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Be prepared for a further or consequential event or complication to occur. |
While Francois thinks he has the best of both worlds, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop. |
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To think for a long time about things that make you sad, worried, or angry |
I wish you wouldn't sit brooding in your room all day. |
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To add more information to or explain something that you have said |
Could you elaborate on it? |
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Used when something illegal or wrong is said to have been done, but has not been proved |
That's where he allegedly killed his wife.
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To express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people |
I always convey a sense of genuine interest in my students |
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To spend time considering a possible future action, or to consider one particular thing for a long time in a serious and quiet way |
It's too awful/horrific/dangerous to contemplate
I'm contemplating going abroad for a year Losing a child is too awful to contemplate |
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Make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen, develop or succeed |
A poor diet can hinder mental and physical growth. His career has been hindered by injury. (Poor English got in the way of his progress.) |
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The quality of being new and unusual |
It was fun for a while, but the novelty wore off (=it became boring). |
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Extremely, ridiculously old-fashioned (Of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood) |
Such methods are, of course, antediluvian now She has some hopelessly antediluvian ideas about the role of women |
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Look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something |
1. I peered into the fog, thinking for a second I'd seen something, but nothing appeared to be there 2.She peered closely at the map |
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Repeat (information) without analysing or comprehending it |
I hardly listen to radio in the morning, except to quickly digest the news, much of which is regurgitated from the previous night anyway. Many students simply regurgitate what they hear in lectures |
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To accept something enthusiastically To hold someone tightly with both arms to express love, liking, or sympathy, or when greeting or leaving someone |
This was an opportunity that he would embrace. This was in the days before she embraced religion She greeted me with a warm embrace. |
