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to better it to make smth better
explicit knowledge of grammar clear and exact
Many people can’t conceive of a dinner without meat or fish ((cannot) conceive of (doing) something) (fml) to imagine a particular situation or to think about something in a particular way
a few minor refinements a small change that improves something; an improvement, usually a small one, to something;
depreciated legacy of Cervantes lose value, especially over time; to decrease in value or price; to make something seem unimportant;
give lecture on the crisis ____ on the crisis
Management have agreed to extend the deadline to affect or include people, things, or places; to continue for a longer period of time, or to make something last longer;
apprehend the world (arrest) (fml) if the police ____ a criminal, they catch him or her
The police interrogated the suspect for several hours (question) to ask someone a lot of questions for a long time in order to get information, sometimes using threats or violence
Suddenly, he seized my hand/seized mankind to take something quickly and keep or hold it; to take by force
The mother’s behaviour has a profound impact on the developing child. having a strong influence or effect
mere object sed to emphasize that something is not large or important
1. a boat propelled by a small motor; 2. He took her arm and propelled her towards the door. (written) 1. to move, drive, or push something forward; 2. to make someone move in a particular direction, especially by pushing them
Her car swerved and plunged off the cliff. to move, fall, or be thrown suddenly forwards or downwards
be elavated by raised; high or important
propriator of nature (fml) an owner of a business
Francis bypassed his manager and wrote straight to the director. to avoid obeying a rule, system, or someone in an official position
He had surpassed all our expectations. to be even better or greater than someone or something else
has neither value nor interest used when you want to say that two or more things are not true
He was eclipsed by his more famous sister. to become more important, powerful, famous etc than someone or something else, so that they are no longer noticed
take the severity of this view seriousness; the quality of being very unkind or unpleasant;
There was widespread international condemnation of the bombing. an expression of very strong disapproval of someone or something, especially something you think is morally wrong
lay bare the ambiguity 1. without any clothes or not covered by anything; 2.the state of being unclear, confusing, or not certain, or things that produce this effect
epoch/era a period of history
the decline of manufacturing a decrease in the quality, quantity, or importance of something
carry the seed of its end in the beginning a small hard object produced by plants, from which a new plant of the same kind grows
These drugs diminish blood flow to the brain to become or make something become smaller or less
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