Reading Passage 1: "William Kamkwamba"


Retain (vb to keep or continue to have something (C2)Example: She has lost her battle to retain control of the company 12



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Retain (vb to keep or continue to have something (C2)
Example: She has lost her battle to retain control of the company
12
Cue (n) – a signal for someone to do something
Example: They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party.
Day 19 (Reading Passage 1: The MIT factor celebrating 150 years of
maverick genius by Ed Pilkington)
Word list
1
Boundary (n) – the limit of a subject or principle (C1)
Example: Electronic publishing is blurring the boundaries between dictionaries
and encyclopedia
2
Unleash (v) – to suddenly release a violent force that cannot be controlled
Example: At worst, nuclear war could be unleashed
3
Leap into (v) – to make a large jump or sudden movement, usually from one place to another (C2)
Example: He leaped out of his car and ran towards the house
4
Down-to-earth (n) – practical, reasonable, and friendly (C1)
Example: She is down-to-earth sort of woman with no pretensions
5
Enshrine (v) – to contain or keep something as if in a holy place
Example: Almost two and a half million war dead are enshrined at Yasukuni
6
Standing (n) – reputation, rank, or position in an area of activity, system, or organization
Example: As a pathologist of considerable standing, his opinion will have a lot of
influence
7
Suffuse (v) – to spread through or over something completely
Example: His voice was low and suffused with passion
8
Conquer (v) – to deal with or successfully fight against a problem or an unreasonable fear (C1)
Example: He has finally conquered his fear of spiders
9
Iterative (adj) – doing something again and again usually to improve it

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