Beginner English Daily Reading: Rainbows and Natural Scenery After the Rain

noun

1. any of various card games based on whist for four players

2. a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

Synonym: span

3. an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands

Synonym: bridge deck

4. the link between two lenses
rests on the nose

Synonym: nosepiece

5. a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth

Synonym: bridgework

6. a wooden support that holds the strings up

7. a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected

Synonym: bridge circuit

8. the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose

e.g. her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose

9. something resembling a bridge in form or function

e.g. his letters provided a bridge across the centuries

noun

1. a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

Synonym: faeryfaeriefaysprite

2. offensive term for an openly homosexual man

Synonym: fagotfaggotfagnancepansyqueenqueerpoofpoovepouf

adv

1. quickly and without warning

e.g. he stopped suddenly

Synonym: abruptlyshortdead

2. happening unexpectedly

e.g. suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side

Synonym: all of a suddenof a sudden

3. on impulse
without premeditation

e.g. he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment
he made up his mind suddenly

Synonym: on the spur of the moment

noun

1. a flag that shows its nationality

Synonym: colours

2. a distinguishing emblem

e.g. his tie proclaimed his school colors

Synonym: colours