TO 10-1 Flashcards

Question

하나로 통일시키는 건 옛날에나 그랬지.

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One-size-fits-all has become a thing of the past.

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Checking the length of kids' hair serves no purpose.

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What good does short hair do to the school or students themselves?

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Adolescents are the ones who begin to care more about how they look.

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If you need evidence, look no further than the Philippines.

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What's urgently needed is to come up with crops other than rice that can pick up the slack left by the rice shortages.

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1) in a way that uses language and expresses your opinions well, especially when you are speaking in public ex) John Bright, a newly elected MP, spoke eloquently on the merits of abolishing duties on imported food, echoing arguments made in The Economist, a fledgling newspaper. She spoke eloquently on the subject.

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2) (usually before another noun) a person, an organization or a system that is new and without experience ex) John Bright, a newly elected MP, spoke eloquently on the merits of abolishing duties on imported food, echoing arguments made in The Economist, a fledgling newspaper. fledgling democracies

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canvass verb BrE /ˈkænvəs/ ; NAmE /ˈkænvəs/ 1) [intransitive, transitive] to ask somebody to support a particular person, political party, etc., especially by going around an area and talking to people ex) Mr. Bright told his audience that when canvassing, he had explained "how stonemasons, shoemakers, carpenters and every kind of artisan suffered if the trade of the country was restricted." His speech in Liverpool was roundly cheered. He spent the whole month canvassing for votes. Party workers are busy canvassing local residents.

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stonemason noun BrE /ˈstəʊnmeɪsn/ ; NAmE /ˈstoʊnmeɪsn/ a person whose job is cutting and preparing stone for buildings ex) Mr. Bright told his audience that when canvassing, he had explained "how stonemasons, shoemakers, carpenters and every kind of artisan suffered if the trade of the country was restricted." His speech in Liverpool was roundly cheered.

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strongly or by a large number of people ex) Mr. Bright told his audience that when canvassing, he had explained "how stonemasons, shoemakers, carpenters and every kind of artisan suffered if the trade of the country was restricted." His speech in Liverpool was roundly cheered. The report has been roundly criticized. They were roundly defeated (= they lost by a large number of points).

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To her discredit, Hilary Clinton now denounces the TPP, a pact she helped negotiate.

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3) [transitive] slam somebody/something (used especially in newspapers) to criticize somebody/something very strongly ex) Big businesses are slammed for using foreign boltholes to dodge taxes. The government has been slammed for failing to take firm action against drinking and driving.

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a place that you can escape to, for example when you are in a difficult situation; a place where you can hide or where you can go in order to be alone ex) Big businesses are slammed for using foreign boltholes to dodge taxes. He felt he needed a bolthole where he could get away from the pressures of city life.

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The idea that globalisation is a scam that benefits only corporations and the rick could scarcely be more wrong.

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Protectionism, by contrast, hurts consumers and does little for workers.

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With hindsight, politicians in Britain were too blithe about the pressures that migration from new EU member states in eastern Europe brought to bear on public services.

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1) (disapproving) showing you do not care or are not anxious about what you are doing ex) With hindsight, politicians in Britain were too blithe about the pressures that migration from new EU member states in eastern Europe brought to bear on public services. He drove with blithe disregard for the rules of the road.

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(formal) to use energy, pressure, influence, etc. to try to achieve something or make somebody do something ex) With hindsight, politicians in Britain were too blithe about the pressures that migration from new EU member states in eastern Europe brought to bear on public services. We must bring all our energies to bear upon the task. Pressure was brought to bear on us to finish the work on time.

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the repeated, often regular, movement from one state to another; the repeated change in level, numbers or amount ex) And although there are no street protests about the speed and fickleness in the tides of short-term capital, its ebb and flow across borders have often proved damaging, not least in the euro zone's debt-ridden countries. the ebb and flow of the seasons She sat in silence enjoying the ebb and flow of conversation. He had known her long enough to recognize the ebb and flow of her moods.

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signatory (to/of something) (formal) a person, a country or an organization that has signed an official agreement 서명인, 조인국 ex) Many see the rules that bind signatories to trade pacts as an affront to democracy. a signatory of the Declaration of Independence Many countries are signatories to/of the Berne Convention.

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[usually singular] affront (to somebody/something) a remark or an action that insults or offends somebody/something ex) Many see the rules that bind signatories to trade pacts as an affront to democracy. His speech was an affront to many in the local community. This remark caused affront to many people.

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1) the women or wives belonging to a rich man, especially in some Muslim societies in the past 2) the separate part of a traditional Muslim house where the women live ex) And you've got to a lot of cows, a lot of goats, a lot of money, a lot of land, in order to build a harem.

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4) [usually before noun] (of a feeling or a desire) very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life ex) Unchained from the great threat of pregnancy and social ruin, women could finally express their primitive and primal sexuality. a primitive instinct

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connected with the earliest origins of life; very basic synonym primeval ex) Unchained from the great threat of pregnancy and social ruin, women could finally express their primitive and primal sexuality. the primal hunter-gatherer a primal urge/fear

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5) [intransitive, transitive] to pretend to be, or to make somebody/something seem to be, good or important when they are not ex) When you sit down in a bar, in a coffee house, on a park bench, your ancient brain snaps into action like a sleeping cat awakened, and you smile and laugh and listen and parade the way our ancestors did 100,000 years ago. myth parading as fact He paraded himself as a loyal supporter of the party.

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people skill People skills are patterns of behavior and behavior interactions, among people; it is an umbrella term for skills under three related set of abilities: personal effectiveness, interaction skills, and intercession skills. This is an area of exploration about how a person behaves and how they are perceived irrespective of their thinking and feeling. ex) They go for somebody who's high estrogen, somebody who's got very good verbal skills and people skills, who's very intuitive and who's very nurturing and emotionally expressive. * people person noun BrE ; NAmE (informal) a person who enjoys, and is good at, being with and talking to other people

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lack of action; the state of doing nothing about a situation or a problem ex) We feel guilty about our silence and inaction yet our awkwardness keeps us muzzled. The police were accused of inaction in the face of a possible attack. They have accused the government of inaction on the issue of railway safety.

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2) (formal) to make or shape something large by cutting; to shape (something) by cutting with a sharp tool (such as an ax) ex) We are losing what we have known, what thousands of years of human experience have hewn into effective and vital practices. roughly hewn timber frames The statues were hewn out of solid rock. They hewed a path through the forest. The cave has been hewn out of the hillside.

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be interspersed with/in something to put something in something else or among or between other things ex) It wasn't anything her friend said; it was having the chance to tell the stories, to dwell on the details where her cherished moments had gotten interspersed with her regrets. Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. Interspersed in the narrative are the personal stories of several important women architects. a scattering of alpine flowers interspersed among crags of weathered rock a series of short films, liberally interspersed with commercial breaks

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an unpleasant experience or situation that involves a lot of hard work, difficulties and/or suffering ex) By phone or in person, we have to be willing to enter into another's travail, to feel what is there - not to try to fix it or to say something wise but just to take it in and to trust in the power of this kind of presence. the travails of life in post-war Britain

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1) a period of time between two events during which something different happens ex) I think back on awful interludes of my own and how reassuring it was to have another person occupy that desolate place along with me, to sit with me and breathe the same air. a romantic interlude (= a short romantic relationship) Apart from a brief interlude of peace, the war lasted nine years.

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1) (of a place) empty and without people, making you feel sad or frightened ex) I think back on awful interludes of my own and how reassuring it was to have another person occupy that desolate place along with me, to sit with me and breathe the same air. a bleak and desolate landscape 2) very lonely and unhappy synonym forlorn ex) The thought that her husband did not want the baby made her feel utterly desolate.

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something befalls somebody (used only in the third person) (literary) (of something unpleasant) to happen to somebody ex) It has taken me years to honor my speechlessness, to accept that the silence that has befallen me usually means something. They were unaware of the fate that was to befall them.

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(of a remark, an opinion, etc.) dull and boring because it has been expressed so many times before; not original synonym banal ex) If I can't find the right words, if everything I might say seems trite or widely off the mark, I remind myself that the situation may be beyond words and that this just might be the right time for listening.

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not to be accurate in a guess, statement, etc. ex) If I can't find the right words, if everything I might say seems trite or widely off the mark, I remind myself that the situation may be beyond words and that this just might be the right time for listening. No, you're way off the mark.

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National statistics reveal that the average American is fifteen pounds (or more) heavier than in the 1980s and 90s, when obesity was already at epidemic proportions.

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But whatever we're doing to battle the proverbial bulge, isn't working for us.

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3) [intransitive, transitive] (informal, disapproving) to speak a lot about something; to repeat something in a boring or annoying way ex) Some of the classic healthy eating rules that nutritionists have been spouting to home cooks for decades are similar: "Don't go food shopping when you're hungry." and "Make a grocery list at home, and stick to it when you get to the supermarket." He's always spouting off about being a vegetarian. What are you spouting on about now? He could spout poetry for hours. She could do nothing but spout insults. The article was full of the usual clichés spouted by fashion editors.

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draft dodger noun BrE ; NAmE (North American English, disapproving) a person who illegally tries to avoid doing military service * dodge the draft

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``` shameless brazen brazenfaced (adj) / brazenface (n) barefaced bald-faced ``` ex) What kind of a celebrity could be so shameless?

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face a jail time of (up to)~ face a fine of (up to)~ is sentenced to ~ years in prison face a ~ -year prison sentence ex) The law says forging ID cards is punishable by up to a 10 year prison sentence or a fine of up to 10 million won.

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difficult to control synonym headstrong ex) That means some wayward teens are getting innocent people in trouble too. a wayward child wayward emotions

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underage kids | minors

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But this is just a recommendation and not legally binding.

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I think we should give it the force of law.

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When things are as bad as these,

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It recommends that the media take care not to make a big issue out of any suicide cases and to report more on how bad a decision suicide really is.

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if you consider people or things to be expendable, you think that you can get rid of them when they are no longer needed, or think it is acceptable if they are killed or destroyed synonym dispensable ex) Seeking to make Earth expendable is not a good reason to settle other planets Soldiers in the ordinary ranks were considered expendable. It is a sad moment when you realize you are expendable in your job.

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1) [countable, uncountable] a sudden and often painful contracting of a muscle, which you cannot control 경련, 쥐 ex) a muscle spasm The injection sent his leg into spasm. 2) [countable] spasm (of something) a sudden strong feeling or reaction that lasts for a short time 발작(적인 감정, 반응) ex) In "The Martian Chronicles" Ray Bradbury pictured humans living among Martian ghosts seeing Earth destroyed in a nuclear spasm. a spasm of anxiety/anger/coughing/pain, etc.

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[transitive, intransitive, usually passive] enthral (somebody) if something enthrals you, it is so interesting, beautiful, etc. that you give it all your attention synonym entrance2 ex) But as a vision, its ambition enthralls. The child watched, enthralled by the bright moving images. This book will enthral readers of all ages. The children listened enthralled as the storyteller unfolded her tale. They were enthralled with the play.

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1) a nervous feeling of fear and worry ex) Stephen Hawking, a noted physicist, is one of those given to such fits of the collywobbles. 2) a pain in the stomach

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a person or thing that is easy to attack ex) If humans stick to a single planet, he warns, they will be sitting ducks for a supervirus, a malevolent artificial intelligence or a nuclear war that could finish off the whole lot of them at any time. Its location makes the island a sitting duck for attackers.

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having or showing a desire to harm other people synonym malicious, wicked opposite benevolent ex) If humans stick to a single planet, he warns, they will be sitting ducks for a supervirus, a malevolent artificial intelligence or a nuclear war that could finish off the whole lot of them at any time. malevolent intentions/thoughts his dark malevolent eyes

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stupid talk that has no value ex) If humans stick to a single planet, he warns, they will be sitting ducks for a supervirus, a malevolent artificial intelligence or a nuclear war that could finish off the whole lot of them at any time. Claptrap. It is true that, in the long run, Earth will become uninhabitable. But that long run is about a billion years.

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something that may possibly happen, especially something unpleasant ex) To concern oneself with such eventualities is to take an aversion to short-termism beyond the salutary. We were prepared for every eventuality. The money had been saved for just such an eventuality. In the eventuality of your passport being stolen, contact the embassy at once. The instructions he left covered all eventualities. This strategy will allow us to cope with all eventualities which may arise.

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a strong feeling of not liking somebody/something ex) To concern oneself with such eventualities is to take an aversion to short-termism beyond the salutary. a strong aversion He had an aversion to getting up early.

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having a good effect on somebody/something, though often seeming unpleasant ex) To concern oneself with such eventualities is to take an aversion to short-termism beyond the salutary. a salutary lesson/experience/warning The accident was a salutary reminder of the dangers of climbing. This would have a salutary effect upon the health of the family.

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used to say that something could be done or used in a particular situation if it is really necessary; if it becomes necessary and you have no choice ex) Yes, a natural or maliciously designed pandemic might kill billions. So might a nuclear way; at a pinch climate change might wreak similar havoc. We can get six people round this table at a pinch. The recipe is for beef, but at a pinch you could use chicken.

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concerned with spiritual thoughts and ideas rather than with ordinary life ex) Otherwordly concerns There was an other-worldly quality to her performance that night.

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1) to make a list of all the things in a collection 2) catalogue something to give a list of things connected with a particular person, event, etc. ex) As asteroid as big as the one that dispatched the dinosaurs might take out the whole species, but humans have had the foresight to catalogue the asteroids up to the task and none is coming close in the foreseeable future. Interviews with the refugees catalogue a history of discrimination and violence.

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It is a shortened, colloquial version of the question, "Are you up to the task?" It means, "Are you able to do the task?" ex) As asteroid as big as the one that dispatched the dinosaurs might take out the whole species, but humans have had the foresight to catalogue the asteroids up to the task and none is coming close in the foreseeable future.

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extreme anger ex) As for the unknown -- an evil AI, or predatory aliens with intellects as "vast and cool and unsympathetic" as those of Wells's Martians, or the good old-fashioned wrath of God -- why would they wipe humans from the face of one planet while leaving those on the rock next door in peace? the wrath of God

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not good or honest; that should make you feel shame 비열한, 야비한, 치사한, 천한 synonym base opposite noble ex) If worrying about imminent extinction is unrealistic, trying to hide from it is ignoble. ignoble thoughts an ignoble person

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whichever way you cut it any way you slice it any way you cut it in whatever manner you consider this; no matter how you slice it ex) Whichever way you cut it, the IoT is going to be big, and it seems pretty clear that an awful lot of them will be sensors. Any way you slice it, there are going to be some very unhappy people when the prizes are announced.

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With many already worried about surveillance issues, it's no wonder that nightmare privacy scenarios surrounding the IoT have been popping up.

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If we want to steer these developments, we have to build a system together in which to harness the new 'oil': the data of our citizens.

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to be best[better] avoided Watching TV or using cell phones are best avoided.

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to decide that somebody/something is a failure or not worth paying any attention to synonym dismiss ex) You can't just write off those worries as unfounded because immense data on people will be created.

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not based on reason or fact ex) You can't just write off those worries as unfounded because immense data on people will be created. unfounded allegations/rumours, etc. Speculation about a divorce proved totally unfounded.

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cut[crack, strike] a deal to make a business deal ex) So the logical path people would take is to cut a deal. Her agent cut a deal giving her 30% of the profits.

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postpartum women ``` post-partum adjective BrE /ˌpəʊst ˈpɑːtəm/ ; NAmE /ˌpoʊst ˈpɑːrtəm/ (North American English also postpartum) (British English also postnatal) [only before noun] ``` ex) Postpartum women, in the throes of sleep deprivation, anxious thoughts, and the daily demands of new motherhood, often express a desire for endorsement from others for the choices they make in order to validate their vulnerable sense of self.

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in the middle of an activity, especially a difficult or complicated one ex) Postpartum women, in the throes of sleep deprivation, anxious thoughts, and the daily demands of new motherhood, often express a desire for endorsement from others for the choices they make in order to validate their vulnerable sense of self. The country was in the throes of revolutionary change. We’re in the throes of moving to a new office, so the place is in chaos at the moment.

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3) outgrow something to stop doing something or lose interest in something as you become older synonym grow out of something ex) Most women never completely outgrow the need for approval from their mothers. He's outgrown his passion for rock music.

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Their mother's expectations were so high that no matter how good a job they did, it was never enough.

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more than one ex) More than one woman has confessed to us that she secretly wishes her mother could look over her shoulder during the 3 a.m. feeding and sweetly whisper, "You must be so tired. You are doing such a wonderful job. I'm so proud of you. You are such a good mother."

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2) (formal) to have a strong desire for somebody/something or to do something synonym long ex) If you have not, you may still be aching for it. I was aching for home. He ached to see her.

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mother somebody/something to care for somebody/something because you are their mother, or as if you were their mother ex) It is difficult, but it is possible for you to mother yourself. He was a disturbed child who needed mothering. Stop mothering me!

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to help very much/a little in achieving something ex) Self-compassion goes a long way to help you accomplish this. The new law goes a long way towards solving the problem.

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Now, the generation with distorted sex ratios at birth is reaching marriageable age.

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1) (specialist) a group of people who share a common feature or aspect of behaviour (통계적으로 동일한 특색이나 행동 양식을 공유하는) 집단 ex) When a country's fertility rate is going down, younger cohorts of people will tend to be smaller than older ones. the 1999 birth cohort (= all those born in 1999) 2) (disapproving) a member of a group of people who support another person ex) Robinson and his cohorts were soon ejected from the hall. The director made his entrance followed by his cohort of technicians and production assistants.

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invade (invasion) rule, dominate (domination), govern, control exploit (exploitation) suppress (suppression), repress (repression), oppress (oppression)

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Their wartime atrocities are more notorious than any other's in human history.

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laureate noun BrE /ˈlɒriət/ ; NAmE /ˈlɔːriət/ , /ˈlɑːriət/ 1) a person who has been given an official honour or prize for something important they have achieved ex) They've had 19 Nobel prize laureates (winners) a Nobel laureate

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to feel and show that you are sorry for something bad or wrong that you have done ex) What's really bad about them is they never really repent. God welcomes the sinner who repents. She had repented of what she had done. He came to repent his hasty decision (= wished he had not taken it). * repentant adjective BrE /rɪˈpentənt/ ; NAmE /rɪˈpentənt/ (formal) feeling or showing that you are sorry for something wrong that you have done synonym contrite, remorseful opposite unrepentant ex) She was not in the least repentant. His words left us all feeling suitably repentant. She wanted to show how deeply repentant she was.

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a high level[degree] of knowledge higher knowledge advanced knowledge ex) Only a small fraction of people had access to higher knowledge back then.

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Some colleges even cheat to make themselves look better.

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So the idea is that knowledge has value when it gets you something tangible in return.

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After all, what good can come out of knowledge if it doesn't get you bread to eat?

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[not usually before noun] slumped (against/over something) sitting with your body leaning forward, for example because you are asleep or unconscious ex) As he lay in a coma, fellow students circulated a photograph of him, bloodied and slumped in the arms of a friend. The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. There was a slumped figure in the chair.

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covered in blood ex) As he lay in a coma, fellow students circulated a photograph of him, bloodied and slumped in the arms of a friend. his bruised and bloodied nose

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sounding loud and rough ex) Almost 30 years on, protests, frequent and raucous, are still a big part of public life. raucous laughter a raucous voice a group of raucous young men They grew more and more raucous as the evening went on.

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epitomize something to be a perfect example of something ex) Mr. Baek's death struck a chord in part because he epitomised the dogged activism that helped to put an end to the authoritarian order that endured from the second world war until the late 1980s. The fighting qualities of the team are epitomized by the captain. These movies seem to epitomize the 1950s.

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showing determination; not giving up easily synonym tenacious ex) Mr. Baek's death struck a chord in part because he epitomised the dogged activism that helped to put an end to the authoritarian order that endured from the second world war until the late 1980s. dogged determination/persistence their dogged defence of the city

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issue[put out] an arrest warrant put out a warrant for sb's arrest At one point, when a warrant was put out for his arrest, he found refuge in a cathedral, and subsequently spent five years as a monk.

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martial law noun BrE ; NAmE [uncountable] a situation where the army of a country controls an area instead of the police during a time of trouble ex) He spent time in prison for violating the strict restrictions on political activity imposed by martial law. to declare/impose/lift martial law The city remains firmly under martial law.

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having a lot of importance and interest for somebody ex) Even after a series of former opposition figures were freely elected president (starting in 1992), Mr. Baek continued to join protests, in support of another cause dear to many Korean hearts: rice farming.

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a person officially chosen by an organization to investigate a problem and report on it ex) The UN's special rapporteur on freedom of assembly this year noted "a slow, creeping inclination" in South Korea to erode it; the use of water cannons to target lone protesters, he said, was "difficult to justify." the UN special rapporteur on human rights

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to make problems or difficulties seem less important or serious, especially by talking to people 일을 수습하다, ~을 얼렁뚱땅 넘기다, 덮고 넘어가다 ex) Duterte is scrambling to smooth things over with the U.S., a longtime ally. She spoke to both sides in the dispute in an attempt to smooth things over.

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An acid trip refers to psychedelic experiences brought on by the use of LSD. The term "psychedelic" derives from Greek words meaning "mind revealing". Psychedelic experiences are used in exploratory, learning, recreational, religious/mystical and therapeutic contexts. ex) And that is the idea that a language channels your thoughts that the vocabulary and the grammar of different languages gives everybody a different kind of acid trip, so to speak.

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3) [singular] a state of nervous or confused excitement ex) And so gradual consensus is becoming that language can shape thought, but it tends to be in rather darling, obscure psychological flutters. Her sudden arrival caused quite a flutter. to be in a flutter/to be all of a flutter

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1) [intransitive, transitive] imbibe (something) (formal or humorous) to drink something, especially alcohol 2) [transitive] imbibe something (formal) to absorb something, especially information ex) One of them is that if you want to imbibe a culture, if you want to drink it in, if you want to become part of it, then whether or not the language channels the culture -- and that seems doubtful -- if you want to imbibe the culture, you have to control to some degree the language that the culture happens to be conducted in. He imbibed elements of oriental mysticism from the years he spent in India.

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English-speaking, especially in countries where English is not the only language that is spoken ex) There's one scene closest to the end, where they have to take a friend to an Anglophone hospital. anglophone communities distinctions between Anglophone and Francophone Africa * anglophone noun BrE /ˈæŋɡləʊfəʊn/ ; NAmE /ˈæŋɡloʊfoʊn/ a person who speaks English, especially in countries where English is not the only language that is spoken ex) Canada’s native anglophones

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1) containing expressions that are natural to a native speaker of a language ex) And they speak it more slowly, they have accents, they're not idiomatic. She speaks fluent and idiomatic English.

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the dry outer covering of nuts, fruits and seeds, especially of grain ex) Suddenly these characters that you've fallen in love with become husks of themselves, they're shadows of themselves. Brown rice has not had the husks removed. (figurative) There was only the husk left of his former self.

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a screen made of thin material that becomes transparent when lit from behind, used in the theatre ex) To go into a culture and to only ever process people through that kind of scrim curtain is to never truly get the culture. With scrims and video projections, redundant onscreen narrative texts and filmed images of a murky, blood-stained lagoon, the setting was more or less 15th century.

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1) (formal) a thing that is very important and needs immediate attention or action ex) the economic imperative of quality education for all 2) (grammar) the form of a verb that expresses an order; a verb in this form ex) "Uktub," write, in the imperative. In ‘Go away!’ the verb is in the imperative. ‘Go away!’ is an imperative. an imperative sentence

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1) (also scoot) [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move a short distance, especially while sitting down ex) She scooched over so that he could sit down next to her. He scooched closer to her and whispered his reply. 2) [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move or pass through a narrow space ex) Me either, but if I did, I would get to roll around in my mouth not some baker's dozen of vowels like English has, but a good 30 different vowels scooching and oozing around in the Cambodian mouth like bees in a hive. The waiter kept pressing against the table, trying to scooch by. I had to scooch between the wall and the sofa to reach the plug.

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More to the point, we live in an era when it's never been easier to teach yourself another language.

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to get your first experience in a particular job by doing something ex) I cut my teeth on those. actors who cut their teeth on low-budget films

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careful and sensible; showing good judgement opposite injudicious ex) We should certainly have a debate about what constitutes judicious use, because jumping to an outright ban defies science and common sense, may cause more animal suffering, and may even adversely affect public health. It is curable with judicious use of antibiotics. Some dishes would be very bland without the judicious use of spices and other seasonings.

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1) [intransitive] star (with/opposite somebody) (in something) to have one of the main parts in a film/movie, play, etc. ex) It's no secret that Asian-Americans are disproportionately stars in American schools, and even in American society as a whole. She starred opposite Cary Grant in ‘Bringing up Baby’. No one has yet been chosen for the starring role (= the main part). 2) [transitive, no passive] star somebody if a film/movie, play, etc. stars somebody, that person has one of the main parts 1) a movie starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan The studio wants to star her in a sequel to last year's hit. 3) [transitive, usually passive] star something to put a symbol shaped like a star (= an asterisk) next to a word, etc. in order to make people notice it ex) Treat all the sections that have been starred as priority.

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to be testament to ~ testify to ~ According to some scholars, successful Asian-Americans, far from revealing a lack of discrimination, is in part to testament to it.

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Bravo to the Asian-Americans success which is a tribute to hard work, strong families and passion for education.

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to change or to make something change from one state or condition to another ex) We have to transition from a consumer-driven economy to an innovation-driven economy. They transitioned from print journalism to the digital world. The 51-year-old is currently transitioning from male to female. They decided to transition the farm to organic.

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see a man walk on Mars put a man on Mars land a man on Mars I think we're going to see a man walk on Mars in 10 years. The same logic applies when he says he wants to land a man on Mars.

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(of a person) independent, with unusual opinions ex) He is a maverick businessman. a maverick film director a politician with a maverick streak

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No wonder, the media talk about him mostly in positive tones.

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None of them write him off as just another insane businessman.

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fall (a[the]) victim (to sth) (formal) to be injured, damaged or killed by something ex) Many foreign wives soon fall victim to domestic violence. Many plants have fallen victim to the sudden frost.

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A study actually says one in five marriages are now between a Korean national and a foreigner.

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No wonder, some of these men go on to abuse their wives both physically and verbally.

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It's just sad tings have come to this.

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Whatever the cause, I believe this buying and selling of brides must go.

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``` benefits subsidies grants cash incentive handouts ``` They just say they're going to hand out some benefits to couples who have 3 or more kids in the future.

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do your bit (informal) to do your share of a task ex) We can finish this job on time if everyone does their bit.

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A microloan is defined as a very small, short-term loan with a low interest rate, usually extended to a start-up company or self-employed person. Typically, these loans do not exceed $35,000. The MicroLoan Program provides microloans to start-up, newly established, or growing small business concerns. Under this program, SBA makes funds available to non-profit community based lenders (intermediaries) that in turn, make loans to eligible borrowers in amounts up to a maximum of $50,000. ex) Getting a microloan is far easier than getting a bank loan.

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A microfinance institution specializing in the offering and servicing of small-balance loans to low-income groups or individuals. A microlender provides small amounts of capital that would not be considered cost-effective for a traditional lender, enabling disadvantaged individuals to have access to small amounts of credit. ex) In the African countries where they are widespread, microlenders no longer need to distribute and collect piles of bank notes (=은행권, 지폐) -- always a cumbersome task and often a dangerous one.

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Microfinance is a general term to describe financial services to low-income individuals or to those who do not have access to typical banking services. Microfinance is also the idea that low-income individuals are capable of lifting themselves out of poverty if given access to financial services. ex) Mike Gama-Lobo of FINCA, a microfinance pioneer, is particularly excited by the possibility of fusing mobile money with traditional microlending.

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3) a situation in which something changes from bad to good ex) A failed turnaround and then, last month, the biggest data breach from a single site in history. a turnaround in the economy

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The economy will turn around sooner or later. I remain hopeful that the economy will turn around next year.

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Yahoo, an online firm, has had a bad run of news.

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a service that provides the latest news, for example using the Internet ex) On October 4th came a fresh blow when Reuters, a newswire, reported that the company had written customised software to scan all incoming e-mail for certain keywords, complying with a request either from America's National Security Agency of the FBI.

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law-abiding adjective obeying and respecting the law ex) The company's first response was to say that it is a law-abiding company. law-abiding citizens

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run counter to. Be in conflict with, oppose, as in Practice often runs counter to theory. This idiom, first recorded in 1843, uses counter in the sense of "in an opposite direction." ex) If so, it would run counter to efforts by Congress to rein in such programmes, following revelations in 2013 by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor, of online spying (on October 5th it emerged that another NSA contractor was arrested in August for stealing classified information).

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(of a situation or fact) making you angry because it is unfair ex) Critics found it galling that Ms. Mayer is reported to have been aware of the theft since July but said nothing. It was galling to have to apologize to a man she hated.

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substantiate something (formal) to provide information or evidence to prove that something is true ex) The allegations about e-mail scanning, if they are substantiated, would probably also be reason for further negotiations. The results of the tests substantiated his claims. They made accusations which could not be substantiated.