Ted Flashcards
Instinct
What is your instinct?
the way people or animals naturally react or behave, without having to think or learn about it:
All his instincts told him to stay near the car and wait for help.
Mounting
Problem with the first approach is that in our mounting isolation we divide ourselves from others our sense of isolation grows
gradually increasing
mounting anxiety/excitement
mounting debts
Solidarity
Creating spaces where strangers connect and solidarity
Cooperation
agreement between and support for the members of a group, especially a political group:
The situation raises important questions about solidarity among member states of the UN.
Irrational
I see as irrational division began as a child ….
not using reason or clear thinking:
It’s totally irrational, but I’m frightened of mice.
His parents were worried by his increasingly irrational behaviour.
He is an irrational man
Preservation
the act of keeping something the same or of preventing it from being damaged:
building preservation
wood preservation
There is great public concern about some of the chemicals used in food preservation.
Tardiness
the fact of arriving, happening or being done late
Lateness slowness
the tardiness of the company’s response
a student who is tardy for class
Permise
a short journey either to take a message or to take or collect something:
Work
I’ll meet you at six, I’ve got some errands to do/run first.
Backwards
When the car hit him he was thrown backwards two or three metres.
To go backwards, you must put the car into reverse gear.
She stepped backwards and fell over a chair.
Elastic
The project has only just started so any plans are still very elastic.
In this country, time is an elastic concept.
I don’t want to minimise anyone’s struggle
I don’t have time =
It’s not my priority
Merit
[uncountable] (formal) the quality of being good and of deserving praise, reward or admiration
synonym worth
a work of outstanding artistic merit
The plan is entirely without merit.
I want to get the job on merit.
He was awarded a certificate of merit for his piano playing.
Erotic
relating to sexual desire and pleasure:
an erotic film
erotic dreams/feelings
Novelty
the quality of being new, different and interesting
Intimacy
[uncountable] the state of having a close personal relationship with somebody
The old intimacy between them had gone for ever.
their intimacy increased and they decided to get married
