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Cagey (adj) |
cagey (about sth) not wanting to give sb information (syn: evasive, secretive) Tony is very cagey about his family. |
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run-of-the-mill (adj) |
ordinary, with no special or interesting features |
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not all, everything, etc. sb's cracked up to be (idioms) |
not as good as people say He's not nearly such a good writer as he's cracked up to be. The new radio station's not all it;s cracked up to be. |
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presumptuous (adj) |
too confident, in a way that shows a lack of respect for other people It would be presumptuous of me to comment on that matter. |
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Sink in (phrasal v) |
1. (of words,event etc) to be fully understood or realised He paused to allow his words to sink in. The full scale of the disaster has yet to sink in. |
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trepidation (n) |
great worry or fear about sth unpleasant that may happen We view future development with trepidation. |
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be riddled with sth (phrasal v) |
to be full of sth, especially sth bad or unpleasant His body was riddled with cancer. Her typing was slow and riddled with mistakes. |
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phlegmatic (adj) |
not easily made angry or upset (syn: calm) a phlegmatic temperament |
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Stave sth off (Phrasal v) |
to prevent sth bad from affecting you for a period of time; to delay sth |
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Stamp sth out (Phrasal v) |
1. to get rid of sth that is bad, unpleasant or dangerous, especially by using force or a lot of effort (syn: eliminate) to stamp out racism.
2. to put out a fire by bringing your foot down heavily on it |
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wretched (adj) |
1. (of a person) feeling ill/sick or unhappy You look wretched- what's wrong. I felt wretched about the way had turned out.
2. extremely bad or unpleasant (syn: awful) She had wretched time of it at school. The animals are kept in the most wretched conditions.
3. used to show that you think sb/sth is extremely annoying Is it that wretched woman again? |
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capitulate (v) |
1. to agree to do sth that you have been refusing to do for a long time (syn: give in) They finally forced to capitulate to the torrorists' demands.
2. to stop resisting an enemy and accept that you are defeated (syn: surrender) The town capitulated after a three-week siege. |
