#Phrasal_verbs
💥Gloss over
⚜(transitive, idiomatic)
🔅 To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
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♡They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.
🔅 To treat something with less care than it in some ways deserves; to ignore, or at least to discount or dismiss for the current purposes.
♡This book only glosses over quantum mechanics, and doesn't go into detail.
♡We glossed over the petty small talk and got directly into the problem.
💥Gloss over
⚜(transitive, idiomatic)
🔅 To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
☆
Synonyms: paper over♡They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.
🔅 To treat something with less care than it in some ways deserves; to ignore, or at least to discount or dismiss for the current purposes.
♡This book only glosses over quantum mechanics, and doesn't go into detail.
♡We glossed over the petty small talk and got directly into the problem.
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#idioms
💥After one's own heart
🔅having the same opinions or interests as you
⚜When you brought chocolates I knew you were a woman after my own heart.
💥After one's own heart
🔅having the same opinions or interests as you
⚜When you brought chocolates I knew you were a woman after my own heart.
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Forwarded from PURE <F.M>
a) A bee was -------- angrily against the window pane, unable
to get out.
to get out.
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13%
humming
76%
buzzing
12%
crashing
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b) The crowd __ in disagreement as the politician left the
platform
platform
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23%
banged
38%
rustled
39%
booed
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c) The bus stopped at the traffic lights with a _ of brakes.
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55%
screech
22%
howl
23%
grind
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d) I had to put some oil on the hinges to stop the door __.
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13%
whining
67%
squeaking
20%
whimpering
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e) The sack of potatoes fell from the lorry with a heavy ____.
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29%
crunch
30%
splash
41%
thud
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f) The helicopter passed overhead with a __sound, like a giant insect.
Anonymous Quiz
49%
whirring
27%
chirping
24%
grinding