āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨
a narrow opening
02
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ, āĻāĻžāĻĻ
a difference, particularly an unwanted one, causing separation between two people, situations, or opinions
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Their political differences created a gap in their once-close friendship.
03
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻā§āĻ¯
a clear difference between two amounts, numbers, or groups
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
There is a noticeable gap in test scores between urban and rural schools.
āĻļāĻšā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨
an empty space between two things or within something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She jumped across the narrow gap between the two buildings.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
05
āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ
a pause or break that interrupts something from continuing smoothly
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The speaker 's long gap between sentences made the audience feel uneasy.
āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
06
āĻāĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒāĻĨ, āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ
a pass between mountain peaks
07
āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ, āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨
an empty or unpronounced position within a sentence or phrase, typically representing a missing word or element that is implied or understood from the context
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The grammar exercise required students to fill in each gap with the correct verb.
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
08
āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ, āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋ
an opportunity for a product or service that is not currently available
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She noticed a gap in the tech industry for user-friendly devices.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§-āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻŦ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
to gap
01
āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to create a space or opening in something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Heavy winds gapped the fence, leaving an opening for animals to escape.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻž āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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