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Grammar: duration, p. 29

Boast 1 /bəʊst/ verb

1 PRIDE [ I , T ] to talk with too much pride about what you have done or what you own

I wish she would stop boasting about her exam results.

[ + that ] Liam boasted that he owned two sports cars.

2 HAVE [ T ] If a place boasts something good, it has it.

New York boasts some of the best museums in the world.

Big-head‧ed

Informal someone who is big-headed thinks they are very important, clever etc - used to show disapproval

Kind of

Informal-> used when you are trying to explain or describe something, but you cannot be exact

It's kind of unusual.

mussel /ˈmʌs ə l/ noun [ C ]

[ FOOD ] a small sea creature that has a black shell in two parts and that can be eaten

muscle 1 /ˈmʌsl/ noun

1 BODY [ ANATOMY , BIOLOGY ] [ C , U ] one of many pieces of tissue in the body that are connected to bones and which produce movement by becoming longer or shorter

aching joints and muscles

stomach/thigh muscles

I think I may have pulled (= injured) a muscle .