PowerTalk Language Consultancy - Uma consultoria de idiomas, aulas e traduções. Inglês e Chinês Mandarim

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Word of the Day.

bag 
 
Function: verb [with object]

Inflected forms:
bags; bagged; bagging

Meanings:
1 : to put (something) into a bag
Example:
<He got a job bagging groceries.>

2 : to kill or catch (an animal) while hunting, fishing, etc.
Examples:
<The hunters bagged five deer altogether.>
<We bagged ten fish today.>

3 informal : to get (something desired)
Examples:
<She's expected to bag the award for the team’s most valuable player.>
<I bagged the last seat so everyone else had to stand.>

4 US, informal : to give up or leave (something)
Examples:
<She decided to bag her job and move to the country.>
<He finally bagged his acting career and went back to school.>

No comments:

Post a Comment