Vocabulary Building
1. broad / wide
‘Wide’ is the word most commonly used to talk about something that measures a long
distance from one side to the other.
EX
wide street
wide river
wide area
wide choice
‘Broad’ is more often used to talk about parts of the body
EX:
broad shoulders
broad smile
2. throw
toss
hurl
fling
chuck
lob
bowl
pitch
These words all mean to send something from your hand through the air.
throw to send something from your hand or hands through the air:
EX:
Some kids were throwing stones at the window.
She threw the ball and he caught it.
toss to throw something lightly or carelessly:
EX:
She tossed her jacket onto the bed.
hurl to throw something violently in a particular direction:
EX:
Rioters hurled a brick through the car’s windscreen.
fling to throw somebody/something somewhere with a lot of force, especially because
you are angry or in a hurry:
EX:
She flung the letter down onto the table.
I chucked him the keys.
lob (informal) to throw something so that it goes high through the air:
EX:
They were lobbing stones over the wall.
bowl (in cricket) to throw the ball to the batsman
pitch (in baseball) to throw the ball to the batter
Patterns
to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch something at/to somebody/something
to throw/toss/fling/chuck something aside/away
to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch a ball
to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck stones/rocks/a brick
to throw/toss/hurl/fling something angrily
to throw/toss something casually/carelessly