Around The World Flashcards
to honour someone by holding public celebrations for them:
Fêted
The team was fêted from coast to coast.
[countable] the person or team that comes second in a race or competition
Runner-up
a xxxxx country, state etc is surrounded by other countries, states etc and has no coast
Landlocked
relating to ships, boats, or sailing:
nautical equipment
Nautical
not likely to be good or successful:
Unpromising
Sales improved after an unpromising start.
an unpromising place for a picnic
Tenuous
1 a situation or relationship that is tenuous is uncertain, weak, or likely to change:
For now, the band’s travel plans are tenuous.
tenuous link/connection etc
The United Peace Alliance had only a tenuous connection with the organized Labour movement.
The link between her family and the King’s is rather tenuous.
2 literary very thin and easily broken
Spark off
put in motion or move to act; “trigger a reaction”; “actuate the circuits”
Feat
something that is an impressive achievement, because it needs a lot of skill, strength etc to do
remarkable/considerable/incredible etc feat
They climbed the mountain in 28 days, a remarkable feat.
feat of
an incredible feat of engineering
perform/accomplish/achieve a feat
the woman who performed the feat of sailing around the world alone
no mean feat (=something that is difficult to do)
It is no mean feat to perform such a difficult piece.
Thourough
1 including every possible detail [↪ thoroughly]:
The doctor gave him a thorough check-up.
a thorough and detailed biography
The police investigation was very thorough.
thorough notes of the meeting
2 [not usually before noun] careful to do things properly so that you avoid mistakes:
The screening of applicants must be thorough.
3 a thorough pest/nuisance/mess British English used to emphasize the bad qualities of someone or something
—thoroughness noun [uncountable]
Negotiate
1 [intransitive and transitive] to discuss something in order to reach an agreement, especially in business or politics
negotiate with
The government refuses to negotiate with terrorists.
negotiate an agreement/contract etc
Union leaders have negotiated an agreement for a shorter working week.
His first aim is to get the warring parties back to the negotiating table (=discussing something).
2 [transitive] to succeed in getting past or over a difficult place on a path, road etc:
Guido swung the steering-wheel round to negotiate a corner.
Endure
1 [transitive] to be in a difficult or painful situation for a long time without complaining:
It seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain.
endure doing something
He can’t endure being apart from me.
2 [intransitive] to remain alive or continue to exist for a long time:
friendships which endure over many years
Blistering
1 extremely hot [= blazing]: the blistering heat of the desert 2 blistering attack/criticism etc very critical remarks expressing anger and disapproval: a blistering attack on her boss 3 used to describe actions in sport which are very fast or forceful: Schumacher set a blistering pace. —blisteringly adverb: a blisteringly hot day
Doldrums
a) if an industry, company, activity etc is in the doldrums, it is not doing well or developing
in the doldrums
The property market has been in the doldrums for months.
Recent economic doldrums have damaged the rural west.
b) if you are in the doldrums, you are feeling sad:
Fay is in the doldrums today.
Sore
a painful, often red, place on your body caused by a wound or infection:
They were starving and covered with sores.
Adulation
praise and admiration for someone that is more than they really deserve