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Actions & Events — Lesson 48
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blow
bloʊ
A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon — can you blow up the balloon?
Blow out the candles on the birthday cake.
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blowing
ˈbloʊɪŋ
Processing that involves blowing a gas — the wind is blowing hard today.
The wind is blowing hard today.
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blowout
ˈbloʊaʊt
An easy victory — the team celebrated after their blowout victory.
We had a blowout on the highway and had to call a tow truck.
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blows
bloʊz
A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon — she struck the table with three sharp blows.
The boxer landed several powerful blows to his opponent's face.
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blowup
ˈbloʊʌp
A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction — the blowup happened without any warning.
The blowup happened without any warning.
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blunder
ˈblʌndər
An embarrassing mistake — the marketing campaign was a complete blunder.
He made a terrible blunder by trusting the wrong person.
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blunders
ˈblʌn.dɚz
An embarrassing mistake — his spelling blunders made the report hard to read.
The politician made several embarrassing blunders during the interview.
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boating
ˈboʊtɪŋ
Water travel for pleasure — she enjoys boating and sailing.
We went boating on the lake last weekend.
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bobble
ˈbɑbəl
The momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball — the child's coat was trimmed with a soft bobble.
The winter hat had a bright red bobble on the top.
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bobbles
ˈbɑːbəlz
The momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball — the scarves had cute little bobbles at the ends.
She wore a hat with a red bobble on top.
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boiling
ˈbɔɪlɪŋ
The application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas — the water is boiling, so be careful.
It's boiling today—I can't believe how hot it is!
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bombings
ˈbɑːmɪŋz
An attack by dropping bombs — the bombings killed dozens of people.
The bombings killed dozens of people.
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