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Vocabulary: sight - English lesson

Eyes, and sight give a lot of vocabulary and have an important part in our daily conversation.

1) The anatomy of the human eye:

2) Eyes, sight: basic vocabury:

To be crossed-eyed	To be one-eyed
To be long-sighted	To be short-sighted
To be blind (visually impaired/challenged)	To play blind man's buff

3) What can my eyes do?

To look at something	To blink
To cry=> tears	A black eye

4) The different ways to look:

To look up	To look up to= to respect, admire
To look down	Look down on= to despise
To gape= stare in wonder	To gaze= look steadily, intently
To glance= look quickly, briefly	To glare = to stare angrily
To glimpse= look briefly	To squint= Look with eyes partly closed
To peep= through a small opening	To peer= make an effort to see clearly
To stare= to look fixedly	To look at a view = to admire a view

5) More vocabulary...

* A red-eye flight is any flight departing late at night and arriving early the next morning.( + the time difference!) The term red-eye comes from the fatigue symptom of having red eyes because of a lack of sleep.

6) ... and a few expressions...

A few idioms mention both people's eyes and sight!

- He did it in the twinkling of an eye = To do something very quickly.

- She was so pretty that all eyes were on her! = Everyone was looking at her...

- You're the apple of my eye! =You're very dear, precious to me!

- We have a bird's eye view! = A panoramic view, seen from far above.

- An eye for an eye ! = Some sort of revenge or retribution...

- Out of sight, out of mind! = Far from someone, you easily forget...

That was a very long lesson, but quite an easy one, after all! You just have to learn a little... You must be ready for the test... Go for it! I'm sure you'll do very well !

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1. When I saw Tom, he was blinkinggapingpeepingI don't know through the keyhole of the Master’s office. That was really rude…
2. Look at these kids … They’re playing hide and seekleapfrogblind man's buffI don't know! Do you think the little girl is going to recognize the little boy she has caught?
3. I know she was joking when she said that sentence… She glared toblinked atlooked down onI don't know me and smiled.
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5. The kids were pretending to play wrestling and one of them ended up with a red eyea bull's eyea black-eyeI don't know !
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7. This man with sun glasses has bushy eyeballseyebrowspupilsbird's eyeI don't know above them. He looks like a detective.
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10.I’ve been blindshort-sightedred-eyedI don't know from birth. Now, with age, I’m slowly becoming in sightlong-sightedblindblinkingI don't know and will soon be able to give up my glasses.