1st Vocabulary entry

1st Vocabulary entry

My theme's group was " The world of work", basically, we talked about the different jobs during the centuries ( since the 18th untill the present).

I understood most of the words and the sentences while the group was preparing the presentation, although I found hard to manage some of this words :

• Load
  

noun : anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.

verb (used with object) : to supply abundantly, lavishly, or excessively with something (often fol. by down): They loaded us down with gifts.

verb (used without object) : to put on or take on a load, as of passengers or goods: The bus usually loads at the side door.

adverb : loads, Informal. very much; a great deal: Thanks loads. It would help loads if you sent some money.

Idioms: to listen to with interest: Did you get a load of what she said?

• Hauled

v. tr. : To pull or drag forcibly; tug.

v. intr. : To shift direction: The wind hauled to the east.

Phrasal Verb(s) haul off Informal : To draw back slightly, as in preparation for initiating an action: "hauled off and smacked the hapless aide across the face" (Bill Barol);To shift operations to a new place; to move away.

• Shaft
  

noun : A long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows. OR. A rotating or oscillating round, straight bar for transmitting motion and torque, usually supported on bearings and carrying gears, wheels, or the like, as a propeller shaft on a ship, or a drive shaft of an engine.

verb (used with object) : to push or propel with a pole: to shaft a boat through a tunnel.

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/