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Publié le 20/11/2013
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The room smelled of rotten vegetables .
She yawned and rubbed her eyes sleepily .
These marks will never rub off (= be cleaned off) .
Alice rubbed the sums off (= cleaned them off) the blackboard for the teacher .
a sarcastic comment / remark
Are you being sarcastic?
The protesters scattered at the sound of gunshots .
The soldiers came in and scattered the crowd .
the scent of roses
If you scratch beneath the surface you'll find she's really a very nice person .
She scrubbed (at) the mark on the wall for ages , but it wouldn't come off.
He scrubbed the old saucepan clean , and it looked as good as new.
a self-deprecating manner / remark self-deprecating humour / jokes
When I started my new job , it took me a while to get used to the set-up.
“ Nice little set-up you've got here," he said as we showed him round the house .
a garden shed a tool / bicycle shed
shrieks of delight He suddenly let out a piercing shriek
The birds skimmed ( across /along/over) the tops of the waves .
Sprinkle a few herbs on the pizza ./Sprinkle the pizza with a few herbs .
The bread / biscuits / cake had gone stale.
The morning after the party , their apartment smelled of stale cigarette smoke .
the stench of rotting fish / burning rubber / cigarette smoke an overpowering stench
There are many ways of tackling this problem .
I tackled him about his careless work . His business thrived in the years before the war . She seems to thrive on stress . These small local protests are just the tip of the iceberg . As events turned out, we were right to have decided to leave early. How did the recipe turn out? Salary scales vary between states / from state to state / according to state / with each state . The samples varied in quality but were generally acceptable . Committee members met today to work out a compromise .. »
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