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.
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).