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2. outline n 1) lines showing shapes or boundary, as an outline map (of Africa, Europe, etc.); the outline (outlines) of a building

(trees, mountains), e. g. Lanny could hardly make out the outlines of the big house in the dark. 2) a general statement of the chief

points of smth., as an outline of a composition (a lecture, a book); in outline done roughly, told briefly, e. g. Bosinney showed Soames

the design of the house in outline. I can tell you the article in outline.

outline vt to give the main points of, as to outline a certain historical period (events, etc.); to be outlined against smth. to stand out against smth., e. g. She was outlined against the sky.

3. rough adj 1) (of surfaces) uneven, irregular, coarse, as rough paper, a rough road, rough hair; 2) moving or acting violently, not

calm, mild, or gentle, as a rough sea, a rough crossing, a rough day, a rough child, rough luck; 3) unskilled; incomplete, not perfect,

as a rough sketch, a rough translation; a rough diamond an uncut diamond; fig. a good-hearted but uncultured fellow; 4) (of conduct or

speech) rude; uncivil, as rough reply, rough words; a rough tongue rude angry speech; 5) (of sounds) harsh, discordant, as a rough

voice; syn. coarse, rude, harsh.

4. eye n 1) the part of the body with which we see, e. g. We see with our eyes. It was so interesting that I couldn't take (keep) my

eyes off it. to keep an eye on to watch carefully, e. g. Cook asked me to keep an eye on the meat while she was away, to open a person's

eyes to smth. to bring it to his notice, e. g. His words opened my eyes to their relations, to make eyes at (a person) to look lovingly at; to see eye to eye with a person to see smth. in the same way, agree entirely with, e. g. I regret I don't see eye to eye with you on that

subject, the apple of one's eye thing or person dearly loved, e. g. His daughter is the apple of his eye. with an eye to with a view to,

hoping for, e. g. I didn't come here for pleasure but with an eye to business, to close one's eyes to to refuse to see, e. g. You should close your eyes to her misbehaviour, to run one's eyes over (through) to glance at, examine quickly, e. g. He quickly ran his eyes over the

page, to have an eye for to be able to see well or quickly, as to have an eye for beauty; 2) a thing like an eye, as the hole in the end of a needle, an electronic eye.

eye vt to watch carefully, as to eye a person with suspicion.

5. wonder vt/i 1) to be anxious to know, e. g. I wonder who he is (what he wants, why he is late, whether he'll come, if it is correct,

how you can be so tactless as to say that...). Who is he I wonder? What does he want I wonder? 2) to be surprised, e. g. I wonder at

your saying that.

wonder n cause of surprise; a remarkable thing, e. g. Manned flights to space are the wonder of modern science. Her eyes are the

wonder. A wonder lasts but nine days. ( proverb) She had worked unsparingly at this task. It is no wonder that she overstrained