Script for this episode's vocabulary:

* all the definitions and examples are taken from dictionary.cambridge.org 1) dainty - small, attractive, and delicate

Example: dainty feet 2) swerve - to change direction suddenly, especially when you are driving a vehicle Example: He swerved to avoid  a cyclist and hit another car

3) to cease - to stop

Example 3.1: He ordered  his men to cease firing. Example 3.2: Her behaviour never ceases to amaze me 4)

• forge verb (COPY) - to make an illegal copy of something in order to deceive:

Example 4.1: a forged passport or forged signature Example 4.2: a number of forged works of art have been sold as genuine

• forge verb (CREATE) - to make or produce something, especially with some difficulty

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Example 4.3: she forged a new career for herself as a singer

• forge verb (MOVE) - to suddenly and quickly move forward

Example 4.4: just 100 metres from the finishing line Jackson forged ahead Example 4.5: she forged through the snow

• forge noun- a working area with a fire for heating metal until it is soft enough to be beaten into different shapes

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• abrupt - sudden and unexpected, and often unpleasant

Example 5.1 (abrupt end): our conversation came to an abrupt end when George burst into the room

Example 5.2 (abrupt change): there was an abrupt change in her attitude towards me when she heard that I was Alan's girlfriend

• abrupt - using too few words when talking, in a way that seems rude and unfriendly

Example 5.3: he is sometimes very abrupt with clients

6) diligence - the quality of working carefully and with a lot of effort

Example 6.1: she hoped that her diligence would be noticed at work

Example 6.2: the exhibition has been researched with extraordinary diligence

7) superfluous - more than is needed; extra and not necessary

Example: the report was spoiled by a mass of superfluous detail

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• queer adjective (STRANGE) - strange, unusual, or not expected

Example 8.1: what a queer thing to say!

Example 8.2: I'm feeling rather queer (= ill), may I sit down?

• queer noun - a person whose gender identity or sexuality does not fit society's traditional ideas about gender or sexuality

• queer verb - to change something so that it does not relate only to one gender, either male or female, or so that it no longer fits traditional ideas about gender or sexuality

Example 8.3: teenage boys with Instagram accounts are queering the cosmetics industry

9) brisk - quick, energetic, and active

Example 9.1: a brisk walk

Example 9.2: he set a brisk pace and we struggled to keep up

Example 9.3: her tone on the phone was brisk (= she spoke quickly and used few words)

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• soar - to rise very quickly to a high level

Example 10.1: all night long fireworks soared into the sky

Example 10.2: emperatures will soar over the weekend, say the weather forecasters

Example 10.3: house prices soared a further 20 percent

• soar - to reach a great height

Example 10.4: the highest peak in the range soars 15,771 feet into the sky

• soar (FLY) - (of a bird or aircraft) to rise high in the air while flying without moving the wings or using power

Example 10.5: she watched the gliders soaring effortlessly above her

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