English English Dictionary
- ascent in English:
1. going up
food prices has been going up for month
Is the cost living going up in your country?
2. the act or process of rising or going upward
English word "ascent"(the act or process of rising or going upward) occurs in sets:
FCE (appeal to - ...)3. climb
Monkeys climb trees.
I've botched things up so bad I wish I could find a hole to climb into.
In the past I used to vote the Democratic ticket, but from now on I'll climb on the Republicans' bandwagon.
The priest seems to make it a practice to climb on the underdog's bandwagon and persuade the other side to compromise.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we WILL get there.
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
If a high hill stood between A and B, it was important to decide whether the line should climb over it, pierce it with a tunnel, or make a detour to avoid it.
Shimamura, while he was in the inn's entrance, looked at the nearby mountain bathed in the strong smell of fresh leaves and went to climb the mountain as if drawn by this smell.
I know better than to climb mountains in winter without making all necessary preparations beforehand.
The three animals tried to help the old man, the monkey using its ability to climb to collect fruit and nuts, and the fox catching fish in the stream to bring to him.
Lately it's not so fashionable to measure success by how far you climb up the corporate ladder.
population climbed to over one milion by 1980;
Nobody expected such a rapid dollar climb.
There are people who climbed Mount Everest 10 or 11 times!
After that, internal temperature begins to climb rapidly.
English word "ascent"(climb) occurs in sets:
crying, screaming, throwing up24. descent
We're going to begin the descent for Honolulu.
He's of Irish descent.
Half of my family is of Norwegian descent.
I met them during my descent from the peak.
These children are born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
We are beginning our descent.
Going up the mountain took 10 hours, but the descent was only 4 hours.
awoke on the descent into Chicago
She's a woman of mixed/French descent.
The sun starting its lazy descent.
With her blond hair, blue eyes and fair skin complexion she looked like she was of Scandinavian descent.
he plane had gone into a steep descent; the settlers were of Cornish descent
It is estimated that over 80 million people worldwide are of Irish descent.
Even experienced trekkers had problems with the steep, slippery descent.
The descent to hell is easy.
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