Language Activator – clumsy

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 clumsy را بررسی خواهیم کرد.

:Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

clumsy / all fingers and thumbs / accident-prone / klutz

.N1. I was so shy and …………………………… when I was seventeen

.N2. Can you sew this button on for me? I’m all fingers and ……………………… this morning

.N3. Lots of kids are …………………………………… but they soon grow out of it

.N4. ‘Look what you’ve done, you silly ……………………!’ Nathan said angrily

:Answers

N1. clumsy
N2. thumbs
N3. accident-prone
N4. klutz

:clumsy (adjective)

someone who is clumsy does things in a careless way and often breaks things or has accidents

.I was so shy and clumsy when I was seventeen

:be all thumbs also be all fingers and thumbs (verb phrase)

to have difficulty doing something with your hands, especially because you are in a hurry or feel nervous

.Can you sew this button on for me? I’m all fingers and thumbs this morning

:accident-prone

often has accidents or breaks things

.Lots of kids are accident-prone but they soon grow out of it

:klutz (countable noun)

American informal someone who annoys you because they do things in a careless way and often break things or have accidents

.‘Look what you’ve done, you silly klutz!’ Nathan said angrily