Telephone Flashcards
Versatile (adj) (approving)
- (of a person) able to do many different things :
Ex: He’s a versatile actor who has played a wide variety of parts. - (of food, a building, etc) having many different uses :
Ex: Eggs are easy to cook and are an extremely versatile food.
Portable (adj)
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Verbs : be
Adverbs : easily, highly, very, completely, fully
prominent (adj)
- important or well known : a prominant politician
Ex: He played a prominent part in the campaign.
She was prominent in (well known) the fashion industry - easily seen
Ex: The church tower was a prominent feature in the landscape.
Collacation :
Verbs: be, become, remain
Adverb: especially, extremely, particularly, unsually, very, increasingly, fairly, quite
Prep: as prominent as a player and coach, in prominent in the trade unions
irrefutable (adj)
-that cannot be proved wrong and that must therefore be accepted.
irrefutable evidence
decent (adj)
of a good standard or quality
decency (n) honest and polite behaviour
indispensable (adj)
too important = essential
cars have become an indispensable part of our lives.
A good dictionary is indispensable for learning a foregin language.
keep abreast of (idiom)
to make sure that you know all the most recent facts about a subject
It is almost impossible to keep abreast of all the lastest developments in computing.
prevalent (adj)
very common = widespread
a prevalent view
dimension (n)
an aspect, a way of looking at or thinking about sth
a social dimension of unemployment
address (yourself to) sth
to think about a problem or a situation and decide how you are going to deal with it:
Your essay does not address the real issues.
We must address ourselves to the problem of traffic pollution.
Vulnerable (adj)
Vulnerability (n)
vulnerable (to sb/sth) weak and easily hurt physically or emotionally
Ex: In case of food poisoning, young children are especially vulnerable.
The sudden resignation of the financial director put the company in a very vulnerable position.
affliction (n)
pain and suffering or sth that causes it
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On account of sb/sth
because of sb/sth
Ex: She retired early on account of ill health
inextricable (adj)
too closely linked to be separated:
an inextricable connection between the past and the present
trigger sth (off)
to make sth happen suddenly
Nuts can trigger off a violen alleric reaction
lethal (adj)
causing or able to cause death
a lethal dose of poison
a lethal weapon
the closure of the factory dealt a lethal blow to the town.
flexible (adj)
inflexible (opp)
flexibility (n)
flexibly (adv)
1.(approving) able to chane to suit new conditions or situations
Ex: a more flexible approach
flexible working hours
Our plans need to be flexible enough to cater for the needs of everyone.
You need to be more flexible and imaginative in your approach.
2. able to bend easily without breaking : flexible plastic tubing
Computers offer a much greater degree of flexibility in the way work is organized.
Exercises to develop the flexibility of dancer’s bodies.
to be a double-edged sword
to be sth that both advantages and disadvantages/ metrit and dimetrit
cardiovascular (adj)
connect with the heart and the blood vessels = (the tubes that carry blood around the body)
