Lecture 7: Basic concepts 1 Flashcards
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extensive
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collocations: routes, educational facilities
a lot of
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spacious
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garden, green and spacious, etc
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roomy
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a roomy car, house
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rambling
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a large, rambling building, mansion
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wide open spaces
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large areas without buildings or trees
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scattered
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randomly across a wide area
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spread out
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not close to one another
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ample room
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more than enough space
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cramped
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hotel rooms, apartments
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poky
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informal, rooms, little flat
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congested
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congested streets -> full of traffic, people, etc
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compact
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positive connotation, refrigerator, low white villa
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to be hemmed in by the crowds
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surrounded by people and not able to move
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bustling
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lots of people moving around
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there isn’t enough room to swing a cat
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very small space, informal
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to be packedlike sardines
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too many people in a small space, informal
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labyrinth
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vast and complex
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boundary
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the edge of a large space
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rear
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back
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to be crammed into sth
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too many people in too little space
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to squeeze in between someone
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to sit between someone when there’s not much space
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a squash
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many people, small room
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to stuff x into y
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doing sth quickly and without much care
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to only meet oce in a blue moon
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very infrequently
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all their born days
their entire life
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I'll be with you in a mo/ in a sec/ in a tick/ in less than no time/ in a jiffy
very soon
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for donkey years
for a long time
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since the year dot
for a v long time
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till the cows come home
forever
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for keeps/ for good
to keep forever
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in the nick of time
only just in time
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over the gill(past it
too old
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has-been
person who is no longer famous
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in a flash/at a rate of knotw
v quickly
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fleeting
brief or quick
glimpse, visit, smile, moment, appereance
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lengthy
continuing for a long time
process, investigation, discussions, negotiations, delays
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transient
lasting for only a short time, formal
effect, population, feeling, pleasure
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persistent
lasting for a long time or hard to stop or get rid of
cough, problems, rumour, smell, accusations, critic, offender, failure, gossip
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inexorable
continuing without the hope of being stopped, formal
rise, slide, decline, pressure, advance of time
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incipient
just beginning, formal
panic, rage, rebellion, stages, wrinkles, dementia
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protracted
lasting for a long time or made to last longer, formal
negotiations, discussions, argument
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lingering
taking a long time to leave or to disappear
perfume, kiss, smile
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simultaneous
happening at the same time
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duration
amount of time that it lasted
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prolong
make it last longer
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at such short notice
just a short time before it is due to happen
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repeatedly
many times
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limp
unever, like when one leg hurts
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hop
on one foot, quickly, not using one foot
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stagger
unsteady, like when drunk or ill
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stumble
nearly falling, unever surface
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lurch
sudden or irrehular, drunk/ill, walking on a ship, etc
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tiptoe
quiet and on toes
not to be heard
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amble
easy, gentle
pleasure or relaxation, no special aim
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stride
long steps
purposeful
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strut
proud, chest held out
to look important
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tramp
firm, heavy steps
walking for a long time
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trample
pressing repeatedly with feet
often wishing to destroy
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stamp
pushing foot down heavily
anger or just heavy-footed
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trudge
heavy, slow, with difficulty
tired
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chase
quickly
wanting to catch something or someone
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metaphorical example of motion -> limp
to limp to a conclusion
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to hop off the bus
quickly get off
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to stagger on
business, to die out after a few years
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staggeringly well
amazingly
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to lurch
the government has lurched from one economic crisis to the next
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to take in their stride
to take calmly
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to trample on someone's dreams
to destroy
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to meander around town
to walk slowly without any clear direction
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unprecedented
never having happened before
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courtesy
politeness and respect
courteous
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discourteous
impolite and lacking respect
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insolent expression
rude and not showing respect , much stronger than discourteous
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etiquette
set of rules or customs for accepted behaviour in particular social groups or social situations
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to stand on ceremony
to behave in a formal way
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straitlaced
having old-fashioned and fixed morals
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the done thing
what you are expected to do in a social situation
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netiquette
code of behaviour when using the internet
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good manner or good manners
plural, manners
manner is a more formal way of doing something
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squirm
move from side to side in an awkward way
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titter
small laugh, with nervousness or embarrassment
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to slam
close with a kloud bang
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to squeak
high irritating noise
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to pound
dull, beating noise
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to creak
noise of friction of wood and/or metal
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to sizzle
sound made by frying
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to ring out
typically used for the sound of a gunshot
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to crash
loud, hevay noise, typically used for waves
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to hoot / to toot
sound made by a car horn
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to wail
to make a rising and falling sound
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to hammer
to knock very loudly and repeatedly
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eerie
rather scary
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deafening
extremely and painfully loud
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grating voices
unpleasant, irritating
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piercing scream
high noise that hurts the ears
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high-pitched voice
higher than most voices, like a whistle
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inaudible
impossible to hear
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you could have heard a pin drop
there was total silence
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I can't hear myself think
said when people are making too much noise
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peace and quiet
calm and quiet period, after a noisy time
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as quiet as a mouse
very quiet indeed
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weighty
abstract and physical things, usually includes the idea of "seriousness"
a weighty tome, discuss weighty issues
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unwieldy
abstract and physical things, usually imcludes the idea of "difficult to handle"
unwieldy system/bureaucracy, unwieldy object, e.g. a big box
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cumbersome
often used for machines and equipment that are difficult to handle, also used for systems, structures, etc
a cumbersome weapon, a cumbersome process
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burdensome
usually used of abstract things
a burdensome duty
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ponderous
slow and clumsy because of weight, but usually used for dull and excessively serious abstract things
a ponderous style, e.g. way of writing or speaking
a ponderous thesis
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lumbering
usually used of physical things, often suggesting "heavy movement"
a lumbering truck, a lumbering bear
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to be weighed down
carrying very heavy things
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to weigh up
cpnsider and compare
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to weigh out
weighed a quantity of loose goods
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weighing on me
troubling my mind
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weighed in
to add more point to the argument
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to thicken
make thicker
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to sift
shake it in a sieve to separate the grains
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lumpy
have solid pieces in it
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congealed
become thick and solid
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to solidify
to become solid
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to thin
make thinner
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to thin out
become less dense
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to thin out
made it less thick
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to dilute/ to water it down
add water
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impenetrable
impossible to move through
an impenetrable jungle/forest
impenetrable jargon
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impervious to
liquid cannot pass through
an impervious metrial
a person who is impervious to criticism
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