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| dilapidated |
fallen into ruin or decay. |
| faint |
When a person faints, they suddenly can't stand or sit up, and they look as if they have fallen asleep. A person who faints cannot hear or see anything. Fainting only lasts a short time. People sometimes faint when they experience a shock of some kind. [1/3 definitions] |
| fallen |
"Fallen" is the past participle of "fall." [2 definitions] |
| fresh |
When something is fresh, it is new or like it is new. It has just been made. When snow is fresh, it has just fallen. [1/7 definitions] |
| obstacle |
An obstacle is something that blocks your way when you are trying to move forward. If a big tree has fallen across your path, it is a kind of obstacle. An obstacle is also something that makes it hard for you to succeed when you are trying to do something. |
| participle |
A participle is a certain form of a verb. Words like "broken," "fallen," and "begun" are participles, and so are "breaking," "falling," and "beginning." The first set of participles can be used in sentences with the verb "have," as in "The water has begun to boil." The second set of participles can be used with a form of the verb "be," as in "The play is beginning." The first set of participles are called "past participles," and the second set are called "present participles." Sometimes these types of words can also be used alone as adjectives, for example, when we say "the broken lamp" or the "falling snow." Past participles are also used in sentences like "The leaves were blown away by the wind," "The money was hidden under a rock," and "The songs were sung too fast." |
| rake1 |
a tool that has a long handle and a row of teeth or prongs at one end. It is used to gather hay or fallen leaves or to smooth down soil. [1/4 definitions] |
| ramshackle |
of a building or other structure, poorly built or having fallen into a bad condition. |
| snow |
a layer or collection of such flakes that have fallen to the ground. [1/5 definitions] |
| spill1 |
A spill is an amount of liquid or other substance that has fallen out of a container by accident. [1/5 definitions] |
| stand |
When something is standing, it is up straight. It has not fallen down, and nobody has taken it down. [1/12 definitions] |
| tree ring |
the layer of wood made by a tree during a single year; annual ring. It is possible to figure out the age of a tree that has fallen or has been cut down by counting its rings. |
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