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Strict |
✔adjective (stricter strictest ) ➡️1) expecting people to obey rules or to do what you say OPP lenient 👉🏻a strict teacher 🔴strict about 👉🏻This company is very strict about punctuality. 🔴strict with 👉🏻The Stuarts are very strict with their children. ➖➖➖➖➖ ✔strictly adv |
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Insist |
✔verb [I]➡️1) to say firmly and often that something is true, especially when other people think it may not be true 🔴insist (that) 👉🏻Mike insisted that he was right. 👉🏻His friends insisted he had no connection with drugs. 🔴insist on 👉🏻She kept insisting on her innocence.➖➖➖➖➖➖ ➡️2) to demand that something should happen 👉🏻Stay for supper – I insist! 🔴insist (that) 👉🏻They insisted that everyone should come to the party. 👉🏻He insisted I should take a taxi. 🔴insist on 👉🏻We insist on the highest standards of cleanliness in the hotel. 🔴insist on/upon doing something 👉🏻He insisted upon checking everything himself. ➖➖➖➖➖ ✔insistence noun |
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Obey sb/sth |
✔Verb OPP disobey ➡️to do what sb/sth tells you to do. 👉🏻‘Sit!’ he said, and the dog obeyed him instantly. 🔴obey an order/command 👉🏻Soldiers are expected to obey orders without questioning them. 🔴obey the law/rules 👉🏻Failure to obey the law can lead to a large fine. |
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Obedient |
✔adjective➡️1) always doing what you are told to do, or what the law, a rule etc says you must do OPP disobedient 👉🏻an obedient childo 🔴bedient to 👉🏻citizens who are obedient to the law |
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Compulsory |
✔adjective ➡️something that is compulsory must be done because it is the law or because someone in authority orders you to → voluntary 👉🏻the threat of compulsory redundancies 🔴compulsory schooling/education 👉🏻11 years of compulsory education 👉🏻Car insurance is compulsory. |
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Obligatory |
✔adjective ➡️1) (formal) something that is obligatory must be done because of a law, rule etc SYN compulsory = mandatory 🔴it is obligatory for somebody (to do something) 👉🏻It is obligatory for companies to provide details of their industrial processes. |
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It is forbidden |
= It's not allowed = it isn't permitted |
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Contemporary |
SYN modern OPP old-fashioned |
