Two Stories about Flying
Language: 'black', 'fly' and words for flight
Use 'black' and 'fly' in their different meanings.
Many meanings of 'black'. Read the sentence to find the meaning:
- the darkest colour: 'black mountains';
- without light: 'Inside the clouds, everything was black';
- very dirty: 'your hands are absolutely black';
- angry: 'a black look';
- very evil: 'the blackest crimes';
- grimly funny: 'black comedy';
- illegal: 'sell in black';
- badly bruised: 'beaten black and blue'.
Two meanings of 'fly'. 'I was flying my old Dakota' means controlling a plane. 'He was afraid to fly' means moving through the air with wings.
Phrases with 'fly'.
- fly a flag: put it up on a pole;
- fly into a rage: suddenly become very angry;
- fly along: move quickly;
- fly high: be very successful;
- fly the coop: escape.
Words that mean almost 'fly'. swoop, flit, flutter, float, skim, dart, hover, glide, soar, sail, flap. Words like 'paddle', 'sink' and 'stay' do not fit.
The sentence around a word tells you its meaning.
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