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Lesson Four Waiting for a Taxi stammer : to speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds, either because you have a speech problem, or because you are nervous, excited etc synonym stutter --- Whenever he was angry he would begin to stammer slightly. ---- Ben stammered out an apology. 2. marvel: to feel or express great surprise or admiration at something, especially someones behaviour --- The man is a genius, marvelled Claire. marvel at/over --- I marvelled at my mothers ability to remain calm in a crisis. --- Visitors to Rome marvel over the beauty of the city. marvel that --- I marvelled that anyone could be so stupid. 3. Metro: a railway system that runs under the ground below a city 4. devour: 1) to eat something quickly because you are very hungry The boys devoured their pancakes. 2) to read something quickly and eagerly, or watch something with great interest He devoured science fiction books as a teenager. 3) be devoured by something to be filled with a strong feeling that seems to control you Cindy felt devoured by jealousy. 5. concession: something that you allow someone to have in order to end an argument or a disagreement see also concede concession to a policy of no concessions to terrorists The British were not prepared to make any concessions ----- concession stand: a small business that sells food, drinks, or other things at sports events, theatres etc Crepe: also crape 1). Light, soft, thin cloth, with very small folded lines on the surface, made from cotton, silk, wool, etc. 2). Tightly pressed rubber used esp. for making the bottoms of shoes 3) a very thin pancake extol: to praise something very much extol the virtues/benefits etc of something --- a speech extolling the merits of free enterprise seductive: 1) someone, especially a woman, who is seductive is sexually attractive -- She used all of her seductive charm to try and persuade him. 2) something that is seductive is very interesting or attractive to you, in a way that persuad