1.

Blindfold
: The hostage was tied up and blindfolded.

2.Insinuate
: The article insinuated that Mr. Kim would run for the election.

3. Head to
: Tourist headed to Santa monica.

The tourist headed to Santa Monica. 1 tourist
The tourists headed to Santa Monica. Many tourists. (Definite article- you are familiar
with these tourists)
Tourists head to Santa Monica every summer. (General statement, facts about tourists)


4. Head back
: All classmates headed back to Kaplan.
All the classmates headed back to Kaplan. (Definite article)
All of the students headed back to Kaplan. (Quantifier)

5. Stick close
: Please don't stick close to my knitting. This sentence sounds strange.
When my 5-year-old niece and 4-year-old nephew are walking on the sidewalk, I tell
them to stick close to each other because I want to make sure that I can see them, and I
dont want them to get kidnapped.

6. Back off
: As the polices approached, the crowd backed off.
As the police officers approached the crowd, they began to back off.
approach is a transitive verb so it needs an object

7. Cover
: The lecture covers lots of ground.

8. Handy
: iphone is very handy for me.
My iPhone is very handy.
iPhones are very handy.

9. dumpster
: The homeless always dig in the dumpster.
dig requires a preposition. You can use in or through
I cant believe you saw Cory digging through the dumpster yesterday.

10. make it
: The doctors think he will make it.

11. impale
: She had fallen and been impaled on some iron railings.
She had fallen and was impaled by some iron railings.


12. Stab
: He was stabbed to death in a racist attack.

13. Jerk
: The bus jerked to a halt. (This jerk refers to a sudden movement)
The definition for jerk that we talked about in class referred to a mean, rude person.
I cant believe that jerk dropped my iPhone in the toilet.

14. Hear out
: Please hear out.
Please hear me out. I need to tell you why I did what I did.
Please hear me out means please let me explain.

15. White lie
: Sometime taking a white lie makes world to be beautiful.
Sometimes telling a white lie makes the world appear/seem beautiful.

16. Talk me into
: My mother talked me into this.

17. Miscarriage
: Anne did miscarriage on 5th week.
You cannot do a miscarriage. Women have a miscarriage.
Unfortunately, Anne had a miscarriage during her 5
th
week of pregnancy.

18. Barely
: Barely 50% of the population voted.
I think that only sounds better hear.
Cory barely passed the level test by getting 70% on it.
I am so tired because I barely slept last night. We need at least 7 hours of sleep, but I only
got 3 hours of sleep last night.

Barely means just enough or just a small amount of something.

19. Collapse
: The roof of the gym was collapsed under weight of snow.
The gyms roof collapsed because of all the snow that was on it.

20. sham
: The latest crime rate is all sham.