D Flashcards
derives from
1Stems from ,
2can be traced back to
3.hail from(heil)
I originally hail from Budapest.
disagreement
dissent
-Fortunately my parents have not been in dissent for a long time.
Don’t feel like going/doing etc.
not be in the mood to V/for Ving
Don’t realise something
Fail to understand/realise
e.g. Up to his resignation, Mark’s colleagues failed to realise the significance of contribution to the company.
Don’t give up
Hang in there
Discourage(this is more about loosing confidence in the other person)
Dishearten(it’s more about loosing hope in the other person)
dry, no longer fresh
stale
e.g. the pastry, bread, cake goes stale
-the entrance room smelled of stale cigarette smoke
-stale jokes, news
-When you work with someone for over five years you are likely to stale if you don’t find new ways to work together.
C2
Discard (the synonym that doesn’t imply deliberate action, rather careless one)
(Discard doesn’t necesserally implies that the object being discarded is useless)
Dump
e.g. I dumped Zsófi because she sooo boring and I couldn’t enjoy myself with her.
-As a child I would dump my bag on the table everytime time I got home.
-The government dumped it’s venture, which was too risky to maintain.
Disappear(detergent)
Vanish