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Extenuate
ɪkˈsten.ju.eɪtverbCause (an offence) to seem less serious.
Примеры использования:
Even the fact that you once helped to save my life could not extenuate your offence
Go
ɡəʊChange location
adjectiveFunctioning properly.
Примеры использования:
All systems go
nounAn attempt or trial at something.
Примеры использования:
Have a go at answering the questions yourself
verbTo be sold
Примеры использования:
The shop is having a closing-down sale - everything must go., things have gone badly for him since …
Lab
læbabbreviation(in the context of party politics) labour.
nounA laboratory.
Примеры использования:
A science lab
Propensity
prəˈpen.sə.tinounAn inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.
Примеры использования:
His propensity for violence
Why
waɪadverbFor what reason
Примеры использования:
"i'm going home." "why?", why did you choose to live in london?, why wait? let's leave now., why sh…
exclamationExpressing surprise or indignation.
Примеры использования:
Why, that's absurd!
interrogative adverbFor what reason or purpose.
Примеры использования:
Why did he do it?
nounA reason or explanation.
Примеры использования:
The whys and wherefores of these procedures need to be explained to students
relative adverb(with reference to a reason) on account of which; for which.
Примеры использования:
The reason why flu jabs need repeating every year is that the virus changes
Eke out
iːkphrasal verbTo use something slowly or carefully because you only have a small amount of it
Примеры использования:
There wasn't much food left, but we just managed to eke it out., eke out a living he managed to eke…
Look on as
lʊkphrasal verbTo consider or think of someone or something as something
Примеры использования:
We looked on her as a daughter., i've lived there so long i look on the town as my home.
phrasal verbTo not annoy, change, or touch someone or something
Примеры использования:
The federal reserve is leaving interest rates alone., this little girl won't leave uncle steve alon…
idiomTo deceive or cheat someone
Примеры использования:
I think we've been taken for a ride.
phraseA strange person
Примеры использования:
He's a bit of an odd fish, but i think he's basically sound., the captain struck me as rather an od…
collocationTo talk about something for a long time, often in an annoying way
Примеры использования:
Everyone at school keeps going on about how amazing she is., he used to go on about what a wonderfu…
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