20 Flashcards
audible
adj: able to be heard:
The lecturer spoke so quietly that he was scarcely audible at the back of the hall.
Her voice was barely audible above the roar of the engines.
adv: audibly:
She sighed audibly.
The audience audibly gasped when the actor fell.
beware
verb: used to warn someone to be very careful about something or someone:
Beware salespeople who promise offers that seem too good to be true.
You should beware of undercooked food when staying in hot countries.
brag
verb: to speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own:
She’s always bragging about how much money she earns.
[ + that ] They bragged that their team had never been beaten.
echo
noun:
The echoes of his scream sounded in the cave for several seconds.
Thick carpet would reduce the echo in this hallway.
a detail that is similar to and makes you remember something else:
echo of There are echoes of Mozart in her first piano compositions.
verb:
echo around The sound of footsteps echoed around the hall.
echo with Suddenly, the building echoed with the sound of gunfire.
to repeat details that are similar to, and make you think of, something else:
The design of the church echoes that of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
immense
adj: extremely large in size or degree:
immense wealth/value
They spent an immense amount of time getting the engine into perfect condition.
He inherited an immense fortune.
Did you see that guy? He was immense!
adv: immensely
He was immensely popular in his day.
She’s an immensely talented young athlete.
noun: immensity
The immensity of the task is daunting.
eventual
adj: happening or existing at a later time or at the end, especially after a lot of effort, problems, etc.:
The Dukes were the eventual winners of the competition.
Although the original budget for the project was $1 billion, the eventual cost is likely to be 50 percent higher.
adv: eventually: in the end, especially after a long time or a lot of effort, problems, etc.:
Although she had been ill for a long time, it still came as a shock when she eventually died.
It might take him ages but he’ll do it eventually.
noun: eventuality: something unpleasant or unexpected that might happen or exist in the future:
We’ve tried to anticipate the most likely problems, but it’s impossible to be prepared for all eventualities/every eventuality.
I’m looking for a travel insurance policy that will cover me for any eventuality.
pastime
noun: an activity that is done for enjoyment:
Do-it-yourself is the nation’s most popular pastime.
figurative Suing people, especially doctors, is becoming a national pastime (= common activity) in America.
Hockey is Canada’s national pastime.
pinpoint
verb: to find out or say the exact position in space or time of something:
It is not possible to pinpoint precisely the time of death.
to discover or describe the exact facts about something:
Emergency workers at the site are still unable to pinpoint the cause of the explosion.
They were unable to pinpoint the source of the noise.
Noun: کوچک، نوک انگشت
adj: very exact,small:
The computer will calculate your position with pinpoint accuracy.
assassin
noun: someone who kills a famous or important person, usually for political reasons or in exchange for money:
John Lennon’s assassin was Mark Chapman.
She hired an assassin to eliminate her rival.
verb: assassinate: to kill someone famous or important:
a plot to assassinate the president
noun: assassination
the assassination of John Lennon
torment
noun: great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain:
endure tormentThe family said they had endured years of torment and abuse at the hands of their neighbours.
Waiting for the result of the medical tests was sheer torment.
in torment He spent the night in torment, trying to decide what was the best thing to do.
torment to Writing reports was a monthly torment to him.
torments: great mental suffering and unhappiness:
go through torments Nothing can describe the torments we went through while we were waiting for news.
verb: to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry:
be tormented by/with The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with (= showed that they were suffering) grief.
noun: tormentor:
Victims of oppression seldom have a chance to face their tormentors.
Both the children have encountered their former tormentors in the street.
chapel
noun: a room that is part of a larger building and is used for Christian worship:
The college/hospital/prison has its own chapel.
the Chapel of St Paul
commentator
noun: a reporter for radio or television who provides a spoken description of and remarks on an event, especially a sports competition, as it happens:
a radio commentator
a sports/football commentator.
verb: commentate:
She commentates on the tennis each year at Wimbledon.
I always wanted to commentate on motor racing.
verb: comment:
My mum always comments on what I’m wearing.
[ + that ] He commented that the two essays were rather similar.
noun:
comment about Garry made a derogatory comment about one of his teachers.
make a comment He made negative comments to the press.
fair comment I suppose his criticism was fair comment (= a reasonable opinion).
no comment She was asked about the pay increase but made no comment (= did not give an opinion).
con
verb: کلاهبرداری کردن
She felt she had been conned into buying the car.
Thieves conned him out of his life savings.
He managed to con £20 out of them.
noun: 1.
It’s a con - you get half the food for twice the price!
2. disadvantage
wreck
verb: to destroy or badly damage something:
The explosion shattered nearby windows and wrecked two cars.
Our greenhouse was wrecked in last night’s storm.
He has been warned that his behaviour might wreck his chances of promotion.
noun: 1. a vehicle or ship that has been destroyed or badly damaged:
Divers exploring the wreck managed to salvage some coins and jewellery.
The burned-out wrecks of two police cars littered the road.
2. someone who is in bad physical or mental condition:
The stress she had been under at work reduced her to a nervous/quivering wreck.
noun: wreckage: a badly damaged object or the separated parts of a badly damaged object:
Two children were trapped in the wreckage.
The wreckage of the car was scattered over the roadside.
Kate was still clinging to the wreckage of her failed marriage.
conspiracy
noun: the activity of secretly planning with other people to do something bad or illegal:
The three men are accused of conspiracy.
[ + to infinitive ] She has been charged with conspiracy to murder.
I think there was a conspiracy to keep me off the committee.
It is my client’s opinion that there has been a conspiracy against him.
The group of optometrists denied there was any conspiracy between them
conspiracy of silence: a general agreement to keep silent about a subject for the purpose of keeping it secret:
The conspiracy of silence around these buried munitions endangered public health.
conspiracist: معتقد به تئوری توطئه someone who believes that other people are secretly planning to do something bad or illegal:
He is one of the most prolific conspiracists on the internet.
When things like this happen, it is hard not to become a paranoid conspiracist.
conspiracy theory
verb: conspire:
He was convicted of conspiring with the bombers.
He felt that his colleagues were conspiring together to remove him from his job.
They accused their opponents of conspiring against the government.
