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Tools, Construction
 
Pictorial Vocabulary Guide
  The magician sawed the lady in half. Then he put her back together.
 
  This screw isn't screwed in all the way.
 
ditch
 
 hole
 
 trench
 
mine
 
 miner
 
    
dig -dug
 
bury - buried
 
  They dug a hole and buried the money.
 

materials
metal
 
 iron
 
steel
 
 lead
 
glass
 
 plastic
 
cardboard
 
    
part
 
 piece
 
cut - cut
 
tear - tore - torn
 
weld
 
  Let's cut the cake into 4 pieces.
 
  Not wanting anyone to see the note, she tore it up.
 
  Her jacket was torn.
 
  His finger was cut off by accident.
 
  Weld the metal together.
 
whole (adj.)
 
divide
 
split
 
share
 
  They split the board in half.
 
  Let's split the money between us.
 
  Let's divide the money three ways.
 
  I don't want to share it. I want all of it!
 
  He didn't share the pizza. He ate the whole thing.
 
straight (adj.)
 
 crooked (adj.)
 
bend -bent
 
fold
 
straighten
 
  He's so strong that he can bend a steel rod.
 
  She folded the document in half and put it in her pocket.
 
  Can you straighten this piece of metal?
 
engineer
 
 builder
 
hardware
 
 hardware shop
 
ruins
 
 construction site
 
build - built
 
construct
 
tear down - tore down
 
ruin
 
  Rome was not built in a day.
 
  They are constructing the tallest skyscraper in the world.
 
  They had to tear down the building.
 
  The fire ruined our carpet.