Vocabulary on 11th May 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #WITH_ITS_FINGERNAILS, 2. #ON_A_KNIFE’S_EDGE]
Word Meanings:
1. WITH ITS FINGERNAILS= Continuing to do something in a
very difficult situation;
2. ON A KNIFE’S EDGE = In a difficult or worrying situation
of which the result is very uncertain; in a dangerous or important situation in
which two very different results are possible;
Sentences:
1. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, vowed to
defy US objections, saying that Israel would fight on “WITH ITS FINGERNAILS” if
necessary.
2. “A massive ground attack in Rafah would lead to [an] epic
humanitarian disaster and pull the plug on our efforts to support people as
famine looms,” the UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned during a
visit to Nairobi, adding that the situation in the southern Gaza city was “ON A
KNIFE’S EDGE”.
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