Encircle meaning in English
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Definition
to encircle: to surround, to form a circle around (something)
Examples
- "Rupert : The Dutch Navy has encircled the boat, and is communicating with the pirates via loudspeaker."
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with words used in the broadcast!
This is a sum of money that criminals (for example hijackers) want in exchange for prisoners. "They wanted a massive in exchange for the President's son, whom they'd kidnapped."
This is a synonym for the term "surrounded". "The hotel is by very high mountains. It's so picturesque!"
This is a piece of equipment used to amplify a person's voice. "The was set at maximum: I wanted to make sure that the whole crowd would hear me."
This is an operation meaning "to save" someone or something. "My dog fell off the bridge and landed in the river. We needed the firemen to come and her."
This means to be "hurt", "harmed", or "wounded". "I was very badly whilst skiing last year. I fell 100 ft from the ski lift."
This is a sum of money that criminals (for example hijackers) want in exchange for prisoners. "They wanted a massive in exchange for the President's son, whom they'd kidnapped."
This is a synonym for the term "surrounded". "The hotel is by very high mountains. It's so picturesque!"
This is a piece of equipment used to amplify a person's voice. "The was set at maximum: I wanted to make sure that the whole crowd would hear me."
This is an operation meaning "to save" someone or something. "My dog fell off the bridge and landed in the river. We needed the firemen to come and her."
This means to be "hurt", "harmed", or "wounded". "I was very badly whilst skiing last year. I fell 100 ft from the ski lift."
Fill in the blanks with words used in the broadcast!
This is a sum of money that criminals (for example hijackers) want in exchange for prisoners. "They wanted a massive ransom 1 in exchange for the President's son, whom they'd kidnapped."
This is a synonym for the term "surrounded". "The hotel is encircled 2 by very high mountains. It's so picturesque!"
This is a piece of equipment used to amplify a person's voice. "The loudspeaker 3 was set at maximum: I wanted to make sure that the whole crowd would hear me."
This is an operation meaning "to save" someone or something. "My dog fell off the bridge and landed in the river. We needed the firemen to come and rescue 4 her."
This means to be "hurt", "harmed", or "wounded". "I was very badly injured 5 whilst skiing last year. I fell 100 ft from the ski lift."
This is a sum of money that criminals (for example hijackers) want in exchange for prisoners. "They wanted a massive ransom 1 in exchange for the President's son, whom they'd kidnapped."
This is a synonym for the term "surrounded". "The hotel is encircled 2 by very high mountains. It's so picturesque!"
This is a piece of equipment used to amplify a person's voice. "The loudspeaker 3 was set at maximum: I wanted to make sure that the whole crowd would hear me."
This is an operation meaning "to save" someone or something. "My dog fell off the bridge and landed in the river. We needed the firemen to come and rescue 4 her."
This means to be "hurt", "harmed", or "wounded". "I was very badly injured 5 whilst skiing last year. I fell 100 ft from the ski lift."
1 ransom: "Ransom" is the right answer. A "ransom" is an amount of money demanded (under threat) as payment for the release of a captured person. Here's another example: "The businessman paid the £4 million ransom for his son, but his captors killed him anyway. You can't trust criminals".
2 encircled: "Encircled" is the correct answer. Other useful synonyms for to "encircle" include "hem in" or in this context "cordon off". Some difficult phrasal verbs today! For example, "The police encircled the area. There was a suspicious package, so they called the bomb squad."
3 loudspeaker: "Loudspeaker" is the correct term here. A loudspeaker is a device that transforms a voice or electrical signals into loud sounds. It increases the volume and is useful when talking to a large group of people, for example at a demonstration or march.
4 rescue: "Rescue" is the right answer. To "rescue" means to "save" or to "recover from danger". Another example of this is: "After surviving three weeks on the side of the glacier by eating his fingers and toes, a helicopter finally came to rescue him."
5 injured: "Injured" is the term we were looking for. To "injure" here means to "hurt" or "cause bodily harm". It is used in the adjective form in the dialogue. The noun is "injury". (Don't forget it becomes "injuries" in the plural). You now know everything about this word!
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