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English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate (Unit 58: Movement and speed)


What other things do you think could be described by each verb apart from the contexts given opposite? Use a dictionary, if necessary.

  1. sway: a tree, someone dancing, someone walking on a ship in a rough sea, someone who's drunk
  2. crawl: traffic, 
  3. shoot: a car, 
  4. flutter: a flag, 
  5. drift: a cloud, 
Possible Answer

  1. an insect crawls; a baby does too before it can walk; there is a fast over-arm swimming style called ‘crawl’
  2. anything moving extremely fast, e.g. a bird or animal can shoot by, a plane can shoot overhead, a fish can shoot through the water
  3. a bird’s or butterfly’s wings; a piece of washing on the line in the wind; a person’s eyelashes; a curtain in the wind
  4. anything moving slowly on water, e.g. a boat, a piece of wood; a person can drift through life (moving without any sense of purpose or direction); your thoughts can drift to something or someone (it happens unintentionally); you can drift off to sleep (go to sleep slowly)



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