Reporting clauses in the passive

Riveting

pronunciation: ˈrɪvɪtɪŋ

kind of word: Adjective

Formal definition: completely engrossing

Informal definition: something that you like it.

Example:

- it´s a riverting book.

Synonym: 

• fascinating  
• gripping
• engrossing
• interesting
• intriguing

Song or video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekjIDGmvge8

Another link:

http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=riveting

Run out

Pronunciation: [rʌn- ˈau̇t] 

Kind of word: Phrasal verb

Formal definition:

"Have none left; to come to an end; to be finished; to become used up"

Informal definition:

" When you have finished all of something"

Examples:

• We ran out of shampoo so I had to wash my hair with soap.
• My car ran out of gas!

Related words:

• Depart
• Exhaust
• Expire
• Finish
• Lose
• Tire
• Waste
• Weaken
• Close
• Cease
• Dissipate

Song/video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S12un3amGMI

Link to another dictionary:

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/run

Reliant on

         

Pronunciation: [ri-lahy-uh nt on]

Kind of Word: adjective

Formal definition: having or showing dependence

Informal definition: When you feel very attached to something or someone.

Example: My mother is reliant on money

Related words: 

• attached 
• united.

Video link: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kidEK-_335Y

Link to another dictionary:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reliant%20?&o=100074&s=t

Raise

Pronunciation:/reɪz/ 

Kind of word:Verb

Formal definition:
"to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate"

Informal definition: 
 "promote the growth of something"

Example

• She raised her head and looked around

Related words

• Increment
• Advance
• Addition
• Promotion
• Boost
• Bump
• Hike

Song/video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkgxglgcJX4

Link to other dictionaries/sites
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/raise_1

Rewrite

Pronunciation: [verb ree-rahyt; noun ree-rahyt]

Kind of word: verb

Formal definition:

 "to write in a different manner, revise

Informal definition:

"write something againg"

Example:

• I started rewriting the history.

Related words

• Rework
• Redraft
• Edit

Song/video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCloR_0hT5g

Link to other dictionaries/sites
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/rewrite_1

Reject

Pronunciation: [ri-jekt]

Kind of word: Verb

Formal definition:

"To not agree to an offer, proposal or request; to refuse to accept (someone or something); rebuff"

Informal definition:
"Not accept a proposition"


Example

• To reject a job offer
• The other children rejected him. The publisher rejected the author'slatest novel.
• DNA profiling of newborns was rejected in the United Kingdom in 2005.

Related words

• Oppose
• Go against 
• Disagree
• Refuse
• Deny
• Repel
• Renounce

Song/video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cy6jCh6AIQ

Link to other dictionaries/sites
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/Rejected

Rehash

Pronunciation: (rē-hăsh′) 

Kind of word: Verb

Formal definition: 
To talk about or discuss ( somenthing ) again.
To reuse (old material) in a new form.

Informal definition: when you talk about somenthing again and again, but somenthing that you already know.

Examples:

• Some ​students ​merely rehash what they've ​heard in ​lectures.
• His new ​book is just a rehash (of his ​previous ​ones).

Related Words:

• Restate
• Reuse
• Change
• Discuss

Song/Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb8eXmFLMIQ

Link other dictionaries/sites:

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/rehash

Redefine

Pronunciation: (ˌrē-di-ˈfīn)

Kind of word: Verb

Formal definition:
 Give new meaning to

Informal definition: when you or someone think about somenthing but now in a different or new way.

Example:

• A really fantastic song might redefine what rock and roll can mean to people. 

Related Words:

• Readdress
• Reanalyze
• Review
• Reexplore
• Reconsider

Song/Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ST4nI3s_FU

Link other dictionaries/sites:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redefine

Reconnect

Pronunciation:(riːkəˈnɛkt)

Kind of word: Verb

Formal definition:

1    To link or be linked together again.
      Informal definition:
      Reestablish a bond of communication or emotion 

     With someone or with a situation.

     Examples:

•      If he could reconnect the continuity of himself, it would finally give the lie to the dream.
•      Holism had been an attempt to restore life to this universe and to reconnect human beings with it.

Related Words:

•      Reopen
•      Remake
•      Resume

Song/Video:

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE5rtNaaGN0

      Link other dictionaries/sites:

      http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reconnect

Recall

Pronunciation: (rĭ-kôl′) 

Kind of word: Verb

Formal definition:

1.    To ask or order to return. To remember; recollect.

      Informal definition:
       Bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one’s mind.
      Examples:

•      I don't recall her name.
•     Recalled all workers who had been laid off.

Related Words: 

•       Remember
•       Recollect

Song/Video:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3l7ZEKgNU

  

     Link other dictionaries/sites:

     http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recall