Language Activator – Bite

اغلب دیکشنری ها لغاتی را مترادف یک لغت معرفی میکنند. اما آیا تمامی مترادفهای یک لغت صد در صد معنای همان لغت را القا میکنند؟ مسلماً خیر. در این بخش از لغات هم معنی و یا نزدیک به لغت bite را بررسی خواهیم کرد.

bite

(transitive verb)

.I sometimes bite my fingernails when I’m nervous

.Barry bit the corner of the packet to open it

bite

(countable noun)

.After two bites I realised the apple was rotten

take a bite

(verb phrase)

: to bite off a piece of food and eat it

.She took a bite of doughnut, and chewed it slowly

.This looks delicious, he said, taking a bite

bite off

(transitive phrasal verb)

to remove something by biting it: bite off something

.The dog’s bitten off the heel of my shoe

bite something off

.He took out a cigar and bit the end off

.Kenny’s favorite party trick is to bite the caps off beer bottles

bite into

(transitive phrasal verb)

to bite a piece of food: bite into something

.Earl picked up his sandwich and bit into it

.Henry cracked a tooth biting into a piece of hard candy

:Practice

: Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

bite / bite into / bite off / take a bite

.N1. Henry cracked a tooth ………… a piece of hard candy
.N2. Kenny’s favorite party trick is to ………… the caps ………… beer bottles
.N3. She ………… of doughnut, and chewed it slowly
.N4. Barry ………… the corner of the packet to open it

:Answers

N1. biting into
N2. bite – off
N3. took a bite
N4. bit