Unit 4 Changes Flashcards
Access
A way of entering or reaching a place
Adapt
1) To change your behaviour in order to deal more successfully with a new situation;
2) to change a book or a play into a movie, TV programme or a play.
Adjust
To change sth slightly to make it more suitable for a new set of conditions
To get used to a new situation by changing the way you behave or think
Alter
To become different, make sb different
Bound
certain or likely to happen, or to do or be sth
Brief
lasting only a short time, short
Bulging
that stick out from sth in a round shape
carefree
having no worries and responsibilities
character
the interesting and unusual quality that a place or a person has
chic
very fashionable and elegant
child-friendly
desighed to be suitable for children, not harmful to children
convert
1) to change sth from one system, form, purpose to another
2) to change or to make sb change their religion
cycle racks
a structure usually made of metal bars and found outside the buildings, which can hold or to which you can attach bicycle
dilapidated
(of furniture and buildings) old and in very bad condition
drab
without interest or colour, dull and boring
drawback
a disadvantage or a problem that makes sth a less attractive idea
enforced
that sb is forced to do or experience without being able to control it
evolve
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faint
very small, possible but unlikely
far and away
by a very great amount
gallant
brave, especially in a very difficult situation
idle
not working hard, lazy
idyllic
peaceful and beautiful, perfect, without problems,
impressionable
easily influenced or affected by sb/sth
