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English vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a tad | |
| abode | |
| abound | |
| abrasion | |
| abundance | |
| accentuate | |
| acclaim | a leading player in the ‘smart phone’ market with critical acclaim over the hardware and interface design |
| accolade | among the accolades, HSBC was named the 'Bank of the Year' by Visa and MasterCard for six and nine consecutive years respectively |
| accomplice | |
| accord | staff have left on their own accord |
| accusation | |
| acquiesce | |
| acquiescence | |
| acuity | |
| adage | |
| adhesive | |
| admissible | |
| admittedly | |
| aesthetes | |
| aesthetically | |
| affection | |
| afferent | |
| affinity | |
| affix | |
| against all odds | |
| aggravate | |
| agonizingly | |
| agony | |
| alas | |
| albeit | |
| alienate | |
| all the rage | |
| allay | the relevant department will be holding further communications to remove confusion and allay any concerns |
| allege | HSBC has today issued a statement regarding the Group's exposure to the alleged fraud at Madoff Investment Securities |
| allergic | |
| altruistic | |
| amateur | |
| ambush | |
| ample | |
| ancillary | ancillary information |
| anecdotes | |
| anomaly | we have zero interest rates in Japan which we thought was anomaly but now we've got practically zero rates in the US |
| anonymity | |
| antagonistic | |
| apparel | |
| appease | |
| apprehension | in the event of a real emergency that requires a building evacuation, most people experience varying degrees of apprehension |
| arbitration | |
| arduous | |
| armored car | |
| armoured vehicles | |
| arrears | all dividends in arrears are paid on the preference shares. |
| arrogant | |
| articulate | articulate and communicate our strategy based on values, culture and brand |
| ashe | |
| aspire | |
| astonishing | technology moves at an astonishing rate |
| astonishingly | |
| astute | |
| at par | |
| atrium | |
| attainment | |
| attest | he can attest to this in the previous project |
| attic | |
| attire | in our work attire |
| attorney | |
| augment | is an example of an accessory, an app that augments an activity — a birdwatching expedition in this case - |
| authentic | |
| avail | |
| awful | |
| awkward | |
| ax | Citi is axing 52,000 jobs worldwide and cutting costs by a fifth |
| backlash | |
| banish | |
| bastard | |
| bated breath | |
| baton | |
| behemoth | |
| belie | |
| besiege | |
| bespoke | |
| big-ticket item | expensive item |
| biodata | |
| bloated | this feature cascade can lead to a bloated interface that is slow and difficult to use because of its complexity |
| bloke | |
| bloodshed | |
| blunder | |
| bluntly | |
| bode well for | HSBC price dip does not bode well for financial markets |
| bolster | |
| bona fide | |
| borne | |
| boyhood | |
| branding | |
| brevity | for brevity the rest of the code examples in this tutorial will not include this |
| bribe | giving/recieving a bribe, e.g. act contrary to good faith |
| bribery | |
| brittle | |
| bullying | |
| buoy | |
| burden | |
| burglar alarm | |
| buried | |
| burning issue | |
| butt of jokes | |
| by virtue of | |
| cactus | |
| candid | your valuable and candid feedbacks are key to help the organization |
| canonical | |
| carnage | |
| caveat | |
| ceasefire | |
| cellophane | |
| cement | |
| ceramic | |
| cessation | |
| chain saw | |
| chaotic scene | |
| chew | |
| cholesterol | |
| choppy | the situation is likely to be “choppy”. |
| chronic | |
| chronicle | |
| chuffed | (British slang) proud, self-satisfied, we are chuffed |
| chunky | a later version replaced those stats with a chunky check-in button |
| civilian | |
| clap | |
| claw | banks will claw back their lending. |
| climax | |
| clinches | |
| clump | a clump of H2O molecules bound together with hydrogen bonds |
| clumsy | |
| coalition | |
| coarse grained | coarse grained components |
| coerce | |
| cognisance | if work-life balance is improving, all these issues are ones that we take cognisance of |
| cognisant | I am cognisant of your time constraints |
| coincidence | |
| columnist | |
| commemorate | |
| compel | |
| complacent | |
| comprise | |
| conceal | |
| conceivable | it's conceivable that we could incorporate the code into our native app |
| concession | |
| condemn | |
| confess | |
| confetti | e.g. haphazard confetti |
| confine | it is not confined to bill payment |
| confront | |
| conscience | |
| conscientious | |
| consignment | |
| conspiracy | |
| contagious | |
| contaminant | |
| contaminate | |
| contemn | |
| contemplation | |
| contemporary | |
| contemptuous | |
| contend | |
| contentious | |
| contraception | |
| contrive | The application is built to a contrived use case and is used to illustrate the core aspects of the framework |
| conundrum | |
| convene a meeting | |
| convenor | |
| convergence | |
| cope | |
| cordial | our responsbility is to ensure a cordial and productive working environment |
| cordially | |
| corkage | |
| couch | |
| counterfeit | |
| county | |
| coup | |
| courageous | |
| courtesy | |
| crackpot | |
| cram | |
| cramped | |
| crop up | |
| cross-straits | |
| crowd | the crowd was quite receptive and had a lot of questions to ask |
| culmination | |
| culprit | |
| cultivate | |
| curde | |
| cure | |
| curriculum vitae | |
| curtail | |
| curtail | |
| dairy cattle | |
| dampen | |
| dangling | climbed to the top of the building with his legs dangling over the edge of the building |
| daunt | be daunting in its complexity |
| debunk | |
| decent | that boy is quite decent |
| deception | |
| deceptive | |
| decidedly | |
| decisive action | we are continuing to take decisive action to address ongoing problems in the US |
| defacement | |
| deficiency | |
| deliberately | |
| delineate | |
| demarcation | |
| demote | |
| deplete | |
| depressed | |
| derail | |
| desecrated | |
| despair | |
| desperately | |
| deter | |
| devotion | |
| diarrhoea | |
| digression | |
| diligent | |
| dilute | |
| disband | |
| disciplinary action | |
| discontent | |
| disgruntled | |
| disguise | "they just disguise them well. the money is then moved through a complicated series of transaction to disguise its criminal origins." |
| dismal | the UK showing a more dismal outlook on news of increasing unemployment and a contraction of the economy in the second quarter |
| dismay | |
| dismember | |
| dispel | the bank should clarify the situation as soon as possible to dispel fears among staff |
| dispute | |
| disruption | |
| disseminate | |
| dissipate | |
| divulge | divulge confidential information |
| dogmatist | |
| domoralize | |
| door to door | |
| dovetail | |
| dread | |
| dubious | |
| due diligence | |
| dunning letter | |
| eagerly | |
| ebb and flow | the road to recovery to be longer than before, and Hong Kong will not be immune from the ebbs and flows |
| elevated | |
| ellipsis | |
| embarrassment | |
| embroil | |
| enactment | |
| endurance | |
| engender | |
| engrave | the first thing that attracted me to this book was its white cover, with the engraved title ‘Success: Built to Last.’ |
| engrossed | others will spend long stretches engrossed in an ebook novel or tapping out thoughtful notes |
| entail | "at a high level profiling a functional business component would entail the following steps.it entails a significant overhead for mobile devices" |
| enthuse | |
| entrant | |
| entrench | |
| entwine | we are increasingly entwined with the Chinese economy here |
| envisage | |
| epicentre | |
| evolve | |
| exceedingly | |
| excerpt | |
| exclaim | |
| exemplify | |
| exert | |
| exhaustive | |
| exotic | |
| expatriate | |
| expedient | |
| exploitable | |
| expressly | |
| expropriation | |
| extravaganza | |
| eyewitness | |
| facelift | |
| facetious | |
| faint | |
| faith | it’s provided an opportunity to make a concerted effort to reinforce our fundamental faith in our business |
| fallacy | |
| falls through | |
| falter | |
| famine | |
| farfetched | |
| farmstead | |
| fascination | |
| federated | |
| feral | |
| ferment | |
| ferrous | |
| fertilizer | |
| festive | |
| fiancee | |
| fiasco | |
| fickle | |
| fiddling with | |
| fidget | |
| fiduciary | |
| fines | monetary penalty |
| flabby | |
| flange | |
| flee | |
| flip flop | |
| flourish | |
| fluency | |
| foible | |
| folly | in the folly of its rivals |
| fond | |
| for kicks | we found that 90 percent actually never used them for anything at all. They were just there to collect the icons for kicks. |
| force majeure | |
| forcibly | |
| foreclosure | |
| forensic | |
| forensics | auditing capabilities and delivers detailed forensics of device usages and data transfer |
| foreshadow | |
| forgery | |
| forgo | |
| foster | |
| fowl | |
| fragile | |
| fragrant | |
| frank | |
| frantic | |
| freaky | |
| freewill | |
| fret | |
| fret | |
| fudge | |
| full blast | |
| fumble | |
| fungible | |
| furious | |
| furnish | |
| futility | |
| gadget | |
| garish | we’re obviously big fans of bright, bold, even garish colors |
| gauge | |
| gazetted | the following list of general holidays for 2010 is gazetted for public information |
| get back in the groove | |
| gimme | |
| gist | |
| gizmo | |
| glide | |
| glitch | |
| gloomiest | |
| glow | A red glow was seen at Gígjökull |
| glue | |
| gnawing over | |
| goodness gracious | |
| goodwill | there were concerns expressed by a few commentators about the goodwill write-down in the United States |
| grain | |
| gratitude | |
| grease | grease payments(facilitation payments), grease the wheel(make things more faster) |
| grief | |
| grievance | |
| gripe | |
| groan | |
| groovy | |
| grotty | |
| guerilla | |
| gullible | |
| gum up | The collapse of securitisation is gumming up the financial system. |
| hairpin bend | 髮夾彎 |
| hallmarks | |
| handrail | |
| hang in there | (idiom) |
| haphazard | |
| hardship | |
| harpoon | |
| hastily | |
| heartening | |
| heartfelt | we want to share our heartfelt thanks for what has been. |
| heighten | |
| heyday | |
| hideous | |
| hilarious | |
| hinge | the fundamentals of great design don’t hinge on making things pretty |
| hinterland | the advantages that HKSAR enjoys with China as hinterland |
| hire purchase | |
| hoard | If the collapse of securitisation has led to massive cash hoarding, why not flood the system with cash to reduced the incentive to hoard? |
| hobble | |
| holistic | |
| homicidal | ........ said the wag behind the homicidal phrase |
| horticulture | |
| hospitable | |
| hostage | |
| hostile | |
| hubris | |
| hypocrite | |
| idiomatic | |
| idiot | |
| if push comes to shove | if push comes to shove, this feature will probably get descoped/dropped depending on our ability to make timelines |
| ignite | has ignited fury around the world |
| ignorant | |
| immensely | |
| imminent | |
| imminently | |
| immune | |
| immutable | |
| impairment | |
| impart | |
| impartiality | compromise their impartiality |
| impede | |
| impediment | our view continues to be cautious as long as a number of serious impediments to growth remain |
| imperfection | |
| implicate | to implicate as many financial institutions as possible in a money laundering scandal |
| impose | toolbars don’t impose the same automatic limit |
| impromptu | |
| in a row | |
| in all likelihood | |
| in haste | |
| in lieu of | |
| in the wake of | |
| in the way | consider if it will be annoying and get in the way |
| in vain | |
| inadvertently | |
| inaugurate | a great achievement for a company that was inaugurated only three years ago |
| incognito | |
| inconceivable | |
| inculcate | |
| incurious | |
| indemnity | |
| indispensable | |
| inducement | receipt of any gift, money, loan, fee, reward or other advantage to or from any person as an inducement in the conduct of the business |
| indulging in | "1)for indulging in an alchemy which has blown up in their faces and required huge bailouts at prodigious cost to the taxpayer 2)instead of indulging in complex detail, the app focuses on giving the quick gist in a simple and efficient display" |
| inflammation | |
| inflatable | |
| infuriated | |
| ingenious | |
| inherent | |
| inspire | |
| instigate | the IT Helpdesk process associated with work instigated by IT itself can be improved |
| intaglio printing | |
| intermingle | Since the “error handling” code is intermingled with application logic code, it will make readability difficult |
| intermittent | |
| intermittently | |
| interpose | |
| interrogate | |
| intervene | |
| intimacy | |
| intimidation | |
| intricacy | avoid having to know all of the intricacies of the SQLite JavaScript implementation |
| intricate | |
| intriguing | explains and asks for your thoughts or questions on this intriguing phenomena |
| intrinsic | intrinsic value of the option |
| intrusive | |
| iron out | |
| ironclad | like any set of guidelines, these aren’t ironclad laws, just useful practices that can help you |
| irrespective | |
| itchy | |
| jackass | |
| jiggly | |
| jilted | |
| jolly | |
| jumping on the bandwagon | |
| keep abreast of | many of you have worked long hours to keep abreast of events |
| kudos | |
| laggard | |
| laminate | The Gore-Tex membrane is laminated to a taffeta liner to protect the membrane |
| lampoon | |
| landfill | |
| latrines | |
| lavish | |
| leaning | let me explain a bit why I'm leaning to push HTML5 for mobile |
| leeway | freedom |
| lethargic | |
| linger | the bearish sentiment will linger on during 1H09 |
| liquidation | |
| litho | |
| litigation | |
| livestock and poultry | |
| loathe | |
| lobbying | |
| lopsided | |
| lukewarm | |
| lustre | |
| make amends | |
| malicious | |
| manoeuvres | |
| mantra | |
| manuscript | |
| marinate | |
| markedly | |
| marmalade | |
| marring | |
| marvelous | |
| meditate | |
| meditative | |
| membrane | |
| mend | consumers try to mend their household balance sheets by reducing spending and boosting savings |
| mentality | |
| mighty | |
| mild | |
| mildly | |
| mindful | |
| mingle | |
| miniaturize | |
| mint condition | |
| miraculous | |
| miserable | |
| misgiving | |
| misnomer | |
| misspend | |
| misstep | the small screen only magnifies interface missteps |
| momentarily | |
| monarch | |
| monolithic | |
| monumental | |
| moot | whether it actually reaches that over the next couple of quarters is a moot question |
| mourn | |
| mulling over | I've been mulling over the idea of how to conduct the training class remotely |
| myriad | |
| nagging | |
| nasty | |
| neat | |
| neatly | |
| negligence | |
| nitty-gritty | most of this book explores the nitty-gritty details of specific interface elements and design decisions |
| notwithstanding | |
| novelty | |
| now and then | |
| noxious | |
| nuance | few will give it their full attention or try to understand every nuance. |
| nurture | |
| objectionable | |
| obscure | obscuring many of the more intricate layout details |
| obscurity | |
| observant | |
| obsess | the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune |
| off the hook | |
| omen | not a good omen for the financial market |
| on everyone’s lips | |
| onset | the onset of disease |
| opaque | the application id portion is a unique and opaque identifier for the application itself |
| optimism | |
| orchard | |
| ornament | |
| orthotic | five-storey rehabilitation, prosthetic and orthotic centre was established in Deyang |
| oust | |
| outrageous | 離譜的 |
| outright | |
| overhaul | |
| overwhelming | |
| pal | |
| palatable | tasty |
| panacea | |
| pandemic | |
| paraffin | |
| pardon | |
| parlance | in common parlance, if something is to be taken with a grain of salt, it means that a measure of healthy skepticism should be applied regarding a claim |
| partake | I would like to partake in this demo |
| partisan | |
| pastry | |
| paternity leave | |
| pathetic | |
| paw | |
| peel | |
| penultimate | |
| per capita incomes | |
| per se | investing in currencies per se is going to be extremely difficult |
| perk | |
| perplexed | |
| perseverance | |
| Persian rug | |
| personifies | |
| perspiration | |
| pertain | |
| pertinent | |
| perusal | for your perusal and comment |
| petition | |
| phobia | |
| pivotal point | Hong Kong is at a pivotal point in the evolution of a more democratically based system of government |
| placard | |
| plainly | it’s not plainly obvious that you can actually tap that number |
| plausible | in order for this to work, your use cases have to be plausible |
| plush | |
| poetic | |
| ponder | |
| porous | |
| portray | |
| pragmatic | |
| precaution | |
| precedent | |
| preclude | |
| president-elect | |
| prevailing | there is not much room for another cut in prime under the prevailing market conditions |
| prick | |
| prickle | |
| prickly | |
| prickly | |
| probable | |
| proceedings | |
| proceeds | 收益,收入; 實收款項 |
| prodigious | |
| profoundly | |
| proliferation | |
| prominent | |
| prominently | |
| prone to | this to be a clumsy area prone to mistaps |
| propaganda | |
| propel | |
| proscrlption | |
| prosecution | |
| prosperity | |
| prosthetic | five-storey rehabilitation, prosthetic and orthotic centre was established in Deyang |
| provisional | provisional statistics |
| prudence | is doubtful about the prudence of HSBC paying dividends in 2009 |
| prudently | |
| puke | means 'vomit' |
| pull over | |
| pun | |
| pundit | |
| pursue | |
| quasi- | |
| quintessential | |
| quirk | |
| rage | epicentre of a storm of rage, storm raged |
| rarity | |
| ratify | |
| razzle dazzle | your app might be in features, content, and technical razzle dazzle, it’s only tapworthy if your users find it convenient, necessary, and easy to use in a mobile context |
| reaffirm | |
| realm | |
| rear | rearing children |
| reassure | |
| recede | |
| receptive | the crowd was quite receptive and had a lot of questions to ask |
| recession | |
| recklessness | |
| recluse | |
| reconvene | |
| recuperate | |
| recurrent | |
| red herring | |
| redundancies | are made redundant means 'laid-off' |
| refrain | |
| refurbishment | |
| regime | the regime will open up more opportunities for Taiwan investors to engage in overseas investments |
| rehabilitation | five-storey rehabilitation, prosthetic and orthotic centre was established in Deyang |
| reiterate | |
| relentless | |
| reluctant | |
| remedial | |
| remedy | |
| rendition | |
| replenish | |
| reprisal | |
| resonate | ensure that they will resonate with you and specifically address your concerns |
| retaliation | |
| retrenchment | |
| retroactive | all employees will be entitled to one day of paid Birthday Leave in the month of their birthday (retroactive to 1 Jan) |
| retrofit | |
| retrospectively | |
| revive | |
| revulsion | |
| rhymes | |
| rife | |
| rigor | |
| rigorous | |
| rival | |
| rob peter to pay paul | |
| rogue | |
| rupturing | |
| ruthless | |
| sabotage | |
| sack | |
| sadden | |
| sage | all departments have been told recently to prepare a list of people to be sacked. |
| salient | |
| sanitization | |
| sarcastic | |
| saunter | |
| savant | |
| savior | |
| sawdust | |
| scarce | users have to spend scarce resources—time, attention, thought |
| scrap | |
| scrupulous | a great user experience is rooted in scrupulous attention to detail |
| scrutiny | |
| secretions | respiratory secretions, e.g. after coughing or sneezing |
| segregate | |
| segregation | |
| seize | we will seize every opportunity |
| senility | |
| sentiment | |
| shallow | |
| shred | |
| shrunken | |
| sibling | |
| sidebar | |
| siege | |
| silhouette | |
| sine qua non | |
| skeptic | |
| skeptical | |
| skim | |
| skyscraper | |
| slacken | |
| slacken | |
| slant | |
| slash | |
| sleek | |
| slipper | |
| slither | |
| soar | |
| soil pipe | |
| sore | |
| southpaws | |
| sovereign | |
| sparing | |
| sparingly | you should use this resources sparingly |
| speculation | |
| speculator | 投機者 |
| spill | |
| spill | |
| spine | |
| spiritual | |
| spiritually | |
| splash | |
| splendid | trend is opening our eyes to the splendid variety all around us |
| spoil | |
| spoiled | |
| spring equinox 春分 | |
| sprinkler system | |
| squad | |
| staggering | |
| stampede | |
| statu quo | |
| stay put | build screens that stay put |
| sterile | |
| stern | |
| stipulate | |
| stooge | |
| strays | |
| streak | |
| stringent | |
| stuffing | everyone is stuffing money under the mattress. |
| sturdiness | |
| sturdy | |
| stutter | |
| subsume | |
| succinct | "this section should contain short succinct sentences/paragraphs on the key achievements for the month. can you put this in a succinct set of architecture direction?" |
| suffocate | |
| supervision | |
| suppression | |
| surveillance | |
| svelte | |
| swarm | we have been swarmed in the last week with this (our calls with the global team is becoming twice a day) |
| swell | a flight of capital from developing nations will swell the ranks of the poor and the unemployed |
| swiftly | |
| swine | |
| swivel chair | |
| swoon | |
| synopsis | |
| tease | |
| tedious | |
| teem | |
| tempt | |
| tempting | |
| thaw | |
| the late | means "the dead", e.g. HSBC Trustee (Hong Kong) has filed a court case relating to the estate of the late So Lan Fong |
| the mourning | 默哀(to mourn) |
| therapist | |
| therapy | |
| thoroughly | |
| thrive | |
| thumping | it takes more work to keep the heartbeat thumping |
| tidbit | |
| tights | |
| tipping off | |
| toxic | |
| tragedy | |
| trait | |
| trajectory | |
| transfusion | |
| transient | |
| transpire | as consumers try to mend their household balance sheets by reducing spending and boosting savings, this will transpire into a healthier balance sheet for the financial system |
| treadmill | |
| treaty | |
| trembled | |
| tremendously | |
| triage | |
| tribe | |
| triumph | until a better technology triumphs in the end, we simply have to leverage what's best at the time |
| trove | |
| truancy | |
| tumble | |
| turmoil | |
| tussle | |
| twiddle | |
| twilight | |
| ubiquitous | |
| unanimously | |
| unbearable | |
| under duress | |
| undermine | |
| underprivileged | |
| undertaking | |
| undulating | |
| unduly | |
| unequivocally | |
| unfurling flower | |
| unknowingly | |
| unobtrusively | services are easy to add or remove unobtrusively without affecting existing |
| unpleasant | |
| unrivalled | an unrivalled foreign bank franchise and trajectory in Greater China |
| unscathed | |
| unscrupulous | |
| unwieldy | |
| unwind | |
| unwittingly | |
| upheavals | |
| urge | |
| usance | |
| utensil | |
| utilitarian | |
| utter | e.g. utter fallacy |
| vaguely | |
| vandalize | |
| vanish | |
| vanity | |
| vehemently | |
| veracity | |
| verbatim | |
| verbiage | |
| verdict | |
| versatile | |
| veteran | a veteran Hong Kong stock commentator |
| veto | |
| vetted | |
| vicinity | many firms in the vicinity of China are also using RMB to settle trade payments |
| vigilance | |
| visually impaired | 視障 |
| vitae | |
| vividly | |
| vulnerable | |
| walkway | |
| wander | |
| warring | |
| wearing apparel | |
| weed out | |
| whim | changes to the screens on a whim of what they require |
| whine | |
| whisper | |
| whistle | |
| whittle | |
| whopping | The US has lived with a whopping deficit on the current account of its balance of payments for countless years |
| wither | |
| within a stone's throw | |
| wonky | |
| wrestling | wrestling with button sizes and working out creative ways to preserve features in limited screen space |
| writ | |
| wrongdoing | |
| yelling | |
| zany | |
| zealot |
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