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Part 6 Could you please proofread these sentences? I'm learning English

 
 
Reply Mon 11 Feb, 2013 01:54 pm
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 seem right. I really need to learn this vocabulary for university.

Thank you!

Here are the sentences:
SHIMMER (v.i. & n.) Wavering light. Same basic idea as TWINKLE - i.e. original light seen through intervening agency. The light is soft and silvery, seen as it were through a haze, Definition is softened, sharpness and clarity lessened. Often applied to romantic situations.

a) The shimmering moonlight turned the house into a fairy castle.

The glow-worms shimmered in the dusk.

b) The moonlight shimmered on the water.

Her hair shimmered in the candle-light.

She walked across the moonlit patio in a shimmering silver evening dress.



FLASH (v.i. v.t. & n.) A strong intermittent light, often dazzling.

a) The shooting star flashed across the sky.
He flashed me a message with his torch.

b) The plane flashed in the sun.

A heliograph reflects flashes of sunlight in order to send messages.

~ IDIOMATIC:

His eyes flashed with anger(indignation (also with passion, in a
rather artificial Rudolf Valentino way).



DAZZLE (v.t.) Temporary blindness caused by strong light.

a) The car headlights dazzled the rabbit.

He blinked as he came out into the dazzling sunlight.

b) The snow in the mountains is dazzling.

The driver was dazzled by the sunlight reflecting off his
dashboard.

~ IDIOMATIC:

A dazzling smile (a smile which does. or is intended to overwhelm
the recipient).

The film star greeted the newspaper men with a dazzling smile.


GLARE (v.i. & n.) A strong, crude light - cause of dazzling.

a) The glare of headlights dazzled me.
The glaring sunlight dazzled me.

b) In the mountains you should wear dark glasses to cut down the
dazzling glare of the snow.

In Morocco, the dazzling glare of the white dusty roads is very
hard on the eyes,

~ NOTE: Noun is always constructed with definite article - "the glare of .."

~ IDIOMATIC:

He glared at me (with uncontrolled anger).
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Reply Mon 11 Feb, 2013 02:08 pm
@EnglishPractice88,
Prac, you might be overloading us

Are we supposed to respond separately to all six OP's
EnglishPractice88
 
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Reply Mon 11 Feb, 2013 02:09 pm
@dalehileman,
I cut the "text" in 6 parts so that it would be easier for people
dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 11 Feb, 2013 02:13 pm
@EnglishPractice88,
Prac you might have more success presenting each OP on a separate day, or even spaced a couple of days apart

Also some of us (me anyhow) are just not entirely sure which of the sentences require attention, the method and order of presentation not entirely clear
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