Day 26 Flashcards
Laughable
silly and not deserving to be seriously considered:
- Privately they thought the idea laughable.
Exaltation
a very strong feeling of happiness
Tackle with
to try to deal with something or someone:
- There are many ways of tackling this problem.
- I tackled him about his careless work.
Dramatically
suddenly or obviously:
- Your life changes dramatically when you have a baby to take care of.
Expose
to remove what is covering something so that it can be seen:
- The plaster on the walls has been removed to expose the original bricks underneath.
- He damaged his leg so badly in the accident that the bone was exposed.
Tedious
boring:
- a tedious job
- The problem is I find most forms of exercise so tedious.
Overexert
to make too much physical or mental effort:
- She told me to get plenty of sleep and not overexert myself during the day.
- If you overexert yourself, the wound may begin to bleed.
- The doctor said I should avoid stressful situations and not over-exert myself.
- Athletes who over-exert themselves are at risk of becoming sick in this extreme heat.
- It is important not to overexert the patient.
- Overexerting the body will not deliver optimum benefits.
to make too much mental or physical effort, or to cause a person or an animal to do this:
Invaluable
extremely useful:
- The new job will provide you with invaluable experience.
- Such data will prove invaluable to/for researchers.
Ditch
a long, narrow open hole that is dug into the ground, usually at the side of a road or - field, used especially for supplying or removing water or for dividing land
Lonesome
Conceive
to imagine something:
- I think my uncle still conceives of me as a four-year-old.
- He couldn’t conceive of a time when he would have no job.
- [ + question word ] I can’t conceive (= it is too shocking to imagine) how anyone could behave so cruelly.
- [ + that ] I find it hard to conceive (= it is too shocking to imagine) that people are still treated so badly.
Down-to-earth
practical, reasonable, and friendly:
- She’s a down-to-earth woman with no pretensions.
To comprise
to have as parts or members, or to
be those parts or members
• consist of; be made up of.
- The country comprises 20 states
To cue
to give someone a signal to do something
Кий
Haphazard
not having an obvious order or plan
Бессистемный, случайный
To fall behind (someone)
to make less
progress than other people who are doing the same thing
To inoculate
to give a weak form of a disease to a
person or an animal, usually by injection, as a protection
against that diseas
Plaster cast
A hard covering that is put over
a broken bone in order to support and protect it while it
heals
Posture
If someone has good
posture, their back and shoulders are straight when they
stand and sit; if someone has bad posture, their back and
shoulders are curved and not straight
To prescribe
To say what medical treatment
someone needs
Sleep patterns
Someone’s sleep patterns are
their sleeping habits, for example, how much they usually
sleep and when they usually sleep
Vast
Extremely big:
- A vast audience watched the broadcast.
- The amount of detail the book contains is vast.
- The people who have taken our advice have saved themselves vast amounts/sums of money.
- The vast majority of children attend state schools.
Rapture
Extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement:
- He listened to the music with an expression of pure rapture on his face.
- The prime minister’s supporters greeted her speech with rapture.
To graze
To break the surface of the skin by rubbing against something rough:
- He fell down and grazed his knee.
- He was lucky, the bullet just grazed his leg.
To prevail
to get control or influence:
- I am sure that common sense will prevail in the end.
- And did reason prevail over (= become a more powerful influence than) emotion?
