My Beginner Experience and Insights Learning to Swim in Summer

adj

1. filled with regret or concern
used often to soften an unpleasant statement

e.g. I'm afraid I won't be able to come
he was afraid he would have to let her go
I'm afraid you're wrong

2. feeling worry or concern or insecurity

e.g. She was afraid that I might be embarrassed
terribly afraid of offending someone
I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict

3. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness

e.g. afraid of hard work
afraid to show emotion

noun

1. a vehicle carrying many passengers
used for public transport

e.g. he always rode the bus to work

Synonym: busautobuscharabancdouble-deckerjitneymotorbusmotorcoachomnibuspassenger vehicle

2. a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver

Synonym: four-in-handcoach-and-four

3. a railcar where passengers ride

Synonym: passenger carcarriage

4. a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)

Synonym: private instructortutor

5. (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team

Synonym: managerhandler

noun

1. a customary way of operation or behavior

e.g. it is their practice to give annual raises
they changed their dietary pattern

Synonym: pattern

2. translating an idea into action

e.g. a hard theory to put into practice
differences between theory and praxis of communism

Synonym: praxis

3. the exercise of a profession

e.g. the practice of the law
I took over his practice when he retired

4. systematic training by multiple repetitions

e.g. practice makes perfect

Synonym: exercisedrillpractice sessionrecitation

5. knowledge of how something is usually done

e.g. it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner