The bridal party- by Scott Fitzgerald

Stifling/adjective: extremely hot and unpleasant. 

Pronunciation:/ˈstaɪ.fəl.ɪŋ/  

https://voca.ro/138RbzxBnHlH 

Original sentence: 

"The room in a stifling cloud". 

More examples:

• It is difficult for me to work in this stifling heat. 

• When I drove home, I opened the windows because the air was stifling. 

• Sandra loves his boyfriend but I found him weird and stifling. 

• It is very stifling to be here with so many people around. 

Betrayed/Verb betray: to not be loyal to your country or a person, often by doing something harmful such as helping their enemies. 

past tense: betrayed 

(NOT LOYAL) 

 

Pronunciation: 

/bɪˈtreɪ/ https://voca.ro/1d7HZwGu1AwT 

 

Original sentence: 

"He felt that he was part of all this, and even entered into the scheme of Johnson, the practical joker, for the appearance of the woman betrayed"... 

Example From internet: 

Formal he promised never to betray his wife (= never to leave her for another person). 

More examples:

1. My best friend is loyal and she would never betray me. 
2. You betrayed our friendship for another and you will regret it  
3. Thanks for being here all this time, you did not betray my trust. 
4. I am a very loyal person and I really hate when someone betrays me. 

 Proclivities/plural noun: It is a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing. 

Pronunciation:  

https://voca.ro/1khIxfB45L3i 

Original sentence:  

"The guests were invited to concentrate their proclivities in breaking glasses".

More examples:

1. I have a proclivity to save all the money that I have. 
2. His religious proclivities were affected when his daughter had a motorcycle accident. 
3. After seeing my mother get high grades, I have a proclivity to behave like her. 
4. The crocodile has a proclivity to violence when someone approaches him.

Died out /phrasal verb :To become weaker or less common and then disappear completely  .

 To become extinct .

 Pronunciation:

https://voca.ro/1alrP2VilQgS 

 
 Original sentence:

"He died out along the curve of her mouth and in her eyes". 

More examples:

1. Many species have died out in the world and others have evolved. 
2. Penguins are dying out because of global warming. 
3. Dinosaurs are considered died out 65 million years ago. 
4. True love is died out by people like you. 

 

Courtship /noun :the time when people have a romantic relationship with the intention of getting married.

 Pronunciation:

/ˈkɔːtʃɪp/ https://voca.ro/1gwQPPn8qGdL 

 
 Original Sentence:

"Except her mother; always discouraged his courtship". 

More examples:

1. My cousin and her husband were married in 2020 after a long courtship. 
2. My mom always tells the story of the courtship with my dad and then I appeared in their lives. 
3. Sandra confessed to me that she had fallen in love with a courtship she had but he went to another country. 
4. It is particularly important to have a courtship before getting married to know each other better. 

 Glide /ɡlaɪd/ Verb in past tense: Glided ;to move easily without stopping and without effort or noise. 

Pronunciation:

https://voca.ro/1aogOuNxaSnH 

 

Original sentence:" Glided in the Paris sky ".
 

Examples:

1. Some people from the university glide effortlessly to do difficult exercises. 
2. I did not realize when you got into the game because the machine glided quietly. 
3. She glided on the snow. 
4. He is afraid to glide the mountain. 

Futile /adjective ;(of actions) having no effect or achieving nothing.

Pronunciation:

 

/ˈfjuːtʌɪl/   https://voca.ro/14OMDIftAPQi 

 

Original sentence: "See him as something pathetic, futile and shabby". 
 

Examples:

1. Your experiment was futile because it did not work. 
2. It is completely futile trying to explain the problem to him, He will not understand it. 
3. I agree with you I think people should study what they are passionate about otherwise it will be futile to do so. 
4. In my point of view, I consider when a relationship breaks up it is futile to return. 

 

 Daze / noun  :Unable to think clearly .It is an state of stunned confusion or bewilderment.

Pronunciation:

/deɪz/  https://voca.ro/1f37LOGbOLZq

Original sentence :"He walked in a daze to his bank ".

More Examples:

• When she woke up after the accident she was dazed and disoriented.
• I am wandering around in a daze this afternoon.
• As you will understand , this has left him dazed and confused .
• I got 1/10 because I was thinking about a daze when I took my exam.

  

Hollow/Adjective :Usually it means having a hole or empty  space inside. 

Pronunciation:

/ˈhɑː.loʊ/https://voca.ro/1naCOUewOI80 

Original sentence :" Michael was afraid and his stomach felt hollow".

More Examples :

1. This tree trunk sounds hollow. 
2. There was a hollow tree with snakes inside I felt so scared when I saw them. 

 As a noun 

1. My Grandma left me a hollow since she passed away. 
2. My dog found a hollow in the ground to hide his bones. 

Buoyancy:/noun/ˈbɔɪənsi/: They are people who have a cheerful and optimistic attitude or disposition.

Original sentence: "Who was in love with his fine, sharp profile and his pleasant buoyancy, scented the hard abstraction that had settled over him.''

Examples

1. She is a buoyancy girl when she is working.
2. Daniel, regardless of the problem, always has buoyancy.
3. People love them because they have a lot of buoyancy.
4. The teacher always has buoyancy with her students.

Crowd:/noun/kraʊd/: A large group of people who have come together.

Original sentence: Hamilton drinks too much and all this crowd of young people drink too much.

Examples

1. There was a huge crowd at the concert.
2. The crowd wanted to enter the football stadium.
3. There is a crowd of people outside my house.
4. There was a crowd of people in the new restaurant.

 Shiny:/adjective/ /ˈʃʌɪni/: It is bright because it reflect light, typically because very clean or polished.                       

Original sentence: ''He felt suddenly that his dinner coat was old and shiny.''

Examples

1. That ring is shiny.
2. The dress looks shiny.
3. You have shiny hair.
4. He wash his car because it's shiny.

Strength:/noun//strɛŋkθ/: The quality or state of being physically strong or the capacity of an object or substance to withstand great force or pressure.

Original sentence:''One takes what one can get, up to the limit of one’s strength.''

Examples

1. He has strength because he goes to the gym.
2. They have strength to finish the job.
3. She says that strength is in the mind.
4. The strength of a boxer is not comparable to that of a swimming athlete.

Nightmare:/noun//ˈnʌɪtmɛː/: A frightening or unpleasant dream.

Original sentence : ''That was like some gigantic cocktail in a nightmare, served only to make them temporarily less conscious of the mistakes of the night before.''

Examples

1. The girl wakes up very scared because she had a nightmare.
2. Samuel watched a horror movie at night and then he had a nightmare.
3. His nightmare becomes reality.
4. She always has nightmares when she falls asleep.

Engagement:/noun//ɪnˈɡeɪdʒm(ə)nt/: It is a formal agreement to marry or an arrangement to do something.

Original sentence: ''The engagement was making her stupid; he had never heard her make such a series of obvious remarks before.''

Examples

1. She has an engagement this weekend.
2. They threw a party to announce their engagement.
3. Their engagement didn't last long because they broke up.
4. He gave her the engagement ring yesterday.

Sorrow:/noun//ˈsɔːr.oʊ/: Deep distress, sadness, or regret especially for the loss of someone or something loved.

Original sentence: ''Do you know what your affair was founded on? On sorrow.''

Examples

1. The sorrow he has is because his mother died.
2. He has a lot of sorrow in his heart.
3. She says that the memories of sadness are in her mind.
4. Santiago is sorrow because his girlfriend broke up with him.

Flushed:/verb or adjective//ˈflʌʃt/: It's when your cheeks get red because you're nervous or embarrassed or it's because you have a healthy reddish color.

 Original sentence: "His face was flushed, his eyes were restless and impatient."

Examples

1. He flushes when he sees his crush.
2. They all laughed and she flushed.
3. He flushed when he looked at a girl.
4. Lucas was embarrassed and immediately flushed.

 

 

The bridal party- by Scott Fitzgerald

Stifling/adjective: extremely hot and unpleasant. 

Pronunciation:/ˈstaɪ.fəl.ɪŋ/  

https://voca.ro/138RbzxBnHlH 

Original sentence: 

"The room in a stifling cloud". 

More examples:

• It is difficult for me to work in this stifling heat. 

• When I drove home, I opened the windows because the air was stifling. 

• Sandra loves his boyfriend but I found him weird and stifling. 

• It is very stifling to be here with so many people around. 

Betrayed/Verb betray: to not be loyal to your country or a person, often by doing something harmful such as helping their enemies. 

past tense: betrayed 

(NOT LOYAL) 

 

Pronunciation: 

/bɪˈtreɪ/ https://voca.ro/1d7HZwGu1AwT 

 

Original sentence: 

"He felt that he was part of all this, and even entered into the scheme of Johnson, the practical joker, for the appearance of the woman betrayed"... 

Example From internet: 

Formal he promised never to betray his wife (= never to leave her for another person). 

More examples:

1. My best friend is loyal and she would never betray me. 
2. You betrayed our friendship for another and you will regret it  
3. Thanks for being here all this time, you did not betray my trust. 
4. I am a very loyal person and I really hate when someone betrays me. 

 Proclivities/plural noun: It is a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing. 

Pronunciation:  

https://voca.ro/1khIxfB45L3i 

Original sentence:  

"The guests were invited to concentrate their proclivities in breaking glasses".

More examples:

1. I have a proclivity to save all the money that I have. 
2. His religious proclivities were affected when his daughter had a motorcycle accident. 
3. After seeing my mother get high grades, I have a proclivity to behave like her. 
4. The crocodile has a proclivity to violence when someone approaches him.

Died out /phrasal verb :To become weaker or less common and then disappear completely  .

 To become extinct .

 Pronunciation:

https://voca.ro/1alrP2VilQgS 

 
 Original sentence:

"He died out along the curve of her mouth and in her eyes". 

More examples:

1. Many species have died out in the world and others have evolved. 
2. Penguins are dying out because of global warming. 
3. Dinosaurs are considered died out 65 million years ago. 
4. True love is died out by people like you. 

 

Courtship /noun :the time when people have a romantic relationship with the intention of getting married.

 Pronunciation:

/ˈkɔːtʃɪp/ https://voca.ro/1gwQPPn8qGdL 

 
 Original Sentence:

"Except her mother; always discouraged his courtship". 

More examples:

1. My cousin and her husband were married in 2020 after a long courtship. 
2. My mom always tells the story of the courtship with my dad and then I appeared in their lives. 
3. Sandra confessed to me that she had fallen in love with a courtship she had but he went to another country. 
4. It is particularly important to have a courtship before getting married to know each other better. 

 Glide /ɡlaɪd/ Verb in past tense: Glided ;to move easily without stopping and without effort or noise. 

Pronunciation:

https://voca.ro/1aogOuNxaSnH 

 

Original sentence:" Glided in the Paris sky ".
 

Examples:

1. Some people from the university glide effortlessly to do difficult exercises. 
2. I did not realize when you got into the game because the machine glided quietly. 
3. She glided on the snow. 
4. He is afraid to glide the mountain. 

Futile /adjective ;(of actions) having no effect or achieving nothing.

Pronunciation:

 

/ˈfjuːtʌɪl/   https://voca.ro/14OMDIftAPQi 

 

Original sentence: "See him as something pathetic, futile and shabby". 
 

Examples:

1. Your experiment was futile because it did not work. 
2. It is completely futile trying to explain the problem to him, He will not understand it. 
3. I agree with you I think people should study what they are passionate about otherwise it will be futile to do so. 
4. In my point of view, I consider when a relationship breaks up it is futile to return. 

 

 Daze / noun  :Unable to think clearly .It is an state of stunned confusion or bewilderment.

Pronunciation:

/deɪz/  https://voca.ro/1f37LOGbOLZq

Original sentence :"He walked in a daze to his bank ".

More Examples:

• When she woke up after the accident she was dazed and disoriented.
• I am wandering around in a daze this afternoon.
• As you will understand , this has left him dazed and confused .
• I got 1/10 because I was thinking about a daze when I took my exam.

  

Hollow/Adjective :Usually it means having a hole or empty  space inside. 

Pronunciation:

/ˈhɑː.loʊ/https://voca.ro/1naCOUewOI80 

Original sentence :" Michael was afraid and his stomach felt hollow".

More Examples :

1. This tree trunk sounds hollow. 
2. There was a hollow tree with snakes inside I felt so scared when I saw them. 

 As a noun 

1. My Grandma left me a hollow since she passed away. 
2. My dog found a hollow in the ground to hide his bones. 

Buoyancy:/noun/ˈbɔɪənsi/: They are people who have a cheerful and optimistic attitude or disposition.

Original sentence: "Who was in love with his fine, sharp profile and his pleasant buoyancy, scented the hard abstraction that had settled over him.''

Examples

1. She is a buoyancy girl when she is working.
2. Daniel, regardless of the problem, always has buoyancy.
3. People love them because they have a lot of buoyancy.
4. The teacher always has buoyancy with her students.

Crowd:/noun/kraʊd/: A large group of people who have come together.

Original sentence: Hamilton drinks too much and all this crowd of young people drink too much.

Examples

1. There was a huge crowd at the concert.
2. The crowd wanted to enter the football stadium.
3. There is a crowd of people outside my house.
4. There was a crowd of people in the new restaurant.

 Shiny:/adjective/ /ˈʃʌɪni/: It is bright because it reflect light, typically because very clean or polished.                       

Original sentence: ''He felt suddenly that his dinner coat was old and shiny.''

Examples

1. That ring is shiny.
2. The dress looks shiny.
3. You have shiny hair.
4. He wash his car because it's shiny.

Strength:/noun//strɛŋkθ/: The quality or state of being physically strong or the capacity of an object or substance to withstand great force or pressure.

Original sentence:''One takes what one can get, up to the limit of one’s strength.''

Examples

1. He has strength because he goes to the gym.
2. They have strength to finish the job.
3. She says that strength is in the mind.
4. The strength of a boxer is not comparable to that of a swimming athlete.

Nightmare:/noun//ˈnʌɪtmɛː/: A frightening or unpleasant dream.

Original sentence : ''That was like some gigantic cocktail in a nightmare, served only to make them temporarily less conscious of the mistakes of the night before.''

Examples

1. The girl wakes up very scared because she had a nightmare.
2. Samuel watched a horror movie at night and then he had a nightmare.
3. His nightmare becomes reality.
4. She always has nightmares when she falls asleep.

Engagement:/noun//ɪnˈɡeɪdʒm(ə)nt/: It is a formal agreement to marry or an arrangement to do something.

Original sentence: ''The engagement was making her stupid; he had never heard her make such a series of obvious remarks before.''

Examples

1. She has an engagement this weekend.
2. They threw a party to announce their engagement.
3. Their engagement didn't last long because they broke up.
4. He gave her the engagement ring yesterday.

Sorrow:/noun//ˈsɔːr.oʊ/: Deep distress, sadness, or regret especially for the loss of someone or something loved.

Original sentence: ''Do you know what your affair was founded on? On sorrow.''

Examples

1. The sorrow he has is because his mother died.
2. He has a lot of sorrow in his heart.
3. She says that the memories of sadness are in her mind.
4. Santiago is sorrow because his girlfriend broke up with him.

Flushed:/verb or adjective//ˈflʌʃt/: It's when your cheeks get red because you're nervous or embarrassed or it's because you have a healthy reddish color.

 Original sentence: "His face was flushed, his eyes were restless and impatient."

Examples

1. He flushes when he sees his crush.
2. They all laughed and she flushed.
3. He flushed when he looked at a girl.
4. Lucas was embarrassed and immediately flushed.