Language Activator – Boast

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 آفرینش اکتیوتر لغات هم معنی و یا نزدیک به لغت boast را بررسی خواهیم کرد. ابتدا جملات را خوانده و خودرا محک بزنید سپس برای دیدن نتایج و توضیح اینکه هر لغت در چه موقعیتی استفاده میشود به لینک زیر بروید

boast

(intransitive/transitive verb)

to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions because you want other people to admire you: boast about

.Scott was boasting about winning the game against Melrose High

boast

(that)

.Hank was boasting that he could drink a case of beer by himself

boast

(countable noun)

During the campaign, he made a ridiculous boast that 30 million new jobs would be created if he won the election

brag

(intransitive/transitive verb)

to boast in a way that annoys other people: brag about

.I wish she’d stop bragging about how rich her parents are

brag

(that)

.Kevin used to brag that he’d had dozens of girlfriends

blow your own trumpet British spoken /horn American spoken

(verb phrase)

to talk a lot about your achievements – used especially to say that you do not want to do this

Garrison has plenty of reasons to blow his own horn – his company has just shown record profits

crow

(intransitive verb)

to boast about something you have achieved, especially when other people have been less lucky or successful

crow about/over

.The crowd was crowing over Brazil’s easy victory in the match

name-drop

(intransitive verb)

to frequently mention the names of famous or important people that you have met or spoken to, to make people think that you know them very well

I found the Prince of Wales to actually be quite witty and charming, said Edwina, name-dropping

name-dropping

(uncountable noun)

.The book is full of name-dropping and gossip, but not much else

:Practice

: Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

.N1. Nordstrom and his supporters are still ………………..about winning the lawsuit
N2. I don’t want to ………….my own trumpet, but it was me who came up with the idea for the project in the first place
.N3. She’s always ………………about how clever her children are

:Answers

Crowing/ blow/ boasting