n. - special event or formal acts, often fixed and traditional, performed on important social or religious occasions
adj. ?
- ceremony* (n)
- a graduation/wedding ceremony
- ceremonial* (adj)
- The queen’s role is largely ceremonial.
* We weren’t married in church, but we had a civil ceremony in a registry office.
* The queen, in full ceremonial dress, presided over the ceremony.
Meanings of ceremony
- award ceremony
- tea ceremony
- opening ceremony
- dedication ceremony
- initiation ceremony
- induction ceremony, at induction
- (idiom) stand on ceremony
v. - to take action to help someone or support something
n. - a person who helps someone else to do a job or who holds a less important position in an organization
n. - how the name of help someone
- assist* (v)
- assist the police with/in their inquiries
- assistant* (n)
- an assistant coach/professor
- assistance* (n)
- financial assistance
- employee assistance program
* The company said it would assist workers in finding new jobs.
* The company needs more financial assistance from the government.
Meanings of assistant
- administrative assistant
- bank assistant
- Home Assistant
- shop assistant
Meanings of assistance
- public assistance
- financial assistance
- employee assistance programme
adj. - willing to listen to other people and consider new ideas, suggestions, and opinions
n. - the quality of being willing to consider ideas and opinions that are new or different to your own
- open-minded* (adj)
- to be more open-minded about sth
- open-mindedness* (n)
- I admired her open-mindedness.
* Doctors these days tend to be more open-minded about alternative medicine.
* She has a reputation for open-mindedness and original thinking.
* He approached everything with open-mindedness.
n. - an unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment, unfairness
v. - to cause someone or something to have a ____
bias (n)
- racial bias
- a reporter’s bias
- bias in favour of sb/sth
bias (v)
- The judge ruled that the information should be withheld on the grounds that it would bias the jury against the accused.
- Students were given scores without bias or favoritism.
- They vowed to fight racial bias in the school.
- Does news coverage reflect a reporter’s bias?
- The company showed a marked bias in favour of employing men.
Meanings of bias
- gender bias
- cognitive bias
- confirmation bias
- gender bias, at gender discrimination
v. - to ask someone if he or she would like to have something or would like you to do something
n. - the act of asking if someone would like to have something or if they would like you to do something
n. - a person or an organization that asking if someone …
offer (v/n)
- offer sb sth
- offer sb a chance/opportunity
- offer to do sth
offeree (n)
- make an offer
- on offer
- under offer
* She was offered a new job.
* Can I offer you (= Would you like) something to drink?
* Don’t offer him a cigarette, he’s trying to give up.
* We were amazed at the range of products on offer.
* The board of the offeree company shall circulate its views on the takeover offer.
Meanings of offer
- job offer
- firm offer
- free offer
- offer price
- offer sheet
- open offer
- share offer
n. - a protected area of water next to the land where ships and boats can be safely kept
v. - to have in mind a thought or feeling, usually over a long period
harbor (n)
- WATER
harbor (v)
- HAVE IN MIND
* The boats int the harbor were safe during the storm.
* They were accused of harboring a fugitive.
More meanings of harbor
- harbor master
- safe harbor
n. - a feeling of doubt or worry about a future event
misgiving (n)
* My only misgiving is that we might not have enough time to do the job well.
* Cheung spoke of his deep misgivings about graduate school.
n. - a very sad event or situation, esp. one involving death or suffering
adv. - in a way that is very sad, and often involving death and suffering
adj. ?
tragedy (n)
- awful tragedy
- double tragedy
- great tragedy
tragically (adv)
- tragically broke up
- was tragically killed
tragic (adj)
- a tragic actor
- tragic death
* The pilot averted a tragedy when he succeeded in preventing the plane from crashing.
* His reckless driving was bound to end in tragedy.
* Two men lost their lives in a tragic accident.
* Tragically, he died without ever seeing his child.
n. - a duty or responsibility that is hard to bear
v. - to give someone problems, trouble, or responsibilities
burden (n)
- to be a burden
- heavy burden
- heavy/big/enormous burden
- added burden
burden (v)
- was burdened
- be burdened with/by sth
* I don’t want to be a burden on my children.
* The war had put an insupportable financial burden on the country.
* He was burdened with debts.
* I don’t want to burden you with my problems.
More meanings of burden
- beast of burden
- burden of proof
- debt burden
- tax burden
- the burden of responsibility
v. - to change something, usually slightly, or to cause the characteristics of something to change
adj. -
alter (v)
- to alter some of
- has radically altered
- alterable* (adj)
- Some things in life are not alterable.
- alteration* (n)
- make some alterations in
* We’ve had to alter some of our plans.
* Although the cost of making phone calls is going up, the charge for connecting to the internet will not alter.
* Giving up our car has radically altered our lifestyle.
More meanings of alter
- alter ego
adj. - having or showing the ability to learn and understand things quickly and easily
adv. ?
- clever* (adj)
- to be clever
- cleverly* (adv)
- to do sth cleverly
- she cleverly avoided answering
* He’s always telling everybody how clever his children are.
* It was certainly a clever ad and got a lot of attention.
* Did you notice how she cleverly avoided answering most of my questions?
adj. - polite and showing respect
adv. - in a way that is polite and shows respect
courteous (adj)
- to be courteous
courteously (adv)
- to reply courteously
* The ticket clerk was courteous and helpful.
* He courteously welcomes every speaker with a “Good evening.”
Synonym
well mannered
v. - to make something neater or more even by cutting a small amount off
n. - material used to add decoration to something adj. - thin and appearing to be in good physical condition
trim (v)
- to trim the hedge
- needs trimming
trim (n)
- asked smb for a trim
- in trim(PREPARED)
trim (adj)
- looking very trim(THIN)
- trim(neat) lawns
* He had a neatly trimmed beard.
* We have to trim(REDUCE) costs by not making any unnecessary trips.
* The team’s new uniforms are blue with black trim(n).
* He was a short, trim (adj), wiry man.
adj. - able to be seen or understood
also means seeming to be true
adv. - according to what seems to be true or what is likely, based on what you know
used when the real situation is different from what you thought it was
- apparent* (adj)
- apparent reason
- apparently* (adv)
- but apparently
- Apparently it’s ….
* Her unhappiness was apparent to everyone.
* In the middle of the meeting she suddenly laid into him for no apparent reason.
* The computer trouble was apparently caused by a programming error.
* Apparently it’s going to rain today.
More meanings of apparent
- apparent wind
- heir apparent
- apparent damage
- apparent magnitude
v. - to give someone an order or orders with authority
n. - an order, especially one given by a soldier
control over someone or something and responsibility for him, her, or it
- command* (v)
- smb command smb
- command* (n)
- give the command
- take command
commander (n)
* The police commanded the driver to stop the car.
* “When I give the command, fall in!” the officer shouted.
* General MacArthur took command
More meanings of command
- chain of command
- command line
- command module
- high command
- command economy
- command performance
- second-in-command
