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My name is Anna and you're listening to week 19, day 3 of Your English 5 a Day, the second season.
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He clenched his fist as he ran, his knuckles tight and white.
He had scraped his knee on the pavement, but the adrenaline rushing through him made him keep going.
Behind him, a man shouted furiously, his voice full of anger.
Okay, I think it's time to discover today's vocabulary.
The first on our list is the noun fist.
Fist.
A fist is a hand that's closed with all your fingers and your thumb folded tightly in.
So there are a number of times when we make a fist.
The first thing that comes to mind is when we are angry.
When we're angry, we make a fist.
Sometimes people will use their fist as a weapon to punch with.
A fist.
Or you might make a fist.