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An extremely dangerous Hurricane Irma pounded small northern Caribbean islands Wednesday morning as one of the strongest storms recorded in the Atlantic. |
If you pound something or pound on it, you hit with great force, usually loudly and repeatedly.
He pounded the table with his fist. Somebody began pounding on the front door. If you heart is pounding, it is beating with an unusually strong and fast rhythm, usually because you are afraid. I'm sweating, my heart is pounding, I can't breathe. |
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(...) and is on a path to hit parts of the British Virgin Islands and perhaps skirt northern Puerto Rico later in the day. |
Something that skirts an area is situated around the edge of it. We raced across a large field that skirtied the slope of a hill. He did not go through the city but skirted it. If you skirt a problem or question, you avoid dealing with it: He skirted the hardest issues, concentrating on areas of possible agreement. There was a subject she was always skirting. He carefully skirted the subject. |
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The FBI takes people from a whole slew of different backgrounds, and so here at the Firearms Training Unit we take those people, regardless of their background. |
a large number or quantity A whole slew of people. There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents. |
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There's a lot going on in those first couple weeks. They're getting acclimated. |
[America] When you acclimate or are acclimated to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it. I help them acclimate to living in the U.S. It does take time to acclimate, especially for guys who haven't grown up in an urban environment. Apparently the zoo animals had become acclimated to the crowd noise and were no longer startled by it. |
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Although we have greater access to ideas than ever before, I think it's paramount that we build the appropriate filters to reduce amount of information we have. |
Something that is paramount or of paramount importance is more important than anything else (chief in importance) The children's welfare must be seen as paramount. A point of paramount significance. |
Paramount Pictures logo is a mountain, greatness. |
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The communication becomes so open that potential problems can be nipped in the bud. |
Nip in the bud: to stop something in the beginning of its development (you stop it before it can develop very far) The rebellion was nipped in the bud. It is important to recognize jealousy and to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand. |
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Could synergy not create a new script for the next generation - one that is more geared to service and contribution, and is less protective, less adversarial, less selfish... |
If someone or something is geared to or toward a particular purpose, they are organized or designed in order to achieve that purpose.
Colleges are not always geared to the needs of nature students.
My training was geared toward winning gold. |
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It mays seem as if you are casting aside Habit 2... |
If you cast aside someone or something, you get rid of them because they are no longer necessary or useful to you. We need to cast aside outdated policies. The body of pain will one day be cast aside. |
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And unless people have a high tolerance for ambiguity and get their security from integrity to principles and inner values they find it unnerving and unpleasant to be involved in highly creative enterprises. |
Unnerving: adjective
If you describe something as unerving, you mean that it makes you feel worried or uncomfortable.
It is very unnerving to find out that someone you see every day is carrying a potentially deadly virus.
transitive verb: if you say that something unnerves you, you mean that it worries or troubles you.
The news about Dermott had unnerved me.
Verb:
To deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset.
Fear unnerved him. |
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It wasn't just a flight of fancy; there was a sense of maturity and stability and substance which transcended by far the old structure and plan |
flight of fancy: an idea, story, etc... That shows great imagination but is very unlikely to be true or practical
No one took his campaign for office seriously because his proposed solutions to problems were filled with flights of fancy.
The book is filled with flights of fancy about the future of the computer industry.
Flights of fancy about becoming a superstar.
He was talking about cycling across the US or was that just another flight of fancy? |
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Even if it is short-lived, the P/PC Balance is there. |
Something that is short-lived does not last very long. Any hope that the speech would end the war was short-lived. |
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His wife, however, wants to use the vacation time to visit her ailing mother some 250 miles away. She doesn't have the opportunity to see her very often, and this is important to her. |
ailing: sickly, unwell.
An ailing organization or society is in difficulty and is becoming weaker.
The rise in overseas sales is good news for the ailing American economy. |
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— You could phone her every night. And we're planning to spend time with her at the Christmas family reunion. Remember? — That's not for five months. We don't even know if she'll still be here by then. Besides, she needs me, and she wants me. |
by then (by that time) He wants to meet at 10 tonight but by that time, I might be too tired. One day you will be fully grown-up. By then you will have learnt some of the things life is about. |
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That person values the differences because those differences add to his knowledge, to his understanding of reality. When we're left to our own experiences, we constantly suffer from a shortage of data. |
shortage: If there is a shortage of something, there is not enough of it.
A shortage of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief.
Vietnam is suffering from food shortage. |
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In the meantime, the project was languishing. |
If something languishes, it is not successful, often because of a lack of effort or because of a lot of difficulties.
Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languishes. If someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation. Pollard continues to languish in prison. |
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Best of all, rather than the physical changes in their bodies being responsible for the uptick in confidence, it was the immediate, endorphin-fueled positivity from exercise that made all the difference. |
uptick: a small increase or rise An uptick in sales. An uptick in hiring. We can see some uptick in activity in the marketplace. An uptick in foreign tourism. Likewise, there is also 'downtick'. |
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You could hear the grass grow (ing) |
It is so still or quiet that one would be able to hear, even the tiniest, imperceptible sounds: I reckon you could hear the grass growing in the awkward silence that followed that dreadful performance. A suburban area that was so sepulchral you could hear the grass how. Typically used with can, could, or be able to. |
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When it comes to sheer size, the Pacific Ocean reigns supreme. |
To be the best or most influential thing in a particular area or era: As a director, he stills reigns supreme. As a wine producer, France still reigns supreme. |
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— Still no sign? — Jack ****. |
nothing or something equivalent to nothing: I don't know jack **** about that. I know jack **** about that. It's worth jack ****. It's isn't worth jack ****. |
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How a British schoolgirl became her family's #6.5m breadwinner. |
breadwinner: the member of a family who earns the money that family needs: Men are often expected to be the breadwinner in a family. I've always paid the bills and been the breadwinner. |
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The incredible rise of Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown, 13, whose parents were living on handouts before she landed the dream role. |
On handouts: An amount of money or goods given to people who need them: Soldiers oversee the food handouts. Dependence on central government handouts. I'm not interested in government handouts - all I want is a job. |
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Clad in party dresses and ballet pumps, as she was hauled the entertainment industry's next big thing. |
clad: (of people) dressed, or (of things) covered: A strange figure appeared in the doorway, clad in white. An ivy-clad wall. An armour-clad (the metal coverings formerly son by warriors) vehicle. The figure of a woman, clad in black. The distant shapes of snow-clad mountains. ballet pumps: sapatilha hauled: to pull or carry something heavy from one place to another with a lot of effort: I hauled my luggage to the nearest hotel. He hauled his bike out of the shed. |
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The second Netflix series garnered over a million mentions in Twitter alone in the 48 hours after it was released just over a week ago - a record. |
If someone has garnered something useful or valuable, they have gained it or collected it: The police struggled to garner sufficient evidence. He gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. Copolla garnered several Oscar awards for "The Godfather". His lawyer has garnered considerable evidence in his defense. |
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Millie's rags-to-riches story is well documented. |
Used for describing a situation in which someone who has been very poor becomes very rich: The rags-to-riches story of country and western singer Loretta Lynn. My uncle's truly gone from rags to riches: he grew up without a penny, but through sheer determination, be founded his own company and is now one of wealthiest men in the state. |
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Today, Millie is said to be worth €5 million and often spotted in couture clothes by Gucci, Kenzo and Burberry, she has an A-list stylist and is becoming a style icon. |
The design and production of expensive and fashionable clothes, or the clothes themselves: Everyone on Earth was in Paris that week for the fall couture, and for some colossal tennis event. |
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Like Garland, Millie is experiencing instant global celebrity at a tender age. |
tender age: a time in your life when you are still young and lack experience: Tennis players start at a more tender age these days. Nicholas was sent to boarding school at the tender age of seven. He left home at the tender age of 18. |
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Millie's rise to Hollywood fame has drawn comparisons with many stars. |
draw a comparison: to say that two or more things or people are similar: The brochure draws a comparison between the hotel and a medieval place. The author draws a comparison between East and West Germany and the North-Douth divide in England. I should like to draw a comparison to conclude my speech. |
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But is she growing up a little bit too fast? And can she avoid the downsides of child celebrity which have blighted so many? |
something that makes people unhappy or that spoils their lives or the environment they live in: Her guilty secret was a blight on her happiness. The blight of poverty. A country blighted by poverty. A disease which, though not fatal, can blight the lives of its victims. Verb: to cause serious damage or harm to something. Too much rain may blight the garden with mold. |
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On top of the wealth she's already accrued, Millie gets €23,00 per episode of Stranger Things, plus undisclosed bonuses. |
Undisclosed: used to describe information which is not given to the public: Developers have agreed to buy the site for an undisclosed sum. The 10-year deal gives Hubbard an undisclosed share of profits.He leaves it undisclosed, which is perhaps the best thing to do with secrets. The 10-year deal gives Hubbard an undisclosed share of profits.
He leaves it undisclosed, which is perhaps the best thing to do with secrets. |
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Her upfront fee was thought to be a whopping £770,00, plus a give percent slice of the merchandising profits (some films make more from merchandising than they do from ticket sales). |
An amount of money paid before a particular piece of work or a particular service is done or received:
Upfront:
Paid or due in advance:
Upfront in cash.
Demanded to be paid up front for the photographs.
Whopping: very large
A whopping $74 million loss.
Adverb: extremely (they all were whopping drunk) |
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Other has come in from commercial endorsements. |
approval: the fact of a famous person appearing in an advertisement saying that they use and like a product: Products that carry an endorsement from a celebrity. A star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements. the act of saying that you approve of it support something in someone: The campaign hasn't received any political endorsements. He hoped to secure quick endorsement of the plan from the president. This is a powerful endorsement for his softer style of government. An example of an endorsement is when you sign the back of check, telling the bank that you give your approval for the check to be cashed. |
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Convinced of her talent, the Browns sold up, even though their finances became so rocky that Millie's manager Melanie Greene had to lend them cash. |
rocky; informal: a relationship or situation that is rocky is difficult and may not continue or be successful:
Rangers got off to a rocky start this season
The company faces a rocky road ahead.
a rocky relationship, situation, or period of time is one in which there are a lot of problems:
The rocky road to success.
Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other. |
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Not content with a world-beating acting career, Millie has ambitions to make it as a singer too — even though she is totally deaf in one ear. |
world-beating: better than all others of the same kind. Noun: She has loads of natural talent as a runner and with rigorous training training she could be a world-beater. A world-beating athlete. UCLA's football team looks like a world-beater this season. |
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It's just... I got the bug and that's it. I didn't do school plays. |
To get the bug = to become very interested (some might say obsessed) with something. It's a bit like you have a strange disease that makes you feel compelled to know everything there is to know on that subject. |
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She's a very unusual woman, one of a kind [approval] |
If you refer to someone or something as one of a kind, you mean that there is nobody or nothing else like that. In the world of ballet, she was one of a kind. I don't know we'll ever replace Mary after she retires. She's really one of a kind. This is a one of a kind opportunity - you have to take it! Not many people have so much talent at such young age. This kid is truly one of a kind. |
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You might be able to talk your way out of most things but you still have to wash the dishes! |
talk your way out/into of sth: to persuade people that you should do something/not do something by the reasons you give: He talked his way out of staying to clean up after the party. If I get into some sort of problem, I will try to talk my way out of it. He tried to talk his way out of it by saying someone else was responsible. |
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Don't give up hope. |
Don't give up hope. There's always a chance. |
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— Is that even possible? — I never ask that question until after I've done it. |
Han Solo and Finn. |
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— Just pull the trigger. — Little more to it than that. You've got a lot to learn. |
Rey and Han Solo. |
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It might destabilize the core and cripple the weapon. |
To damage something badly so that it no longer works or is no longer effective: Industry is bring crippled by high interest rates. Asia's economy has been crippled by inflation. Cause (someone) to become unable to walk or move properly: The accident crippled her for life. A young student was crippled for life. |
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Girl knows her stuff. |
To have good practical skills and knowledge in a particular activity or subject: Patricia knows her stuff when it comes to Mexican history. I think Nicole is our best candidate for the job — she really knows her stuff about corporate accounting. Urban Dictionary knows its stuff in slang words definitions. — The mechanic was able to repair my car in seconds. — He knows his stuff. |
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