Friday, March 8, 2019

#2 Dictionary

The article Apple needed a kick in the pants. Samsung just delivered it from CNN news (2/23/2019).
a kick in the pants phrase
an unwelcome surprise that prompts fresh effort:
The competition will be healthy, we need a kick in the pants.

gadget noun
a small device or machine with a particular purpose:
It's a clever little gadget which you can use to cut vegetables into attractive shapes.

morph verb
to develop a new appearance or change into something else, or to make something do this:
morph into
The river flooded its banks and morphed into a giant sea that swamped the town.

embed verb
to fix something firmly into a substance:
A piece of  glass was embedded in her hand.

penchant noun
a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do somethin:
→a/somebody's penchant for something
He has a penchant for adopting stray dogs.

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