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relating to words |
The job applicant must have good verbal skills. |
non-verbal communication (= expressions of the face, gestures, etc.) |
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to make a tense or painful part of your body feel more comfortable [Relive] |
This should soothe the pain. |
Take a warm bath to soothe tense, tired muscles. |
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to deal with somebody/something correctly and completely |
You cannot do justice to such a complex situation in just a few pages. |
I didn’t feel well and wasn’t able to do justice to the meal she had cooked (= I could not eat all the food). |
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the things, especially bad things, that will happen or have happened to somebody/something |
The fate of the three men is unknown |
From that moment our fate was sealed (= our future was decided). |
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very difficult to imagine or to understand; extremely surprising |
a problem of mind-boggling complexity |
It’s mind-boggling to me that this is allowed to happen. |
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that has never happened, been done or been known before |
The situation is unprecedented in modern times. |
There were unprecedented scenes of violence in the city’s main square. |
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to hate something, for example a way of behaving or thinking, especially for moral reasons |
She abhors any form of cruelty towards animals |
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to die because there is no air to breathe; to kill somebody by not letting them breathe air |
She felt suffocated by all the rules and regulations. |
He put the pillow over her face and suffocated her. |
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of a good enough standard or quality |
Mark did a decent job as a replacement for Turner. |
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to hurt or punish somebody who has harmed or cheated you in the past |
‘Who would do such a thing?’ ‘Maybe someone with an old score to settle.’ |
An embittered Charlotte is determined to settle accounts with Elizabeth. |
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a long argument or campaign in which one person or group does or says things to harm another |
He has accused the media of pursuing a vendetta against him. |
She conducted a personal vendetta against me. |
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a sudden strong wish or need to do something, without stopping to think about the results |
The door was open and on (an) impulse she went inside. |
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slightly angry or upset. |
He was understandably miffed about not getting chosen |
She’s a bit miffed that we’re not taking her with us. |
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(of a person’s way of speaking) clear and fast but not very friendly |
his clipped military tones |
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the quality of showing that you believe strongly in what you are saying |
‘Not true!’ she said with conviction |
He said he agreed but his voice lacked conviction. |
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an agreement made between two people or groups in which each side gives up some of the things they want so that both sides are happy at the end |
After lengthy talks the two sides finally reached a compromise. |
In any relationship, you have to make compromises. |
