HIDE
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5 minute practice in English
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Use the word ‘hide’ in conversation
(hide, hides, hid, hidden,
hiding, hideout, hideaway, hidey-hole, cowhide, hidebound)
I am glad we have got
away for a few days. I love watching birds.
We’ve worked so
hard sitting in the office. It is nice to sit in this little shelter. It hides
us away from the birds.
We have succeeded
in our work! Our business is making a
profit at last.
This is a great
hideout. It suits a holiday.
Nobody would
expect us to hide here in this hideaway. We are away from everyone
else.
I love the
sound of birds singing. This is a secret
place, like a hidey-hole when we
were children.
Have you told your
family where you are?
No. They would
be surprised that I am in a hide, a
shelter covered with leaves and twigs.
I hid my appointments book. Nobody will find that I am taking a rest.
My diary is hidden in my desk. I have hidden the keys too.
Our families do
not know how hard we’ve been working.
No. They need not know. They would worry.
I hid my business worries from my family.
I did not want them to worry.
I sometimes came home very tired. I felt someone had been beating me.
Yes, I felt that
my skin had been beaten, that I had had a beating, a hiding. I felt attacked by
hard work.
Anyway, we can rest now. I do like your
bird-watching hat and anorak.
My hat with leaves on top? I
can hide from the birds. They might not notice me.
Can you see those baby birds, those chicks?
They try to hide but I can see them.
That’s
disappointing!
I have to hide
my disappointment.
What is that loud noise? Moo, moo?
I can hear cattle!
Beautiful cows and calves in the
next field!
They have beautiful hides.
Yes, their leather skins are brown.
I hope they have not seen my brown leather boots.
Made of cowhide! Made of
leather! I prefer rubber boots in the
country.
Modern materials are good, but I prefer leather.
You are old-fashioned.
Very old-fashioned. I’m hidebound I
am like an old book. Old books had
leather covers. I won’t change.
Let’s keep quiet.
Why?
Those cows have birds on their
backs.
See the birds cleaning the hides. They are cleaning out
insect from the cows’ skins.
Let’s take photographs of these
cattle egrets.
The cattle are pleased that the egrets help them to
keep their hides clean.
We are hiding in this hide. They haven’t seen us.
They are on camera!
Snap!
We have been here long enough. Let us leave the hide and go back to our hotel for supper.
ENDS
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and a CD. There are other good
dictionaries.
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