Monday, 09 Word Project 6 Mary Abigail Olea Arroyo

September
2024
# Word Part of Phonetic Definition Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 (Own)
speech transcription (Dictionary) (Source)
1 Relief Noun /rɪˈliːf/ The feeling of I felt a huge We all breathed He smiled in
happiness that you sense of relief a sigh of relief relief as he saw
have when something when I heard when he left. them both.
unpleasant stops or they were all
does not happen. OK.
The act of removing or Modern The drugs only The medicine
reducing pain, worry, methods of pain provided gave him relief
etc. relief. temporary relief from his back
from the pain. pain.
Food, money, medicine, We raised One relief Relief workers
etc. that is given to help £5 000 for agency worker gave food and
people in places where famine relief. described the water to the
there has been a war or situation as survivors after
natural disaster. ‘catastrophic’. the storm.
Something that is There was little The calm of the The movie was a
interesting or fun that comic relief in countryside nice relief from a
replaces something his speech. came as a stressful day at
boring, difficult or welcome relief work.
unpleasant for a short from the hustle
period of time. and bustle of city
life.
A person or group of The next crew We have a pool The relief team
people that replaces relief comes on of relief drivers came to take
another when they have duty at 9 available to us. over when the
finished working for the o'clock. others finished
day or when they are their work.
sick.
2 Pollution Noun /pəˈluːʃn/ The process of making To reduce New pollution Pollution makes
air, water, soil, etc. dirty; pollution control the air and water
the state of being dirty. levels. technologies. dirty.
Substances that make Beaches The new buses Chemicals and
air, water, soil, etc. dirty. covered with emit no more waste are
pollution. pollution than substances that
the average car. cause pollution.
Harmful or annoying Heavy traffic The government Traffic and
levels of noise, or of flow is a major has announced construction
artificial light at night. source of noise plans to tackle create noise
pollution in light pollution. pollution in the
urban areas. city.
3 Grass Noun /ɡrɑːs/ A common wild plant The dry grass Cows graze on Horses like to eat
with narrow green caught fire. the green grass fresh grass from
leaves and stems that in the pasture. the field.
are eaten by cows,
horses, sheep, etc.
A person, usually a He was labeled No one trusted He was called a
criminal, who tells the a grass after he him because grass for telling
police about reported his they thought he the police about
somebody’s criminal friends to the was a grass. the crime.
activities and plans. police.
4 Building Noun /ˈbɪldɪŋ/ A structure such as a The architects The old industrial The building
house or school that have presented buildings have next to the park
has a roof and walls. the design of a all been is a school.
new office demolished.
building.
The creation or The building of The party is The building of
development of a consensus is emphasizing the new park
something. not going to be community started last week.
an easy building as one
process. of its key
policies.
5 Crowds Noun /kraʊd/ A large number of He pushed his Police had to The crowds at
people gathered way through the break up the the concert were
together in a public crowd. crowd. huge.
place, for example in
the streets or at a
sports game.
A particular group of Bob introduced The bright young The crowds at
people. her to some of theatrical crowd. the festival were
the usual really big.
crowd.
Ordinary people, not We all like to He prefers to be The crowds at
special or unusual in think we stand one of the the market were
any way. out from the crowd. made up of
crowd. everyday people.
6 Megacity Noun /ˈmeɡəsɪti/ A very large city, usually Tokyo is a New York City is Shanghai is a
one with a population of megacity with a considered a megacity with a
over 10 million people. population of megacity huge population.
over 10 million because it has
people. more than 10
million residents.
7 Stuff Noun /stʌf/ (Informal) used to refer This hot sauce They sell Max need to
to a substance, is good stuff. stationery and clean up all this
material, group of stuff. stuff from the
objects, etc. when you table.
do not know the name,
when the name is not
important or when it is
obvious what you are
talking about.
(Formal or literary) the Connor's story Parades and The stuff of the
most important feature is the stuff of marches were story is a hero's
of something; legend. the very stuff of journey.
something that politics in the
something else is region.
 based on or is made
from.
8 Traffic jam Noun / ˈtræfɪk A long line of vehicles We were stuck The traffic jam We got stuck in a
on a road that cannot in a traffic jam. caused us to be traffic jam and
dʒæm/ move or that can only late for the couldn’t move.
move very slowly. meeting.
9 Delays Noun /dɪˈleɪ/ A period of time when Commuters will The strike has The flight had
somebody/something face long led to some several delays
has to wait because of delays on the delays in train due to bad
a problem that makes roads today. services. weather.
something slow or late.
Failure to do something There's no time Report it to the There were
quickly or at the right for delay. police without delays in the
time; the act of delay. project because it
delaying. was late.
10 High-rise Noun /ˈhaɪ raɪz/ A building that is very To live in a The hotel is a The city is known
tall and has a lot of high-rise. high-rise with for its high-rise
floors. many floors. buildings.