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the night went south (deteriorate)it gets the best of you (defeated someone).- The government across the globe saw fit to enact strict environmental policies.
- It's your responsibility to correct that mistake. You're going to write an affidavit to that effect now.
- In a bid (in an attempt) to manage the surging demands on visa services, the Canadian government has implemented a new cap on international student study permits aimed at stabilizing the intake of applications.
- Anthology is a public collection of poems.
- They rein in (limit or control) the technology.
- the tacky (cheap, gaudy) hotel.
- as we navigate the ebbs and flows (change in a regular way, ebb meaning the tide moving away from the land or receding) of digital platforms, let's not forget the power of diversification.
- The company defaulted (fail to make payments on time, including interest payments) in 2021.
- The outcome could help further tamp down money flow into the markets when confidence in it is already shaken.
- Family is not always defined by blood
- I'd like thank the family for their unwavering support.
- The Lost boy by Thomas Wolfe.
- Extra whipping cream.
- So you snitched.
- 5 Benjamins (100 dollars)
- Suit yourself
- spread yourself a little thin?
- The memorable first homecoming
- Don't follow in his/her wake.
- flat rate: a charge that's the same in all cases, versus hourly
- Thanks for that!
- Be my guest (please do).
- a concern is that self-harm videos may cause disinhibition (remove the inhibition)
- It may reduce doubts of people who are ambivalent (uncertain) about suicide
- The alerts are purported (claimed, intended) to be given top priority.
- The site provides suicide outreach (help, reaching out) information.
- further examination of subgroups is also warranted (to attest the truth)
- restrictions on Internet content may present a slippery-slope (a course leading to destruction) problem
- jurisprudence - knowledge of or skills in law
- The platform was used to foment (stimulate) violence there
- The shooter live-streamed his rampage (a state of violent passion)
- it stymied (to impede) their efforts to stop the spread
- The structure is an unimpeachable (capable of being impeached, called in question) given (known fact or situation)
- The social web was indelibly (cannot be deleted) shaped by the company. Its efforts have made the access across vast swaths (a grass land) of the developing world.
- It makes an outright (to the full extent) ban more significant, for good and for ill (in good and bad ways)
- users tend to construe (interpret) it as a fixed affair
- The free flow of information has not been an unalloyed (not containing undesirable elements) good for it.
- It's easy to scorn (to despise) someone
- The local regulation becomes de facto (in fact) global policy
- Political quagmire (wet land)
- This pattern shrouds (hides) a question
- The network could be unattainable (cannot be reached)
- kryptonite (sth that can weaken somebody) in the classroom
- recoup (to regain) an extra week of school
- the use of cellphone adversely (harmfully) affects cognitive capacities
- chest - box
- render a man unconscious
- If it's a hoax, I'm lowkey pissed about that.
- Winter weather hobbles (have somebody walk awkwardly usually due to pain) Canada
- The weather wreaked havoc (cause great damage) from the East to the West.
- increases revue and reduces administrative burdens.
- Talks on automotive trade also hit a snag (unexpected obstacle).
- she revels in (enjoys herself) and people love her.
- The judge nixed (nullified) his extravagant (lacking restraints) compensation package.
- The animal is promiscuous (polygamy, instead of monogamy).
Charm
- she's a know-it-all.
- absent without leave (awol).
- 75 large (75K)
- this is nothing short of slander (just).
- play pool.
Feel
- I'm pissed (drunk and angry).
Time
Space
- go to church
- go to the toilet
- go to the hospital
- go to the cinema
- Asian restaurants abound (fills the space).
Rule
- The old lady has presbyopia (farsightedness).
- The squirrels collect conifer cones.
- they relished the tranquility of their evening walk in the park.
- the brand took oof after winning acclaim (good review) at the fair.
- too much spinach, lettuce, broccoli, celery.
- A clove of garlic (split).
- the small daisy envied the tulips, roses and peonies in the front yard.
- In the middle of nowhere.
- Possibly to the wind.
- lose my touch (magics).
- you reek of sweat.
- the technicolor sunrise amazed me.
- there was a bit of hail (uncountable) just now.
- Your answers are wishy-washy (blurry).
- Use the coasters (the pad of the cups).
- stubborn pos or neu; he is too obstinate to let anyone help him.
- The tax collector has been charged with extorting money from several shopkeepers
- growl to utter low dull rumbling sound
- howl - neg; emit long loud cries emotionally
- make allowances for - allow
- It makes sense that ...
- recoup: Cost of Acquisition to reach break-even
- perpetuate the problem: make undesirable situation continue indefinitely
- go out the window: no longer exist, disappear
- fad: intense and short-lived enthusiasm for sth
- had a blast: had a great time
- all-important **very important
- new vocab vs new concept to learn
- there are vocabulary versus concept
- block based - note based (can search for all the notes of a topic)
- by default the linked references are expanded to the grandchildren level and collapsed
- linked references are not chronologically ordered
- ignorance (lack the knowledge) of academics
- ever-dwindling (shrinking) attention span
- despite apprehension (seizing sth)
- the student recounted (narrated) that Marlon leveled (put at the same level) some potshots (a random attack) at the students
- people would often lap up being apprised of the racism
- a cesspool (an excavation at the bottom of a drain to collect the sand) of bigotry (prejudice, bigot - someone unreasonably adheres to a religious belief)
- pastor - spiritually take care of Christians
- remind the parishioners (a large area incorporating a township) of the prevalence of the racist sin
- melodramatic (of exaggeration and an excess of emotion)
- the Wire (series - narcotics scene through eyes of law enforcers, drug dealers, and users)
- whence (from what source) the sense many have
- provide fodder (food) for personal atonement (reconciliation of friendly relations b/w God and sinners)
- decades of mission creep (slow and stealthy movement)
- moral reprobate (unruly person)
- idleness (worthlessness, state of being unoccupied)
- absolution (forgiveness of sins)sought by them
- leftist politics - supportive to reformist
- plantation (settling of people in a conquered country) slavery
- impulse has jelled (congeal) into a therapeutic one
- psychic reverberations (the action of forcing sth back)
- ostensibly (declared untruthfully)
- troubadour (who composes or sings verses)
- resolve to never do (to settle an argument, reconcile opposing elements); stick to my resolve (firmness of purposes, determination)
- he didn't emulate (to strive to equal) the life
- find some solace (comfort) in the memories
- compartmentalize (separate into compartments) it and relegate (consign - make over as a possession of a thing to some unimportant position) it
- sputter (throw up) to a halt
- it's another salvo (a sudden or aggressive act, simultaneous discharge of artillery or large-caliber guns in a battle) in the long-simmering feud between the two companies.
Mind
- I consent (agree).
- Things won't always be bleak.
- We're gonna get through it together.
- You don't have to give up everything about your old life.
- Palindromes (a word or phrase read the same backward or forward).
- clear as day (easy to understand; understood)
- He's so hard-headed (tough)
- You say potato (no one is wrong)
- they try to suss out (to inspect or investigate) whether it is safe to put patients in an awe-inducing environment.
- she is no damsel in distress and isn't haughty (disdainful, arrogantly superior).