doesn't mean that I'm a whore! Don't exaggerate!

[Zlatko_Berrin]

exaggerate

Скоро выучим все слова на "е".)

emanate
Brilliant ideas easily emanate from his mind.

[diggerzz]

Скоро выучим все слова на "е".

I would prefer f- words and c- words, but some people on the forum rebuked me on that.
So, here goes nothing - exhale.
Breath in, breath out, exhale, you, beaver.