jab: /dʒæb/ to push or hit something forcefully and quickly, often with a thin or sharp object:
*The doctor jabbed the needle into the dog's leg.
chunk: /tʃʌŋk/ a part of something, especially a large part:*Three hours is quite a chunk out of my working day.
apron: /ˈeɪ.prən/ a piece of clothing that you wear over the front of other clothes to keep the clothes clean while you are doing something dirty, such as cooking or cleaning
chide: /tʃaɪd/ to speak to someone severely because they have behaved badly:*She chided him for his bad manners.
crack: /kræk/ If someone cracks, they begin to feel weak and agree that they have been defeated:*He cracked during questioning and told us where to find the stolen goods.
grubby: /ˈɡrʌb.i/ If you describe an activity or someone's behaviour as grubby, you do not think that it is honest, fair, or acceptable:*She sees the business of making money as just grubby opportunism.
stale: /steɪl/ describes someone who has lost interest in what they are doing because they are bored or are working too hard:*They had been working together for over five years and they had both become a little stale.
fume: /fjuːm/ to be very angry, sometimes without expressing it:*I saw her a week after they'd had the argument and she was still fuming.
venomous: /ˈven.ə.məs/ full of anger or hate:*Ms Brown has launched a venomous attack against the newspaper.
glance: /ɡlɑːns/ to give a quick short look:*She glanced around/round the room to see who was there.
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