Hello, everybody!
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 seem right. I really need to learn this vocabulary for university.
Thank you!
Here are the sentences:
TWINKLE (v.i. & n.) Original light which obtains intermittent effect through reflection or filtering.
The stars twinkle in the sky. (The atmosphere acts as a veil.)
The lights twinkle on the Christmas tree. (The tinsel and silver
paper move and reflect the light.)
~ IDIOMATIC:
His eyes twinkled with amusement (often of an ironic or sardonic
kind).
GLIMMER (v.i. & n.) Like TWINKLE a filtered light. but the "veil" dims and obscures the light. Usually associated with a feeble light, or a light seen fitfully at a distance.
The lights of the house glimmered through the fog.
The glimmering tail-light disappeared round a final bend
(cf. GLEAM - which is clearer and unmoving),
~ IDIOMATIC:
His eyes glimmered with understanding (indicates effort by a mentally very dense mind). FLICKER, with understanding, implies
a temporary realization - either the person is very dull and cannot grasp the matter, or he is ill, in a state of shock, etc. which precludes him from sustained effort of concentration.
His eyes glimmered at me from behind bi-focal spectacles
(refers to very myopic person - no other figurative connotation).
FLARE (v.i. & n.) A sudden and brief, but intense increase in light associated with the burning of a highly combustible object.
Old-time photographers worked with magnesium - when they lit it
there was a flare of white light which allowed them to take the
photograph.
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