Saturday, March 17, 2012

Cognate of the day

to scale

Definition

to climb up a steep surface, such as a wall or the side of a mountain, often using special equipment
The prisoner scaled the high prison wall and ran off.

5 comments:

Levi Ramos said...

For 10 medals, fill in the blanks with THE ONE word which will complete all the sentences!


It's a great guitar that deserves to scale considerable __________.

INVESTMENT in safety has scaled new __________ at Courtaulds Chemicals in the UK with a massive 6,000 man days per year now devoted to training.

it seems you are destined to scale new __________ and what takes place on November 3 will put you firmly in the big league and back in the money again.

Bruno Lamas said...

notes?

Levi Ramos said...

Nope... Keep on trying! Don't give up!!!

Ana Araujo said...

Well, I guess we say "scale new heights", right?

Levi Ramos said...

Absolutely right!!! Ten medals on the way!!!