Collins Junior Illustrated Thesaurus. Collins Dictionaries

lecture with a warning about litter.

      do

      Have you done your homework?

      end

      Simon ended his talk by asking if there were any questions.

      finish

      Charles couldn’t think how to finish his story.

      conversation NOUN

      If you have a conversation with someone, you talk to each other.

      chat

      My mum likes to have a chat with friends over a cup of coffee.

      discussion

      There was a long discussion about which class Sheena should be put in.

      gossip

      The opening of the new school provided plenty of gossip.

      talk

      “I think we should have a talk about this,” said his teacher.

cook VERB

      When you cook food, you prepare it for eating by heating it.

      WAYS OF COOKING:

      bake

      barbecue

      boil

      fry

      grill

      microwave

      poach

      roast

      steam

      stew

      stir-fry

      toast

      copy (1) NOUN

      A copy is something made to look like something else.

      fake

      The police say that painting is a fake.

      forgery

      He thought the man gave him a twenty-pound note, but it was a forgery.

      imitation

      Those jewels are only imitations. They’re made of glass.

      photocopy

      “Can you give me a photocopy of that page?” asked Domenica.

      print

      It’s not an original painting. It’s a print.

      replica

      Manuel bought a plastic replica of the Eiffel Tower.

      copy (2) VERB

      If you copy what someone does, you do the same thing.

      follow

      “You must follow my movements exactly,” said the dance teacher.

      imitate

      She can imitate her mum’s voice.

      impersonate

      Frank is really good at impersonating famous people.

      mimic

      Ben can mimic the sounds animals make.

      mirror

      We carefully mirrored the movements of the karate teacher.

      trace

      Kim carefully traced the outline of the country into her book.

      correct ADJECTIVE

      Something that is correct is true and has no mistakes.

      accurate

      Make sure that your measurements are accurate, or the pieces will not fit together.

      exact

      It’s no good guessing the amount of flour you need, it must be exact.

      precise

      “It’s very important that the details you give are precise,” said the policeman.

      right

      In the test, all his answers were right.

      true

      “Your report may be exciting,” said her teacher, “but is it true?”

      cosy ADJECTIVE

      A house or room that is cosy is comfortable and warm and not too big.

      comfortable

      It was a comfortable room with lots of deep armchairs and thick rugs.

      snug

      We love our house because it’s so snug.

      warm

      The fire sent out a warm, welcoming glow.

      count VERB

      If you count a number of things, you find out how many there are.

      add up

      She added up her pocket money to see if there was enough to go to the cinema.

      calculate

      Patrick calculated the number of hours he had spent doing his homework.

      tally

      The whole class stayed to tally the votes for the football captain.

      work out

      Work out how much you’ve got, and how much more you need to buy this bike.

      cover VERB

      If you cover something, you put something else over it to protect or hide it.

      cloak

      Mist cloaked the mountain top, making it too dangerous to climb.

      conceal

      The boy concealed his work with his hand.

      hide

      During winter a blanket of snow hid the lawn and flowerbeds.

      mask

      Edmund masked his feeling of dismay with a smile.

      crack NOUN

      A crack is a line or gap on something that shows it is damaged.

      crevice

      Many spiders lurked in crevices in the old stone wall.

      gap

      They had to watch the game through a gap in the fence.

      split

      One of the pieces of wood had a large split at the end.

      crash NOUN

      A crash is a sudden loud noise like something breaking.

      clash

      Fabian brought the cymbals together with a clash.

      clatter

      The metal tray dropped to the ground with a clatter.

      smash

      There was a smash as the stereo hit the floor.

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