C2 5/2/20

Building Stories – Chris Ware

A ten-year-old boy

ˈhas-been noun [countable] informal   

someone who was important or popular but who has now been forgotten

tally /ˈtæli/ noun (plural tallies) [countable]   

a record of how much you have spent, won etc by a particular point in time

 -The final tally was $465,000.

tally verb (tallied, tallying, tallies)   

1 [intransitive] (also tally up) if numbers or statements tally, they match exactly

- Some of the records held by the accounts departments did not tally.

tally with

- The number of ballot papers did not tally with the number of voters.

tryst /trɪst, traɪst/ noun [countable] literary   

a meeting between lovers in a secret place or at a secret time – often used humorously

clog /klɒɡ $ klɑːɡ/ (also clog up) verb (clogged, clogging) [intransitive, transitive]   

to block something or become blocked

- tourists whose cars clog the roads each summer

clog with

- Over many years, the pipes had got clogged up with grease.