How do you think you could best describe the words and phrases below? Consider the following techniques: bring in realia; mime it; draw a picture; show a flash card; make a sound; use a synonym; use an antonym; put the word in a sentence; define it; encourage students to use a monolingual dictionary; describe the word in the students' language (or ask them to look it up in their bilingual dictionary) . Provide brief details where appropriate, for ex what synonym you would use or how you would define the word. 


1.to be nervous?
2.a beard?
3.to wink?
4.a daisy
5.occasionally
6.tiny
7 boring
8.noise 
9.to let someone down
10.the truth