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A helicopter hoisted the final section of the bridge into place.

She cast a disdainful glance at the food. He is openly disdainful of journalists who question him.

a female nurse in a school

a southern/Texan/mid-Atlantic drawl

I could make out a dark figure in the twilight.

a pewter plate/tankard

Other possessions included three silver tankards, eighteen silver spoons and three sweetmeat silver spoons.

milk sb for sth The supermarket has been accused of milking suppliers for as much money as they can. If the press hear about this, they will milk the story for weeks.

After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and call for help. figurative The company is staggering under a $15 million debt and will almost certainly collapse by the end of the year.

They swaggered into the room. A group of young men swaggered around outside the bar.

She gave her teacher a simpering smile. My face twists into some combination of a simper and a grimace.

Her body had been mutilated beyond recognition. They have mutilated a beautiful film by making these changes.

a soup ladle

She threatened, in a fit/burst of spleen, to resign. Shareholders used the conference as an opportunity to vent their spleen on (= get angry with) the Board of Directors.

He offhandedly mentioned his interest to his boss. She spoke almost offhandedly.

Blood trickled out of the corner of his mouth. Oil was trickling from a tiny hole in the tank. Gradually people trickled back into the theatre for the second half.

The rest of the class positively seethed with indignation when Julia won the award. By the end of the meeting he was seething.

My old coat is coming/falling apart at the seams (= the stitches are coming out). figurative Their marriage is coming/falling apart at the seams (= likely to fail).

I darted behind the sofa and hid. She darted an angry look at me.

the glowing orb of the sun

The army was brought in to try to prevent further bloodshed.

The two boys had been mercilessly bludgeoned to death.; The managers bludgeoned us into agreeing to the changes.

I get scaly patches on my scalp.

webbed feet/toes A beaver's five-toed hind feet are webbed and can easily be 6 to 7 inches long.

The fishermen put on their waders.

The two women claimed they were the unwitting victims of a drug dealer who planted a large quantity of heroin in their luggage.

In the movie "Cape Fear", a lawyer's family is threatened by a vindictive former prisoner.

She has/shows/feels great reverence for her professors.

frayed cuffs

The car's suspension is so good that when you hit a pothole you hardly notice it.

It is not true that eating garlic repels mosquitoes. The sprays contain a water repelling ingredient known as a fluoropolymer. Similar poles of magnets repel each other, and opposite poles attract.

a burly policeman; Two burly men pushed the car to the side of the road.

The stream glinted in the moonlight. She smiled at him, her eyes glinting with mischief.

She sighed dejectedly. "I may have to find another job," he said, dejectedly.

We'll sail on the ebb. He could feel his strength ebbing (away).

The boy grinned insolently at her. "Whatever," she said insolently.

clung | clung

We got so wet that our clothes clung to us. They clung together in terror as the screams grew louder. One little girl was clinging onto a cuddly toy. The road clings to (= closely follows) the coastline for several miles, then it turns inland.

Tony's car skidded on some ice and hit a tree.

Fill the pail with sand. It took several pails of water (= the amount a pail contains) to put out the fire.

The apple trees are in full bloom (= completely covered in flowers). He was 19, in the full bloom of youth.

On the hill, a solitary figure was busy chopping down trees.; solitary walks by the river fishing and other solitary pastimes

He's seemed listless and a little depressed ever since he got his exam results. As the tennis match continued in the 90° heat, his play grew listless and he made a number of errors.

The troops were dispirited and disorganized.

spindly legs; a plant with a spindly stem; Carrie, almost six, was all spindly arms and legs.

Our landlord redecorated the bedroom, but it was such a botched job that we decided to redo it. He had a botched operation on a severely perforated eardrum that left him deaf in his right ear.

The goal of the legislators was enactment of a tax bill.; The founding of the town was impressively presented in dramatic enactment and dance.

The youngest in the group was taunted mercilessly. The protesters shouted taunts at the police.

The future looks grim. Her face was grim as she told them the bad news. a grim-looking block of flats

I couldn't disguise my disappointment. He disguised himself by wearing a false beard. She usually goes out in disguise to avoid being bothered by the public.

She moved across the field with the stealth of a cat on the prowl. These thieves operate with terrifying stealth. The weapons had been acquired by stealth.

There have been reports of a masked man prowling in the neighbourhood. At night, adult scorpions prowl the desert for (= trying to catch) insects. informal Unable to sleep, he prowled (= walked without purpose) (about/around) the hotel corridors.

After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors. The smell from the fire still lingered days later.

He said nothing but looked abashed. Modestly, and somewhat abashed, the traveller says he cannot find room.

I was at first taken aback, not quite sure what was going on. He was taken aback and began saying something about not being a legal expert.