LS Units 33-35

Arid – 1. land and climate

            2. lacking in interest, excitement, dull, banal  (this town has an arid, empty feel )


Prone to – 1.to have a particular negative characteristic

                    2.lie prone = lie on one’s stomach

Drought -period without rain

                 Drought stricken


Temperate – 1.climate

                        2. behaviour

Paddy field -rice field

                    Paddy – (nickname) – an Irishman

Tend sheep  1. look after, take care of

                       2. have the tendency /prone to

Forefront – in important position, primary interest _->  at the forefront

Generate – 1.produce     2. create  ……..3…………

Descend – go down    opposite : ascend

Descend from - come from

Dotted with – the sky is dotted with stars, a field dotted with flowers

In a haze – lack of clearness X hidden

Purple haze  =LSD

Hail = 1. precipitate in pellets of ice /hailstones

            2. greet, salute

Hail from  - come or originate – she hails from Texas (phrasal verb)

Muggy,clammy -humid, hot

Mug -verb: attack, assault someone (usu.public place)

Clam – a marine mollusc with shells of equal size closed tightly

Oppressive, sultry – stifling, very humid and hot

Stifle- suffocate

Articles – an ivory tower

Preposition A ceiling of  £ 20 000….