Tuesday, December 23, 2008

American History

1)settlement (noun) /"setlmënt/
* official agreement [countable]

an official agreement or decision that ends an argument, a court case, or a fight, or the action of making an agreement

-->Hopes grew that a workable peace settlement might emerge.


2)shell (verb) [transitive]

* to fire shells from large guns at something:

-->The army has been shelling the town since yesterday.

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