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Singer Tom Jones has health scare

Singer Sir Tom Jones is admitted to hospital in Monaco after calling off a concert on doctor's orders, but his aides deny press reports of a heart scare.


scare
(skâr)

v., scared, scar·ing, scares. v.tr.
To strike with sudden fear; alarm. See synonyms at frighten.

v.intr.
To become frightened: a child who scares easily.

n.

1. A condition or sensation of sudden fear.
2. A general state of alarm; a panic: a bomb scare that necessitated evacuating the building.

adj.
Serving or intended to frighten people: scare stories; scare tactics.

phrasal verb:
scare up Informal.

1. To gather or prepare with considerable effort or ingenuity: managed to scare up some folding chairs for the unexpected crowd.

[Middle English skerren, scaren, from Old Norse skirra, from skjarr, timid.]

scarer scar'er n.

scarecrow

Pronunciation: /ˈskɛːkrəʊ/

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noun

• an object made to resemble a human figure, set up to scare birds away from a field where crops are growing.
• informal a person who is very badly dressed, odd-looking, or thin: a gaunt little scarecrow in threadbare workhouse clothes she has reduced herself to a scarecrow [as modifier]:scarecrow tatters
• archaic an object of baseless fear.

threadbare

 

音節

thréad • bàre

[形]

1 〈織物・服が〉すり切れた, 着古した.

2 〈人が〉すり切れた服を着た；みすぼらしい(shabby)；あわれな.

3 〈議論・冗談などが〉陳腐な, 古くさい, ありふれた.

4 貧弱な, お粗末な

a threadbare existence
空疎な人生.

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Pronunciation: /ˈwəːkhaʊs 

  

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Definition of workhouse in English:

NOUN

1historical (In the UK) a public institution in which thedestitute of a parish received board and lodging in return for work.

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

2US A prison in which petty offenders are expected to work.