Cambridge Dictionary: Part 3

Cambridge Dictionary:

📚 Pure, adjective.

🔉 /pjʊə(r)/ 🇬🇧 /pjʊr/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: behaving in a way that is morally good, especially in things related to sex.

❗️ Examples:

1. I'm trying to think only pure thoughts.

2. He invited me up to his flat for coffee, but I didn't think that his motives were entirely pure.

3. In many cultures, it is considered important for a woman to keep herself pure (= not to have sex) until she marries.

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📚 Deal, verb.

❓ Definition: to do business with or be involved with someone or something.

❗️ Examples:

1. We only deal with companies that have a good credit record.

2. They mainly deal in (= buy and sell) mutual funds.

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📚 Cover, verb.

❓ Definition: to travel a particular distance.

❗️ Examples:

1. We covered 600 miles in the last two days.

2. Fig. Her lecture covered a lot of ground, from Renaissance art to modern art.

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📚 Shrink, verb.

🔉 /ʃrɪŋk/ 🇬🇧 /ʃrɪŋk/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to move away from someone or something because you are frightened.

❗️ Examples:

1. The child shrank behind the sofa as his father shouted at him.

2. When she was younger she would shrink (away) from me whenever I spoke to her.

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📚 Coach, verb.

❓ Definition: to train and organize a sports team.

❗️ Examples:

1. He coached the Blue Devils during their last championship season.

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📚 Immediately, adverb.

❓ Definition: now or without waiting or thinking.

❗️ Examples:

1. The plane began to turn to the left almost immediately after takeoff.

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📚 Authority, noun.

❓ Definition: An authority on a subject is an expert on it.

❗️ Examples:

1. An authority on immigration law

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📚 Military, adjective (B2).

❓ Definition: relating to or belonging to the armed forces.

❗️ Examples:

1. Foreign military intervention

2. Military targets/forces

3. Military uniform

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📚 Divide, verb.

❓ Definition: to calculate the number of times one number is contained in another.

❗️ Examples:

1. 10 divided by 5 is/equals 2.

2. What do you get if you divide 6 into 18?

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📚 Skill, noun.

❓ Definition: a special ability to do something.

❗️ Examples:

1. Schools often do not provide students with marketable skills.

2. He lacked skill as a painter.

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📚 Obey, verb.

🔉  /oʊˈbeɪ/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to do what you are told or expected to do according to someone in authority or a rule or law.

❗️ Examples:

1. The toddler refused to obey.

2. Residents are expected to obey the house rules.

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📚 Compliment, verb.

🔉  /ˈkɑm·pləˌment/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to express your approval, admiration, or respect to someone for that person's character, skill, etc..

❗️ Examples:

1. I complimented Robert on his great cooking.

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📚 Rush, noun.

🔉 /rʌʃ/ 🇬🇧 /rʌʃ/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: a plant like grass that grows in or near water and whose long, thin, hollow stems can be dried and made into floor coverings, containers, etc..

❗️ Examples:

1. A rush mat

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📚 Compliment, noun (C2).

🔉 /ˈkɒm.plɪ.mənt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈkɑːm.plə.mənt/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: an action that expresses approval or respect.

❗️ Examples:

1. You should take it as a compliment when I fall asleep in your company - it means I'm relaxed.

2. Thank you so much for your help - I hope one day I'll be able to return/repay the compliment (= do something good for you).

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📚 Sign, verb.

❓ Definition: If an organization signs someone, that person has officially become a member of the organization by agreeing to a contract.

❗️ Examples:

1. The team signed four new players this week.

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📚 Authority, noun (C1).

❓ Definition: a group of people with official responsibility for a particular area of activity.

❗️ Examples:

1. The health authority

2. The local housing authority

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📚 Tight, adjective.

❓ Definition: Tight muscles feel stiff and difficult to move.

❗️ Examples:

1. If you sit for long periods, it can make your hamstring muscles very tight on the back of your thighs.

2. Calf stretches can alleviate tight calves when walking.

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📚 Stress, noun.

🔉  /stres/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: a force that tends to change the shape or strength of an object.

❗️ Examples:

1. If a metal object experiences constant stress, it may bend or break.

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📚 Fly, noun.

❓ Definition: the opening at the front of a pair of trousers.

❗️ Examples:

1. Hey Chris, your fly's undone!

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📚 Tie, verb.

🔉 /taɪ/ 🇬🇧 /taɪ/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to relate to or connect to.

❗️ Examples:

1. Is the allergy tied to dairy products, for example?

2. Can you tie his behaviour up with anything that's happened recently?

3. The Republicans are trying to tie the funding up with this bill.

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📚 Crowd, verb.

❓ Definition: to make someone feel uncomfortable by standing too close to them or by watching them all the time.

❗️ Examples:

1. I need some time to do this work properly, so don't crowd me.

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📚 Back, adverb (B2).

❓ Definition: in, into, or towards a previous place or condition, or an earlier time.

❗️ Examples:

1. When you take the scissors, remember to put them back.

2. He left a note saying "Gone out. Back soon."

3. She went to Brazil for two years, but now she's back (= has returned).

4. He looked back (= looked behind him) and saw they were following him.

5. Looking at her old photographs brought back (= made her remember) a lot of memories.

6. I was woken by a thunderstorm, and I couldn't get back to sleep (= could not sleep again).

7. The last time we saw Lowell was back (= at an earlier time) in January.

8. This tradition dates back to (= to the earlier time of) the 16th century.

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📚 Cover, verb.

❓ Definition: to protect someone or something from financial loss, damage, accident, or having something stolen; to insure.

❗️ Examples:

1. Our car insurance covers us up to $250,000 for personal injury.

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📚 Certain, adjective.

❓ Definition: some but not exactly stated; limited.

❗️ Examples:

1. She enjoys sports to a certain extent.

2. There’s a certain amount of exaggeration in all ads.

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📚 Notion, noun (C1).

🔉 /ˈnəʊ.ʃ(ə)n/ 🇬🇧 /ˈnoʊ.ʃ(ə)n/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: a belief or idea.

❗️ Examples:

1. The show's director rejects the notion that seeing violence on television has a harmful effect on children.

2. I have only a vague notion of what she does for a living.

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📚 Overuse, verb.

🔉 /ˌəʊ.vəˈjuːz/ 🇬🇧 /ˌoʊ.vɚˈjuːz/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to use something too often or too much.

❗️ Examples:

1. I tend to overuse certain favourite expressions.

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📚 Benefit, noun.

🔉  /ˈben·əˌfɪt/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: A benefit is also a helpful service given to employees in addition to their pay or to someone else who needs help.

❗️ Examples:

1. Health/medical benefits

2. I’m collecting unemployment benefits.

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📚 Room, noun (A1).

🔉 /ruːm/ 🇬🇧 /ruːm/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: a part of the inside of a building that is separated from other parts by walls, floor, and ceiling.

❗️ Examples:

1. I like this room - it has plenty of light.

2. I could hear people talking in the next room.

3. She's waiting for you in the conference room upstairs.

4. The whole room (= all the people in the room) turned and looked at her.

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📚 Solid, adjective.

🔉  /ˈsɑl·ɪd/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: completely packed with material; not hollow.

❗️ Examples:

1. Solid rock

2. A solid oak table

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📚 Rather, adverb (B1).

🔉 /ˈrɑː.ðə(r)/ 🇬🇧 /ˈræð.ɚ/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: quite; to a slight degree.

❗️ Examples:

1. It's rather cold today, isn't it?

2. That's rather a difficult book - here's an easier one for you.

3. The train was rather too crowded for a comfortable journey.

4. She answered the phone rather sleepily.

5. I rather doubt I'll be able to come to your party.

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📚 Authority, noun.

❓ Definition: An authority is someone with official responsibility for a particular area of activity.

❗️ Examples:

1. Government/church authorities

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📚 Straight, adjective.

❓ Definition: If you tell someone something straight out, you say it directly and honestly, without trying to make what you are saying more pleasant.

❗️ Examples:

1. I told her straight out that I didn't love her any more.

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📚 Effort, noun.

❓ Definition: physical or mental activity needed to achieve something, or an attempt to do something.

❗️ Examples:

1. They met again in an effort to end the strike and get people back to work.

2. It took years to write the book, but it was worth the effort.

3. He established the Help Committee to coordinate the relief effort.

4. Efforts to reach the senator for comment were not successful.

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📚 Witness, verb.

🔉  /ˈwɪt·nəs/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to see something happen.

❗️ Examples:

1. We were there at the time and witnessed the accident.

2. The university has witnessed (= experienced) quite a few changes over the years.

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📚 Fear, verb.

🔉  /fɪr/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: To fear is also to be worried or upset.

❗️ Examples:

1. They fear that Congress may not allocate the money needed.

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📚 Environment, noun.

❓ Definition: the conditions that you live or work in and the way that they influence how you feel or how effectively you can work.

❗️ Examples:

1. A good business environment

2. For preschoolers, the most stimulating environments are bright, airy, and offer daily outdoor activities.

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📚 Use, verb.

❓ Definition: to reduce the amount of something.

❗️ Examples:

1. We have used all the funds in that account.

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📚 Hereby, adverb.

🔉  /hɪərˈbɑɪ/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: by this statement, action, or law.

❗️ Examples:

1. I hereby pronounce you man and wife.

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📚 Suspend, verb.

🔉  /səˈspend/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: A person who is suspended from a job, school, or an activity is not allowed to be involved in it, usually as a punishment.

❗️ Examples:

1. Two students were suspended for damaging school property.

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📚 Firm, adjective.

❓ Definition: set in place and unable or unlikely to move, come loose, or fall over.

❗️ Examples:

1. The rocks were wet, and we couldn’t get a firm footing.

2. Fig. Sometimes it takes more courage to admit you’re wrong than to stand firm (= continue to defend an opinion).

3. Fig. The dean is holding firm and refusing to give in to student demands.

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📚 Intend, verb.

🔉  /ɪnˈtend/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to have as a plan or purpose.

❗️ Examples:

1. We intend to go to Australia next year to visit our daughter.

2. The remark was intended as a compliment.

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📚 Steep, adjective (C1).

❓ Definition: A steep rise or fall is one that goes very quickly from low to high or from high to low.

❗️ Examples:

1. There has been a steep increase/rise in prices.

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📚 Ripe, adjective.

❓ Definition: A ripe smell is strong and unpleasant.

❗️ Examples:

1. There was a ripe smell from his socks.

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📚 Aim, noun (B1).

🔉 /eɪm/ 🇬🇧 /eɪm/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: a result that your plans or actions are intended to achieve.

❗️ Examples:

1. My main aim in life is to be a good husband and father.

2. Our short-term aim is to deal with our current financial difficulties, but our long-term aim is to improve the company's profitability.

3. The leaflet has been produced with the aim of increasing public awareness of the disease.

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📚 Permanently, adverb (B2).

🔉 /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt.li/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpɝː.mə.nənt.li/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: always and for ever.

❗️ Examples:

1. Smoking is likely to damage your health permanently.

2. Michael and his family have settled permanently in the States.

3. I seem to be permanently broke.

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📚 Spending, noun.

❓ Definition: the act of giving money for goods and services.

❗️ Examples:

1. Government spending for scientific research will be increased in next year’s budget.

2. We have to find ways to cut spending and keep down costs.

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📚 Asset, noun (C1).

🔉 /ˈæs.et/ 🇬🇧 /ˈæs.et/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: something valuable belonging to a person or organization that can be used for the payment of debts.

❗️ Examples:

1. A company's assets can consist of cash, investments, specialist knowledge, or copyright material.

2. Liquid assets (= money or things that can easily be changed into money)

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📚 Put, verb.

🔉  /pʊt/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: If you put someone to bed, you dress the person in the clothes worn for sleeping and see that the person gets into bed.

❗️ Examples:

1. I’ll call back after I put the kids to bed.

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📚 Fast, adjective.

🔉  /fæst/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: moving or happening quickly or able to move or happen quickly.

❗️ Examples:

1. A fast car

2. The fastest way to get there is by plane.

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📚 Addiction, noun.

🔉  /əˈdɪk·ʃən/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: the need or strong desire to do or to have something, or a very strong liking for something.

❗️ Examples:

1. His addiction began with prescription drugs.

2. I have an addiction to mystery stories.

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📚 Accord, noun.

🔉  /əˈkɔrd/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: Accord also means agreement.

❗️ Examples:

1. The officer acted in accord with Florida law.

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📚 Act, noun.

❓ Definition: An act is also one of the main parts of a play or opera.

❗️ Examples:

1. The play is presented in three acts.

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📚 Firm, adjective (B2).

❓ Definition: certain and not likely to change.

❗️ Examples:

1. He is a firm believer in traditional family values.

2. Some people still claim that there is no firm evidence linking smoking with lung cancer.

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📚 Goal, noun (A2).

❓ Definition: a point scored in some sports, such as football and hockey, when a player gets the ball into this area.

❗️ Examples:

1. Brazil won by three goals to one.

2. Only one goal was scored in the entire match.

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📚 Process, noun.

🔉  /ˈprɑs·es/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: A process is also a method of doing or making something, as in industry.

❗️ Examples:

1. A new process has been developed for removing asbestos.

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📚 Against,  (B1).

🔉 /əˈɡenst/ 🇬🇧 /əˈɡenst/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: in the opposite direction to.

❗️ Examples:

1. The last part of the course was hard because I was running against the wind.

2. Commuting is not so bad when you are travelling against the traffic.

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📚 Reach, verb.

❓ Definition: To reach is also to develop to a stage in order to achieve a particular result.

❗️ Examples:

1. We hope to reach agreement soon on the new trade policy.

2. They reached the conclusion that nothing further could be done.

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📚 Main, noun.

🔉 /meɪn/ 🇬🇧 /meɪn/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: the system of pipes or wires that carry water or electricity into a house, or the pipes that carry sewage away from a house.

❗️ Examples:

1. The house isn't on the mains.

2. They bought a house with no mains supply.

3. Mains electricity

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📚 State, noun (C1).

❓ Definition: a country or its government.

❗️ Examples:

1. The drought is worst in the central African states.

2. Britain is one of the member states of the European Union.

3. The government was determined to reduce the number of state-owned industries.

4. Some theatres receive a small amount of funding from the state.

5. His diary included comments on affairs/matters of state (= information about government activities).

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📚 Mess, noun (B2).

🔉 /mes/ 🇬🇧 /mes/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: a situation that is full of problems.

❗️ Examples:

1. She said that her life was a mess.

2. I got myself into a mess by telling a lie.

3. The company's finances are in a mess.

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📚 Well, adverb.

❓ Definition: in a good way; to a high or satisfactory standard.

❗️ Examples:

1. The car was well designed.

2. She manages people very well.

3. I can’t sing as well as Jessica (= She sings better).

4. His point about reducing waste is well taken (= accepted as a fair criticism).

5. The two hours of discussion was time well spent (= it was a useful discussion).

6. I want to congratulate you on a job well done.

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📚 Brand, noun (B2).

🔉 /brænd/ 🇬🇧 /brænd/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: a type of product made by a particular company.

❗️ Examples:

1. This isn't my usual brand of deodorant.

2. When I go to a supermarket I usually buy own (US store) brands (= the cheaper products with the shop's own name on them).

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📚 Fancy, noun.

🔉 /ˈfæn.si/ 🇬🇧 /ˈfæn.si/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: If something takes/tickles your fancy, you like it and want to have or do it.

❗️ Examples:

1. I looked in a lot of clothes shops but nothing really tickled my fancy.

2. She has enough money to buy anything that strikes her fancy.

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📚 Inspire, verb (B2).

🔉 /ɪnˈspaɪə(r)/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈspaɪr/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to make someone have a particular strong feeling or reaction.

❗️ Examples:

1. She inspires great loyalty among her followers.

2. The captain's heroic effort inspired them with determination.

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📚 Revolve, verb.

🔉 /rɪˈvɒlv/ 🇬🇧 /rɪˈvɑːlv/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to move or cause something to move around a central point or line.

❗️ Examples:

1. The earth revolves around the sun.

2. The gun turret revolved until the gun was aimed at the advancing soldiers.

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📚 Stress, verb (B2).

🔉 /stres/ 🇬🇧 /stres/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to pronounce a word or syllable with greater force than other words in the same sentence or other syllables in the same word, or to play a musical note with greater force than others in a group.

❗️ Examples:

1. In the word "engine" you should stress the first syllable.

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📚 Obey, verb.

🔉 /əʊˈbeɪ/ 🇬🇧 /oʊˈbeɪ/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: If your body or part of your body does not obey you, it does not work in the way it should.

❗️ Examples:

1. She was so tired her legs just wouldn't obey her any longer.

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📚 Shower, noun.

❓ Definition: a large amount of something.

❗️ Examples:

1. She received a shower of praise from her colleagues.

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📚 Necessary, adjective (B1).

🔉 /ˈnes.ə.ser.i/ 🇬🇧 /ˈnes.ə.ser.i/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: needed in order to achieve a particular result.

❗️ Examples:

1. He lacks the necessary skills for the job.

2. I don't have much time so I won't be staying any longer than necessary.

3. Just do what's necessary and then leave.

4. If necessary, we can always change the dates of our trip.

5. Is it necessary for all of us to be present at the meeting this afternoon?

6. We don't want to take any more luggage with us than is strictly necessary.

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📚 Verbose, adjective.

🔉 /vɜːˈbəʊs/ 🇬🇧 /vɚˈboʊs/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: using or containing more words than are necessary.

❗️ Examples:

1. A verbose explanation/report/speech/style

2. He was a notoriously verbose after-dinner speaker.

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📚 Cope, verb (B2).

🔉 /kəʊp/ 🇬🇧 /koʊp/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to deal successfully with a difficult situation.

❗️ Examples:

1. It must be really hard to cope with three young children and a job.

2. It's only been a year since he died - how's she coping?

3. He had so much pressure on him in his job that eventually he just couldn't cope.

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📚 Tough, adjective.

❓ Definition: Results or actions that are tough are severe and determined.

❗️ Examples:

1. Tough new safety standards for cars are being introduced this week.

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📚 Nowadays, adverb.

❓ Definition: at the present time, in comparison to the past.

❗️ Examples:

1. Nowadays people don’t dress up as much as they used to.

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📚 Slope, verb.

❓ Definition: to go downward or upward at an angle.

❗️ Examples:

1. The path slopes down to the house.

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📚 Addiction,  (B2).

🔉 /əˈdɪk.ʃ(ə)n/ 🇬🇧 /əˈdɪk.ʃ(ə)n/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: an inability to stop doing or using something, especially something harmful.

❗️ Examples:

1. Drug addiction

2. His addiction to alcohol

3. For people with OCD, cleaning can become an addiction.

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📚 Suddenly, adverb (B1).

❓ Definition: quickly and unexpectedly.

❗️ Examples:

1. "Do you remember much about the accident?" "No, it all happened so suddenly."

2. I was just dozing off when suddenly I heard a scream from outside.

3. I suddenly realized what I'd said, but it was too late.

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📚 Straight, adverb.

❓ Definition: If you tell someone something straight out, you say it immediately and without a long explanation or any excuses.

❗️ Examples:

1. I walked in, and she told me straight out what had happened.

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📚 Tough, adjective (B2).

❓ Definition: difficult to do or to deal with.

❗️ Examples:

1. They've had an exceptionally tough life.

2. They will be a tough team to beat.

3. The company is going through a tough time at the moment.

4. We've had to make some very tough decisions.

5. My boss has given me a tough job/assignment.

6. Many homeless people are facing a tough winter.

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📚 Ripe, adjective.

❓ Definition: wholly developed, esp. of fruit ready to be collected or eaten.

❗️ Examples:

1. The tomatoes aren’t ripe.

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📚 Nest, noun.

🔉 /nest/ 🇬🇧 /nest/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: a place where something unpleasant or unwanted has developed.

❗️ Examples:

1. The diplomats have been sent home because their embassy has become a nest of spies.

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📚 Engaged, adjective (B1).

🔉 /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: If a phone or public toilet is engaged, someone is already using it.

❗️ Examples:

1. Every time I call her, she/the phone/the number is engaged.

2. I've been trying to call him all evening, but I keep getting the engaged tone.

3. The sign on the toilet door said "Engaged".

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📚 Putrid, adjective.

❓ Definition: very decayed and having an unpleasant smell.

❗️ Examples:

1. A putrid garbage dump

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📚 Crash, adjective.

🔉 /kræʃ/ 🇬🇧 /kræʃ/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: quick and involving a lot of effort.

❗️ Examples:

1. The company undertook a crash programme of machine replacement.

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📚 Instantiate, verb.

🔉 /ɪnˈstæn.ʃɪ.eɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈstæn.ʃɪ.eɪt/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to represent or be an example of something.

❗️ Examples:

1. He seems to instantiate a new type of masculinity.

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📚 Body, noun.

❓ Definition: a person.

❗️ Examples:

1. How is a body supposed to live in these conditions?

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📚 Adopted, adjective.

🔉 /əˈdɒp.tɪd/ 🇬🇧 /əˈdɑːp.tɪd/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: An adopted country is one where someone chooses to live although they were not born there.

❗️ Examples:

1. Spain is my adopted country.

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📚 Charge, noun (B2).

🔉 /tʃɑːdʒ/ 🇬🇧 /tʃɑːrdʒ/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: responsibility for controlling or caring for something.

❗️ Examples:

1. Her ex-husband has charge of the children during the week and she has them at the weekend.

2. His boss asked him to take charge of the office for a few days while she was away.

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📚 Amount, noun (B1).

🔉 /əˈmaʊnt/ 🇬🇧 /əˈmaʊnt/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot be counted.

❗️ Examples:

1. They didn't deliver the right amount of sand.

2. Small amounts of land were used for keeping animals.

3. He paid regular amounts of money to a charity.

4. I didn't expect the bill to come to this amount (= of money).

5. The new tax caused a huge amount of public anger.

6. I had a certain amount of (= some) difficulty finding the house.

7. You wouldn't believe the amount of trouble (= what a lot of trouble) I've had with this car.

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📚 Length, .

🔉 / -leŋθ/ 🇬🇧 / -leŋθ/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: long enough to reach the stated place.

❗️ Examples:

1. A knee-length skirt

2. Shoulder-length hair

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📚 Deal, noun (B2).

❓ Definition: an agreement or an arrangement, especially in business.

❗️ Examples:

1. A business deal

2. The unions and management have made a two-year pay and productivity deal.

3. I'll make/do a deal with you - you wash the car and I'll let you use it tonight.

4. She got a good deal (= paid a low price) on her new house.

5. Is industry getting a raw/rough deal from (= being unfairly/badly treated by) the EU?

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📚 Offer, verb.

🔉  /ˈɔ·fər/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to ask someone if he or she would like to have something or would like you to do something.

❗️ Examples:

1. She was offered a new job.

2. Can I offer you (= Would you like) something to drink?

3. My father offered to take us to the airport.

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📚 Pending, .

🔉  /ˈpen·dɪŋ/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: until after.

❗️ Examples:

1. Flights were suspended pending an investigation of the crash.

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📚 Outstanding, adjective.

🔉  /ˌɑʊtˈstæn·dɪŋ/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: not yet done, solved, or paid.

❗️ Examples:

1. My credit cards usually have an outstanding balance.

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📚 Seed, noun (C2).

🔉 /siːd/ 🇬🇧 /siːd/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: the cause of a feeling or situation, or the early stages of it.

❗️ Examples:

1. From these early seeds of their friendship, they grew into lifelong companions.

2. He may be sowing the seeds of his own destruction in the long term by using violence against his own people.

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📚 Raise, verb.

❓ Definition: If you raise another player in a game of cards, you risk more money than that player has risked.

❗️ Examples:

1. I'll raise you.

2. I'll raise you $50.

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📚 Seed, verb.

🔉 /siːd/ 🇬🇧 /siːd/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to cause something to exist and develop.

❗️ Examples:

1. This was the article that seeded his book.

2. The main strategy was getting others to buy into a vision, seeding ideas at different levels in the organization.

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📚 Awkward, adjective.

❓ Definition: difficult to use, do, or deal with.

❗️ Examples:

1. The computer came in a big box that was awkward to carry.

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📚 Aim, verb.

🔉  /eɪm/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: To aim something is also to direct it toward someone whom you want to influence or toward achieving something.

❗️ Examples:

1. These ads are aimed at young people.

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📚 Tend, verb.

🔉  /tend/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: to care for something or someone.

❗️ Examples:

1. He carefully tends his garden all summer.

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📚 Caution, noun (C1).

🔉 /ˈkɔː.ʃ(ə)n/ 🇬🇧 /ˈkɑː.ʃ(ə)n/ 🇺🇸

    

❓ Definition: great care and attention.

❗️ Examples:

1. We need to proceed with/exercise caution (= be careful in taking action, making decisions, etc.)

2. They treated the story of his escape with (some/great/extreme) caution (= thought that it might not be true).

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