English #5

1. Pelt

- To bombard
   Example : They pelted the attacking army with bullets

- To throw
   Example : The children pelted apples at us

- To rain or hail heavily
Example : As the rain pelts down the taxi windows, I am glad that I am not struggling with wet umbrellas along the streets.

2. Heirlooms - A valued possession that has been passed down through the generation

Example : Aina bring along the heirlooms to be valued by the expert of the Antique Records.

3. Limply- without support and resistance

Example : The flag hung limply in the still air.

4. Proverbial - well-known, famous, cliche

Example : I grew up on a house on Main Street in 1950s, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family

5. Maidenhead- virgin

Example : She is still a maidenhead eventhough she was married to someone for the last 5 months

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