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entail (verb) |
1) A new computer system entails a lot of re-training. Some foreign travel is entailed in the job @entail doing something The journey will entail changing trains twice 2) -
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1) to involve something as a necessary part or result 2) if you entail property, you arrange for it to be given to a specific person, usually your oldest son, when you die |
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entice (verb) enticement (noun) |
(verb) @entice into/away/from etc The birds were enticed back into Britain 40 years ago. entice somebody/something to do something Our special offers are intended to entice people to buy.
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(verb) to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere, usually by offering them something that they want |
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derisive (adj) derisively (adv) |
derisive laughter
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showing that you think someone or something is stupid or silly |
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struggle (verb) (noun) |
(verb) 1) @struggle to do something She's struggling to bring up a family alone. @struggle with The airline is struggling with high costs. @struggle for Millions of people are struggling for survival. struggle against Firms are struggling against a prolonged recession 2) a- @struggle with James was hit in the mouth as he struggled with the burglars. @struggle to do something She struggled to free herself 2) b- @struggle for They struggled for possession of the gun. 3) @struggle up/out of/into etc Walkers were struggling up the dusty track 4) The team has been struggling all season
(noun) 1) @struggle for a struggle for survival a power struggle between forces favoring and opposing change 2) @struggle with/against She spoke of her struggles with shyness 3) Police said there were no signs of a struggle 4) @be a struggle (for somebody) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
(verb) 1) to try extremely hard to achieve something, even though it is very difficult 2) a- to fight someone who is attacking you or holding you, especially so that you can escape 2) b- if two people struggle, they fight each other for something, especially something one of them is holding 3) to move somewhere with great difficulty 4) to be likely to fail, even though you are trying very hard
Phrasal verb struggle on to continue doing something that you find very difficult or tiring He struggled on despite his condition (noun) 1) a long hard fight to get freedom, political rights etc 2) a long period of time in which you try to deal with a difficult problem 3) a fight between two people for something, or an attempt by one person to escape from the other 4) if something is a struggle, you find it very difficult to do |
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insist (verb) |
1) @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) 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 3) @ if you insist (spoken) ‘Why don't you call them up today’ ‘Oh, if you insist’ 4) @insist on doing something She will insist on washing her hair just when I want to have a bath
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1) to say firmly and often that something is true, especially when other people think it may not be true 2) to demand that something should happen 3) used when agreeing to do something that you do not really want to do 4) to keep doing something, especially something that is inconvenient or annoying |
