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    The document provides definitions and explanations for a number of English words and phrases. It defines words related to filling up or blocking something, existence, confirming or proving something is true, continuing or maintaining something, arriving or appearing unexpectedly, happening or occurring, renting vehicles, meeting unexpectedly, sitting or perching, writing plays, resulting from something, making something possible, despite something, moving people to safety, describing bossy or arrogant behavior, inability to read/write, and taking in or absorbing something.

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    The document provides definitions and explanations for a number of English words and phrases. It defines words related to filling up or blocking something, existence, confirming or proving something is true, continuing or maintaining something, arriving or appearing unexpectedly, happening or occurring, renting vehicles, meeting unexpectedly, sitting or perching, writing plays, resulting from something, making something possible, despite something, moving people to safety, describing bossy or arrogant behavior, inability to read/write, and taking in or absorbing something.

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    The document provides definitions and explanations for a number of English words and phrases. It defines words related to filling up or blocking something, existence, confirming or proving something is true, continuing or maintaining something, arriving or appearing unexpectedly, happening or occurring, renting vehicles, meeting unexpectedly, sitting or perching, writing plays, resulting from something, making something possible, despite something, moving people to safety, describing bossy or arrogant behavior, inability to read/write, and taking in or absorbing something.

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    The Meaning of English Word

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    The document provides definitions and explanations for a number of English words and phrases. It defines words related to filling up or blocking something, existence, confirming or proving something is true, continuing or maintaining something, arriving or appearing unexpectedly, happening or occurring, renting vehicles, meeting unexpectedly, sitting or perching, writing plays, resulting from something, making something possible, despite something, moving people to safety, describing bossy or arrogant behavior, inability to read/write, and taking in or absorbing something.

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    ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

    THE MEANING OF THE ENGLISH WORDS choke /tk/ /tok/ verb FILL [ T usually passive ] ( also choke up ) to fill something such as a road or pipe, so that nothing can pass through e.g. At lunchtime the streets were choked with traffic. extinct /kstkt/ adjective not now existing e.g. There is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct. affirm /fm/ /-fm/ verb [ T ] formal 1. to state something as true [ + ( that ) ] The suspect affirmed (that) he had been at home all evening.

    confirm /knfm/ /-fm/ verb PROVE TRUE 2. [ T ] to prove that a belief or an opinion which was previously not completely certain is true
    sustain /ssten/ verb [ T ] CONTINUE 1. to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year. He seems to find it difficult to sustain relationships with women. maintain /menten/ verb [ T ] CONTINUE TO HAVE 1. to continue to have; to keep in existence, or not allow to become less The army has been brought in to maintain order in the region. We have standards to maintain. on purpose If you do something on purpose, you do it intentionally, not by accident I didn't do it on purpose - it was an accident.

    get on phrasal verb MANAGE 2. MAINLY UK ( MAINLY US get along ) to manage or deal with a situation, especially successfully How are you getting on in your new flat? We're getting on quite well with the decorating. look into sth phrasal verb to examine the facts about a problem or situation sudden /sd. n/ adjective happening or done quickly and without warning suddenly /sd. n.li/ adverb quickly and unexpectedly "Do you remember much about the accident?" "No, it all happened so suddenly." turn up (somewhere) phrasal verb INFORMAL - to arrive or appear somewhere, usually unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned

    happen /hp. n/ verb [ I ] HAVE EXISTENCE (of a situation or an event) to have existence or come into existence occur /k r / /-k/ verb -rr- HAPPEN 1. [ I ] (especially of accidents and other unexpected events) to happen charter /t.t r / /tr.t/ noun RENT 2. [ U ] the renting of a vehicle hire /ha r / /har/ verb [ T ] UK 1. ( US rent ) to pay to use something for a short period How much would it cost to hire a car for a fortnight? encounter /nkan.t r / /-t/ verb [ T ] MEET 1. FORMAL to meet someone unexpectedly On their way home they encountered a woman selling flowers.

    perch /pt/ /pt/ verb 1. perch in/on, etc. sth perch in/on, etc. sth to sit on or near the edge of something playwright /ple.rat/ noun [ C ] a person who writes plays be cause of preposition as a result of due to because of A lot of her unhappiness is due to boredom. enable /ne.bl/ verb [ T ] to make someone able to do something, or to make something possible allow /la/ verb GIVE PERMISSION 1. [ T ] to make it possible for someone to do something,

    despite /dspat/ preposition without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by although /l/ /lo/ conjunction despite the fact that evacuate /vk.ju.et/ verb [ I or T ] to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe bossy /bs.i/ /b.si/ adjective disapproving describes someone who is always telling people what to do arrogant /r..g nt/ /er-/ adjective unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people

    illiterate /lt. r.t/ /-lt.-/ adjective 1. unable to read and write absorb /bzb/ /-zrb/ verb [ T ] TAKE IN 1. to take something in, especially gradually get in on sth phrasal verb to start to take part in an activity that is already happening because you will win an advantage from it

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