Lesson 257--Drag:useful vocabulary

 

The word drag has several interesting and useful meanings

 

drag (verb):  when something is too heavy to carry, you pull it across the floor or ground.

 

Gwen was not strong enough to lift the box, so she dragged it into her room.

The man wouldn't move, so the police dragged him away.

 

drag (verb):  to inhale on a cigarette.

Even though he had quit, Evan took an occasional drag from Tim's cigarettes.

Can I have a drag of your cigarette.

 

drag (noun):  unfun, boring, uninteresting, dull, tedious thing; a hassle.

The party was such a drag that everyone left.

Everyone though Nick had become such a drag.

Getting homework on a Friday is such a drag.

 

drag (verb): to seem to take a long time.

The class started to drag and the students became restless.

The summer classes seem to drag more than the winter classes.

There are some other useful words with drag.  I encourage you to look them up

drag race

drag queen

drag the object (computers)

 

Lesson 223--take a look at

I wonder what he is taking a look at.

 

A useful idiom that you should know is take a look at something.  It has several related meanings, and all of them are useful.  I am sure you can use them in your personal life and your business life.  Remember context is very important for understanding the meaning of English words and phrases.

I will take a look at your report. (read it, edit it)

I will take a look at that program. (watch it)

I will take a look at your proposal. (consider it)

I went to the warehouse to take a look at the operation. (evaluate, inspect)

She took one look at my clothes and told me to change. (evaluate, judge, inspect)