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Could you please proofread these sentences? I'm learning English Part 1

 
 
Reply Mon 11 Feb, 2013 01:47 pm
Hello, everybody!

As always, please be ruthless when you correct my English.

I've just spent two hours typing the contents of some flashcards I made. I know some of the sentences I've been learning contain mistakes, and I want to remedy that. (This sounds off...)

Could someone please proofread my vocabulary flashcards? It shouldn't take too much time for a native English speaker, and I can't proofread the sentences myself. Sad

Please suggest better alternatives for the sentences that don't read well. I really need to learn this vocabulary for university.

Thank you!

Here's the first part:

GLOW (v.i. & n.) Indicates latent light with or without heat. This can be cold phosphorescent, or reddish warm light.

A cigarette glows in the night.

Embers glow in the fireplace.

The glow-worm glows.

The luminous dial of a watch glows.

IDIOMATIC:

Her face glowed with good health/indignation (cf. BLUSHED
with embarrassment).

His eyes glowed with desire (latent sexual).

FLICKER (v.i. & n.) A wavering light, not necessarily on point of extinction.

The firelight flickered on the wall.

The shadows of the firelight flickered on the wall (a projected

not a reflected image).

The flickering screen explains why in the old days one didn' t
go to the "cinema "in England: one went to "the flicks".

The grave-diggers worked in a high wind by the light of flickering
hurricane lamps.

~ NOTE: If the light is dying out it will probably "gutter": A moment she saw his face by the light of the GUTTERING candle, then she was plunged into darkness.

A flicker of interest showed in his eyes.

A flicker of comprehension showed in his eyes (cf. GLIMMER).
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