Affection for

Study the given active vocabulary. Make sure you know their translation. Try to memorize the phrases with these words.

1) crawl

2) flood

3) spitball

4) bucket

5) linger

6) fetch

7) boarding house

8) hover

9) shudder

10) affection

11) folk

12) assign

crawl 1 [ ] verb

1 HBHto move along on your hands and knees with your body close to the ground

crawl along/across etc

The baby crawled across the floor.

2 HBIif an insect crawls, it moves using its legs

crawl over/up etc

There's a bug crawling up your leg.

flood [ ] verb

(about light) if light floods a place or floods into it, it makes it very light and bright

flood into

Light flooded into the kitchen.

spit‧ball [ ] American English noun

a small piece of paper that children roll into a ball and then spit or throw at each other

buck‧et 1S2 [ ] noun

DTan open container with a handle, used for carrying and holding things, especially liquids [= pail]

lin‧ger [ ] verb

to stay somewhere a little longer, especially because you do not want to leave

Linger over

They lingered over coffee and missed the last bus.

I spent a week at Kandersteg and could happily have lingered on.

fetch 1S2 [ ] verb

especially British English to go and get something or someone and bring them back:

Quick! Go and fetch a doctor.

boarding house noun

DHDLTa private house where you pay to sleep and eat [= guesthouse]

hov‧er [ ] verb

1 if a bird, insect, or helicopter hovers, it stays in one place in the air

hover over/above

flies hovering above the surface of the water

2 to stay nervously in the same place, especially because you are waiting for something or are not certain what to do:

Her younger brother hovered in the background watching us.

shud‧der 1 [ ] verb

to shake for a short time because you are afraid or cold, or because you think something is very unpleasant:

Maria shuddered as she stepped outside.

af‧fec‧tion [ ] noun

a feeling of liking or love and caring [= fondness]

affection for

Bart had a deep affection for the old man.

Their father never showed them much affection.

folk 1S2 [ ] noun

1 [plural] also folks especially American English people:

I'm sure there are some folk who would rather they weren't here.

Wait till the folks back home hear about this!

young/old folk British English old-fashioned:

Young folk these days don't know the meaning of work.

2 folks [plural]

a) especially American English your parents and family:

Is it OK if I call my folks?

b) used when talking to a group of people in a friendly way:

That's all for now, folks.

as‧sign [ ] verb

to give someone a particular job or make them responsible for a particular person or thing

assign somebody a task/role

I've been assigned the task of looking after the new students.

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