English

unveil, If you unveil something new, you show it or it make known for the first time:

A new government policy on forests is due to be unveiled in April

spree, a short period of doing a particular, usually enjoyable, activity much more than is usual:

I went on a drinking/shopping/spending spree on Saturday.

Twenty people were shot dead in the city making it the worst killing spree since the riots.

bed down,

gripe, a strong complaint:

Her main gripe is that she's not being trained properly.

bound to be, having a moral or legal duty to do something:

The company is bound by a special agreement to involve the union in important decisions.

She feels (duty) bound to tell him everything.

sway, to move slowly from side to side:

The trees were swaying in the wind.

The movement of the ship caused the mast to sway from side to side/backwards and forwards.

A drunk was standing in the middle of the street, swaying uncertainly and trying hard to

Countervailing, adjective [before noun] FORMAL

having equal force but an opposite effect:

There was nobody strong enough to lead an effective countervailing force against the dictator.

a countervailing argument

deterioration, to become worse:

She was taken into hospital last week when her condition suddenly deteriorated.

The political situation in the region has deteriorated rapidly.

assuage, to make unpleasant feelings less strong:

The government has tried to assuage the public's fears

evaporate, [I or T] to cause a liquid to change to a gas, especially by heating:

The high concentration of sugars forms a syrup when the sap evaporates.

Plants keep cool during the summer by evaporating water from their leaves.

2 [I] to disappear:

Halfw

trawl, to search among a large number or a great variety of places in order to find people or information you want:

The newspaper had trawled its files for photos of the new minister.

You need to trawl through a lot of data to get results that are valid.

contagion, describes a disease that can be caught by touching someone with the disease or a piece of infected clothing:

The infection is highly contagious, so don't let anyone else use your towel.

2 describes someone who has a contagious disease:

Keep hi

sanguine, positive and hopeful:

They are less sanguine about the prospects for peace.

green shoots,

derail, 1 [I or T] If a train derails or is derailed, it comes off the railway tracks.

2 [T] to prevent a plan or process from succeeding:

Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks.

stifle, verb [I or T]

to (cause to) be unable to breathe because of a lack of air:

He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.

We almost stifled in the heat of the city.

elusive, difficult to describe, find, achieve or remember:

The answers to these questions remain as elusive as ever.

Success, however, remained elusive for her.

elusive memories

opaque, 1 preventing light from travelling through, and therefore not transparent or translucent:

opaque glass/tights

panacea, 1 DISAPPROVING something that will solve all problems:

Technology is not a panacea for all our problems.

2 something that will cure all illnesses

vigilance, more careful attention, especially in order to notice possible danger:

The police said that it was thanks to the vigilance of a neighbour that the fire was discovered before it could spread.

muse, to think about something carefully and for a long time:

I began to muse about/on the possibility of starting my own business

mull, to think carefully about something for a long time:

I need a few days to mull things over before I decide if I'm taking the job.

disguised, 1 to give a new appearance to a person or thing, especially in order to hide its true form:

[R] He disguised himself by shaving his head and wearing a false beard.

Minor skin imperfections can usually be disguised with a spot of make-up.

We tri

essence, relating to the most important characteristics or ideas of something:

In essence, both sides agree on the issue.

moat,

demise,

savage,

pertinent,

backdrop,

amplifier,

rejoicing,

turmoil,

fallacy,

prospect,

poignant,

trajectory,

impending,

restrain,

fierce,

resemble,