Word_2 Flashcards
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Intuit
You are merely intuiting a truth
He is an intuit
To know , sense or understand sth by intuitions
He was able to intuit the answer immediately
She intuited a connection btw the 2 crimes
Quantum
the sum of human knowledge is now so immense that even a highly educated person can hope to absorb only a tiny quantum of it
This quantum improvement was so effective that a very unhappy Barnes & Noble filed a lawsuit three days before Amazon’s IPO, claiming that Amazon was unfairly calling itself a “bookstore” when really it was a “book broker.”
plural quan·ta\ˈkwän-tə\
1 a : quantity, amount
b : portion, part
c : gross quantity : bulk
2 a : any of the very small increments or parcels into which many forms of energy are subdivided
b : any of the small subdivisions of a quantized physical magnitude (such as magnetic moment)
Earths largest book store
Amazon
Holy grauil of
Finding a cure for cancer is the holy grail of medical researchers.
Understanding and learning the structure of data is the holy grail of machine learning.
.“The Holy Grail is within you – find your Inner Treasure”
― Jay Woodman
finding your true SELF is the “holy grail”
often not capitalized : an object or goal that is sought after for its great significance
something that you want very much but that is very hard to get or achieve
the Holy Grail : the cup that is said to have been used by Jesus Christ and that was sought by knights during the Middle Ages
gall
This idea galled Einstein because it seemed that this ghostly influence would be transmitted instantaneously between even vastly separated but entangled particles
make (someone) feel annoyed or resentful.
“it galled him to have to sit impotently in silence”
It was very galling to have a younger brother who did everything better than me. (annoying, bothersome,
irritating)
He found his reduced status galling.
synonyms: irritate , annoy , annoy , vex , make angry, make cross, anger , exasperate , irk , pique , put out, displease , get someone up, antagonize , get on someone’s nerves, rub up the wrong way, ruffle , ruffle, someone’s feathers , make someone’s hackles rise, raise someone’s hackles ; More
ghostly
not loud or clear:
a ghostly voice/echo
pale and transparent in a way that does not seem real, like a ghost:
a ghostly figure/apparition
They live in contemplation of a ghostly past.
I have always had great respect for her, and that consoles me a little in my present enforced and ghostly role.
They looked extremely ghostly and frightening as they came through the mist.
grit
We are always looking for new group members with passion, talent, and grit!
Courage and resolve; strength of character.
‘I’ve known few men who could match Maude’s grit’
‘I have seldom seen such grit, determination and resoluteness from everyone on a Waterford team.’
‘He showed true grit as he completed the 4.3-mile run in 55 minutes in spite of suffering from prostate cancer.’
‘But Jean showed her true grit and followed the first rule of business which is to learn from your failures.’
‘It is times like these that show the true grit of a team.’
brimming with sth
in a field brimming with exitements
brim with (something)
To exhibit something, such as a trait or emotion, to a great degree.
With our trip just days away, the kids are totally brimming with excitement.
This song just brims with emotion.
full of some kind of happy behavior.
The volunteer workers were brimming with goodwill. The smiling children were brimming with joy.
it is growing in unanticipated way
quatum science
growing
synergy
If there is synergy between two or more organizations or groups, they are more successful when they work together than when they work separately.
lso called: synergism
the potential ability of individual organizations or groups to be more successful or productive as a result of a merger
2. another name for synergism (sense 1)
The aim is to merge the two and take advantage of the resulting synergies.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
And the signs are that he has the nous to harness a synergy between the two.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Investors have already begun to doubt the potential synergies and question the impact on earnings.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is a healthy picture and we have done good work on synergies.
“Magic’s just science that we don’t understand yet.”
― Arthur C. Clarke
― Arthur C. Clarke
mind-bending
” A mind-bending talk” WWW.TED.COM.
8 Brilliant Mind-Bending Movies That You Need To See .. Sites talking about those movies
mind-bending facts about Quantum mechanics
: causing changes to the mind or to behavior
: very confusing, exciting, etc.
flesh out
The 70-year-old incoming president has a mammoth task of FLESHING OUT his cabinet, as well as steering the complex transition of power,
There is a thriving research community currently fleshing out the notion of entanglement as a new type of physical resource, finding principles which govern its manipulation and utilization
In the 1990s several teams of researchers began fleshing this idea out,
o provide more information about (something) : to make (something) more complete by adding details
You need to flesh out your plan with more details.
She fleshes out the characters in her novels very well.
profound
profound effect on me and society
This is a scientific discovery of profound significance.
very great
This is a scientific discovery of profound significance.
showing serious thought and wise ideas
Kafka’s profound insights into human experience
showing a clear and deep understanding of serious matters:
profound truths/wisdom
The review that I read said that it was “a thoughtful and profound film”.
“Dying is easy - it’s living that’s the problem.” “That was very profound of you, Steven.”
Body bag
They will go back in body bag … el Rufai
Hawkins takes the body bag and departs, leaving the entire watching crowd silent over the loss.
From Wikipedia
Sharif must open the body bag, which contains the bounty.
From Wikipedia
Madison opens his body bag and finds he’s in pieces.
From Wikipedia
America is sending 100,000 body bags.
From the Hansard archive
Teresa ignores him and finds children costumes, plastic body bags, children snuff films and surgical instruments in the playroom closet.
From Wikipedia
a heavy plastic bag used to transport a dead person, especially a soldier who has been killed in a war
Soul Crashing
Some came to get rich on their wits and intellect, others on their strength and brawn, toiling from dawn to dusk in soul-crushing labors
Oh, it was nothing compared to the immediate, soul-crushing loneliness I’d experienced when Baxter and I had split.
soul-crushing (comparative more soul-crushing, superlative most soul-crushing)
Demeaning, boring, disheartening.
in a sense not in the sense
also in some sense
Choice A is correct in a sense that it is widely used.
Choice A is correct in the sense that it is widely used.
- Do both sentences above sound natural?
- If yes, could you please explain the difference
I’m afraid only the second sentence sounds acceptable to native ear
n a sense
Partly; in some way(s); in a certain way of looking at it. A: “So all you need to do is get married and they’ll let you stay in the country?” B: “In a sense, but there’s a lot more work involved than just that.” In a sense, the book’s story stands as a metaphor for the American dream.
in a sense
in a way; in one way of looking at it. In a sense, cars make life better. But, in a sense, they also make life worse.
in some sense. Sort of, in some ways but not others. For example, In a sense our schools are the best in the state, but the test scores don’t always show that , or In some sense I agree with you, but not entirely. [Late 1500s] Also see in a way.
n a ˈsense, in ˈone sense considered in one way, rather than in other ways: In a sense we are all responsible for the problem of starvation in the world.
Lump together
The fact that us “non-whites” are lumped together into some absurd category of being “people of colour” further reinforces whiteness as the norm. It strips away our individual experiences, and instead decides the colour of our skin is what’s relev
But how can that be done when we are lumped together as one homogeneous mass? How can police brutality be addressed if those very black men are overlooked?
People of color or woman of color
Anyone non white . Especially black
This/That way
By doing this /that
Go through the roof
My tinnitus will go through the roof
go through the roof
1. To react to something angrily. Mom will go through the roof when she finds out we disobeyed her again.
2. To increase to a very high level. Once our neighborhood was featured in that popular show, house prices went through the roof.
See also: roof, through
Magic bullet
a quick and simple solution to a difficult problem:
a magic bullet for sth There is no magic bullet for the water shortage we’re facing.
substance or therapy capable of destroying pathogens (such as bacteria or cancer cells) or providing an effective remedy for a disease or condition without deleterious side effects
2 : something providing an effective solution to a difficult or previously unsolvable problem
a magic bullet to stem voter apathy
It is ok to fail , what is not ok is too
Fail to fail to raise up after failure
Unsympathetic
There’s nothing quite as unsympathetic as a politician looking for sympathy.’
‘He said it was natural for the public to feel unsympathetic towards prisoners at a time when crime was rampant and prisons overflowing.’
1.
not feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy.
“I’m not being unsympathetic, but I can’t see why you put up with him”
1Not feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy.
‘I’m not being unsympathetic, but I can’t see why you put up with him’
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2Not showing approval or favour towards an idea or action.
‘they were initially unsympathetic towards the cause of Irish freedom’
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3(of a person) not friendly or cooperative; unlikeable.
‘a totally unsympathetic character