Topic unit 8

Accelerate(v)

To happen or make something happen at a faster rate

Approach(v)

To move closer to someone or something

Ascend(v)

To climb a mountain ,stairs,etc

Bounce(v.n)

(V).if a ball or other object bounces ,or if you bounce it ,it hits a surface then immediately moves away from it

Clamber.v

To climb sth with difficulty,using your hands and feet

Clench.v

If you clench a part of your body such as your hand or your mouth,especially because you are angry or upset

Clutch.v

To hold someone or sth firmly,for example because you are afraid or in pain ,or do not want to lose them

Crawl.v

To move along the ground on your hand and knees or with your body close to the ground

Creep.v

If someone creeps somewhere,they move there quietly and slowly

Dash.v

To run or go somewhere very quickly because you are in a hurry

Descend.v

To go down a mountain or slope ,or to go downstairs

Drift.v

To pushed along very slowly by the movement of air or water

Drift.n1

A slow and gradual change from one situation or opinion to another

Drift.n2

The meaning that someone is trying to express

Emigrate.v

To leave your country in order to live in another country,on a permanent basis

Float.v

To rest or move slowly on the surface of a liquid and not sink

Flow.v

If a liquid flows , it moves smoothly and continuously in one direction

Flow.n

The continuously movement of a liquid in one direction

Fumble.v

To try to hold,move or find sth using your hands in a way that is not skillful or graceful

Gesture.v

To make a movement with your hands or head in order to show or tell someone sth

Gesture.n

A movement that communicates a feeling or instruction

Glide.v

To make in a smooth and easy way with no noise

Grab.v

To take hold of sth in a rough or rude way

Grasp.v

To take and hold sth or someone very tightly

Hop.v

To move forward by jumping on one foot

Hop.n

A quick jump on one foot

Immigrant.n

Someone who comes to live in a country from another country

Jog.v

To run at a slow steady speed , usually for exercise

Jog.n

A run for exercise or pleasure at a slow steady speed

Leap.v

To jump over sth

Leap.n

A jump,especially a long or high one