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collateral (adj) /kəˈlæt.ər.əl/

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connected but less important, or of the same family although not directly related:

collateral senses of a word

a collateral branch of the family

2
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personnel (n) /ˌpɜː.sənˈel/

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the department of a company or organization that deals with its employees when they first join, when they need training, or when they have any problems:

Personnel will help you find somewhere to live

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to consolidate /kənˈsɒl.ɪ.deɪt/

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  • to become, or cause sth to become, stronger, and more certain:

The success of their major product consolidated the firm’s position in the market.

  • to combine several things, especially businesses, so that they become more effective, or to be combined in this way:

The two firms consolidated to form a single company.

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to prevail /prɪˈveɪl/

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to get control or influence:

I am sure that common sense will prevail in the end

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to embrace /ɪmˈbreɪs/

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[ACCEPT] to accept sth enthusiastically:

This was an opportunity that he would embrace.

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foreseeable (adj) /fɔːˈsiː.ə.bəl/

in/for the foreseeable future

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as far into the future as you can imagine or plan for:

I’ll be living here for the foreseeable future.

He asked me if there was any point the foreseeable future whe I’d like to have children.

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breakthrough (CN) /ˈbreɪk.θruː/

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an important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem:

An major breakthough in negotiations has been achieved.

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to interface /ˈɪn.tə.feɪs

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to communicate with someone, especially in a work-related situation:

We use email to interface with our customers.

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tradeoff (n) /ˈtreɪdˌɔf/

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a balancing of two opposing situations or qualitites, both of which are desired:

The tradeoff in a democracy is between individual liberty an orderly society

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defensible (adj) /dɪˈfen.sə.bəl/

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able to be protected from attack, or able to be supported by argument:

A city built on an island is easily defensible.

High petrol taxes are defensible on ecological grounds.

11
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abstract (adj) /ˈæb.strækt/

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[GENERAL] an abstract argument or discussion is general and not based on particular examples:

This debate is becoming too abstract - let’s have some hard facts.

the abstract = general ideas

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to leave out sth/so

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to fail to include sth or someone; omit:

You left out the best parts of the story.

13
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normative (adj) /ˈnɔː.mə.tɪv/

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relating to rules, or making people obey rules, especially rules of behaviour

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prescriptive (adj) /prɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/ [formal mainly disapproving]

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saying exactly what must happen, especially by giving an instruction or making a rule:

Most teachers think the government’s guidelines on homework are too prescriptive.

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descriptive (adj) /dɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/

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A descriptive area of study is one that is based on saying what its subject is really like, rather than on developing theories about it:

descriptive linguistics/sociology/statistics

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bald (adj) /bɔːld/

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with little or no hair on the head

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hunch (CN) /hʌntʃ/

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an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof:

[+that] I had a hunch that you’d be here.

Sometimes you have to be prepared to act on/follow a hunch.

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to encounter /ɪnˈkaʊn.tər/

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to experience sth, especially sth unpleasant

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to allocate (v) /ˈæl.ə.keɪt/

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to give sth to so as their share of a total amount, to use in a particular way:

The government is allocating $10 million for health education.

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allocation (UN) /ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/

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the allocation of resources/funds/time