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1. Blindfold: The hostage was tied up and blindfolded.

2.Insinuate: The article insinuated that Mr. Kim wouldrun for the election.

3. Head to

: Tourist headed to Santa monica.

The tourist headed to Santa Monica.1 tourist

The tourists headed to Santa Monica.Many tourists. (Definite article- you are familiar

with these tourists)Tourists head to Santa Monica every summer. (General statement, facts about tourists)

4. Head back

: All classmatesheaded back to Kaplan.

All the classmates headed back to Kaplan. (Definite article)

All of thestudents headed back to Kaplan. (Quantifier)

5. Stick close

: Please don'tstick close to my knitting.This sentence sounds strange.When my 5-year-old niece and 4-year-old nephew are walking on the sidewalk, I tell

them to stick close to each other because I want to make sure that I can see them, and I

dont want them to get kidnapped.

6. Back off

: As the polices approached, the crowd backed off.

As the police officersapproached the crowd, they began to back off.approachis a transitive verb so it needs an object

7. Cover: The lecture covers lots of ground.

8. Handy

: iphone is very handy for me.My iPhone is very handy.

iPhones are very handy.

9. dumpster: The homeless always dig in thedumpster.

dig requires a preposition. You can use in or through

I cant believe you saw Cory digging through the dumpster yesterday.

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10. make it

: The doctors think he will make it.

11. impale

: She had fallen andbeen impaled onsome iron railings.

She had fallenand was impaled bysome iron railings.

12. Stab

: He was stabbed to death in a racist attack.

13. Jerk

: The busjerked to a halt. (This jerk refers to a sudden movement)

The definition for jerk that we talked about in class referred to a mean, rude person.I cant believe that jerk dropped my iPhone in the toilet.

14. Hear out: Please hear out.

Please hear me out. I need to tell you why I did what I did.

Please hear me out means please let me explain.

15. White lie

: Sometime taking a white lie makes world to be beautiful.

Sometimes telling a white lie makes the world appear/seem beautiful.

16. Talk me into

: My mother talked me into this.

17. Miscarriage

: Annedidmiscarriage on 5th week.

You cannot do a miscarriage. Women havea miscarriage.Unfortunately, Anne had a miscarriage during her 5

thweek of pregnancy.

18. Barely: Barely 50% of the population voted.

I think that onlysounds better hear.

Cory barely passed the level test by getting 70% on it.

I am so tired because I barely slept last night. We need at least 7 hours of sleep, but I onlygot 3 hours of sleep last night.

Barely means just enough or just a small amount of something.

19. Collapse

: The roof of the gym was collapsedunder weight ofsnow.

The gyms roof collapsed because of all the snow that was on it.

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20. sham

: The latest crime rate is all sham.