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11 Cards in this Set
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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. |
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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 |
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Opt out |
Choose not to participate in something |
you can opt out of the state pension scheme |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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) |