English vocabulary

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Created / Updated 20.06.2024 / 16.08.2024
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take a stroll/trip/walk down memory lane

 

to remember happy times in the past

doomscrolling

the activity of spending a lot of time looking at your phone or computer and reading bad or negative news stories:

- Experts warn that doomscrolling can be harmful to your mental health.

- Doomscrolling for two hours every night won't stop the apocalypse.

approximately (əˈprɒk.sɪ.mət.li)

close to a particular number or time although not exactly that number or time:

The job will take approximately three weeks, and cost approximately £1,000.

Synonyms:

about

around (APPROXIMATELY)

roughly

plural of tooth

teeth

plural of goose

geese

plural of fish

fish

plural of aircraft

aircraft

plural of thief

thieves

What color is this?

scarlet

What color is this?

maroon

crimson

burgundy

How to pronunce verifiable?

ˈver.ɪ.faɪ.ə.bəl

Licencing

pronunce method

Licencing

 /ˈmeθ.əd/

how to pronunce hypothesis

/haɪˈpɒθ.ə.sɪs/

Licencing

implement

to start using a plan or system:

The changes to the national health system will be implemented next year.

formal word of do

carry out, conduct, perform

formal words of give. 

provide, yield

formel word of receive/ get

obtain

formal word of need

require

trout

/traʊt/

to interrupt what someone is doing

disturb

/dɪˈstɜːb/

to show something and explain how it works:

demonstrate

/ˈdem.ən.streɪt/

eligible

 

having the necessary qualities or satisfying the necessary conditions:

  • eligible for: Are you eligible for early retirement/maternity leave
    You might be eligible for a grant
  • eligible to: Only people over 18 are eligible to vote

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An eligible person is not married and is thought to be a suitable future marriage partner, especially because they are rich and attractive:

eligible bachelor I can think of several eligible bachelors of my acquaintance. 

/ˈel.ɪ.dʒə.bəl/

expenditure

the total amount of money that a government or person ororganisation spends:

  • It's part of a drive to cut government expenditure 
  • expenditure on: The goverments'annual expenditure on arms has been reduced.
  • reduce/keep down/cut expenditure: We're primarily concerned with keeping expenditure down.
  • increase expenditure

the act of using or spending energy, time, or money:

  • expenditure on: The expenditure of effort on this project has been enormous

ɪkˈspen.dɪ.tʃər

jettison

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed:

  • to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed:
    The station has jettisoned educational broadcasts.
  • to decide not to use an idea or plan:
    We've had to jettison our trip because of David's accident
  • to throw goods, fuel, or equipment from a ship or aircraft to make it lighter:
    The captain was forced to jettison the cargo and make an emergency landing. 

ˈdʒet.ɪ.sən

luddite

a person who is opposed to the introduction of new working methods, especially new machines.

lʌd.aɪt

the past continouse of plan

was planning

were planning

past simple of spend

spent

past simple of cut

cut

past simple of build

built

past simple of catch

caught

imperativ

extremly important or urgent
 

we use that adjectiv with the following words with imperative:

that: The president said it was imperativ that the release of all hostages be secured

to imperative: It's imperativ to act now before the problem gets really seriouse.

gristle

a solid white substance in meat that comes from nar the bone and is hard to chew (= crush with the teeth)
 

Of old people buy the cheap cuts of meat, it generally means that they buy meat with a large porpotion of bone and gristle. 

ɡrɪs.əl

cartilage

(a piece of ) a type of strong tissue found in humans in the jonts (=places where two bones are connected) and other places such as the nose, throat, and ears.:

He has a torn catilage in his knee.

what is the difference between cartilage and gristle?

gristle can refere to cartilage, especially in culinary context, it specifically denotes the tougher, chewier part of cartilage. Cartilage, on the other hand, is a boader anatomical term encompassing all types and functions of this tissue in the body. 

how to spell the word of help, support or giving mony?

contribution

how to pronounce regning

/ˈreɪ.nɪŋ/

protrude

to sitck out from or through something:

A rotting branch protruded from the swamp like a ghostly arm.

protruding ear/ teeth

 

synonyms:

jut

project ( Stick out)

stick out

verb

brood

a group of young birds all born at the same time. 

--> The balckbird flew back and forth to its brood. 

a person's young children:

--> ann was at the party with her brood.

to think for a long time about things that make you sad worried or angry:

--> I wish she wouldn't sit brooding in her room all day. 

/bruːd/