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Meanings of the difficult words from the lesson "The Hack Driver":
S.No | Words | Meanings |
1 | Law firm | A business that employs lawyers to represent clients or argue in court |
2 | Ignore | To intentionally not listen or give attention to |
3 | Private detective | A person whose job is to discover information about people |
4 | Unpleasant | Not enjoyable |
| 5 | Victim | Someone or something that has been hurt, damaged, or killed or has suffered, either because of the actions of someone or something else or because of illness or chance |
6 | Dirty | Having especially dirt on the surface of something |
7 | Reveal | To make known or show something that is surprising or that was previously secret |
8 | Flee | To escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear |
9 | Lawyer | Someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them in court |
10 | Training | The process of learning the skills you need to do a particular job or activity |
11 | Rejoice | To feel or show great happiness about something |
12 | Witness | A person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or an accident |
13 | Expectation | A strong belief that something will happen or be the case |
14 | Disappoint | Sad or displeased because someone or something has failed to fulfil one's hopes or expectations |
15 | Street | A public road in a city, town, or village, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides |
16 | Thick about the middle | Fat around the waist |
17 | Cheerful | Noticeably happy and optimistic |
18 | Hack | A horse-drawn vehicle |
19 | Bargain | Negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction |
20 | Suspicious | Feeling doubt or no trust in someone or something |
21 | Stranger | Someone you do not know |
22 | Business | A person's regular occupation, profession, or trade |
23 | Proceed | Begin a course of action |
24 | Deceive | Deliberately cause someone to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain |
25 | Regret | Feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over something that one has done or failed to do |
26 | Dishonesty | Deceitfulness showed in someone's character or behaviour |
27 | Poker | A game played with cards in which people try to win money from each other |
28 | Hesitate | To pause before you do or say something, often because you are uncertain or nervous about it |
29 | Barber | A man whose job is cutting men's hair |
30 | Admit | Confess to be true or to be the case |
31 | Shave | To remove hair from the body, especially a man's face, by cutting it close to the skin with a razor so that the skin feels smooth |
32 | Comment | Something that you say or write that expresses your opinion |
33 | Hilltop | The top part of a hill, rather than its sloping sides |
34 | Pasture | Land covered with grass or similar plants suitable for animals, such as cows and sheep, to eat |
35 | Debt | Something, especially money that is owed to someone else, or the state of owing something |
36 | Adventure | An unusual, exciting, and possibly dangerous activity, such as a trip or experience, or the excitement produced by such an activity |
37 | College | A university where you can study for an undergraduate |
38 | Creek | A stream or narrow river |
39 | Meadow | A field with grass and often wildflowers in it |
40 | Sigh | To breathe out slowly and noisily, expressing tiredness, sadness, pleasure |
41 | Murder | The crime of intentionally killing a person |
42 | Disrespectful | Lacking respect |
43 | Whisper | To speak very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear you |
44 | Neighbour | Someone who lives very close to you |
45 | Treasure | Very valuable things, usually in the form of a store of precious metals or precious stones |
46 | Quarrel | An angry disagreement between two or more people or groups |
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