2. Flashcards
(130 cards)
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“power lines from South Africa were … by….”
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sabotaged/rebel forces
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This was … (ý định) sabotage the ceasefire.
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a deliberate attempt to
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He … (= very many) letters from listeners following the show.
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got sackful of
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The invaders sacked every village they …. (đi qua)
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passed on their route
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It’s late - I’m going to…(đi ngủ)
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sack out
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nhảy bao bối
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sack race
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đau xương chậu
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sacral pain
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an important religious ceremony in the Christian Church, such as baptism or communion
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sacrament
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a belief, custom, etc. that people support and do not question or criticize:
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sacred cow
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in a way that is connected with religion
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sacredly
He said he wanted to be buried sacredly with his loved ones.
The Sabbath was always sacredly observed.
We stand by our right to criticize ideas, no matter how sacredly they are held.
I paid for this trip and it should be sacredly respected.
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hy sinh rất nhiều
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They cared for their disabled son for 27 years, at great personal sacrifice.
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kể thể thân
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He was a sacrificial lamb to a system that destroyed him.
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không tôn trọng
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Muslims consider it sacrilege to wear shoes inside a mosque.
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treating something holy or important without respect:
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sacrilegious practices/acts
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thought to be too important or too special to be changed
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I’m willing to help on any weekday, but my weekends are sacrosanct.
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boring and never likely to be successful:
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He’s just some sad-sack writer trying to get a book published.
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to make someone sad:
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It saddens me to think
We are deeply saddened by this devastating tragedy.
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they have suffered but they have also learned something from it.
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sadder but wiser
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in charge or in control:
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back in the saddle
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to give someone a responsibility or problem that they do not want and that will cause them a lot of work or difficulty:
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The company is saddled with debt.
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getting pleasure, sometimes sexual, by being cruel to or hurting another person
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sadistic behaviour/pleasure
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His air of kindness and sagacity… him.
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tempts people to confide in
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wise, especially as a result of great experience:
my sage old grandfather
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to succeed very easily in something, especially a test:
You can't expect to just sail through without doing any work.
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something that is unlikely to succeed because most people would oppose it:
He's sailing against the wind in his attempt to
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to do something that is dangerou
You were sailing a little close to the wind there when you made those remarks about his wife.
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facts about something or qualities of something are the most important things
summarize the salient features/points
presented the salient facts
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containing salt of the amount of salt contained in
very high salinity levels
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very friendly and straightforward
It's a community with a great sense of pride, full of salt of the earth people.
He's a salt-of-the-earth type with absolutely no pretentions.
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health-giving.
"the salutary Atlantic air"
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to make something socially or officially acceptable:
a practice sanctified by many years of tradition
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acting as if morally better than others:
sanctimonious
"what happened to all the sanctimonious talk about putting his family first?"
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The government was reluctant to ... intervention in the crisis.
sanction
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something that causes a problem or prevents something from happening as it should:
Falling house prices are the sand in the gears that are causing growth to grind to a halt.
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extremely violent and involving a lot of blood and injuries:
sanguinary
It was the most sanguinary and expensive war in modern times.
The film moves with a furious momentum toward its sanguinary conclusion.
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clean and not dangerous for your health
Cholera thrives in poor sanitary conditions.
There were only very basic sanitary facilities on the site.
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vệ sinh (thay clean)
sanitize the water
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: intelligent; able to think:
She is sapient, conscious, able to hold an intelligent discussion.
wise:
his failure to heed my sapient advice
the sapient king
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relating to the human species Homo sapiens:
We may inherit a universal linguistic blueprint from our sapient ancestors of 40,000 years ago.
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C2: using remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what you say, in order to hurt someone's feelings or to humorously criticize something:
a sarcastic comment/remark
Are you being sarcastic?
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humorous in an unkind way that shows you do not respect someone or something:
a sardonic smile/look/comment
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If a wish or a need is satiable, it can be satisfied:
The demand to end hunger is a satiable demand, because it is possible for it to be completely met.
One could claim that most needs are generally satiable.
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to completely satisfy yourself or a need, especially with food or pleasure, so that you could not have any more
He drank greedily until his thirst was satiated.
Try not to eat beyond the point of satiation.
The appetite for internet stocks should reach satiation at some point.
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châm biếm
Her play was a **biting/cruel satire **on life in the 80s.
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criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, especially in order to make a political point:
satirical cartoons/magazines
She was known for her **satirical humour.**
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= very pleasing
The outcome of the discussion was **highly satisfactory**
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in a way that makes you feel pleased by providing what you need or want:
This is a long and **satisfyingly** complex story.
These biscuits are light but **satisfyingly** crunchy.
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bão hoà
saturable: bão hoà
This molecule binds to proteins in a **saturable manner.**
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to provide too much of a product so that there is more of this product available than there are people who want to buy it:
saturate the market:
Since the US market has now been saturated, drug dealers are looking to Europe.
Don't you think that the cosmetics market is saturated by now?
The top end of the market is saturated with luxury personal goods, but there is still a need for luxury services.
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to walk in a slow and relaxed way, often in no particular direction:
đi kiểu khoe khoang
saunter:
He sauntered by, looking very pleased with himself.
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to cook food in oil or fat over heat, usually until it is brown:
sauté:
Sauté the onions for five minutes.
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extremely violent, wild, or frightening:
savage:
a savage dog/beast
a brutal and savage attack
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a person with a high level of knowledge or skill, especially someone who is less able in other ways:
thiên tài trông kệnh cợm
savant:
There are musical savants who are very awkward physically - until they sit at the piano.
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rescue someone from danger or difficulty.
save someone's bacon/neck:
"only hard braking and a quick turn on to the hard shoulder saved our bacon"
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to do something that prevents a likely defeat or failure:
save the day:
ALNASSR seemed to be heading for disaster until a late goal saved the day.
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to save money for a time when it might be needed unexpectedly:
Luckily she had saved some money for a rainy day.
save/keep money for a rainy day:
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practical knowledge and ability:
savvy:
business savvy
She's very intelligent, but hasn't got much savvy.
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KO THEO Ý T THÌ RA NGOÀI
sb's way or the highway: used for saying that someone will only accept their own way of doing something:
Some coaches say, "it's my way or the highway".
People say he is unbending, that it's his way or the highway.
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= expansion: the ability of a business or system to grow larger:
scalability
There are doubts about the profitability and the scalability of the company's web business.
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to burn the skin with boiling liquid or steam:
scald:
I dropped a pan of boiling water and scalded my leg.
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to put something in boiling water or steam in order to make it completely clean:
scald:
Scald the needles to sterilize them.
Scald the milk and then add it to the egg and sugar mixture.
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SCAM
scam:
Banks often carry information about email scams on their websites.
To avoid scams, never sign things in a hurry.
an insurance scam
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When small children and animals scamper, they run with small quick steps:
scamper:
The children scampered off into the garden.
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to frighten someone very much:
scare the (living) daylights out of someone:
You scared the daylights out of me, yelling like that.
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to eat something quickly and eagerly:
scarf down:
Lunch is usually scarfed down in five minutes before they run out to play.
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to leave very quickly, often to avoid getting into trouble:
scarper:
The police are coming! We'd better scarper.
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to hurt or injure someone:
scathe:
families scathed by war
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in a way that criticizes someone or something severely or unkindly:
scathingly:
She spoke scathingly of the poor standard of work done by her predecessor.
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to believe that someone you are competing against is having difficulties and to use this to get an advantage for yourself:
scent blood:
The manager has already made some serious errors of judgment and it is clear that other employees scent blood.
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unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful.
irrationally anxious, paranoiac, oversuspicious
"you think I'm paranoid but I tell you there is something going on"
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the unwarranted or delusional belief that one is being persecuted, harassed, or betrayed by others, occurring as part of a mental condition.
paranoia (n)
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an irrational and obsessive feeling or fear that one is the object of collective hostility or ill-treatment on the part of others.
persecution complex
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goods or artistic works that are cheap or low in quality:
schlock:
markets selling schlock
schlock TV shows
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to not say anything about something:
keep/STAY schtum:
The actress is keeping schtum about who she's dating.
Would you hand the money in to the police or would you keep schtum?
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emit flashes of light; sparkle.
scintillate:
"the sleek boat seemed to scintillate with a dark blue light"
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a very small amount of something:
a scintilla of something:
There's not a scintilla of truth in what he says.
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to laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly:
scoff:
The critics **scoffed at** his paintings.
Years ago people would have **scoffed at** the idea that cars would be built by robots.
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to move a short distance, especially when you are in a sitting or crouching (= low, with bent knees) position:
scooch:
Can you scooch over and make room?
She used to scooch up so close to the TV that her parents warned her she'd ruin her eyes.
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bleach: to (cause to) change colour with dry heat, or to burn slightly:
scorch=
The iron was too hot and he scorched the shirt.
The surrounding buildings were scorched by the heat of the explosion.
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contemptuous showing or feeling scorn for someone or something:
scornful=
a scornful look/remark/laugh/tone
They are openly scornful of the new plans.
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a very strong feeling of no respect for someone or something that you think is stupid or has no value:
scorn:
She **has nothing but scorn for** the new generation of politicians.
Why do you always** pour/heap scorn on** (= criticize severely and unfairly) my suggestions?
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to remove dirt from something by rubbing it hard with something rough:
scour:
You'll have to scour out those old cooking pots before you use them.
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something or someone that causes great suffering or a lot of trouble:
scourge:
the scourge of war/poverty/drugs
Pop-up ads have been described as the scourge of the Internet.
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to go to look in various places for something you want:
scout:
He's **scouting about/around for** somewhere better to live.
She's visiting Connecticut to scout out (= discover information about) the east coast housing market.
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to look at someone or something with a very annoyed expression:
scowl:
The boy scowled at her and reluctantly followed her back into school.
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with a very annoyed expression:
scowlingly:
He looked at me scowlingly and repeated the question.
He looked scowlingly down at his dinner as we passed by.
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to use your fingers to quickly find something that you cannot see:
scrabble: to use your fingers to quickly find something that you cannot see:
He was scrabbling in the sand searching for the ring.
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very thin and not looking healthy:
scraggy:
He was wearing a scarf to hide his scraggy neck.
a scraggy old cat
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to move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands to help you:
scramble;
She scrambled up the steep hillside and over the rocks.
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to only just earn enough money to provide yourself with food, clothing, and a place to live:
scrape a living:
He settled in Paris, where he scraped a living writing short stories and magazine articles.
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to have only enough money to pay for the basic things you need:
scrape by:
Even with both of us working, we earn just enough to scrape by.
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to win by a very small amount in a competition:
scrape home:
The reigning champion scraped home just 2.9 seconds ahead of his nearest rival.
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scream my head off
I screamed my head off on the roller coaster.
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to show your anger about something, especially by shouting or complaining very loudly:
He'll scream blue murder if he doesn't get his way.
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to write something quickly, without trying to make your writing tidy or easy to read:
scrawl:
I scrawled a quick note to Judith and put it under her door.
Someone had scrawled graffiti across the wall.
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to make an unpleasant, loud, high noise:
screech:
She was screeching at him at the top of her voice.
He was screeching with pain/laughter.
[ + speech ] "Don't you dare touch me!" she screeched.
The car **screeched to a halt/standstill (= stopped very suddenly, making a loud high noise).**
figurative The economic recovery is likely to **screech to a halt/standstill (= stop very suddenly**) if taxes are increased.
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very strange, silly, or unusual:
screwy:
Pat's always coming up with screwy ideas.
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unhappy and worried because of bad experiences:
screwed up:
He's been really screwed up since his wife died.
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to force yourself to be brave:
screw up your courage:
I screwed up my courage and went in to see the director.
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a short, not very serious fight:
scrimmage:
There was a bit of a scrimmage with the reporters waiting outside.
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If you scrimp and save, you manage to live on very little money in order to pay for something:
scrimp and save:
I've been scrimping and saving all year to pay for our holiday.
My parents scrimped and saved to pay for my education.
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ornament
ornate = embellish
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someone who spends as little money as possible and is not generous:
scrooge:
He's a mean old scrooge!
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to get things, especially money or food, by asking for them instead of buying them or working for them:
scrounge:
Peter never buys anything - he just scrounges (off his friends).
He thinks that people who receive welfare benefits are scroungers.
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looking old, dirty, untidy, or in bad condition because of being used for a long time or not being cared for:
scroungy:
Most people feel scroungy if they don't brush their teeth every day.
We stayed in a scroungy hotel room.
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to look in different places or in a particular place where you might find something that you need:
scrounge around:
She scrounged around in the tool box for a tack or nail to hang the sign up with.
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to rub something hard in order to clean it, especially using a stiff brush, soap, and water:
scrub:
She scrubbed (at) the mark on the wall for a long time, but it wouldn't come off.
He scrubbed the old saucepan clean, and it looked as good as new.
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by the skin at the back of the neck:
by the scruff of the/your neck=
Cats carry their kittens by the scruff of the neck.
I took/grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and threw him out of the hall.
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C2: untidy and looking a little dirty :
scruffy:
They live in a scruffy part of town.
a small, scruffy-looking man
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to make the noise produced by hard things being pressed together, or to press hard things together so that they make a noise:
scrunch:
The pebbles scrunched beneath our feet.
We scrunched snow under our feet.
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a feeling that prevents you from doing something that you think is morally wrong or makes you uncertain about doing it:
scruple:
Robin Hood had no scruples about robbing the rich to give to the poor.
He is a man without scruple - he has no conscience.
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extremely honest :
scrupulous:
A scrupulous politician would not lie about her business interests.
She managed to get a copy of the report through a friend who wasn’t so scrupulous about sharing information.
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(= extremely careful)
scrupulous:
The nurse told him to be scrupulous (= extremely careful) about keeping the wound clean.
Her report is scrupulous in its detail.
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a short and sudden fight, especially one involving a small number of people:
scuffle:
Two police officers were injured in scuffles with demonstrators at Sunday's protest.
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a very bad or immoral person or group of people:
scum:
People who organize dog fights are scum in my opinion!
His boss treats him like scum (= very badly).
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the worst type of people that can be imagined:
the scum of the earth:
These men are the scum of the earth.
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to cause something such as a plan or an opportunity to fail:
scupper:
Arriving late for the interview **scuppered my chances of** getting the job.
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to move quickly, with small, short steps:
The mouse scurried across the floor.
scurry:
The noise of the explosion sent everyone scurrying back into their homes.
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expressing unfair or false criticism that is likely to damage someone's reputation:
scurrilous:
a scurrilous remark/attack/article
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the quality of expressing unfair or false criticism that is likely to damage someone's reputation:
scurrility:
His article is a blend of scholarship and scurrility.
He thinks he can add weight to his arguments by scurrility and abuse.
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a period or situation of busy activity:
scurry:
The next few weeks were the usual **scurry of activity.**
That remark went unnoticed in the scurry of the radio studio.
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: to move quickly, with small, short steps, especially in order to escape:
scuttle:
A crab **scuttled away **under a rock as we passed.
The children **scuttled off** as soon as the headteacher appeared.
