nought "noughts"NOTE: The spelling naught is also used for meaning 2.1. (NUMBER, = zero)Nought is the number 0.E.X: Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month.Houses are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency.When you write down in figures the number one million, how many noughts are there?2. (PHRASE) If you try to do something but your efforts are not successful, you can say that your efforts come tonought.E.X: numerous attempts to persuade him to write his memoirs came to nought.naughty "naughtier, naughtiest"1. (ADJ, = bad, =/ good) If you say that a child is naughty, you mean that they behave badly or do not do what they are told.E.X: Girls, you're being very naughty.You naughty boy, you gave me such a fright.2. (ADJ) You can describe books, pictures, or words as naughty when they are slightly rude or related to sex.E.X: You know what little boys are like with naughty words.derivative: naughtiness (N-UNCOUNT)slightly(ADV)Slightly means to some degree but not to a very large degree.E.X: His family then moved to a slightly large house.Each person learns in a slightly different way.You can adjust it slightly.role "roles"1. (N-COUNT) If you have a role in a situation or in society, you have a particular position and function in it.E.X: Both sides have roles to play.2. (N-COUNT) A role is one of the characters that an actor or singer can play in a film, play, or opera.E.X: Shakespearean women's roles were originally written to be played by men.beforehand(ADV) If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.E.X: How could she tell beforehand that I was going to go out?
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woooow Michelle thank you for your explanation. you are an excellent teacher.
Skoon...
Michelle said:
some good friends were being mean sometimes , I hope they will relax :p
Michelle said:
Skoon is being naughty this last days :p
we have improved slightly well in Ec