N3L8words

[Melancholy Werther]

%monastery
%watchdog
%tunnel
%rashly
%enclosure
%privacy
%wander
%regular
%skier
%Easter
%monk

%Easter

%enclosure
\textbf{en$\cdot$clos$\cdot$sure}
\textipa{/In"kl@UZ@(r)/} \textit{noun}
\textbf{1} [C] a piece of land that is surrounded by a fence or wall and
is used for a particular purpose:
\textit{a wildlife enclosure}

%monastery
\textbf{mon$\cdot$as$\cdot$tery}
\textipa{/"m6n@stri/} \textit{noun}
(\textit{pl.} \textbf{-ies})
a building in which monks(= members of a male religious community) live
together

%monk
\textbf{monk}
\textipa{/m2Nk/} \textit{noun}
a member of a religious group of men who often live apart from other
people in a monastery and who do not marry or have personal possessions:
\textit{Benedictine$/$Buddhist monks}

%privacy
\textbf{priv$\cdot$acy}
\textipa{/"prIv@si/} \textit{noun} [U]
\textbf{1} the state of being alone and not watched or disturbed by
other people:
\textit{She was longing for some peace and privacy. $|$
I value my privacy. $|$
He read the letter later \textbf{in the privacy of} his own room.}
\textbf{2} the state of being free from the attention of the public:
\textit{freedom of speech and the right to privacy}

%rashly
\textbf{rash}
\textipa{/r\ae{}S/} \textit{noun, adj.}\\*
$\bullet$\textit{adj.}
\textbf{$\sim$ (to do sth)} (of people or their actions) doing sth that
may not be sensible without first thinking about the possible results;
done in this way:
\textit{a rash young man $|$
It would be rash to assume that everyone will agree with you on this. $|$
Think twice before doing anything rash.}
\textbf{rash$\cdot$ly} \textit{adv.}: \textit{She had rashly promised to
lend him the money. $|$
I see now that I may have acted rashly.}

%regular
\textbf{regu$\cdot$lar}
\textipa{/"regj@l@(r)/} \textit{adj. noun}\\*
$\bullet$\textit{adj.}\\*
\underline{FREQUENT}
\textbf{3} [only before noun] (of people) doing the same thing or going
to the same place often:
\textit{our regular customers$/$readers$/$viewers $|$
regular offenders}(= against the law) $|$
\textit{He was a regular visitor to her house.}

%skier
\textbf{ski}
\textipa{/ski:/} \textit{noun, adj., verb}\\*
$\bullet$\textit{noun}
(\textit{pl.} \textbf{skis})
\textbf{1} one of a pair of long narrow pieces of wood, metal or plastic
that you attach to boots so that you can move smoothly over snow:
\textit{a pair of skis}\\*
$\bullet$\textit{verb} (\textbf{ski$\cdot$ing, skied, skied}) [V]
\textbf{1} [usually+\textit{adv.$/$perp.}] to move over snow on skis,
especially as a sport:
\textit{How well do you ski? $|$
We skied down the slope one by one.}

%tunnel
\textbf{tun$\cdot$nel}
\textipa{/"t2nl/} \textit{noun, verb}\\*
$\bullet$\textit{noun}
\textbf{1} a passage built underground, for example to allow a road or
railway/railroad to go through a hill, under a river, etc:
\textit{a railway$/$railroad tunnel $|$
the Channel Tunnel}

%wander
\textbf{wan$\cdot$der}
\textipa{/"w6nd@(r)/} \textit{verb, noun}\\*
$\bullet$\textit{verb}
\textbf{1} to walk slowly around or to a place, often without any
particular sense of purpose or direction:[V, +\textit{adv.$/$prep.}]
\textit{She wandered aimlessly around the streets. $|$
We wandered back towards the car. $|$}
[VN] \textit{The child was found wandering the streets alone.}

%watchdog
\textbf{watch$\cdot$dog}
\textipa{/"w6tSd6g/} \textit{noun}
a person or group of people whose job is to check that companies are not
doing anything illegal or ignoring people's rights:
\textit{a consumer watchdog}

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