- not worth keeping or no longer useful
Expendable(adj):
Ex: he was considered expendable and dropped from the team
- to do sth that will cause a series of actions to start
Set the wheels in motion:
Ex: i thought a phone call to the right person might set the wheels in motion
- a feeling of being bored and mentally tired
Ennui(n):
/ˌɑːnˈwiː/
Ex: The whole country seems to be affected by the ennui of winter.
- a person who watches other people’s private lives
Voyeur(n):
Ex: I felt like a voyeur visiting the war zone and seeing badly injured people being dragged from their bomb-shattered homes.
—> voyeuristic(adj):
- to prevent sth or sb undesirable from coming in
Screen out sth/sb:
Ex: Home water filtration systems are supposed to screen out toxins and other contaminants.
- the process by which blood changes into a solid state to form a solid seal
Coagulation (n):
= clotting
- the office where a consul works
Consulate(n):
Ex: the Cuban consulate in Mexico city
- impossible to defeat or prevent from doing what is intended
Invincible(adj):
Ex: Last year the company seemed/looked invincible but in recent weeks has begun to have problems.
- very nervous and easily upset
High-strung/highly strung(adj):
Ex: a high-strung racehorse(a horse bred and trained for racing)/woman
- to stop and catch sth or sb before that thing or person is able to reach a particular place
Intercept(v):
Ex: Law enforcement agents intercepted a shipment of drugs from Central America.
- to allow someone to escape from a difficult situation or to avoid doing something that they do not want to do
Get/let sb off the hook:
—> wriggle off the hook: to shirk/abrogate
- (of sound) loud, unpleasant, noisy
Strident(adj):
/…ai…/
Ex: people are put off by his strident voice
- to impress sb, because of being ravishing, intelligent, etc.
- to confuse sb
Bedazzle(v):
Ex: she bedazzled him with her knowledge and beauty
The strange atmosphere bedazzled her
- most important
Overarching(adj):
Formal
Ex: the overarching theme of the election campaign was tax cuts
- happening after a person’s death
Posthumous(adj):
Formal
Ex: a posthumous award
Dylan was posthumously awarded a silver star
