miércoles, 12 de noviembre de 2008

Reading challenge 1 ANIMALS THINKING

MONKEY SEE, MONKEY RECOGNIZE

STAKE:
• ante, bet, chance, hazard, peril, pledge, risk, venture, wager.
• claim, concern, interest, investment, involvement, share.
• bet, chance, gamble, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, pledge, put on, risk, venture, wager

ARGUES:
• convince, persuade, prevail upon, talk into, talk round.
• Altercade, bandy words, be at sixes and sevens, bicker, cross swords, disagree, disagree, fight, fight like cat and dog, go at it hammer and tongs, have an argument, quarrel, squabble, wrangle.
• demonstrate, denote, display, evince, exhibit, imply, indicate, manifest, point to, show, suggest.

GRASP:
• capacity, compass, control, extent, mastery, power, range, reach, scope, sway, sweep.
• clasp, clutches, embrace, grip, hold, possession, tenure.
• catch on, catch or get the drift of, comprehend, follow, get, get the hang of get the message, get the picture, realize, see, take in, understand

LACK:
• be deficient in, be short of, be without, miss, need, require, want .
• absence, dearth, deficiency, deprivation, destitution, insufficiency, need, privation, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortness, want

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