Vocabulary
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shy and easily embarrassed
He was too bashful to talk about sex.
pry /praɪ/
inquire impertinently
I'm sick of you prying into my personal
life!
examine or enquire into closely
He didn't like the media probing into
his past.
The interviewer probed deep into her
private life.
Detectives questioned him for hours, probing for
any inconsistencies in his story.
The
article probes (= tries to describe and explain) the mysteries of nationalism
in modern Europe.
