VOCABULARY
to push the envelope - to attempt to extend the current limits of performance. To innovate, or go beyond commonly accepted boundaries.
Her gymnastic skills are absolutely stunning. She's not afrait to push the envelope of athletic performance and always surprises spectators.
to bawl - to shout or cry loudly
I was watching my daughter playing in the garden. I heard the phone ringing, so I rushed to answer it. When I came back, little Adele was lying on the lawn and bawling. I saw blood dripping from her wounded knee.
-Why are you bawling? I'm trying to focus here!!!
-Oh, you are always so insensitive! I won't tell you what happened if I'm a trouble to you!
to have a seizure - to have an attack
People with diabetes should mind the hours of meals. If the sugar in their blood drops too low, they risk having a seizure and even falling into a coma.
-What happened to dad? Why is he in the hospital?!
-He's had a seizure. A heart attack. But he will be fine, the doctor said.
peripheral vision - a part of vision that occurs outside the very centre of gaze.
John was jogging in the park, when suddenly, his peripheral vision captured two squirrels swiftly climbing a spruce.
Peripheral vision is an important feature - it allows you to notice potential danger appearing in your field of view.
duct-taped - fixed with a duct tape . See below.
When the police entered his flat, they found him fixed to a chair with a piece of rope, his mouth duct-taped so that he couldn't speak.
-What happened to mum's favourite vase?
-I broke it by accident.
-And you thought that duct-taping it would pass unnoticed?
to commission - to arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.
We commissioned an expert to evaluate the potential price of the painting we found in the attic.
For the expo, the organisers commissioned by a famous artist several scupltures representing innovation and progress.
an outpouring - when an emotion is being expressed a lot in public.
Nobody has ever seen such an outpouring of rage as the one displayed that day in the supermarket by a 5-year-old boy to whom his mother refused to buy a light sabre.
When Tom Hiddleston gets married, we can expect an outpouring of grief among his fangirls.
to cock a gun - to pull back the hammer (or hammer mechanism) to ready the gun for fire.
'Say goodbye to life' he said, cocking his Walther.
Before you fire off a gun, you have to cock it.
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