Vocab-ability Prefix–315 (semi__ = half) – A More Powerful Vocabulary (earn UpVotes with “Vocab Practice” exercise)
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MY VOCAB PRACTICE
The rainbow formed a perfect semicircle that could be clearly seen from the horizon.
After being hit on the head he was only semiconscious he could walk, but he tended to go in circles.
The building is a semi detached bungalow.
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My Vocab Practice
1.- One of the strategies that we use in my school from the preschool is to place the students in rows forming a semicircle. That way we have more visual contact with the students and more interaction with them!
2.-In the early hours of the morning, the phone rang and when I answered, I was so sleepy that I was semiconscious and I do not remember what I said.
3.- Their conversation was heard through the walls of their semidetached house despite the fact that they spoke in low voices.
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If you live in a semidetached house, just ask your neighbors what you said on the phone in the early hours of the morning. They probably heard you.... loud and clear!
MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
We used to stay in a semicircle when we were playing that game.
After that car accident, he arrived semiconscious to the hospital.
Their dreaming house was a semidetached one.
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Anyone who dreams of a semidetached house will suffer nightmares.
MY VOCAB PRACTICE
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MY VOCAB PRACTICE
The mathematics teacher told his students that they can simply divide the equation for a circle by two in order to derive the area of a semicircle.
After the operation to remove a malignant tumour in the liver, my grandfather remained in a semiconscious state for about two days.
The row of colonial semidetached houses in a quiet part of the city exuded rustic charm.
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Colonialism sucks ... but you godda appreciate some of the rustic charm it leaves in its wake.
MY VOCAB PRACTICE
Semicircle
In late summer night, we made big semicircle around the fire.
Semiconscious
Half an hour after I chewed my friend's mushrooms, I was only semiconscious.
Semidetached
My friend's single family dwelling house in Italy looks like a villa to me.
Please Re-Read rules #5 and #6. Then revise as necessary. Thanks.
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