marshals

Everyday

1. (noun) Officials who organise people at a big event, such as a race, parade or festival, and keep them safe. tree →
2. (noun, US) Law officers who catch criminals and help the courts, like the US Marshals; in old Western stories, a town marshal is like a sheriff. tree →
3. (noun) Very high-ranking army or air-force officers, such as a field marshal. tree →
4. (verb) «Marshals» = he or she gathers and organises people or things, such as ideas or soldiers. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, marshals in high-vis jackets guide runners, cars and crowds at fun runs, car races and festivals. In history and Western stories, marshals keep law and order. In English lessons, a writer marshals arguments in an essay. Phrases: race marshals, US Marshals, field marshal, marshal your thoughts.

Examples

• The marshals waved flags to guide the runners. tree →
• Marshals in yellow jackets showed us where to park. tree →
• The US Marshals caught the escaped prisoner. tree →
• In the Western, the marshal faced the outlaws alone. tree →
• Before the debate, she marshals her ideas on a card. tree →
• The teacher marshals the children into lines for the fire drill. tree →
• Field marshals led huge armies in the war. tree →

Note

Spelling trap: «marshal» has one «l» at the end; «martial» (as in martial arts) is different; «Marshall» with double «l» is usually a name. UK verb forms: marshalled, marshalling; US: marshaled, marshaling.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Nahum says the mighty officers of Nineveh will flee and disappear. Tradition reads this as a warning that a proud empire will fall. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, marshals in high-vis jackets guide runners, cars and crowds at fun runs, car races and festivals. In history and Western stories, marshals keep law and order. In English lessons, a writer marshals arguments in an essay. Phrases: race marshals, US Marshals, field marshal, marshal your thoughts.

Examples

• Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the walls in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. (Prophets NAM.3.17, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Spelling trap: «marshal» has one «l» at the end; «martial» (as in martial arts) is different; «Marshall» with double «l» is usually a name. UK verb forms: marshalled, marshalling; US: marshaled, marshaling.