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π Where there's a will there's a way, phrase.
❓ Definition (proverb): Determination will overcome any obstacle.
❗️ Examples:
1. I know it will be difficult but where there's a will there's a way.
2. There would be a problem playing all those games but where there's a will there's a way.
3. As they say, where there's a will there's a way, and if anything can be read into Sunday's game, and its scintillating finish, the will is certainly strong in Galway and Kerry.
4. The problem for the fixtures board might be finding an alternative but where there's a will there's a way.
5. It seems to me that in politics, as in life, where there's a will there's a way.
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π Pricey, adjective.
π /ΛprΚΙͺsi/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (informal): Expensive.
❗️ Examples:
1. Boutiques selling pricey clothes.
2. People are revered if they are dressed in expensive clothes and have pricy items in their homes.
3. Some homeowners have even traded down from more expensive abodes to less pricey dwellings.
4. We had been told the pub was expensive - but it wasn't unduly pricey.
5. Hand-made saddles may be a diminishing requirement in an age of machining perfection, but Emma still keeps her hand in by constantly working on at least one, even though they are a very pricy item these days.
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π Abomasum, noun.
π /ΛabΙΚΛmeΙͺsΙm/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (Zoology): The fourth stomach of a ruminant, which receives food from the omasum and passes it to the small intestine.
❗️ Examples:
1. Rennet is derived from the abomasum (fourth stomach) of newly born calves.
2. The usual source is the lining of the fourth stomach (the abomasum or true stomach) of a calf, though other young animals may be used.
3. This ensures that during suckling milk is channeled directly to the abomasum bypassing wasteful ruminal fermentation.
4. The abomasum, known as the true stomach, normally lies on the floor of the abdomen, but can become filled with gas and rise to the top of the abdomen and become displaced.
5. Small rocks were found in the abomasa of 26 of the 31 caribou whose stomachs were examined.
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π What goes around comes around, phrase.
❓ Definition (proverb): The consequences of one's actions will have to be dealt with eventually.
❗️ Examples:
1. And it's a powerful belief, offering both hope to the oppressed - suffering cannot last forever - and a warning to the oppressor - take care, what goes around comes around.
2. Watford were on the receiving end of some decisions tonight as we were on Saturday, so what goes around comes around.
3. But although I strive daily to do the right thing - believing firmly in the karmic law that what goes around comes around - I've never, ever aspired to returning to earth as the Dalai Lama.
4. I have no idea what makes someone go to those lengths, but I believe what goes around comes around and she has got what she deserved.
5. We're having to fund it too, because as in all things, what goes around comes around - although we were paying for legal aid anyway, but I don't suppose the Government's given that money back.
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π Figurative, adjective.
π /ΛfΙͺΙ‘(Ι)rΙtΙͺv/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: Departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical.
❗️ Examples:
1. A figurative expression.
2. For example, is the term metaphor itself literal or figurative?
3. Teens comprehend abstract language, such as idioms, figurative language, and metaphors.
4. A figurative remark takes on literal construction, a metaphor is concretized in fact.
5. Using it is too much of a literal and figurative headache, and if you get sloppy there's always the danger of nasty results.
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π Ogdoad, noun.
π /ΛΙΙ‘dΙΚad/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (rare): A group or set of eight.
❗️ Examples:
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π Under the weather, phrase.
❓ Definition (informal): Slightly unwell or in low spirits.
❗️ Examples:
1. She was sufficiently under the weather to have to pull out of the championship.
2. He's been under the weather since he's been on his own.
3. I feel sick, have a painful headache and feel a bit under the weather, but I know that if I push myself and get out of bed I will feel better.
4. And every time I go for a stroll by the river when I'm feeling a bit under the weather, I come back home wondering why I felt so poorly in the first place.
5. So I'm more than a bit under the weather at present.
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π Freshman, noun.
π /ΛfrΙΚmΙn/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: A first-year student at university.
❗️ Examples:
1. We invited the freshmen.
2. Why are most of the victims physically weak such as university freshmen or sophomores or female students?
3. She is currently enrolled at California State University Fullerton as a freshman in the Honors Program.
4. When Arizona State University's freshmen begin to navigate college life this fall, about 35 of them will get extra support from their parents.
5. The teaching of science subjects to secondary school students and college and university freshmen is often regarded as a difficult task.
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π Bullate, adjective.
π /ΛbΚleΙͺt/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (Botany): Covered with rounded swellings like blisters.
❗️ Examples:
1. Adult leaf: often entire, mid-green blade, involute, slightly bullate and crinkled, very little pigment in the veins.
2. The distinguishing characteristic of this species is the extremely bullate leaves.
3. Paranephelius is composed of acaulescent herbs with showy, yellow capitula, sessile in the center of a basal rosette of leaves, often with bullate leaf surfaces.
4. Nautilocalyx pemphidius High Resolution Another plant that is usually seen grown for its dark bullate foliage.
5. The leaves are stalked, have a serrated outline, covered with stiff hair and their shape is ovoid and broad or bullate, hence the origin of species name (bullatus).
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π Curiosity killed the cat, phrase.
❓ Definition (proverb): Being inquisitive about other people's affairs may get you into trouble.
❗️ Examples:
1. Defending, he said: ‘This is a case where curiosity killed the cat.’
2. Stuffed as we were, however, curiosity killed the cat - and it very nearly took us with it as we recklessly agreed to share a devilled chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream.
3. I won't reveal any more of the plot than that, but if there's a moral to this story, it's that old truism that says that curiosity killed the cat.
4. Didn't your mother ever tell you curiosity killed the cat?
5. That's awfully mean of you to tease me like that - curiosity killed the cat, you know.
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π Fortify, verb.
π /ΛfΙΛtΙͺfΚΙͺ/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (with object): Provide (a place) with defensive works as protection against attack.
❗️ Examples:
1. The enclave has been heavily fortified in recent years.
2. He immediately set up a defensive perimeter and fortified his area.
3. I came in from the sides like a well drilled eighteenth century army attacking some fortified town in the Low Countries.
4. Achieving both can fortify a region militarily and put its economy on par with the world's best.
5. The kingdom shall be protected by fortifying the capital and the towns at the frontiers.
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π Rellie, noun.
π /ΛrΙli/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (Australian, New Zealand • informal): A relative.
❗️ Examples:
1. Let's hope the lads leave any embarrassing rellies at home.
2. They worry about their health, the size of their stomach, their relationships, their financial state and their rellies.
3. I should also mention that when I went and visited my rellies in Thailand I found out that not only Mum has type II diabetes.
4. I thought all my relo's in America were skinny… like the one's here.
5. Because if you do make them, they impact on your friends, your family, your rellies, and the anger that that generates is very difficult to bear in a small community.
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π People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, phrase.
❓ Definition (proverb): You shouldn't criticize others when you have similar faults of your own.
❗️ Examples:
1. So people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, eh?
2. The shadow environment secretary said: ‘It's all very well criticising the failure of America to sign up to Kyoto, but people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
3. Yes, it's an extremely derogatory term, and not one I would use myself, unless I'm angry of course, and even then I would feel uneasy (people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones).
4. One common test of abstraction is to explain what this means: ‘people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.’
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π Mass noun, noun.
❓ Definition (Grammar): A noun denoting something that cannot be counted (e.g. a substance or quality), in English usually a noun which lacks a plural in ordinary usage and is not used with the indefinite article, e.g. china, happiness.
❗️ Examples:
1. When used in a generic sense, only mass nouns and plural count nouns are able to occur without a determiner or quantifier: Water is colourless, Groceries are expensive, Dogs make good companions, * Dog makes a good companion.
2. At the same time, their language does have a distinction between count and mass nouns, so that there is the equivalent of the English difference between " { many / * much foreigners } " and " { * many/much manioc meal’.
3. For example, Mandarin's usage of mass nouns predisposes its discourse to take a more holistic approach to the world than say, English, which demarcates objects more readily.
4. And I also wonder what happens when you have a noun that doesn't need a determiner at all, for example mass nouns such as water, or plural nouns.
5. Beware of anyone who pluralizes ‘literature’, which is already a mass noun.
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π Loungey, adjective.
π /ΛlaΚn(d)Κi/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (informal): (of a place) conducive to lounging; comfortable.
❗️ Examples:
1. A loungey bar with low seating.
2. It's a comfortable loungey atmosphere that's even livelier in summer when you can sit outside.
3. The plan was to cultivate the loungey atmosphere of his rowdier Old City joints and combine it with French cuisine.
4. Upstairs is plush loungey seating and bar space where every shining cocktail is concocted with industrial efficiency, while the groovers spin their moves on the vast floor below.
5. We don't know much about Chinese wines but we do know that this chic, loungey wine bar decked out in sultry Asian shades specialises in Nectar of the Gods from all corners of the globe.
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π Back to the drawing board, phrase.
❓ Definition: Used to indicate that an idea, scheme, or proposal has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised.
❗️ Examples:
1. The government must go back to the drawing board and review the whole issue of youth training.
2. The developers must now go back to the drawing board in relation to this second phase of their project.
3. The regulations must be sent back to the drawing board and revised to conform to the real world.
4. York Council expects to send developers back to the drawing board over their proposals for the city's Barbican Centre.
5. They have also decided to go back to the drawing board on the idea for bus priority in Shipton Road between Loweswater Road and Rawcliffe Lane.
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π Ward off, phrasal verb.
❓ Definition (ward someone or something off, ward off someone or something): Prevent someone or something from harming or affecting one.
❗️ Examples:
1. She put up a hand as if to ward him off.
2. The archetypal souvenirs are ceramic tiles featuring the Evil Eye - a Turkish good luck charm designed to ward off evil spirits.
3. In areas where apples were grown, it evolved into a ritual in which chants and dances were used to ward off evil spirits which it was believed would harm the trees.
4. The veil was also believed to magically have the power to ward off surrounding evils that wish to harm the bride.
5. Practices included the use of talismans and incantations to ward off evil spirits, and ‘shamanic journeying’.
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π Avunculate, noun.
π /ΙΛvΚΕkjΚlΙt/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (the avunculate • Anthropology): The special relationship in some societies between a man and his sister's son.
❗️ Examples:
1. Kinship relations such as the avunculate.
2. The Fante also cited the latter proverb to indicate certain limitations placed on the avunculate.
3. Since every schoolboy since Radcliffe-Brown knows the importance of the avunculate in African society, I simply counted my blessings, figuring that I must actually be ‘doing’ anthropology.
4. He is currently refining one paper on Anglo-Saxon queenship and another on the avunculate in Beowulf, the latter invited for Philological Quarterly.
5. However, some questions were still unanswered, since the avunculate is not associated always with either matrilineal or patrilineal systems.
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π See the back of, phrase.
❓ Definition (informal): Be rid of (an unwanted person or thing)
❗️ Examples:
1. We were always glad to see the back of her.
2. This New Year's Eve I was alone, glad to see the back of 2004 and preparing to move forward in the coming year.
3. I won't be sorry to see the back of all these roadworks so we can all go about our daily business.
4. They will be glad to see the back of him in Edinburgh.
5. By the sounds of it, they're glad to see the back of him.
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π Alter, verb.
π /ΛΙΛltΙ/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.
❗️ Examples:
1. Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage.
2. Our outward appearance alters as we get older.
3. The English ruling class was wiped out and the character of the nation altered forever.
4. Digitally alter all the alien characters so they have 2 heads because that would look so cool.
5. During the course of the show, he altered the character of two sculptures by revising the installation.
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π F2F, abbreviation.
❓ Definition (informal): Face-to-face.
❗️ Examples:
1. F2F communication.
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π Take root, phrase.
❓ Definition: Become fixed or established.
❗️ Examples:
1. The idea had taken root in my mind.
2. Spatial sequences merging across the shifting levels prevent fixed identities from taking root anywhere.
3. Because he had little to say about social need and there was no legislative provision for subsidising loss-making services, the idea took root that the issue had simply been ignored.
4. Nevertheless, the idea took root in their minds.
5. I quickly stomped on that idea before it fully took root.
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π Break out, phrasal verb.
❓ Definition: (of war, fighting, or similarly undesirable things) start suddenly.
❗️ Examples:
1. Forest fires have broken out across Indonesia.
2. The incident happened after a fight broke out between a group of up to six youngsters in the school's playground at about 8.45 am.
3. Police were called after fighting broke out among a group of around 40 men.
4. When war broke out he willingly fought for Britain, and before being sent to France he adopted a British name so that he would not be shot as a traitor if captured.
5. A fight broke out early on Saturday morning, in the car park of the club.
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π Overdog, noun.
❓ Definition (informal): A person who is successful or dominant in their field.
❗️ Examples:
1. Ventura was also a genuine underdog with an outsider's passion for political reform, while Arnold is the ultimate overdog.
2. We could build on this forgiving little ceremony with something that panders not just to Utah but overdogs everywhere: The March of Defeated Nations.
3. The next is Apple's perpetual role as scrappy underdog - reporters love cheerleading for the underdog without ever pausing to explore why it isn't the overdog.
4. Intel may be the overdog, but does this make AMD the underdog?
5. When your movement becomes the overdog, such people are boorish and obnoxious.
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π Take something with a pinch of salt, phrase.
❓ Definition: Regard something as exaggerated; believe only part of something.
❗️ Examples:
1. I take anything he says with a large pinch of salt.
2. An AIB spokesman rejected the claim it was ripping off customers and said it took the report with a pinch of salt as it did not believe true like-for-like comparisons were made.
3. The next time someone says one bullet is vastly superior to another in regards to wind deflection, take their advice with a grain of salt and check for yourself.
4. Many personnel believe that no matter what they have to say, it will be taken with a grain of salt.
5. Since I had no recourse to take this route, I took the stories with a pinch of salt and never checked them out.
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π Resurrect, verb.
π /rΙzΙΛrΙkt/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (with object): Restore (a dead person) to life.
❗️ Examples:
1. He queried whether Jesus was indeed resurrected.
2. The plot sinks into absurdity, as dead people are resurrected and the Beast is exposed as a mechanical porcupine.
3. By the tune of her voice, you might have thought she was just told that her dead family was resurrected.
4. The gods of the world are having trouble keeping the demons at bay, and so they come up with a last-ditch scheme - to resurrect a dead hero.
5. But it seemed he was resurrected, as though he were never dead.
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π Fluey, adjective.
π /ΛfluΛi/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (British • informal): Suffering from flu.
❗️ Examples:
1. When I woke up I felt really fluey.
2. When I woke I felt really fluey and very sick.
3. Though as I'm starting to feel a bit fluey, the urge to comfort snack will be strong.
4. I've got a really unpleasant fluey cold, but had to go to work today.
5. I'm a bit fluey and blocked up this week but never the less glad to be here.
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π Let the cat out of the bag, phrase.
❓ Definition (informal): Reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake.
❗️ Examples:
1. Now that Viola had let the cat out of the bag, she had no option but to confess.
2. Gavin Anderson apologises to those in the know for letting the cat out of the bag about this secret haven.
3. So let the cat out of the bag: admit that what you're really up to is a satire on the state of arts funding.
4. The rather inappropriately named Defence Minister let the cat out of the bag by admitting that there isn't really a threat after all.
5. Two such academics were so upset by the broadcast they injudiciously let the cat out of the bag completely.
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π Preconceived, adjective.
π /priΛkΙnΛsiΛvd/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: (of an idea or opinion) formed before having the evidence for its truth or usefulness.
❗️ Examples:
1. The same set of facts can be tailored to fit any preconceived belief.
2. It is the evidence that determines all this, not any preconceived opinion or ideological view.
3. Obviously Gary had never read a romance book in his life, but his preconceived ideas did provide entertainment for the rest of us.
4. It's been my experience that life is so constructed that the event cannot and will not live up to preconceived idea I have about it.
5. On the future of banking in Ireland he has ‘no preconceived ideas of what is right and what is wrong’.
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π Ecdysiast, noun.
π /ΙkΛdΙͺzΙͺast/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (humorous): A striptease performer.
❗️ Examples:
1. Who can blame that fabled celebrity connoisseur of ecdysiasts for wearing a mask when he dropped in for a spot of ale at his favorite London strip club?
2. Our favorite ‘intense’ (read: creepy) actor is an aficionado of ecdysiasts.
3. Consider the time I had a Swedish house guest, a woman who would later go on to become one of Key West's most popular ecdysiasts.
4. A demeaning booking in a burlesque theater gives Louise the chance to emerge from Momma's shadow and become cafe society's favorite ecdysiast.
5. The legendary ecdysiast should take Britain off his itinerary altogether.
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π Let sleeping dogs lie, phrase.
❓ Definition (proverb): Avoid interfering in a situation that is currently causing no problems but may well do so as a result of such interference.
❗️ Examples:
1. And God also seems to have the highest expectations of us, not settling for second-best or letting sleeping dogs lie.
2. So the Labor party is merely going along with the masses by letting sleeping dogs lie.
3. Somebody sent me an email that said this was all the fault of the U.S. because ‘we should have let sleeping dogs lie.’
4. But then maybe it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.
5. I'll let sleeping dogs lie for a bit on that front.
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π Reprimand, noun.
π /ΛrΙprΙͺmΙΛnd/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: A formal expression of disapproval.
❗️ Examples:
1. The golfer received a reprimand for a breach of rules.
2. They both received a written reprimand and were ordered to pay significant costs.
3. His behavior, which did not go unnoticed, became the subject of a formal reprimand by the Cliburn Foundation chairman.
4. Among other unfair treatments she made him mop the floor and issued formal warnings for relatively minor offences for which female employees received mild, informal reprimands.
5. It should also be noted that Harper bravely made those statements outside of the House of Commons because he would receive a severe reprimand for using unparliamentary language.
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π Rark, verb.
π /rΙΛk/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (usually rark someone up • New Zealand • informal • with object): Annoy or irritate (someone)
❗️ Examples:
1. Mentioning it would only rark people up again.
2. We don't want to rark anyone up here.
3. Once they have rarked them up, they will just desert them.
4. If he turns up a bit earlier today and rarks us up in his own unique style, it could be a ripper.
5. We're bloody great mates who love rarking each other up.
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π Be in the know, phrase.
❓ Definition: Be aware of something known only to a few people.
❗️ Examples:
1. He had a tip from a friend in the know: the horse was a cert.
2. In today's information-based society, there are few things more infuriating than not being in the know.
3. Well, I used to pride myself as being in the know but I have heard nothing about this idea.
4. Essentially, one needs to be in the know to make the most of Berlin's nightlife.
5. But you have to be in the know to have access to the best-kept secret in showbiz.
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π Refine, verb.
π /rΙͺΛfΚΙͺn/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (with object): Make minor changes so as to improve or clarify (a theory or method)
❗️ Examples:
1. Ease of access to computers has refined analysis and presentation of data.
2. The premise is correct: there has been progress; theories are refined, generalised, clarified, simplified, and perfected.
3. We then used the results of our analysis to refine the original theory and to add to the literature in new ways.
4. The course materials and the presentation methods were progressively refined for each course.
5. Freud's theories were incidental - useful in refining traditional methods of popular control perhaps, but a sideshow.
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π Yclept, adjective.
π /ΙͺΛklΙpt/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (archaic • predicative): By the name of.
❗️ Examples:
1. A lady yclept Eleanora.
2. Why art thou so oddly yclept, so whimsically named - oh, got it, you play the HARP.
3. Taking advantage of the disposition you express to hear from the ‘dear public,’ I beg to submit a few reflections concerning the idiosyncrasies of that part of our city yclept ‘The Street’.
4. It also leads to pronouncing two double consonants when you speak the word; cl and pt. Yclept means named as in ‘I have a dog yclept Rover.’
5. It is I who is yclept the fool, but…’ Roger punched him out before he could finish, but when I explained Vertumnus was my fool he left in disgust.
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π Jump on the bandwagon, phrase.
❓ Definition: Join others in doing or supporting something fashionable or likely to be successful.
❗️ Examples:
1. Scientists and doctors alike have jumped on the bandwagon.
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π Submerge, verb.
π /sΙbΛmΙΛdΚ/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (with object): Cause (something) to be under water.
❗️ Examples:
1. Houses had been flooded and cars submerged.
2. A sheet of glass was blown out of one window, the car park was submerged and water gradually rose up the main steps.
3. Her claim for damages was still under consideration by City Hall when yesterday morning's flood waters submerged her home.
4. The road was submerged as flood water rose in the area.
5. Crews in Central Texas pulled this woman to safety after fast-moving waters swept and submerged her car.
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π Deasil, adverb.
π /ΛdΙs(Ι)l/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (Scottish • dated): In the direction of the sun's apparent course, considered as lucky; clockwise.
❗️ Examples:
1. We moved deasil around the circle for what seemed like forever.
2. Let the Magician trace in the air around himself a Magick Circle with his Sword, moving in a deasil manner.
3. When the first clocks were built, the marketing department informed engineering that the clocks had better go deasil, or all hell would break out.
4. The stone ceases to turn widdershins and rasps out a different rhythm as it begins to move deasil.
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π On the back foot, phrase.
❓ Definition (British): Outmanoeuvred by a competitor or opponent; at a disadvantage.
❗️ Examples:
1. Messi's early goal put Milan on the back foot.
2. The government found itself on the back foot as peaceful demonstrations continued.
3. By the early summer of 1918, the German submarines were clearly on the back foot.
4. The Irish government appeared to be put on the back foot.
5. The polls may not show much change but the government gives all the appearances of being on the back foot.
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π Nutritional, adjective.
π /njuΛΛtrΙͺΚ(Ι)n(Ι)l/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: Relating to the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
❗️ Examples:
1. Genetic engineering can alter the nutritional value of food.
2. Nutritional deficiencies in the diet.
3. Iron deficiency is the most serious nutritional deficiency worldwide.
4. Sound nutritional advice is based on good food analysis.
5. The old hay probably doesn't have much nutritional quality left in it.
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π Affright, verb.
π /ΙΛfrΚΙͺt/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (archaic • with object): Frighten (someone)
❗️ Examples:
1. Ghosts could never affright her.
2. ‘Oh my lord, my lord, I have been so affrighted!’
3. John was affrighted at the eager enjoyment - the appetite, as it were - with which he found himself inhaling the fragrance of the flowers.
4. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
5. Before him on the ground he felt the bundle which Sarah had fetched out of the house - his own knapsack and sketchbook - and affrighted, he stood upright again.
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π Jam tomorrow, phrase.
❓ Definition (British): A pleasant thing which is often promised but rarely materializes.
❗️ Examples:
1. A promise of jam tomorrow wasn't enough to satisfy them.
2. Policy holders want cash today, not the promise of jam tomorrow, and if people don't appreciate that then they are out of touch.
3. He should realise that promises of jam tomorrow are not helping shopkeepers in his area to swallow difficulties forced on them by the loss of parking spaces.
4. Unfortunately, in the case of human and civil rights, promises of jam tomorrow are simply not good enough.
5. We have been promised jam tomorrow but we have never got it.
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π Worldwide, adjective.
π /ΛwΙΛl(d)wΚΙͺd/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: Extending or reaching throughout the world.
❗️ Examples:
1. Worldwide sales of television rights.
2. This event will reach a worldwide audience as the team set out to put Ireland on the map.
3. They are starting to be used as weapons and will soon have worldwide reach.
4. His unique talent has earned him a worldwide reputation as the world's most popular phantom.
5. It may go some way to repair the damage to the worldwide reputation of Irish banks.
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π Nothing succeeds like success, phrase.
❓ Definition (proverb): Success leads to opportunities for further and greater successes.
❗️ Examples:
1. At the end of the day, nothing succeeds like success.
2. But in America, nothing succeeds like success.
3. In mitigation, this run of bad results was closely tied to a string of away fixtures that would test any team but it once again proved that if nothing succeeds like success then failure facilitates a firing.
4. You know that saying, nothing succeeds like success?
5. Well, its an old saying and a true one: nothing succeeds like success.
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π Life-threatening, adjective.
π /ΛlΚΙͺfΛΞΈrΙt(Ι)nΙͺΕ/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: (especially of an illness or injury) potentially fatal.
❗️ Examples:
1. Cancer is not the only life-threatening condition.
2. And it's not just those suffering from life-threatening illness who are offered such help.
3. The basic fact may nowhere be as true as when we are tested by a life-threatening illness.
4. The man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries - a deep wound to his side had punctured a lung.
5. They have been asked to keep an eye out for symptoms of the potentially life-threatening disease in their children.
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π Livener, noun.
π /ΛlΚΙͺv(Ι)nΙ/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (British • informal): Something with an invigorating effect, especially an alcoholic drink.
❗️ Examples:
1. By the time we arrived there we were ready for a livener.
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π Put the bite on, phrase.
❓ Definition (North American, Australian, New Zealand • informal): Borrow or extort money from.
❗️ Examples:
1. A deadbeat diner tried to put the bite on a restaurant.
2. Damn, I thought, putting the bite on me for food money.
3. I'm no elitist and I'm all for genuine homeless people getting a better deal all round, but it beggared belief to see him shopping with the people he was putting the bite on just minutes before.
4. It is scandalous is that while Catholic schools across the country have missed out on anywhere between $560 million and $2-3 billion over the past four years, they have put the bite on parents to make up some of the difference.
5. Meanwhile, the governor - through a special economic development fund overseen by his office - also has been putting the bite on a host of companies and other special interests to contribute to his pet cause.
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π Deed, noun.
π /diΛd/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (literary): An action that is performed intentionally or consciously.
❗️ Examples:
1. Doing good deeds.
2. Her kind nature was ever to the fore and she performed many good deeds in her own quiet manner.
3. The Executive has made a virtue of preaching the need for reform without accompanying those words with deeds.
4. But some, who saw what took place, said: From where does this child spring, since his every word is an accomplished deed?
5. She also called on the congregation not to establish a political party but instead to perform good deeds to serve the society.
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π Wonted, adjective.
π /ΛwΙΚntΙͺd/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (literary): Habitual; usual.
❗️ Examples:
1. The place had sunk back into its wonted quiet.
2. I noticed he was dressed in formality that night, forgoing his wonted loud, showy colors I normally saw him in.
3. ‘He had been speaking with all his wonted force and vigour, brightness of idea and freshness of expression and courage,’ a reporter wrote.
4. The local artists will, as wonted, be given the opportunity to perform on the international stage in an effort to promote both the artistes and the island.
5. Several erudite readers, invoking Joycean fragments, have in recent months suggested ways of rehabilitating my wonted usage, for which I am grateful.
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π Not a bit of it, phrase.
❓ Definition (British): Not at all.
❗️ Examples:
1. Am I being unduly cynical? Not a bit of it.
2. After the torrential rain on Saturday, we had thought the event might be a bit of a wash-out, but not a bit of it.
3. It sounds like a recipe for gross self-indulgence, but not a bit of it: ‘I've actually lost nearly a stone and a half since coming here.’
4. When the Express closed, and then later the ill - fated Scottish Daily News, you'd have thought the bar would close but not a bit of it.
5. You would think after 20 years he would be jaded, but not a bit of it.
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π Mankind, noun.
❓ Definition (mass noun): Human beings considered collectively; the human race.
❗️ Examples:
1. Research for the benefit of all mankind.
2. Arms races have dogged mankind from the dawn of history, and history seems bound to repeat itself.
3. It is often acknowledged that the history of mankind is written by its victors.
4. Had he been listened to, the history of mankind might have been different.
5. Proof that history depends on mankind rather than a merely symbolic event was in evidence in two nations.
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π Wonted, adjective.
π /ΛwΙΚntΙͺd/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (literary): Habitual; usual.
❗️ Examples:
1. The place had sunk back into its wonted quiet.
2. I noticed he was dressed in formality that night, forgoing his wonted loud, showy colors I normally saw him in.
3. ‘He had been speaking with all his wonted force and vigour, brightness of idea and freshness of expression and courage,’ a reporter wrote.
4. The local artists will, as wonted, be given the opportunity to perform on the international stage in an effort to promote both the artistes and the island.
5. Several erudite readers, invoking Joycean fragments, have in recent months suggested ways of rehabilitating my wonted usage, for which I am grateful.
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π The world, the flesh, and the devil, phrase.
❓ Definition: All forms of temptation to sin.
❗️ Examples:
1. Rossetti struggled with these words in her desire to overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.
2. A rich understanding of the roles of God, the world, the flesh, and the devil in suffering will aid counselors in determining the best responses to their clients' pain.
3. The daily, hourly conflict with the world, the flesh, and the devil, shall at length be at an end: the enemy shall be bound; the warfare shall be over; the wicked shall at last cease from troubling; the weary shall at length be at rest.
4. In other words, the world, the flesh, and the devil are formidable obstacles to responding to the light and grace that God gives.
5. Epicurus' dubious reputation reflected the Christian tendency to regard earthly pleasures as the evil lures of the world, the flesh, and the devil.
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π Aforementioned, adjective.
π /ΙfΙΛΛmΙnΚΙnd/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: Denoting a thing or person previously mentioned.
❗️ Examples:
1. Songs from the aforementioned album.
2. All of the aforementioned public representatives present addressed the meeting.
3. Apart from the aforementioned health benefits, it has given his work an integrity that it did not need previously.
4. Smoking is already banned in most of the places that people have to use, such as the aforementioned public transport.
5. The aforementioned rules may only be altered by the holder of the agreement.
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π Furphy, noun.
π /ΛfΙΛfi/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (Australian • informal): A rumour or story, especially one that is untrue or absurd.
❗️ Examples:
1. I remembered the schoolyard furphies about sewer gangs.
2. Museum Manager-Curator, Capt Linda Graham, believes the story is a furphy.
3. Simon Moglia from Victoria Legal Aid says it's a furphy to suggest the powers are not over-reaching.
4. No, and really, it is a bit of a furphy to suggest that it does.
5. The 10% figure often cited, which comes from the Kinsey Report has long been dismissed as a furphy.
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π None other than, phrase.
❓ Definition: Used to emphasize the surprising identity of a person or thing.
❗️ Examples:
1. Her first customer was none other than Henry du Pont.
2. The first victims of his surprise visit were none other than presspersons themselves.
3. And it was none other than Rossellini who advised him to turn professional.
4. This church is supposed to have been founded by none other than Charlemagne.
5. She's played by none other than Kitty Bruce, daughter of standup legend Lenny Bruce.
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π Look on the bright side, phrase.
❓ Definition: Be optimistic or cheerful in spite of difficulties.
❗️ Examples:
1. ‘I expect I shall manage,’ she said, determined to look on the bright side.
2. He was always the one who looked on the bright side, the optimistic one.
3. With so many good things happening, it is so difficult not to look on the bright side, isn't it?
4. At first, anti-dam activists looked on the bright side.
5. The move might seem like nothing more than a disruption, but the director is looking on the bright side.
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π Fortify, verb.
π /ΛfΙΛtΙͺfΚΙͺ/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (with object): Increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding vitamins or minerals.
❗️ Examples:
1. Most commercial brands of almond milk are fortified with vitamins A, D, B2, B12, calcium, and zinc.
2. Because many American foods are fortified with vitamin A, deficiency is very rare in individuals who do not have certain chronic intestinal illnesses.
3. The body more readily absorbs folic acid from vitamin supplements and fortified foods than folate from food.
4. Margarine is fortified with added vitamins A and D to bring their levels up to those naturally present in butter.
5. Manufacturers should lower the amount of vitamin A in multivitamin tablets and fortified foods, such as cereals, says Michaelsson.
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π Radge, noun.
❓ Definition (Scottish • informal): A wild, crazy, or violent person.
❗️ Examples:
1. I shouted "Wind your ugly neck in, doss radge!"
2. A three-decade, on-off love affair - "It's platonic, ya radge - or metaphorical or somethin'" - was sealed with a kiss that night.
3. You lot bring that muppet into line or, by God, I will show you what a Scottish radge really is.
4. Party's nearly finished, ya radge!
5. Ah feel like givin' some radge a burst mooth.
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π If you can't beat them, join them, phrase.
❓ Definition (humorous): If you are unable to outdo rivals in some endeavour, you might as well cooperate with them and thereby possibly gain an advantage.
❗️ Examples:
1. Steve took the view that if you can't beat them, join them.
2. You're saying if you can't beat them, join them.
3. But they have increasingly taken the view that if you can't beat them, join them, and begun offering similar, competitive services.
4. The only solution as far as I can see it is if you can't beat them, join them.
5. Like everyone says, if you can't beat them, join them.
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π Retain, verb.
π /rΙͺΛteΙͺn/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (with object): Absorb and continue to hold (a substance)
❗️ Examples:
1. Limestone is known to retain water.
2. Containers that have soils high in organic matter retain soil moisture longer than other growing media.
3. In the burning process most carbon, nitrogen and sulphur are lost in gaseous form, whereas phosphorus, potassium and calcium are retained in the ash.
4. The job was one that must be done every fall when the crops are in - removing the long strips of black plastic mulch that warms the soil, retains moisture, and stifles the weeds.
5. The more water a place retains throughout the year, the more complex an ecosystem it can support.
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π Firie, noun.
π /ΛfΚΙͺri/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (Australian • informal): A firefighter.
❗️ Examples:
1. There's always a firie nearby to rescue you or your house from flames.
2. Note the firie up the ladder in the shop.
3. I am not questioning the integrity nor the bravery of the NSW "firie", but let's be honest.
4. Obviously the young firie showed some promise, as he became captain in 1976 and has held the position ever since.
5. On the plus side, the temperaments and personalities of the 'firies' are starkly highlighted (no heroics, only teamwork is tolerated), as are current firefighting and rescue tactics.
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π Turn a blind eye, phrase.
❓ Definition: Pretend not to notice.
❗️ Examples:
1. Please, don't turn a blind eye to what is happening.
2. We cannot continue to turn a blind eye or ear and pretend that all is well when many people are hurting and yearning for help.
3. In many ways, I think he's given the Saudis a pass and he's turned a blind eye to them.
4. It is a problem people are prepared to turn a blind eye to it because people rarely notice these sites as they are covered over.
5. Please, don't turn a blind eye or passively ignore what is happening.
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π Daydream, noun.
π /ΛdeΙͺdriΛm/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: A series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present.
❗️ Examples:
1. She was lost in a daydream.
2. Em scanned the schoolyard with drooped eyelids in a pleasant daydream trying to find a liable distraction.
3. Reluctantly stirring from her very pleasant daydreams, Hope looked upwards and found Frank Metcalfe smiling down at her.
4. The booming of that door seemed to have woken me from a pleasant daydream, abruptly bringing cold reality back into sharp focus.
5. My daydream distracted me and I jumped when I noticed Red plop down in front of me.
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π Beezer, adjective.
π /ΛbiΛzΙ/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (British • informal, dated): Excellent.
❗️ Examples:
1. A beezer time was had by all.
2. Living with his stuffy parents again gives him the beezer idea of hunting down his former schoolmates.
3. Purederry will return to your screens with a new beezer edition next week on Monday 10th January.
4. Some time in the 80s my mother came up with what she thought was a beezer idea for a restaurant.
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π Out of context, phrase.
❓ Definition: Without the surrounding words or circumstances and so not fully understandable.
❗️ Examples:
1. The article portrayed her as domineering by dropping quotes from her out of context.
2. He twists words, quotes people out of context and stretches the truth to suit his purpose.
3. The embarrassment was such that Gilchrist found himself explaining that his words had been taken out of context.
4. She says her words were taken out of context, but soon submits her resignation.
5. He said that his words were taken out of context and he was sorry if he had offended anyone.
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π Nutty, adjective.
π /ΛnΚti/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (informal): Mad; crazy.
❗️ Examples:
1. He came up with a few nutty proposals.
2. There is no tangible search for solutions and little real, positive innovation or creativity; merely the recycling of outdated ideas, baseless gossip and nutty proposals.
3. I have no doubt that the advice you have received from economists and tax experts has told you why your proposal is nutty.
4. I would have to do this nutty, wild, exhausting sort of dance where I would flail my arms and legs out with so much gusto I would eventually lose some of the bottled up energy.
5. His nutty enthusiasm for the game of golf hasn't diminished one stroke in his even-par 72 years.
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π Ging, noun.
π /Ι‘ΙͺΕ/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (Australian • informal): A catapult.
❗️ Examples:
1. He made a ging out of a forked stick.
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π A trouble shared is a trouble halved, phrase.
❓ Definition (proverb): Talking to someone else about one's problems helps to alleviate them.
❗️ Examples:
1. The saying, ‘a trouble shared is a trouble halved’ is just as true when it comes to your physical health as it is in relation to your emotional health.
2. They say a trouble shared is a trouble halved, but when holiday anxiety strikes, I suffer in silence.
3. Build a social support network of friends and family - remember a trouble shared is a trouble halved.
4. On the basis that a trouble shared is a trouble halved, I will share some of my troubles with you.
5. They say a trouble shared is a trouble halved and it's true.
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π Splinter, noun.
π /ΛsplΙͺntΙ/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: A small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or similar material broken off from a larger piece.
❗️ Examples:
1. A splinter of ice.
2. Their room was filled with glass shards and wood splinters.
3. She looked down at her hands, bloody from the myriad of wood splinters and glass shards that had imbedded themselves in her skin.
4. The splinter from the broken glass hit Evelyn's right shin, leaving a two-inch gash.
5. The flying vehicle of ours crashed through the roadblock, sending splinters and pieces of wood whistling all over the place.
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π Ging, noun.
π /Ι‘ΙͺΕ/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (Australian • informal): A catapult.
❗️ Examples:
1. He made a ging out of a forked stick.
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π Don't mention it, phrase.
❓ Definition: A polite expression used to indicate that thanks or an apology are not necessary.
❗️ Examples:
1. ‘Thanks very much.’ ‘Don't mention it, dear boy.’
2. Man, don't mention it; what are friends for?
3. No, don't mention it; I'm sorry I knocked you over.
4. ‘Please don't mention it,’ Vicki snapped slightly.
5. ‘Please don't mention it again,’ she said plainly.
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π Evade, verb.
π /ΙͺΛveΙͺd/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (with object): Escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery.
❗️ Examples:
1. Friends helped him to evade capture for a time.
2. Many of them, including suspected murderers and rapists, continue to evade police capture for months or even years.
3. Both are cunning predators that can evade any attempts of capture or extinction.
4. Poetry cannot escape ideology nor can evade the class struggle since the latter indirectly or more directly inform the poet's political and artistic consciousness.
5. Several lines of evidence suggest that twig anoles rely more on stealth than speed to capture prey and evade predators.
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π Alcopop, noun.
π /ΛalkΙΚpΙp/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (British • informal): A ready-mixed drink that resembles a soft drink but contains alcohol.
❗️ Examples:
1. By contrast, the traditionally more popular blended whiskies are barely holding on against vodka, rum and alcopops.
2. The 16-stone defendant had drunk several pints of beer, alcopops and a quadruple vodka.
3. It is time for women to leave behind lager and alcopops to quaff real ale, according to the first female head of the Campaign for Real Ale.
4. But their celebrations hadn't long started, when police, tipped off by school staff, raided the party and seized lager, beer, vodka and alcopops.
5. In December, 18 out of 22 premises sold beer, strong cider, lager and alcopops to two 15-year-old boys.
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π Be party to, phrase.
❓ Definition: Be involved in.
❗️ Examples:
1. He was party to some very shady deals.
2. That is not an example that my party and other parties want to be party to at all.
3. Yes because they were party to what has turned out to be open, active aggression against a third country that in no way was a threat to them and of course their reasons for going in have proved to be absolutely baseless.
4. Mother Teresa once recounted an incident she was party to in London.
5. One wonders, too, if he was a party to, participant indeed in, the villainies of Thomas J. Wise?
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π Hiya, exclamation.
π /ΛhΚΙͺjΙ/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: An informal greeting.
❗️ Examples:
1. Oh hiya, I don't think I'll be able to make it in for the week.
2. And if you already know what I'm talking about, why not drop by and say hiya to our friends at Barbelith.
3. Author's Note: Well, hiya, how are all of you doing?
4. We get results - hiya to our readership at the Beeb!
5. With Debbie wandering round the isles, I raced back home, sprinted inside, said hiya to the dogs, got my wallet and raced back to the supermarket.
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π Alcopop, noun.
π /ΛalkΙΚpΙp/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (British • informal): A ready-mixed drink that resembles a soft drink but contains alcohol.
❗️ Examples:
1. By contrast, the traditionally more popular blended whiskies are barely holding on against vodka, rum and alcopops.
2. The 16-stone defendant had drunk several pints of beer, alcopops and a quadruple vodka.
3. It is time for women to leave behind lager and alcopops to quaff real ale, according to the first female head of the Campaign for Real Ale.
4. But their celebrations hadn't long started, when police, tipped off by school staff, raided the party and seized lager, beer, vodka and alcopops.
5. In December, 18 out of 22 premises sold beer, strong cider, lager and alcopops to two 15-year-old boys.
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π In tune, phrase.
❓ Definition: In agreement or harmony.
❗️ Examples:
1. Retailers are becoming more in tune with what the consumers want.
2. The urban radio stations talking about ‘peace in the streets ‘are out of tune with reality.’
3. Martin Dunne: ‘Central policy makers are totally out of tune with the views of the people around the country.’
4. It just seemed to us that the politicians - all of them, in all the different parties - are out of tune with how ordinary people feel about this.
5. We have laws in place which are clearly out of tune with the views of the majority of the population.
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π Hostile, adjective.
π /ΛhΙstΚΙͺl/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: Showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly.
❗️ Examples:
1. A hostile audience.
2. He wrote a ferociously hostile attack.
3. But it was clear last night that the proposals would face hostile opposition from some health professionals and parents' groups.
4. On the other hand, it meant that some of his ideas provoked hostile opposition, while others were greeted with incomprehension or indifference.
5. And they have recognised that the movement must be built in the face of hostile opposition from a Labour government.
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π Dull, adjective.
π /dΚl/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: Lacking interest or excitement.
❗️ Examples:
1. Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring.
2. The next day was as boring, mundane, unexciting, humdrum, dull, tedious, uneventful and monotonous as usual.
3. That would add greater interest to an otherwise dull sport, and would mean a large pool of volunteers willing to sweep up the pitch at the final whistle.
4. It was a rare moment of excitement in an otherwise dull match.
5. So no excuses for last minute gifts that are bland, boring and dull.
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π Quarantine, noun.
π /ΛkwΙrΙntiΛn/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (mass noun): A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.
❗️ Examples:
1. Many animals die in quarantine.
2. For nearly one hundred years, bringing a pet into Britain involved a six month period in quarantine.
3. Patients are considered contagious and should remain in quarantine until all scabs separate.
4. After the transplant she had to spend six months in quarantine to avoid catching an infection while her immune system recovered, but now she is fit and well.
5. The English are very strict on their anti-rabies regulations and sometimes keep animals in quarantine for six months.
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π Cold feet, phrase.
❓ Definition: Loss of nerve or confidence.
❗️ Examples:
1. After arranging to meet I got cold feet and phoned her saying I was busy.
2. The Rochdale cabaret singer feared his Norwegian bride had got cold feet and decided to return to her homeland without him.
3. The central government has developed cold feet on the promised legislation to regulate fee and admissions in professional colleges.
4. Apparently, one - or possibly more - of the investors may have gotten cold feet.
5. They believed the hype about the cost and got cold feet.
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π Vermilion, noun.
π /vΙΛmΙͺljΙn/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (mass noun): A brilliant red colour.
❗️ Examples:
1. A lateral stripe of vermilion.
2. Vermilion streaks of sunset.
3. The sun was tediously ebbing into the horizon, staining the otherwise violet sky with brilliant streaks of orange and vermilion.
4. Among the plants that have lovely vermillion hues to go with this season are the dwarf coral tree and the African flame tree.
5. Rich hues of madder red, vermilion, saffron, and black are used in myriad combinations of stripes and checks.
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π Quarantine, noun.
π /ΛkwΙrΙntiΛn/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (mass noun): A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.
❗️ Examples:
1. Many animals die in quarantine.
2. For nearly one hundred years, bringing a pet into Britain involved a six month period in quarantine.
3. Patients are considered contagious and should remain in quarantine until all scabs separate.
4. After the transplant she had to spend six months in quarantine to avoid catching an infection while her immune system recovered, but now she is fit and well.
5. The English are very strict on their anti-rabies regulations and sometimes keep animals in quarantine for six months.
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π Two of a kind, phrase.
❓ Definition: The same or very similar.
❗️ Examples:
1. She and her sister were two of a kind.
2. I myself had doubts at first until I went further in and found clothes that are two of a kind.
3. You're two of a kind - genetically designed to get into trouble - and all we bystanders can do is pick up the pieces and try to stick them back together again afterward.
4. Lizzie, can't you tell, we're two of a kind.
5. When I opened my eyes there she was - April from work, with her face up against mine telling me how we were two of a kind, and how we needed to do something about that, her and me.
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π Drastically, adverb.
π /ΛdrastΙͺkli/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: In a way that is likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect.
❗️ Examples:
1. Now her fortunes have changed drastically.
2. Management layers will be drastically reduced.
3. The number of films being made - particularly entertainment films - dropped drastically.
4. At the same time, the traditional industries of fishing and lobstering declined drastically as marine wildlife disappeared from the harbor.
5. By the end of 1999 its economy had shrunk by 7 per cent and the unemployment ratio had increased drastically.
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π Palfrey, noun.
π /ΛpΙΛlfri/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (archaic): A docile horse used for ordinary riding, especially by women.
❗️ Examples:
1. Equestrian purchases were prominent, and extra horses, especially geldings and palfreys, were obtained and equipped with pommels of gold and silver.
2. They seemed to be saluting a noble party riding by, ladies on palfreys, gentlemen on chargers.
3. She lived her full complement of days, ending them at her own farm in the southwest horse country, where she bred some of the finest coursers and palfreys outside of the large established studs.
4. As to your comment about horses, there were all different sizes - knights and kings typically rode the massive destriers, but their pages and attendants frequently rode the smaller palfreys.
5. The Queen's litter is depicted as followed by six ladies riding upon palfreys, and by three chariots each followed similarly: these would be the peeresses and ladies of the household.
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π A penny for your thoughts, phrase.
❓ Definition: Used to ask someone what they are thinking about.
❗️ Examples:
1. I haven't heard anyone say that for years - a penny for your thoughts.
2. Next time someone offers you a penny for your thoughts… sell!
3. So, a penny for your thoughts here: what criteria, if any, should be applied in selecting names?
4. When did the phrase "a penny for your thoughts" originate?
5. It's in this book that we find the earliest known citation of the line, "A penny for your thoughts."
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π Interfere, verb.
π /ΙͺntΙΛfΙͺΙ/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (no object): Intervene in a situation without invitation or necessity.
❗️ Examples:
1. You promised not to interfere.
2. She tried not to interfere in her children's lives.
3. But she'd promised herself she'd never interfere in a situation like that - and she didn't.
4. We've interfered in their lives, their economies and everything, and now because it suits, we say that we cannot interfere in their internal affairs.
5. The relevant people should not make a fuss and should not interfere in business deals for political reasons.
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π Choccy, noun.
π /ΛtΚΙki/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (mass noun • informal): Chocolate.
❗️ Examples:
1. Choccy biscuits.
2. The whole family went to the supermarket tonight in order to get the non-perishable essentials for Christmas, like booze, choccy biscuits, booze, frozen gateux, booze, mixed nuts, oh, did I mention some wine.
3. I can remember being six or seven and being sent to the shop to buy her six bars of Galaxy or Turkish Delight or cakes or choccy biccies.
4. Everyone else whipped out loaves of bread, ham & cheese, sandwiches, tins of beer etc while I munched on my usual choccy bar.
5. I don't know what made me cringe most - Posh and Becks in their thrones or Anthea and Grant with their choccy bars.
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π Bring something to bear, phrase.
❓ Definition: Exert influence or pressure so as to achieve a particular result.
❗️ Examples:
1. They brought pressure to bear on him to resign.
2. She had reservations about how much influence she could bring to bear.
3. And who, at this distance, can tell what pressures were brought to bear on ordinary citizens to make them conform.
4. NASA finally relented, but only after much pressure was brought to bear.
5. Another way that pressure can be brought to bear on offending nations is through economic sanctions.
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π Worldly, adjective.
π /ΛwΙΛldli/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: (of a person) experienced and sophisticated.
❗️ Examples:
1. She was much more worldly than Nora and dismissed the slur.
2. Younger people will ask you important and earnest questions only an experienced and worldly man of age can answer.
3. She uses particular features to portray herself as a sophisticated, worldly woman.
4. Australians love America, but any worldly person knows you do not threaten Aussies.
5. Selfless work done with full heart and perfection is the best way for the worldly person to realize his inner Self.
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π Haecceity, noun.
π /hΙkΛsiΛΙͺti/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (mass noun • Philosophy): That property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as ‘this (one)’.
❗️ Examples:
1. For historical reasons, such a property is called a haecceity -- literally, a ‘thisness.’
2. Understanding concepts in his philosophy (eg., faciality, virtuality, haecceity, types of becoming, and rhizome) is important as they provide to entry points into some of the issues under examination.
3. Although it might seem to be a highly fanciful notion, it is hardly more fanciful than some haecceity theories which employ the same distinction, nor perhaps than some possible worlds theories either.
4. But it has extra-mental existence only in the particular things in which it exists, and in them it is always ‘contracted’ by the haecceity.
5. Smooth space is filled by events or haecceities, far more than by formed and perceived things.
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π On the shelf, phrase.
❓ Definition (British • informal, dated): Past an age when one might expect to have the opportunity to marry (typically used of a woman)
❗️ Examples:
1. I'm all depressed about being left on the shelf cos I'm turning 27 on Sunday.
2. And under no circumstances would I fear being past it or left on the shelf.
3. A woman has few options but to find a husband and provider in Georgian England and Bennet is determined that her girls will not be left on the shelf.
4. And she had decided to try to make the best of being left on the shelf.
5. Beginning to think you are going to be left on the shelf forever and end up as an elderly spinster dying alone and being eaten by your own cats?
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π Irritable, adjective.
π /ΛΙͺrΙͺtΙb(Ι)l/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.
❗️ Examples:
1. She was tired and irritable.
2. She seemed irritable, and annoyed with my every move.
3. The wait would grate so terribly on my nerves that I could easily be irritable for days afterwards, but that particular drive was different.
4. Will asked, starting to get annoyed, the pain in his head making him more irritable.
5. And these US marines smoking more than usual under the stress of battle conditions are becoming increasingly irritable.
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π Haecceity, noun.
π /hΙkΛsiΛΙͺti/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (mass noun • Philosophy): That property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as ‘this (one)’.
❗️ Examples:
1. For historical reasons, such a property is called a haecceity -- literally, a ‘thisness.’
2. Understanding concepts in his philosophy (eg., faciality, virtuality, haecceity, types of becoming, and rhizome) is important as they provide to entry points into some of the issues under examination.
3. Although it might seem to be a highly fanciful notion, it is hardly more fanciful than some haecceity theories which employ the same distinction, nor perhaps than some possible worlds theories either.
4. But it has extra-mental existence only in the particular things in which it exists, and in them it is always ‘contracted’ by the haecceity.
5. Smooth space is filled by events or haecceities, far more than by formed and perceived things.
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π Money is the root of all evil, phrase.
❓ Definition (proverb): Avarice gives rise to selfish or wicked actions.
❗️ Examples:
1. Perhaps he should reflect on Timothy's words, ‘For the love of money is the root of all evil.’
2. Many people say that money is the root of all evil.
3. They're also taught at the same time, money is the root of all evil.
4. If money is the root of all evil, I'd like to be bad.
5. Now he's talking about the old adage that money is the root of all evil.
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π Straightforward, adjective.
π /streΙͺtΛfΙΛwΙd/ π¬π§
❓ Definition: Uncomplicated and easy to do or understand.
❗️ Examples:
1. In a straightforward case no fees will be charged.
2. They would have felt easier with a straightforward repayment loan, where each month the debt reduced.
3. Life was easy, straightforward, and if he wanted something done, he just did it.
4. Knowing when to stop is not an easy or straightforward matter in ethnography.
5. Dispassionate analysis of American politics is neither easy nor straightforward.
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π Haecceity, noun.
π /hΙkΛsiΛΙͺti/ π¬π§
❓ Definition (mass noun • Philosophy): That property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as ‘this (one)’.
❗️ Examples:
1. For historical reasons, such a property is called a haecceity -- literally, a ‘thisness.’
2. Understanding concepts in his philosophy (eg., faciality, virtuality, haecceity, types of becoming, and rhizome) is important as they provide to entry points into some of the issues under examination.
3. Although it might seem to be a highly fanciful notion, it is hardly more fanciful than some haecceity theories which employ the same distinction, nor perhaps than some possible worlds theories either.
4. But it has extra-mental existence only in the particular things in which it exists, and in them it is always ‘contracted’ by the haecceity.
5. Smooth space is filled by events or haecceities, far more than by formed and perceived things.
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