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lastly mail
lastly adv. at the end; finally. Lastly, pour hoist to raise; lift up. The sailors will hoist
the batter into a cake pan and put it into the sails to begin the trip.
the oven. raise to put up; lift up. We had to raise our
finally at last; at the end. We finally found hand if we wanted a turn.
the missing ring.
list v. to write or print in a column. List the
learn v. to gain skill or knowledge in. We spelling words on your paper.
learn spelling in school. enter to write or print in a book. You need
acquire to obtain. She wants to acquire the to enter the addresses by the names.
skills to read another language. record to write or put in some form. The
master to become skillful; to learn. He can scorekeeper will record each score.
master the addition facts.
study to try to learn by thinking, reading, little adj. small. An elephant is big, and
and practicing. We study many subjects in an ant is little.
school. brief lasting a short time; little. A brief
meeting was held.
leave v. to go away; to go from. The train small not large; little. The hummingbird is a
will leave in ten minutes. very small bird.
abandon to leave and not return. The tiny very little; wee. The tiny ladybug sat on
people were told to abandon the ship. the leaf.
desert to leave without notice. The officer antonyms: big, large
will not desert her post.
antonym: arrive load n. something that is carried. The load
was too heavy for the small car.
lesson n. something to be taught or learned. cargo goods sent by plane or ship. The
My brother is taking his violin lesson. cargo was unloaded from the plane.
exercise something that gives practice. The freight goods carried by plane, truck, ship,
assignment was a math exercise. or train. The dock worker sent the freight
lecture a planned speech on a topic. The by truck.
lecture was on safety. shipment goods sent together to a company
or person. The shipment arrived this
letter n. a symbol for a sound. Z is the morning.
twenty-sixth letter in our alphabet.
character letter, mark, or sign used in writing.
What is the Chinese character for “happy”? M M M
symbol something that stands for
something else. The + sign is a symbol
used in math. mail v. to send by mail; to place in a
mailbox. Did you mail my letter?
lift v. to raise from a lower to a higher send to cause or order to go. The principal
position. This box is too heavy for me to lift. might send the children home early
elevate to raise up; lift. The worker used because of the storm.
the crane to elevate the heavy beam to the transmit to send; to pass along. The clerk
top of the building. will transmit the order by computer.
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