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Lecture 7: Basic concepts 1 Flashcards

59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64

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extensive

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collocations: routes, educational facilities
a lot of

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spacious

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garden, green and spacious, etc

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roomy

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a roomy car, house

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rambling

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a large, rambling building, mansion

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wide open spaces

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large areas without buildings or trees

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scattered

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randomly across a wide area

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spread out

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not close to one another

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ample room

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more than enough space

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cramped

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hotel rooms, apartments

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poky

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informal, rooms, little flat

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congested

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congested streets -> full of traffic, people, etc

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compact

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positive connotation, refrigerator, low white villa

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to be hemmed in by the crowds

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surrounded by people and not able to move

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bustling

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lots of people moving around

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there isn’t enough room to swing a cat

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very small space, informal

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to be packedlike sardines

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too many people in a small space, informal

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labyrinth

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vast and complex

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boundary

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the edge of a large space

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rear

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back

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to be crammed into sth

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too many people in too little space

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to squeeze in between someone

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to sit between someone when there’s not much space

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a squash

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many people, small room

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to stuff x into y

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doing sth quickly and without much care

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to only meet oce in a blue moon

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very infrequently

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all their born days

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their entire life

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I’ll be with you in a mo/ in a sec/ in a tick/ in less than no time/ in a jiffy

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very soon

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for donkey years

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for a long time

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since the year dot

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for a v long time

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till the cows come home

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forever

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for keeps/ for good

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to keep forever

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in the nick of time

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only just in time

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over the gill(past it

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too old

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has-been

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person who is no longer famous

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in a flash/at a rate of knotw

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v quickly

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fleeting

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brief or quick

glimpse, visit, smile, moment, appereance

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lengthy

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continuing for a long time

process, investigation, discussions, negotiations, delays

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transient

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lasting for only a short time, formal

effect, population, feeling, pleasure

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persistent

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lasting for a long time or hard to stop or get rid of

cough, problems, rumour, smell, accusations, critic, offender, failure, gossip

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inexorable

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continuing without the hope of being stopped, formal

rise, slide, decline, pressure, advance of time

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incipient

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just beginning, formal

panic, rage, rebellion, stages, wrinkles, dementia

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protracted

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lasting for a long time or made to last longer, formal

negotiations, discussions, argument

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lingering

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taking a long time to leave or to disappear

perfume, kiss, smile

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simultaneous

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happening at the same time

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duration

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amount of time that it lasted

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prolong

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make it last longer

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at such short notice

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just a short time before it is due to happen

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repeatedly

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many times

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limp

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unever, like when one leg hurts

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hop

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on one foot, quickly, not using one foot

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stagger

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unsteady, like when drunk or ill

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stumble

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nearly falling, unever surface

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lurch

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sudden or irrehular, drunk/ill, walking on a ship, etc

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tiptoe

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quiet and on toes

not to be heard

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amble

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easy, gentle

pleasure or relaxation, no special aim

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stride

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long steps

purposeful

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strut

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proud, chest held out

to look important

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tramp

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firm, heavy steps

walking for a long time

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trample

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pressing repeatedly with feet

often wishing to destroy

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stamp

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pushing foot down heavily

anger or just heavy-footed

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trudge

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heavy, slow, with difficulty

tired

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chase

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quickly

wanting to catch something or someone

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metaphorical example of motion -> limp

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to limp to a conclusion

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to hop off the bus

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quickly get off

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to stagger on

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business, to die out after a few years

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staggeringly well

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amazingly

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to lurch

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the government has lurched from one economic crisis to the next

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to take in their stride

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to take calmly

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to trample on someone’s dreams

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to destroy

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to meander around town

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to walk slowly without any clear direction

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unprecedented

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never having happened before

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courtesy

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politeness and respect

courteous

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discourteous

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impolite and lacking respect

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insolent expression

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rude and not showing respect , much stronger than discourteous

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etiquette

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set of rules or customs for accepted behaviour in particular social groups or social situations

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to stand on ceremony

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to behave in a formal way

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straitlaced

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having old-fashioned and fixed morals

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the done thing

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what you are expected to do in a social situation

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netiquette

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code of behaviour when using the internet

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good manner or good manners

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plural, manners

manner is a more formal way of doing something

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squirm

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move from side to side in an awkward way

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titter

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small laugh, with nervousness or embarrassment

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to slam

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close with a kloud bang

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to squeak

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high irritating noise

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to pound

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dull, beating noise

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to creak

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noise of friction of wood and/or metal

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to sizzle

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sound made by frying

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to ring out

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typically used for the sound of a gunshot

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to crash

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loud, hevay noise, typically used for waves

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to hoot / to toot

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sound made by a car horn

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to wail

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to make a rising and falling sound

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to hammer

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to knock very loudly and repeatedly

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eerie

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rather scary

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deafening

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extremely and painfully loud

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grating voices

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unpleasant, irritating

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piercing scream

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high noise that hurts the ears

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high-pitched voice

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higher than most voices, like a whistle

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inaudible

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impossible to hear

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you could have heard a pin drop

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there was total silence

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I can’t hear myself think

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said when people are making too much noise

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peace and quiet

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calm and quiet period, after a noisy time

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as quiet as a mouse

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very quiet indeed

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weighty

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abstract and physical things, usually includes the idea of “seriousness”

a weighty tome, discuss weighty issues

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unwieldy

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abstract and physical things, usually imcludes the idea of “difficult to handle”

unwieldy system/bureaucracy, unwieldy object, e.g. a big box

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cumbersome

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often used for machines and equipment that are difficult to handle, also used for systems, structures, etc

a cumbersome weapon, a cumbersome process

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burdensome

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usually used of abstract things

a burdensome duty

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ponderous

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slow and clumsy because of weight, but usually used for dull and excessively serious abstract things

a ponderous style, e.g. way of writing or speaking
a ponderous thesis

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lumbering

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usually used of physical things, often suggesting “heavy movement”

a lumbering truck, a lumbering bear

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to be weighed down

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carrying very heavy things

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to weigh up

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cpnsider and compare

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to weigh out

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weighed a quantity of loose goods

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weighing on me

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troubling my mind

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weighed in

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to add more point to the argument

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to thicken

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make thicker

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to sift

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shake it in a sieve to separate the grains

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lumpy

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have solid pieces in it

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congealed

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become thick and solid

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to solidify

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to become solid

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to thin

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make thinner

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to thin out

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become less dense

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to thin out

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made it less thick

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to dilute/ to water it down

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add water

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impenetrable

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impossible to move through

an impenetrable jungle/forest

impenetrable jargon

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impervious to

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liquid cannot pass through

an impervious metrial

a person who is impervious to criticism

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