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Glimpse Glimpse: v.[T]; n[C] v.[T]; 1. to see someone or something for a mome

nt without getting a complete view of them: I glimpsed her face in the crowd, but then she was gone.

2. to begin to understand something for a moment: He glimpsed the despair that she must have felt.

n[C]: 1.a sight of someone or something that you only have for a short time and that is not complete: get/catch a glimpse of

2. A short of experience of something that helps you begin to understand it: a glimpse of/into

Glance:V. 1. to quickly look at someone or something once:

+ at/towards/up etc. He glanced nervously at his watch. 2. to read something very quickly. +at/over/etc. n. 1. a quick look: give/take/shoot/throw a glance

at; exchange glances 2. at a glance: if you know something at a glance,

you know it as soon as you see it, He’ll be able to tell if the diamonds are genuine at

a glance.

Glimpse &Glance Word Choice: glance, have/take a quick look,

glimpse, catch/get a glimpse of If you Glance at sth., you look at it quickly. In spoken English you often use Have/Take

a (quick) look. If you Glimpse (or more commonly Catch/G

et a glimpse of) someone of something, you see them by chance, for a very short time: I can’t describe him well, I only caught a glimpse of him as he drove off.

Immigrant & Emigrant Emigrant: someone who leaves their own

country to live in another. Emigrate: to leave your own country in order

to live in another. Immigrant: someone who comes from

abroad to live permanently in another country.

Immigrate: to come into a country in order to live there permanently.

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