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Commute (verb)

to make the same journey regularly between work and home

She commutes to the city by car every day.

Opt in (p.v)

to choose to be part of an activity, arrangement,

the database would not include a person’s name unless he opted in

Opt out

Choose not to participate in something

you can opt out of the state pension scheme

Opt (verb)

to make a choice, especially of one thing or possibility instead of others


Make a choice from a range of possibilities

- pupils opting to continue with physics


- Mike opted for early retirement

Underneath (adverb)

Under or below

- The tunnel goes right underneath the city.


- They found a bomb underneath the car.


- He was wearing a garish T-shirt underneath his shirt.

Sustain (verb)

- to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time


- to keep alive.


- formal: to suffer or experience, especially damage or loss


- to support someone emotionally

- He seems to find it difficult to sustain relationships with women.


- This planet is unable to sustain human or plant life.


- She sustained serious injuries in the accident.


- The love of my family and friends sustained me through my ordeal.

Yield

- to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food, or information


- If something yields information, it provides it

- The experiments yielded some surprising results.


- A letter found by the FBI last week may yield new clues.

Hassle (noun)

a situation that causes difficulty or trouble, or an argument

- Bad weather was the major hassle during our trip.


- I got into a hassle with my father about being late.

Hassle (verb)

to annoy someone, especially by repeatedly asking them something

- I'll do it in my own time - just stop hassling me!


- The children keep hassling me to take them to Disneyland.


Numb (adj)

- If a part of your body is numb, you are unable to feel it, usually for a short time.


- not able to feel any emotions or to think clearly, because you are so shocked or frightened, etc.

- I was lying in a weird position and my leg went numb.


- When she first heard the news, she was numb with disbelief.


- My fingers were numb with cold.

Correlate (verb)

If two or more facts, numbers, etc. correlate or are correlated, there is a relationship between them

Stress levels and heart disease are strongly correlated (= connected)