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Olindalima ( F )
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Vocabulary help
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 Hello, can you help me, what do you call that thing the boy has got in his pocket, unfortunately used to catch small birds?
Thanks in advance.
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23 Mar 2009
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Londonthanhhoa
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Luckily, I downloaded a worksheet this morning and it included a picture like this
PLAY WITH A SLINGSHOT
Hope this help |
23 Mar 2009
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moravc
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we call it sling or sligshot
catapult - the bigger one...
hope it helps
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23 Mar 2009
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Ajka_86
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a slingshot
(I�ve removed the second word, you are right - a catapult is much bigger ;) )
Sorry !
Regards
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23 Mar 2009
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Olindalima ( F )
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Thanks a lot, all of you. I knew the word catapult, but I thought it was used just for bigger devices, not this kind. The slingshot is new for me.
Thanks a lot, everyone, yuo are always round the corner.
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23 Mar 2009
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eng789
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I am pretty sure that a catapult is much much bigger/ won �t fit in a pocket and was used to knock down walls with huge rocks or shoot stuff over walls. You need a few men to move it. |
23 Mar 2009
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Olindalima ( F )
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Hi, eng789
Well, it seems that you agree with me, I also had that idea, but I didn �t know what word should I use referring to this picture; so, let �s wait for some more opinions. Thanks a lot.
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23 Mar 2009
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Damielle
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Here you have the pictures. Is this what you are looking for??
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23 Mar 2009
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Olindalima ( F )
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Yes, Damielle,
that �s it; thank you all.
BTW, have you checked your email, yesterday?
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23 Mar 2009
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wolfy
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Yes slingshot although I �ve used just "sling" before (back in the days when I had one) |
23 Mar 2009
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Damielle
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Oh my dear wolfy!!! it could be risky to say that you used to have one!!!!  I think that you shouldn �t mention it to your students, some may not even know that the "sling" ever existed!!!  they may look for the "wires" and the "chip" somewhere in the sling!!!
Do you know that some educators engaged in a research study asked a group of primary school students to draw a chicken.
So they daw a roasted chicken ....
instead of a live one... 
The reason: they had never seen a live chicken!!!!! |
23 Mar 2009
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