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1) Convey transport or carry to a place
You can also convey a message or information, which means that you communicate it
to someone directly or indirectly through your words or actions. In law, the
word convey means to transfer or pass property to someone.
2) Chord (noun)  group of (typically three or more) notes sounded
together, as a basis of harmony.
(Verb) play, sing, or arrange notes in chords.

strike a chord cause someone to feel sympathy, emotion, or enthusiasm.

"the issue of food safety strikes a chord with almost everyone"

3) Unattainable not able to be reached or achieved.

4)  grind  activity involving effort or exertion.

5) Sustain strengthen or support physically or mentally. (undergo or suffer

(something unpleasant, especially an injury). to give support or relief to. 2 : to supply
with sustenance : nourish. 3 : keep up, prolong. 4 : to support the weight of : prop also :
to carry or withstand (a weight or pressure) 5 : to buoy up sustained by hope.

6) Explain a lot more in depth about

7) I won’t drive too depth

8) Eliminate (verb) to put an end or get rid of , remove from

consideration, to expel from the living body

9) Crumpled to become, or cause something

to become, full of folds that are not equal in size:

Eg This shirt crumples easily
If someone's face crumples, it becomes full of lines because of
a strong emotion
Her face crumpled with laughter.
If someone crumples, they fall to the ground suddenly:
The bullet hit him and he crumpled into a heap on the floor.
Precautionary
intended to prevent something unpleasant or dangerous from happenin
g
The company has withdrawn the drug as a precautionary measure.
Hospital staff are stressing the tests are purely precautionary and say
the chances of anyone catching the disease are a million to one.

bounce off informal

: to talk about (something, such as an idea) with (someone) in an informal

way in order to get an opinion
I wanted to bounce some ideas off you before the meeting.

Impulse
 a sudden spontaneous inclination or incitement to some usually
unpremeditated action

 a propensity or natural tendency usually other than rational

 a wave of excitation transmitted through tissues and especially nerve fibers
and muscles that results in physiological activity or inhibition— see NERVE
IMPULSE

its pretty comfy refer to cloth and shoe

swamped ….too much work to do

burn out (exhausted / sick from too much work)
stressed out ( anxious / worried )
How do you cope with stress?
Cope mean handle / deal
Resilience (how to be strong when things are bad)
How I manage to pick up the language so quickly?
And I have no prior knowledge to the language
To being conversationally decent or fluent in……
English is very sentimental
You can apply them in your own learning and in your own life as well
There are so many thing that influenced my English to be at the level is now that it’s
difficult to pinpoint just one. But rather a collaborator with which I can explore my
curiosity and creativity and live a live more colorful life. Flirtation. To constantly improve
my spoken and written language .
Inspiration mean motivation
After the inspiration is taking care of, during the process of learning and using English I
need to combine my creativity and hard work I possibly can.
Transcends (be or go beyond the range or limits of (a field of activity or conceptual sphere)
to go further, rise above, or be more important or better than
something, especially a limit:
The best films are those which transcend national or cultural barriers.
The underlying message of the film is that love transcends everything else.

ardent showing strong feelings; eager
creating process cannot but become less become more ardent

intimate
having, or being likely to cause, a
very close friendship or personal or sexual relationship:
intimate relationships
The restaurant has a very intimate atmosphere.
He's become very intimate with an actress.
 The disease is spread through intimate sexual activity.
 They shared an intimate physical experience.
 The diary revealed several intimate details about his private life.
 They had dinner in the very intimate surroundings of
a local restaurant.
 Her poetry deals with intimate personal experience.

 of knowledge or understanding) detailed, and obtained from a lot

of studying or experience:
  She has an intimate knowledge of Tuscany, where she has lived for
20 years.
 a friend you know very well:
 Intimates of the star say that he has been upset by
the personal attacks on him that have appeared in the press recently.
An intimate conversation involves each person sharing thoughts and feelings about
themselves, their spiritual journey and the relationship. It also involves asking your
beloved the deepest questions you can, and then listening carefully, appreciating
something new about him or her.

Linguistic
connected with language or the study of language:
I'm particularly interested in the linguistic development of young children

Basically I was full of linguistic knowledge

Anyone who knows a language must be able to speak and understand in order to
communicate with others. This means that one must have the capacity to produce
sounds (which carry a certain meaning), and to understand and interpret
the linguistic codes in the sounds produced by others.

Sophomore a student studying in the second year of

a course at a US college or high school (=
a school for students aged 15 to 18)

Ultimately finally , after a series of things have happened:

Everything will ultimately depend on what is said at the meeting with

the directors next week.
Ultimately, of course, he'd like to have his own business but that won't be for
some time.
used to emphasize the most important fact in a situation:
Ultimately, he'll have to decide.
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 His ambition is ultimately to run his own business.

 Responsibility for the disaster must ultimately lie with the government.
 Ultimately, if the product is poor, the business will fail.
  Ultimately, they decided to close the mine.

  in the end:

 Our plans ultimately depend on the weather.

 enchantment
 noun
a feeling of great pleasure and attraction, especially because something
is very beautiful:
The audience looked on in utter fascination and enchantment.
This is a place of enchantment and beauty.
 
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a very attractive and pleasing quality:
How can I describe the many enchantments of this island?
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 She creates a world of fairytale enchantment.

 The recording somehow enhances our sense of the beauty and
enchantment of her voice.
 The museum is full of enchantments.

 laid-back
 adjective
relaxed in manner and character; not usually worried about other
people's behaviour or things that need to be done

I've never seen her worried or anxious in any way - she's so laid-back.

not tending to get anxious about behavior or things that need to be

done:
It’s a laid-back company – you can choose your own hours and the dress is
very casual.
I was enchanted by how laid-back and free of a live people there seemed to have
smitten
adjective [ after verb ]

having suddenly started to like or love something or someone very

much:
The story's about a man smitten with love for his wife's cousin.
He was so smitten by her that he promised to move to Argentina to be near her
strongly influenced by someone or feeling the effects of something:
He’s clearly smitten with publicity.
Howard was smitten by her beauty

(bump into someone) to meet someone unexpectedly. I bumped into your mother at the

supermarket. Synonyms and related words. - To meet, or to introduce people

bump into something

— phrasal verb with bump 
verb

to hit something with force:
She kept bumping into things.
She bumped into his tray, knocking the food onto his lap.
to trip over something: to fall over, to stumble on, to slip on something. verb. I
almost tripped over the phone line, but I managed to stay on my feet

patch sth up
— phrasal verb with patch verb

to try to improve a relationship after there have been problems:

Jackie and Bill are still trying to patch up their marriage.
Did you manage to patch things up with her after your row?
1: to deal with (a problem, disagreement, etc.) in order to improve or repair
a relationshipThey finally patched up their differences.He is going to try
to patch things up with his girlfriend. He seems like a softy on the surface,
but at the core he's got an iron will that makes him an extremely tough
negotiator.
2: to give quick and usually temporary medical treatment to (someone or
something)The doctor patched him up, so he's going to be as good as
new.She patched up his wounded arm.
He seems like a softy on the surface, but at the core he's got an iron will that
makes him an extremely tough negotiator.

scratch up
1. To damage the surface of something or someone's skin with scratches.Those  prickly  bushes  by  the  fe
nce  really  scratched  me  up.Who  scratched  up  my  car?  I  know  it  didn't  look  like  this  the  last  time  I  dr
ove  it!

2. To find and gather or collect (things or people) from various sources or locations.I  managed  to  scratc

h  up  enough  cash  to  get  a  bus  out  to  Vancouver  to  see  my  girlfriend  this  weekend.How  are  we  ever 
going  to  scratch  enough  people  up  to  form  a  team  by  this  weekend?

See also: scratch, up

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

scratch someone or something up
to damage or mar someone or something by scratching. Being  thrown  clear  of  the  car  in  the  accident 
didn't  break  any  bones,  but  it  scratched  her  up  a  lot.  Who  scratched  up  my  coffee  table?

Tackle (noun)
to try to deal with something or someone:
There are many ways of tackling this problem.
I tackled him about his careless work.
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 The president is clearly in a dilemma about how to tackle the crisis.

 There is a great deal of indecision over how to tackle the problem.
 The manifesto includes tough measures to
tackle road congestion and environmental pollution.
 When is the government going to tackle the problem of poverty in
the inner cities?
  I felt that he just talked round the subject and didn't tackle
the main issues.

pinch
to press something, especially someone's skin, strongly between two
hard things such as a finger and a thumb, usually causing pain:
Ouch! Stop pinching (me)!
These shoes are too tight, they pinch (my feet).
  pinch yourself informal

You say that you have to pinch yourself if you cannot

really believe something that has happened because it is so good or
so strange:
I can't believe that he's back from Canada and he's mine - I keep having to
pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

spouse
noun [ C ]

   LAW   formal or specialized

a person's husband or wife:
In 60 percent of the households surveyed both spouses went out to work.

inheritance
noun [ C usually singular , U ]

money or objects that someone gives you when they die:

The large inheritance from his aunt meant that he could buy his own boat.
At 21 she came into her inheritance (= it was given to her).
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
look through
  phrasal verb

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looked through; looking through; looks through

Definition of look through

1: to read or briefly examine some of the pages of (a book, magazine,
etc.)She was looking through a magazine as she waited in the doctor's office.
2: to look at the different parts of (a collection or group of things)I looked
through all his letters.
3: to place one's eyes so as to see through (something)look through a
telescope
4: to pretend not to see or recognize (someone) in a rude or unfriendly
wayWe used to be best friends but when she passed me on the street
yesterday she looked (right/straight) through me without even saying hello!

Collocations with MAKE

List of Collocations with Make in English:
 Make arrangements
 Make an attempt
 Make bed
 Make believe
 Make change
 Make a choice
 Make a comment
 Make a complaint
 Make a decision
 Make a demand
 Make a difference
 Make an effort
  Make an exception
 Make an excuse
 Make an inquiry
 Make a fool of yourself
 Make a fortune
 Make friends
 Make a fuss
 Make a journey
 Make love
 Make a mess
 Make a mistake
 Make money
 Make a move
 Make a noise
 Make an offer
 Make peace
 Make a phone call
 Make a plan
 Make a point
 Make a profit
 Make a promise
 Make a remark
 Make a sound
 Make a speech
 Make a suggestion
 Make time
 Make a visit
 Make war

Collocations with GET

List of Collocations with Get in English:
 Get a call
 Get a joke
 Get a ticket
 Get a letter
 Get a cold
 Get a shock
 Get a dark
 Get a clue
 Get a tan
 Get a job
 Get out of breath
 Get drunk
 Get started
  Get fired
 Get cool
 Get pregnant
 Get hungry
 Get one’s hair cut
 Get together
 Get a right
 Get dressed
 Get upset
 Get divorced
 Get changed
 Get ready for
 Get the impression
 Get into trouble
 Get wet
 Get good
 Get worried
 Get a chance
 Get lost
 Get permission
 Get stuck
 Get a degree
 Get to sleep
 Get home
 Get married
 Get nowhere

Collocations with KEEP

List of Collocations with Keep in English:
 Keep in touch
 Keep track of
 Keep tabs on
 Keep in mind
 Keep sth to yourself
 Keep someone
 Keep someone’s place
 Keep someone posted
 Keep it up
 Keep it down
 Keep up
 Keep your job
 Keep safe
 Keep someone company
 Keep sth on the down low
  Keep a secret
 Keep a promise
 Keep a diary
 Keep a journal
 Keep the change
 Keep score
 Keep your balance
 Keep someone in check
 Keep an appointment
 Keep away
 Keep pace
 Keep Calm
 Keep the quite
 Keep records
 Keep animals
 Keep up the good work.

 Acquainted with
 Angry with
 Annoyed with
 Associated with
 Blessed with
 Bored with
 Busy with
 Careless with
 Clever with
 Comfortable with
 Concerned with
 Connected with
 Content with
 Coordinated with
 Crowded with
 Delighted with
 Familiar with
 Disgusted with
 Fed up with
 Free with
 Friendly/unfriendly with
 Furious with
 Furnished with
 Generous with
 Gentle with
 Happy with
 Impressed with
 Cluttered with
 Lucky with
 Patient with
 Careful with
 Pleased with
 Popular with
 Satisfied with
 Wrong with
 Eligible for
 Eager for
 Late for
 Mean for
 Qualified for
 Thankful for
 Concerned for
 Clever for
 Happy for
 True for
 Good for
 Free for
 Bad for
 Difficult for
 Grateful for
 Hard for
 Known for
 Notorious for
 Prepared for
 Ready for
 Renowned for
 Responsible for something
 Serious for
 Suitable for
 Thirsty for
 Famous for something
 Sorry for
 Angry about
 Annoyed about
 Anxious about
 Careful about
 Careless about
 Certain about
 Concerned about
 Crazy about
 Curious about
 Depressed about
 Enthusiastic about
 Excited about
 Furious about
 Guilty about
 Happy about
 Hopeful about
 Mad about
 Nervous about
 Obsessed about
 Optimistic about
 Pessimistic about
 Puzzled about
 Sensitive about
 Serious about
 Sorry about
 Sure about
 Sympathetic about
 Terrible about
 Upset about
 Worried about
 Wrong about
 The drought has made farmers anxious about the harvest.
 He was quite certain about his attacker’s identity.
 They were very curious about  the people who lived upstairs.
 He’s brilliant at football.
 They are excellent at planning fun parties.
 Please don’t be mad at me!
 Dustin is  terrible at texting.
 He’s got no manners – he’s rude to everyone.
 It’s  good to  see you again.
 She had grown  accustomed to his long absences.
 I’ve never seen two people so  attached to each other.
 Everyone in the class seemed  eager to learn.
 Her dress is almost  identical to mine.
  It’s too late to start complaining now.
 How are you  related to him? Is he your cousin?
 It was  generous of  him to offer to pay for us both.
 You are in danger of  being robbed.
 A crane is a kind of bird with very long legs and neck.
 It was  nice of you to give me a present
 I’m sick of the way you’ve treated me.
 I’m sick and tired of  all the arguments.
 It was  unkind of  you to take his toy away.
 The kids are busy with their homework.
 My mother is very clever with her hands.
 The airport is  crowded with stranded travelers.
 He’s fed up with his job. He wants to quit.
 She was very gentle with the children.

enormous  COLLOCATIONS AND EXAMPLES  ‌‌

ADJECTIVE

very large in size or quantity

Adverbs frequently used with enormous

very: absolutely, simply, so, trulyThe amount of money they can make is

absolutely enormous.possibly: potentiallyWhen the oil slick reaches the
coast it will inflict potentially enormous damage.

Nouns frequently used with enormous

quantity: amount, number, quantity, sum, volumeThe work required an

enormous amount of time and energy.good
quality: advantage, fun, pleasure, potential, wealthThe country has
enormous potential for eco-
tourism.importance: importance, significanceThe year 1994 was one of
enormous significance for Northern Ireland.effect on
something: benefit, boost, contribution, damage, impact, implications, inf
luence, powerWeather has enormous influences on
society.pressure: burden, pressure, strainEven under the most enormous
pressure, they remained calm and controlled.difference: difference, gulfIt
seems that no one has taken into account the enormous difference in body
weight between a human and a
mouse.task: challenge, effort, task, undertakingWidespread deprivation still
imposes enormous challenges.success or
improvement: popularity, progress, strides, successMedical science has
made enormous strides in tackling the
disease.variety: diversity, range, scope, varietyThey sell an enormous
variety of crafts, jewellery and other accessories.

dramatic
adj.

VERBS

▪ be, sound

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ highly, intensely

▪ especially, particularly

▪ overly

I don't want to sound overly dramatic, but it changed my life.

▪ suitably

Her entrance was accompanied by suitably dramatic music.

Dramatic is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑actor, actress, ↑advance, ↑alteration,
↑announcement, ↑appearance, ↑art, ↑backdrop, ↑change, ↑cliff, ↑climax, ↑comeback,
↑confrontation, ↑contrast, ↑convention, ↑cut, ↑decline, ↑decrease, ↑demonstration,
↑departure, ↑difference, ↑downfall, ↑drop, ↑effect, ↑end, ↑ending, ↑entrance, ↑entry,
↑episode, ↑escalation, ↑event, ↑example, ↑exit, ↑expansion, ↑fall, ↑fashion, ↑finale, ↑finish,
↑flair, ↑flourish, ↑gain, ↑gesture, ↑growth, ↑illustration, ↑image, ↑impact, ↑improvement,
↑incident, ↑increase, ↑irony, ↑landscape, ↑leap, ↑lighting, ↑loss, ↑moment, ↑monologue,
↑move, ↑music, ↑news, ↑pause, ↑performance, ↑picture, ↑piece, ↑poem, ↑poetry,
↑presentation, ↑progress, ↑reconstruction, ↑recovery, ↑reduction, ↑reform, ↑rescue, ↑result,
↑return, ↑reversal, ↑rise, ↑role, ↑scenario, ↑scene, ↑scenery, ↑sequence, ↑setting, ↑shift,
↑showdown, ↑skyline, ↑society, ↑soprano, ↑spectacle, ↑step, ↑story, ↑stunt, ↑surge, ↑sweep,
↑swing, ↑symbol, ↑tension, ↑text, ↑thrust, ↑tone, ↑transformation, ↑turn, ↑turning point, ↑twist,
↑U-turn, ↑upsurge, ↑upturn, ↑variation, ↑victory, ↑view, ↑work
 modest
adj.
1 not having a high opinion of your own abilities
VERBS
▪ be, look, remain, seem
ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ genuinely
▪ falsely
▪
She would be falsely modest not to acknowledge that she had come a very long way since those
early days.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
He is modest about his achievements.
2 not very large, expensive, important, etc.
VERBS
▪ be, seem
▪
Our requirements seem fairly modest.
ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ comparatively, relatively
▪
He is looking to improve on his relatively modest achievements so far.
apparently

▪ surprisingly

PREPOSITION

▪ in

The new homes are modest in scale, but very comfortable.

Modest is used with these nouns: ↑aim, ↑ambition, ↑breakfast, ↑budget, ↑circumstance,
↑comfort, ↑contribution, ↑decline, ↑decrease, ↑degree, ↑dwelling, ↑effect, ↑expectation,
↑expenditure, ↑extension, ↑fall, ↑fee, ↑flat, ↑gain, ↑goal, ↑growth, ↑home, ↑house,
↑improvement, ↑income, ↑increase, ↑investment, ↑means, ↑number, ↑outlay, ↑premises,
↑profit, ↑programme, ↑proportion, ↑proposal, ↑quantity, ↑recovery, ↑reduction, ↑reform,
↑return, ↑rise, ↑salary, ↑scale, ↑share, ↑size, ↑success, ↑sum, ↑target

Collocations dictionary. 2013.
Synonyms:

Unpretending, unobtrusive, unassuming, retiring, unostentatious / Chaste, pure, virtuous / Moderate, 
decent, becoming, prope
 Tremendous is used with these nouns: ↑achievement, ↑admiration, ↑advance, ↑amount,
↑asset, ↑benefit, ↑boost, ↑burden, ↑compliment, ↑confidence, ↑courage, ↑disservice,
↑diversity, ↑effort, ↑enthusiasm, ↑excitement, ↑explosion, ↑faith, ↑fight, ↑finish, ↑force, ↑fun,
↑gain, ↑growth, ↑guilt, ↑heat, ↑help, ↑high, ↑honour, ↑impact, ↑impetus, ↑importance,
↑impression, ↑improvement, ↑influence, ↑job, ↑loss, ↑loyalty, ↑momentum, ↑news,
↑opportunity, ↑optimism, ↑poise, ↑popularity, ↑potential, ↑power, ↑pressure, ↑progress,
↑promise, ↑relief, ↑resilience, ↑respect, ↑responsibility, ↑risk, ↑roar, ↑row, ↑sacrifice, ↑scope,
↑sense, ↑shock, ↑sorrow, ↑spirit, ↑stink, ↑storm, ↑strain, ↑strength, ↑stride, ↑success,
↑support, ↑talent, ↑undertaking, ↑value, ↑variation, ↑variety, ↑victory, ↑vitality, ↑waste,
↑wealth

gradual  COLLOCATIONS AND EXAMPLES  ‌

ADJECTIVE

 UK/ˈɡrædʒuəl/

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1

happen slowly and by small amounts

Nouns frequently used with gradual

change: change, evolution, shift, transformation, transitionThe sex
hormones are chemicals which bring about gradual changes in the
body.improvement: improvement, progressThere was a gradual
improvement in his work.change to a worse
state: decay, decline, deteriorationThere has been a gradual decline in the
patient’s health.increase: accumulation, build-up, increase, riseWe have
seen a gradual increase in the price of
oil.reduction: decrease, diminution, erosion, loss, reductionThe Bank of
England must consider a gradual reduction in interest
rates.process: processThe company recognises that changing the workplace
culture is a gradual process.
2

not steep
Nouns frequently used with gradual

ascent, climb, descent, slopeThe hotel is 200 metres from the beach, up

a gradual slope.

tremendous  DEFINITIONS AND SYNONYMS  ‌‌

ADJECTIVE

UK/trəˈmendəs/

DEFINITIONS2

1. 1USUALLY BEFORE NOUNused for emphasizing that something such

as an amount, achievement,
or feeling is extremely great, important, or strong

We have a tremendous amount of work to get through.

The result was a tremendous disappointment.
a tremendous success
I have tremendous respect for my parents
something that is tremendous is extremely good
We had a tremendous evening together.

tremendously
ADVERB

a tremendously important person
They played tremendously well.

drastic  DEFINITIONS AND SYNONYMS
ADJECTIVE

a drastic action or change has a very big effect
The company will be taking drastic measures to reduce its debt.