1 Flashcards
make a concession on
The United Automobile Workers union has already made concessions on the superior health insurance its members receive.
[NOUN] If you make a concession to someone, you agree to let them do or have something, especially in order to end an argument or conflict.
Failing such a sudden and unlikely onset of sanity, creative solutions are needed.
Failing~: -을 할 수 없다면
strike a bargain with
in exchange for
Barack Obama has proposed striking a bargain with American automakers to help them with retiree health care costs in exchange for higher fuel efficiency standards.
come to an agreement (with somebody), especially after a lot of discussion or argument
If you give someone something in exchange for something else, you give them something and they give you something else of a similar type or value.
mileage
/ˈmaɪlɪdʒ/
The mileage of a vehicle is the number of miles that it can travel using one gallon or litre of fuel.
- This car has great mileage.
molest
/məˈlest/
[VERB] A person who molests someone, especially a woman or a child, interferes with them in a sexual way against their will.
sexual harrassment/ sexual molest
indict [ɪndaɪt]
His roommate and another classmate were charged with two counts of invasion of privacy for using “the camera to view and transmit a live image.”
[VERB] If someone is indicted for a crime, they are officially charged with it.
kick off
civility
The news of the death came on the same day that Rutgers kicked off a two-year, campuswide project to teach the importance of civility, with special attention to the use and abuse of new technology.
- to begin, or to begin something
- when a football match kicks off, the players start it by kicking the ball
[ADJ] [FORMAL] Someone who is civil is polite in a formal way, but not particularly friendly.
take its toll
It has long been known that alcohol takes a greater toll on the bodies and minds of hard-drinking women than their male counterparts.
[PHRASE] If you say that something takes its toll or takes a heavy toll, you mean that it has a bad effect or causes a lot of suffering.
Now scientists are peering into the brains of alcoholics for clues about the price of excess on thinking, balance, and motor capacity.
- Police are searching the area for the suspet.
for 찾으려고 하는 대상
No matter that women tend to begin their drinking careers 10 years later and drink less than men.
No matter that ‘= It doesn’t matter that
equivalent of
Each were either binge drinkers or consumed the equivalent of 11-12 drinks a day - enough to experience withdrawal symptoms and blackouts.
[NOUN] If one amount or value is the equivalent of another, they are the same.
consistent
The results of the NIH study are consistent with other research that shows women do not hold their liquor as well as men.
[ADJ] [v-link ADJ, usu ADJ with n] If one fact or idea is consistent with another, they do not contradict each other.
relative to
Women are thought to be more sensitive to the effects of alcohol because they are smaller in size and have a lower proportion of body water relative to fat than men.
[PREP] Relative to something means with reference to it or in comparison with it.
inebriated [ɪ’ni:brieɪtɪd]
As a result, they become inebriated more easily.
[ADJ] Someone who is inebriated has drunk too much alcohol.
sobriety
/səʊˈbraɪəti/
Scientists believe that more studies on alcoholic women are needed after short and long periods of sobriety to determine the effects of alcohol on thinking ability, motor skills, and balance - and whether the effects are reversible.
[NOUN] Sobriety is the state of being sober rather than drunk.
*sobriety test
