Colum Mc Cann, Transatlantic

Front 1

a bog

noun

/bɒɡ/

/bɑːɡ/

/bɔːɡ/

Back 1

1) [countable, uncountable] (an area of) wet soft ground, formed of decaying plants

2) [countable] (British English, slang) a toilet/bathroom

Hint 1

1) -"stretches of bogland"

-a peat bog

2) Sam was on the bog when I arrived.

Claude Lanot

Front 2

to glimpse

verb

/ɡlɪmps/

Back 2

1) to see somebody/something for a moment, but not very clearly

2) to start to understand something

Hint 2

1) "they glimpsed moving rags."

2) Suddenly she glimpsed the truth about her sister.

Claude Lanot

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Front 3

a rag

noun

/ræɡ/

Back 3

1)[countable, uncountable] a piece of old, often torn, cloth used especially for cleaning things

2)[countable] (informal, usually disapproving) a newspaper that you believe to be of low quality

3)(British English) [uncountable, countable] an event or a series of events organized by students each year to raise money for charity

Hint 3

1) - "the rags seemed more animate than the bodies within"

-I wiped the window with a damp rag.

2) the local rag

3) rag week

Claude Lanot

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Front 4

to maroon

verb

/məˈruːn/

Back 4

1)[usually passive] maroon somebody: to leave somebody in a place that they cannot escape from, for example an island

synonyms : strand

Hint 4

1) -"the children appeared marooned by hunger"

-The car was marooned by floods.

Claude Lanot

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Front 5

to stunt

verb

/stʌnt/

Back 5

stunt somebody/something

= to prevent somebody/something from growing or developing as much as they/it should

Hint 5

-"stunted trees" (adjective)

- His illness had not stunted his creativity

Claude Lanot

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Front 6

balefully

adverb

/ˈbeɪlfəli/

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Back 6

in a way that seems to threaten to do something evil or to hurt somebody

Hint 6

-"men stared balefully into the distance."

-The bird glared balefully at us.

Claude Lanot

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Front 7

to smear

verb

/smɪə(r)/

/smɪr/

Back 7

1) [transitive] to spread an oily or soft substance over a surface in a rough or careless way

synonym : daub

2) [transitive] smear something to make something dirty or greasy

3)[transitive] smear somebody/something to damage somebody’s reputation by saying unpleasant things about them that are not true

synonym : slander

4) [transitive, intransitive] smear (something) to rub writing, a drawing, etc. so that it is no longer clear; to become not clear in this way

synonym : smudge

Hint 7

1) "One man's mouth was smeared with a brown paste (...)"

2) His glasses were smeared.

3) The story was an attempt to smear the party leader.

4) The last few words of the letter were smeared.

Claude Lanot

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Front 8

bark

noun

/bɑːrk/

Back 8

1) the outer covering of a tree

2) - the short loud sound made by dogs and some other animals -a short loud sound made by a gun or a voice a bark of laughter

Hint 8

1) "he had been eating bark."

2) a bark of laughter

Claude Lanot

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Front 9

to stagger

verb

/ˈstæɡə(r)/

Back 9

1) [intransitive, transitive] to walk with weak unsteady steps, as if you are about to fall

synonym : totter

2) [transitive] to shock or surprise somebody very much

3) [transitive] stagger something to arrange for events that would normally happen at the same time to start or happen at different times

Hint 9

1) "he staggered across the field."

2) Her remarks staggered me.

3) There were so many runners that they had to stagger the start.

Claude Lanot

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Front 10

to bid

verb

/bɪd/

irregular : bid/bade/bidden

or bid/bid/bid

Back 10

1 to utter (a greeting or farewell)

2 archaic or poetic/literary

to command or order (someone) to do something :

3 [intransitive, transitive] to offer to pay a particular price for something, especially at an auction

4 [intransitive] bid (for something) (North American English also) bid (on something) | bid (to do something) to offer to do work or provide a service for a particular price, in competition with other companies, etc.

5 [transitive] bid to do something (used especially in newspapers) to try to do, get or achieve something

6 [transitive, intransitive] bid (something) (in some card games) to say how many points you expect to win

Hint 10

1) "[he] raised his stick as if bidding goodbye to himself."

3) We wanted to buy the chairs but another couple were bidding against us.

4) A French firm will be bidding for the contract.

5) The team is bidding to retain its place in the league.

Claude Lanot

Front 11

jagged

adjective

/ˈdʒæɡɪd/

Back 11

with rough, pointed, often sharp edges

Hint 11

-"She smiled jaggedly."

- jagged rocks/peaks/edges

Claude Lanot

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Front 12

a blight

noun

/blaɪt/

Back 12

1) [uncountable, countable] any disease that kills plants, especially crops

2) [singular, uncountable] blight (on somebody/something) something that has a bad effect on a situation, a person’s life or the environment

Hint 12

1) - The blight had flung its rotten odor into the air."

-Many areas have been devastated by blights which destroyed cereal crops and vines

2) Her divorce was a great blight on her life

Claude Lanot

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Front 13

to rot

verb

/rɒt/

/rɑːt/

irregular verb : rot/rotted/rotten

Back 13

[intransitive, transitive] to decay, or make something decay, naturally and gradually

synonym : decompose

Hint 13

- "The blight had flung its rotten odor into the air."

-Food was being left to rot in warehouses.

Claude Lanot