TO 7-2 Flashcards

Question

be at odds (with something)

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to be different from something, when the two things should be the same synonym conflict ex) South Korea, close to both, at times finds itself at odds with one or the other. These findings are at odds with what is going on in the rest of the country.

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1) an object, such as a bullet, that is fired from a gun or other weapon ex) Last year it conducted 19 missile tests involving at least 111 projectiles.

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(often disapproving) not happening at regular times; not following any plan or regular pattern; that you cannot rely on synonym unpredictable ex) But it remains the only country capable, in theory, of exerting any restraining influence on his erratic regime. The electricity supply here is quite erratic. She had learnt to live with his sudden changes of mood and erratic behaviour. Mary is a gifted but erratic player (= she does not always play well). Irrigation measures will be necessary in areas of erratic rainfall. their increasingly erratic policy decisions

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belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else synonym native ex) Some in South Korea advocate another system, developed indigenously. the indigenous peoples/languages of the area The kangaroo is indigenous to Australia.

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seeming or stated to be real or true, when this is perhaps not the case synonym apparent ex) Experts dismiss its ostensible worries about its purpose: the intrusiveness of the radar, and the "interoperability" of the system -- i.e., the fear that it might be linked up with those already deployed in Japan and Guam, and that it might eventually even be rolled out in India, encircling China. The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.

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1) interoperability (between/with something) the ability of computer systems or programs to exchange information ex) Experts dismiss its ostensible worries about its purpose: the intrusiveness of the radar, and the "interoperability" of the system -- i.e., the fear that it might be linked up with those already deployed in Japan and Guam, and that it might eventually even be rolled out in India, encircling China. This new feature should ensure greater interoperability between devices. 2) interoperability (between/with somebody/something) the ability of military equipment or groups to work together ex) They need to achieve higher levels of interoperability with allies.

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encircle somebody/something (formal) to surround somebody/something completely in a circle ex) Experts dismiss its ostensible worries about its purpose: the intrusiveness of the radar, and the "interoperability" of the system -- i.e., the fear that it might be linked up with those already deployed in Japan and Guam, and that it might eventually even be rolled out in India, encircling China. Jack's arms encircled her waist. The island is encircled by a coral reef. Snow covered the encircling hills.

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antagonize somebody to do something to make somebody angry with you ex) If so, it seems to have overplayed its hand, antagonising South Korea by bullying it -- just as America blundered when it tried to stop its allies joining the AIIB. Not wishing to antagonize her further, he said no more.

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to spoil your chance of success by judging your position to be stronger than it really is ex) If so, it seems to have overplayed its hand, antagonising South Korea by bullying it -- just as America blundered when it tried to stop its allies joining the AIIB.

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1) [uncountable] power and influence political/financial clout ex) The moral seems to be that China's economic clout can win it commercial acquiescence, but that when it comes to arm-wrestling over matters of national security, America still has the muscle. I knew his opinion carried a lot of clout with them.

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the fact of being willing to do what somebody wants and to accept their opinions, even if you are not sure that they are right ex) The moral seems to be that China's economic clout can win it commercial acquiescence, but that when it comes to arm-wrestling over matters of national security, America still has the muscle. There was general acquiescence in the UN sanctions.

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marsupial noun BrE /mɑːˈsuːpiəl/ ; NAmE /mɑːrˈsuːpiəl/ any animal that carries its young in a pocket of skin (called a pouch) on the mother’s stomach. Kangaroos and koalas are marsupials. ex) If we look across many, many different species of animals, not just us primates, but also including other mammals, birds, even marsupials like kangaroos and wombats, it turns out that there's a relationship between how long a childhood a species has and how big their brains are compared to their bodies and how smart and flexible they are.

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an Australian animal like a small bear, that carries its young in a pouch (= a pocket of skin) on the front of the mother’s body ex) If we look across many, many different species of animals, not just us primates, but also including other mammals, birds, even marsupials like kangaroos and wombats, it turns out that there's a relationship between how long a childhood a species has and how big their brains are compared to their bodies and how smart and flexible they are.

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Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. In common English, they are known as the crow family, or, more technically, corvids. Over 120 species are described. The genus Corvus, including the jackdaws, crows, and ravens, makes up over a third of the entire family. They are considered the most intelligent of the birds, and among the most intelligent of all animals, having demonstrated self-awareness in mirror tests (European magpies) and tool-making ability (crows, rooks)—skills until recently regarded as solely the province of humans and a few other higher mammals. Their total brain-to-body mass ratio is equal to that of great apes and cetaceans, and only slightly lower than in humans. ex) And crows and other corvidae, ravens, rooks and so forth, are incredibly smart birds.

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raven noun BrE /ˈreɪvn/ ; NAmE /ˈreɪvn/ a large bird of the crow family, with shiny black feathers and a rough unpleasant cry ex) And crows and other corvidae, ravens, rooks and so forth, are incredibly smart birds. A raven sat in the tree and cawed.

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rook noun BrE /rʊk/ ; NAmE /rʊk/ 1) a large black bird of the crow family. Rooks build their nests in groups at the tops of trees.

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1) a young bird that has just learnt to fly | ex) Well it turns out that the babies, the New Caledonian crow babies, are fledglings.

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1) a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks. ex) So you don't want to have the mastodon charging at you and be saying to yourself, "A slingshot or maybe a spear might work. Which would actually be better?" You want to know all that before the mastodons actually show up.

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2) to help to make something possible ex) Ms. deGuzman's video makes for some discomfiting viewing. Constant arguing doesn't make for a happy marriage.

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[often passive] discomfit somebody (literary) to make somebody feel confused or embarrassed ex) Ms. deGuzman's video makes for some discomfiting viewing. He was not noticeably discomfited by the request.

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1) [intransitive] muse (about/on/over/upon something) to think carefully about something for a time, ignoring what is happening around you synonym ponder ex) I sat quietly, musing on the events of the day. 2) [transitive] + speech | muse that… to say something to yourself in a way that shows you are thinking carefully about it ex) Ms. deGuzman mused that, like it or not, experiencing life through a four-inch screen could be the new norm. ‘I wonder why?’ she mused.

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You get away from the crowded city's hurry and noise.

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1) [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move very quickly, making a high continuous sound ex) Cars whiz past the camping site. A bullet whizzed past my ear. He whizzed down the road on his motorbike.

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2) not developed or changed in any way; left in its original condition synonym unspoiled ex) You visit places of pristine beauty or historical relics. pristine, pollution-free beaches

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1) relic (of/from something) an object, a tradition, a system, etc. that has survived from the past ex) You visit places of pristine beauty or historical relics. The building stands as the last remaining relic of the town's cotton industry. Videotapes may already seem like relics of a bygone era. The pictures on the walls were relics from the days before her marriage. Our transportation system is a relic of the past.

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1) quench your thirst to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty synonym slake ex) Eco-tourism does that too, but it helps you quench your intellectual thirst.

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used to list the various reasons for something ex) What with everything else going on, from Trump to Brexit to the horror in Dallas, it's hard to focus on developments in financial markets -- especially because we're not facing any immediate crisis. What with the cold weather and my bad leg, I haven't been out for weeks.

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2) speculation (in something) the activity of buying and selling goods or shares in a company in the hope of making a profit, but with the risk of losing money ex) Some commentators blame the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, accusing them of engineering "artificially low" interest rates that encourage speculation and distort the economy. speculation in oil

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3) [intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal) (of a number of people) to go somewhere quickly without order or control ex) In some past episodes of very low government borrowing costs, the story has been one of a flight to safety: investors piling into U.S. or German bonds because they're afraid to buy riskier assets. The coach finally arrived and we all piled on. Children were piling out of the school bus.

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The difference between the yields of two bonds with differing credit ratings. Most often, a corporate bond with a certain amount of risk is compared to a standard risk-free Treasury Bond. The bond spread will show the additional yield that could be earned from a bond which has a higher risk. ex) European bond spreads, like the difference between Italian and German interest rates, have also stayed low.

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1) capitulation (to somebody/something) the act of accepting that you have been defeated by an enemy or opponent synonym surrender (1) ex) So what's going on? I think of it as the Great Capitulation. a humiliating/shameful capitulation

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2) (informal, often humorous) I/me ex) A number of economists -- most famously Larry Summers, but also yours truly and others -- have been warning for a while that the whole world may be turning Japanese. Steve came first, Robin second, and yours truly came last.

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(informal) to admit that you have been defeated and stop trying ex) Now they've thrown in the towel, in effect conceding that persistent weakness is the new normal. We're not going to throw in the towel just because we lost one game.

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(saying) people who have a lot of money have more power and influence than others; used for saying that money gives you power ex) They say that money talks; well, cheap money is speaking very clearly right now, and it's telling us to invest in our future. Money talks in today’s harsh economic climate.

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soldiers who fight on foot ex) Callaway and his men drove supply trucks because the white infantry didn't trust them to fight. infantry units The infantry was/were guarding the bridge.

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3) retrieve something to make a bad situation better; to get back something that was lost ex) One day, she was given the job of retrieving a heavily armored vehicle called a Buffalo from a muddy Iraqi field. You can only retrieve the situation by apologizing. Employers are anxious to retrieve the investment they have made in training their employees.

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2) a small metal tower on a ship, plane or tank that can usually turn around and from which guns are fired ex) "By the end of it," she told me recently, "one M88 was buried in mud. All you could see was the gun turret." a gun turret

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1) (of a situation) not encouraging or giving any reason to have hope ex) The military's record on sexual assault has been bleak. a bleak outlook/prospect The future looks bleak for the fishing industry. The medical prognosis was bleak. They faced a financially bleak Christmas.

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when someone's gender identity is the same as the one they were assigned at birth ex) But another reason for the lack of credit is that the leads in our war movies about Iraq and Afghanistan look exactly like the leads in our contemporary World War II films. White, straight, cisgender men. If a doctor announces, “It's a girl!” in the delivery room based on the child's body and that baby grows up to identify as a woman, that person is cisgender. Following is a list of cisgender identity privileges.

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feeling or showing great happiness because of a success ex) it also looks like Representative Tammy Duckworth, the Illinois Democrat who lost both her legs in Iraq and recently drove her scooter in jubilant celebration in Chicago's Pride Parade. The fans were in jubilant mood after the victory.

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1) waste matter from farm animals synonym manure ex) to spread muck on the fields The tractors are out spreading muck. 2) (informal, especially British English) dirt or mud ex) Can you wipe the muck off the windows? My face and hands were covered in muck. 3) (informal, especially British English) something very unpleasant ex) The true stories of who our soldiers really are need to be rescued from the muck of our contemporary political life. I can't eat this muck!

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lieutenant colonel noun an officer of middle rank in the US army, US air force or British army ex) In June, about 10 years after she rescued that Buffalo, I asked now Lieutenant Colonel McDonough to meet with me in Washington.

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(idiomatic) Expresses dismay or annoyance, especially at bad luck or misfortune. ex) "Turn off your air conditioning and turn on your fans" And wouldn't you know it, they did. Wouldn't you know it! I left my wallet at home.

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the act of persuading somebody to do something, as opposed to using force synonym persuasion (1) ex) Well, if something is inconvenient, even if we believe in it, moral suasion, financial incentives, don't do much to move us -- but social pressure, that's powerful stuff.oral suasion

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to deal with, understand, or find out about only a small part of a subject or problem ex) But we're just one company, and this is just scratching the surface. We left feeling that we had just scratched the surface of this fascinating country.

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3) [transitive] to amuse and interest somebody ex) She came over to meet my young daughter, and she was tickled to learn that my daughter's name is also Harriet. to tickle somebody’s imagination I was tickled to discover that we'd both done the same thing.

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to survive to a specific [advanced] age. ex) Life expectancy for women who live to age 50 is going up around the world, but poor and middle-income countries could easily make greater gains, according to a new World Health Organization report. Sally's aunt lived to the ripe old age of one hundred. Ken lived to the age of sixty-two.

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Cow tipping is the purported activity of sneaking up on any unsuspecting or sleeping upright cow and pushing it over for entertainment. The practice of cow tipping is generally considered an urban legend, and stories of such feats viewed as tall tales. The implication that rural citizens seek such entertainment due to lack of other alternatives is viewed as a stereotype. The concept of cow-tipping apparently developed in the 1970s, though tales of animals that cannot rise if they fall has historical antecedents dating to the Roman Empire. ex) Let's get this out of the way: Cow tipping, at least as popularly imagined, does not exist.

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2) an organization that collects and exchanges information on behalf of people or other organizations ex) YouTube, the largest clearing house of human stupidity the world has ever known -- where you can watch hours of kids taking the cinnamon challenge, teens jumping off rooftops onto trampolines, or the explosive results of fireworks set off indoors -- fails to deliver one single actual cow-tipping video.

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1) reams [plural] (informal) a large quantity of writing ex) Despite reams and reams of articles debunking the idea, cow tipping, like crop circles, continues to exist as a strange rural legend -- the difference being there's at least photographic proof of crop circles. She wrote reams in the exam. 2) [countable] (specialist) 500 sheets of paper

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a type of black and white cow that produces a lot of milk ex) Part of this, of course, is that the closest many people come to a cow is seeing a Holstein along the interstate.

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quiet and easy to control ex) Glimpsed at 65 miles per hour, it's possible to imagine a docile bovine easily overturned by a blacked-out college bro. a docile child/horse

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a young female cow, especially one that has not yet had a calf ex) A 1,400-pound dairy heifer is a broad, squarely built animal -- there's a reason the adjective "beefy" exists.

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5) used to describe something that is broad or that looks solid in shape ex) A 1,400-pound dairy heifer is a broad, squarely built animal -- there's a reason the adjective "beefy" exists. a man of square build

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(of a person or their body) big or fat ex) A 1,400-pound dairy heifer is a broad, squarely built animal -- there's a reason the adjective "beefy" exists. beefy men/arms/thighs The doctor was summoned to his bedside.

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1) to get information or a skill by chance rather than by making a deliberate effort ex) One news report actually said kids as young as 5th graders are picking up the habit now. to pick up bad habits Here's a tip I picked up from my mother. She picked up Spanish when she was living in Mexico. Where did you pick up that idea?

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very evil; very unpleasant ex) Another thing that's really unique about "The Wizard of Oz" to me is that all of the most heroic and wise and even villainous characters are female.

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(of a school or an educational system) where girls and boys are taught together ex) I know from my own experience that Princess Leia did not provide the adequate context that I could have used in navigating the adult world that is co-ed. The school has now made the decision to go fully co-educational.

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1) [transitive, intransitive] flunk (something) to fail an exam, a test or a course ex) It pretty much flunks the Bechdel test. I flunked math in second grade.

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to officially accuse someone of a crime. A more common phrase is bring charges ex) A neighbour called the police, who supposedly checked with a prosecutor before making an arrest to ensure criminal charges could be laid. Criminal charges will be laid tomorrow. No charges were ever laid against her.

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not important or worth considering synonym trivial ex) Obviously, there is a serious problem here... when we put people in jail for such inconsequential acts, when we abuse the power of the police, and of course, when we completely misunderstood children's developmental needs. inconsequential details inconsequential chatter

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poles and boards that are joined together to make a structure for workers to stand on when they are working high up on the outside wall of a building (비계: 건축공사 때에 높은 곳에서 일할 수 있도록 설치하는 임시가설물) ex) How exactly are children in La Porte Texas, or anywhere else for that matter, going to learn to survive in traffic if they don't slowly have opportunities to create the psychological scaffolding they need to understand the consequences to their actions. The statue is currently surrounded by scaffolding. scaffolding poles

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6) (also put something into something) to spend a lot of time or make a lot of effort doing something ex) A 2011 statistic says almost 40% of workers put in more than the required 8 hours a week. She often puts in twelve hours' work a day. He's putting a lot of work into improving his French.

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[uncountable, countable] the act of printing a statement about somebody that is not true and that gives people a bad opinion of them ex) Libel is punishable by law, but legal restraints can go only so far. He sued the newspaper for libel. a libel action (= a case in a court of law) In a libel action a newspaper must prove that any comments it printed are true.

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2) [intransitive] + noun to make a particular number when added together synonym add up to ex) Social networking service subscribers now number more than 2 billion people. The crowd numbered more than a thousand. We numbered 20 (= there were 20 of us in the group).

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You can make friends with people half a world away.

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1) (in science fiction stories) a short narrow board that travels above the surface of the ground, that you ride on in a standing position ex) Sonia picked up her hoverboard, put it under her arm and trudged up three flights of stairs illuminated by stained glass to a vast room with old portraits of judges and shelves of dusty books. The hoverboard in that movie made me really, really want to be living in the year 2015. 2) (in real life) a type of electric skateboard ex) Now it's 2015 and hoverboards are really here but, sadly, they don't hover. They have wheels.

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[intransitive] to walk slowly or with heavy steps, because you are tired or carrying something heavy ex) Sonia picked up her hoverboard, put it under her arm and trudged up three flights of stairs illuminated by stained glass to a vast room with old portraits of judges and shelves of dusty books. He trudged the last two miles to the town. The men trudged up the hill, laden with supplies. We spent the morning trudging around the mall looking for a suitable gift.

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5) [countable] a series of steps between two floors or levels ex) Sonia picked up her hoverboard, put it under her arm and trudged up three flights of stairs illuminated by stained glass to a vast room with old portraits of judges and shelves of dusty books. She fell down a flight of stairs/steps and hurt her back.

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2) vet something to check the contents, quality, etc. of something carefully synonym screen ex) Sonia understood why all the most ambitious third-year students were hoping to get jobs at government agencies vetting the micro-directives that computers put into practice. All reports are vetted before publication. She insists on vetting questions prior to an interview. All goods are carefully vetted for quality before they leave the factory. We are introducing new security vetting procedures.

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1) badly damaged, especially as a result of being crushed or twisted ex) Her injured friend was scanned and prodded; then, as she was wheeled into the operating room, screens listed procedures to be done, and one that should be delayed concerned her mangled hand. mangled bodies/remains

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by accident; without intending to synonym unintentionally ex) She had inadvertently spoken out loud, prompting the screen she carried to display the first draft of an academic paper, written in 2015, by two professors, one at the University of Chicago, the other at the University of Toronto. We had inadvertently left without paying the bill.

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to imagine what will happen in the future ex) They envisaged machines able to assemble data and produce predictive outcomes, and then distribute these everywhere, instantly, turning rules and standards upside down and replacing them with micro-directives that were more responsive to circumstances, and rational. What level of profit do you envisage? I can't envisage her coping with this job. I don’t envisage working with him again. It is envisaged that the talks will take place in the spring. I envisage that the work will be completed next year. It is difficult to envisage how people will react.

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a board displaying the names and current scores of the leading competitors, esp in a golf tournament ex) Not only could it recognize the traffic signs better than any other algorithm, the leaderboard actually showed it was better than people, about twice as good as people.

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to stop and think carefully about the way in which a particular situation is developing in order to decide what to do next ex) Consequently, I have been staking stock of both my life and my budget to see how I can rearrange my schedule to maximize my time and income. It was time to stand back and take stock of his career.

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1) to consider an idea or a plan, but not very seriously and not for a long time synonym flirt with ex) Lately, I have toyed with the idea of cancelling my gym membership. I did briefly toy with the idea of living in France.

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As everyone knows, the shrine was built to commemorate the deaths of class A war criminals. ~ was built in memory of ~

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1) a place where people come to worship because it is connected with a holy person or event ex) A recent survey by a Japanese newspaper showed more than half of the respondents thought it was okay for Japanese government officials to go visit the Yasukuni shrine and pay homage to the war criminals. a shrine to the Virgin Mary to visit the shrine of Mecca

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to openly honor or worship someone or something. ex) ex) A recent survey by a Japanese newspaper showed more than half of the respondents thought it was okay for Japanese government officials to go visit the Yasukuni shrine and pay homage to the war criminals. Do you expect me to pay homage to your hero? I refuse to pay homage to your principles.

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pacifist constitution * pacifist adjective BrE /ˈpæsɪfɪst/ ; NAmE /ˈpæsɪfɪst/ [usually before noun] holding or showing the belief that war and violence are always wrong ex) Some politicians there have also been trying to revise the country's pacifist constitution that bans the military's involvement in any armed conflicts. pacifist beliefs

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done in a planned and determined way, especially by more than one person, government, country, etc. ex) We should rather work hard to gather strengths and make concerted efforts. a concerted approach/attack/campaign She has begun to make a concerted effort to find a job.

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We should rather work hard to gather strengths and make concerted efforts. It would be also great if the countries that suffered most during the war to form a united front in dealing with the rightist movements in Japan. * united front a coalition formed to oppose a force that menaces the interests of all the members ex) They presented a united front against the enemy.

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rightist adjective BrE /ˈraɪtɪst/ ; NAmE /ˈraɪtɪst/ supporting right-wing political parties and their ideas synonym right-wing ex) It would be also great if the countries that suffered most during the war to form a united front in dealing with the rightist movements in Japan. the current rightist government rightist songs * leftist adjective BrE /ˈleftɪst/ ; NAmE /ˈleftɪst/ supporting left-wing political parties and their ideas ex) leftist groups

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calm; not showing excitement or nerves ex) We must be more cool-headed in this. a cool-headed assessment of the situation Even the most cool-headed individuals can be thrown into a mild panic at the prospect of organizing a wedding.

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(usually used in the progressive tenses) (of a telephone) to ring many times ex) The hotline for Internet addiction rings off the hook 24/7. The phone has been ringing off the hook with offers of help.

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to be very afraid of something; to fear that something bad is going to happen ex) It almost seems like an invisible tug of war between kids who can't wait to see their day come and their parents who just dread the coming of vacations. This was the moment he had been dreading. I dread being sick. She dreads her husband finding out. I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here. I both hoped and dreaded that he would come.

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if you bring a situation to a head or if a situation comes to a head, you are forced to deal with it quickly because it suddenly becomes very bad ex) What makes the problem worse is that they come a year or even years after the problem started; after it comes to a head.

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extremely upset and anxious so that you cannot think clearly ex) The government had the Korea Agency Digital Opportunity & Promotion set up the Internet Addiction Prevention Counseling center, come up with counseling programs and hire 600 counselors who then listen to distraught teens free of charge. She’s still too distraught to speak about the tragedy. The child’s distraught parents pleaded for witnesses to contact the police.

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the highest point or end of something, usually happening after a long time ex) These two proposed mergers are the culmination of a series of deals in the health care industry that have reduced the number of insurers and caused the consolidation of hospitals and doctors' practices everywhere. The reforms marked the successful culmination of a long campaign.

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2) (specialist) the act or process of joining things together into one or of being joined into one ex) These two proposed mergers are the culmination of a series of deals in the health care industry that have reduced the number of insurers and caused the consolidation of hospitals and doctors' practices everywhere. the consolidation of Japan’s banking industry debt consolidation

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to become bigger and heavier ex) Every merger seems to compel another as competitors bulk up, lest they find themselves with less leverage in negotiations between insurers and providers. After bulking up for his last film role, he’s now down to a slim 11 stone.

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1) in order to prevent something from happening ex) Every merger seems to compel another as competitors bulk up, lest they find themselves with less leverage in negotiations between insurers and providers. He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. Lest anyone should doubt my story, I have brought documents to attest to its truth. 2) used to introduce the reason for the particular emotion mentioned synonym in case ex) She was afraid lest she had revealed too much.

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2) divest yourself of something to get rid of something ex) In exchange for the approval, InBev will have to divest SABMiller's stake in MillerCoors, which controls about a quarter of the American beer market, and agree to alter distribution practices to make it easier for small brewers to get access to grocery stores and bars. The company is divesting itself of some of its assets.