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The eyes of a cat called Joyeux.

A cat named Joyeux watches his prey. Joyeux is a French word meaning Joyous in English. The feminine form of the word, Joyeuse, was the name Emperor Charlemagne (748-814) gave to his mighty sword. The Joyeuse Garde or Garde-Joyeuse, however, was thoroughly English: according to Thomas Malory, it was the name of the estate that King Arthur granted to Sir Lancelot for defending Queen Guinevere’s honour against Sir Mador. Malory seems to have imagined it to lie in North East England, perhaps at Bamburgh, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Northumbria.

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Exercises

Verbs of Seeing

Use your own sentences to distinguish glance from gaze, or peer from perceive.

By Clay Lane

Exercises (34) Verbs (7) Vocabulary (15)

Introduction

The verbs below all indicate some use of the eyes. Use each one in a sentence, in such a way as to make its meaning clear and distinguish it from the other words in the list. Some topics have been suggested underneath.

The words in this puzzle are taken randomly from a list of 26 common words.

1. Catch sight of. 2. Discern. 3. Examine. 4. Eye. 5. Gaze. 6. Glance. 7. Glare. 8. Glimpse. 9. Drink in. 10. Inspect. 11. Look. 12. Notice. 13. Observe. 14. Peek. 15. Peer. 16. Peep. 17. Perceive. 18. Recognise. 19. Scan. 20. Sight. 21. Spot. 22. Spy. 23. Stare. 24. Study. 25. View. 26. Watch.

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