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sky diving (n)

imagea sport in which you jump from a plane and fall for as long as you safely can before opening your parachute

Believe it or not

said when telling someone about something that is true, although it seems unlikely

Eg: Believe it or not, people do help one another, even if it seems like everyone is cruel.

bitterly (adv)

1. in a way that shows strong negative emotion such as anger or disappointment:

Eg: She wept bitterly at the news.

2. extremely/ very

bitterly (adv)

cold/ disappointed/ opossed/ ashamed

opposed (adj)

1. disagreeing strongly with something and trying to stop it

Eg: She remained bitterly opposed to the idea of moving abroad.

2. very different from something

Eg: Our views are diametrically opposed on this issue.

deeply (adv)

1. very; very much

Eg: She is deeply religious.

2. used with some verbs to show that something is done in a very complete way

Eg: to breathe/inhale deeply (= filling your lungs with air)

3. to a depth that is quite a long way from the surface of something

Eg: to drill deeply into the wood

deeply

ashamed/ moved/ unhappy/ attached/ upset

moved (adj)

touched, emotionally affected/cause somebody to have strong feelings, especially of sympathy or of being sad

Eg: Grown men were moved to tears at the horrific scenes.

attached (adj)

1. to like someone or something very much:

Eg: The children are very attached to their grandparents.

2. feeling close to emotionally, or loving:

Eg: Hanoians were deeply attached to their tram system.

3. married or having a romantic relationship with somebody; not single

Eg: It would be nice to meet some more guys who aren't attached.

4. joined to sth

Eg: Make sure all the wires remain firmly attached.

entirely (adv)

​in every way possible; completely

Eg: The experience was entirely new to me.

entirely

beneficial/ unexpected/ true/ different/ satisfactory/ sure

satisfactory (adj)

good enough for a particular purpose

Eg: he existing law is not entirely/wholly satisfactory.

SYN: acceptable

heavily (adv)

1. to a great degree; in large amounts

Eg: It was raining heavily.

2. with a lot of force or effort

Eg: She fell heavily to the ground.

3. heavily built (of a person) with a large, solid and strong body

4. slowly and loudly

Eg: She was now breathing heavily.

5. in a slow way that sounds as though you are worried or sad

Eg: He sighed heavily.

6. in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable or anxious

Eg: Silence hung heavily in the room.

heavily

guarded/ loaded/ armed/ polluted

heavily armed

carrying a lot of weapons/ involving the use of weapons

Eg: The terrorists are heavily armed.

heavily loaded

full of or loaded with heavy things

Eg: a heavily loaded truck

guarded (adj)

careful; not showing feelings or giving much information

Eg: The compound is heavily guarded.

highly (adv)

1. very

Eg: It is highly unlikely that she'll be late.

2. at or to a high standard, level or amount

Eg: The region boasts a highly skilled workforce.

3. with great respect or praise

Eg: I highly recommend this book.

highly

(un)likely/ qualified/ trained/ critical

likely

1. having a good chance of happening or being something; probable or expected

Eg: A threat level of 'Severe' means a terrorist attack is highly likely.

2. seeming suitable for a purposesynonym promising

Eg: She seems the most likely candidate for the job.

qualified (adj)

having the practical knowledge, experience or skills to do something

Eg: The restriction on mobility is becoming increasingly irksome to young, highly qualified knowledge people.

highly trained

that has received a lot of academic or physical training

Eg: My staff are all highly trained in the Swedish technique

critical

1. saying what you think is bad about somebody/something

Eg: Some parents are highly critical of the school.

2. extremely important because a future situation will be affected by it

Eg: Industry leaders are working together to address this critical issue.

3. serious, uncertain and possibly dangerous

Eg: One of the victims of the fire remains in a critical condition.

painfully (adv)

1. extremely, and in a way that makes you feel annoyed, upset, etc.

Eg: Their son was painfully shy./ He was painfully aware of his lack of experience./

Progress has been painfully slow.

2. in a way that causes you physical or emotional pain

Eg: He banged his knee painfully against the desk.

3. with a lot of effort and difficulty

Eg: painfully acquired experience

painfully

slow/ aware/ obvious/ shy

painfully obvious

If a problem is painfully clear/obvious, etc, it is embarrassing because it is so clear/obvious, etc.: Eg: It was painfully obvious that she didn't like him.

show-jumping (n)

imagethe sport of riding a horse and jumping over a set of fences as quickly as possible

exhilarated (adj)

very happy and excited

Eg: I felt exhilarated after a morning of skiing.

shattered (adj)

1. very shocked and upset

Eg: The experience left her feeling absolutely shattered.

2. very tired

SYNONYM exhausted

Eg: They all looked shattered by the end of the game.

petrified (adj)

1. extremely frightened

SYNONYM terrified

Eg: I'm petrified of snakes.

2. petrified trees, insects, etc. have died and been changed into stone over a very long period of time

Eg: a petrified forest

excited (adj)

1. feeling or showing happiness and enthusiasm

Eg: Staff got excited when they heard they were getting a bonus.

2. nervous or upset and unable to relax

Eg: Some horses become excited when they're in traffic.

3. feeling sexual desire

SYNONYM aroused

overwhelmed (adj)

1. to have such a strong emotional effect on somebody that it is difficult for them to resist or know how to react

SYNONYM overcome

Eg: She was overwhelmed by feelings of guilt.

2. overwhelm somebody to defeat somebody completely

SYNONYM overpower

Eg: The army was overwhelmed by the rebels.

3. to be so bad or so great that a person cannot deal with it; to give too much of a thing to a person

Eg: We were overwhelmed by requests for information.

4. to cover somebody/something completely

SYNONYM flood

Eg: The wave broke through the wall and overwhelmed the town.

relieved (adj)

feeling happy because something unpleasant has stopped or has not happened; showing this

Eg: She sounded relieved.

ashamed (adj)

1. feeling shame or feeling embarrassed about somebody/something or because of something you have done

Eg: She was deeply ashamed of her behaviour at the party.

2. unwilling to do something because of shame or fear of feeling embarrassed

Eg: I'm ashamed to say that I lied to her.

surprisingly (adv)

in a way that causes surprise

Eg: Surprisingly, he agreed straight away.

incredible though it may seem/sound

You can use it when you want to emphasize how remarkable something is.

Eg: 'I thought you'd be playing basketball professionally by now'. Incredible though it may seem, I've given up playing altogether

perfectly (adv)

1. completely

Eg: It's perfectly normal to feel like this.

2. in a perfect way

Eg: The TV works perfectly now.

perfectly

capable/ balanced, normal/ safe/ serious/ awful

capable (adj)

having the ability or qualities necessary for doing something

Eg: You are perfectly capable of lugging your bags from reception up to your room.

balanced (adj)

keeping or showing a balance so that different things or different parts of something exist in equal or correct amounts

normal (adj)

1. typical, usual or ordinary; what you would expect

Eg: It's perfectly normal to feel like this.

2. physically and mentally healthy

Eg: She seemed perfectly normal to me.

serious (Adj)

1. bad or dangerous

Eg: a serious illness/offence/crime

2. thinking about things in a careful and sensible way; not silly or joking

Eg: Be serious for a moment; this is important.

3. needing to be thought about carefully; not only for pleasure

Eg: a serious article

4. that must be treated as important

Eg: a serious matter

5. used to emphasize that there is a large amount of something

Eg: You can earn serious money doing that.

totally (adv)

completetely

Eg: This behaviour is totally unacceptable.

totally

convinced/ harmless/ inadequate/ unbelievable/ safe/ unexpected/ ashamed

convinced (adj)

completely sure about sth

Eg: I'm not totally convinced by this argument.

harmless (adj)

1. not able or not likely to cause any hurt or damage: Taken in small doses, this drug is totally harmless.

2. unlikely to upset or offend anyone

Eg: It's just a bit of harmless fun.

inadequate (adj)

1. not able, or not confident enough, to deal with a situation

SYN: incompetent

Eg: I felt totally inadequate as a parent.

2. not enough; not good enough

Eg: The system is inadequate for the tasks it has to perform.

utterly (adv)

completely

Eg: We're so utterly different from each other.

utterly

devastated/ crazy/ shatterd/ useless/ impossible/ unexpected

devastated (adj)

extremely upset and shocked

Eg: His family is absolutely devastated.

widely (adv)

1. by a lot of people; in or to many places

Eg: The term is widely used in everyday speech.

2. to a large degree; a lot

Eg: Standards vary widely.

widely

available, known, publicised, used, read, understood

absolutely

1. used to emphasize that something is completely true

Eg: You're absolutely right.

2. absolutely no..., absolutely nothing

used to emphasize something negative

Eg: That man does absolutely no work!

3. extremely

Eg: We were absolutely devastated at the news.

absolutely

awful/ sure

completely

in every way possible

Eg: It was completely different from how I had imagined it.

completely

awful/ safe/ sure

extremely

to a very high degree

Eg: It is extremely important to follow the directions exactly.

extremely

+ unlikely

fairly

1. to some extent but not very

Eg: fairly simple/easy/straightforward

2. in a fair and reasonable way; honestly

Eg: He has always treated me very fairly.

fairly

+ unlikely

thoroughly

very much; completely

Eg: We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

thoroughly

ashamed/ relieved

deceptively

1. to a smaller extent than appears the case

Eg: a deceptively simple idea

2. to a greater extent than appears the case

Eg: a deceptively spacious lounge

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reasurringly

in a way that makes you feel less worried or uncertain about something

Eg: She smiled reassuringly.

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somewhat (adv)

to some degree

Eg: I was somewhat surprised to see him.

quite (adv)

1. to some degree

SYNONYM fairly, pretty

2. to the greatest possible degree

SYNONYM completely, absolutely, entirely

3. to a great degree; very; really

Eg: I'm quite happy to wait for you here.

4. used to agree with somebody or show that you understand them

Eg: 'He's bound to feel shaken after his accident.' 'Quite.'

rather (adv)

1. used to mean 'fairly' or 'to some degree', often when you are disappointed, surprised or expressing slight criticism

Eg: A rather small number of people turned up.

2. used with a verb to make a statement sound less strong

Eg: I've always rather liked Charlie.

3. used to correct something you have said, or to give more accurate information

Eg: She worked as a secretary, or rather, a personal assistant.

4. used to introduce an idea that is different or opposite to the idea that you have stated previously

Eg: The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.

pretty (adv)

1. to some extent; fairly

Eg: The game was pretty good.

2. very

Eg: That performance was pretty impressive.

decidedly (adv)

1. definitely and in an obvious way

Eg: Amy was looking decidedly worried.

2. in a way that shows that you are sure and determined about something

Eg: 'I won't go,' she said decidedly.

stupidly (adv)

1. in a way that shows a lack of thought or good judgement

Eg: I stupidly agreed to lend him the money.

2. in a way that does not seem clever or intelligent; without understanding

Eg: Todd stared stupidly at the screen.

Slightly (adv)

1. a little

Eg: She earns slightly less than $100 000 a year.

totally (adv)

completely

Eg: They come from totally different cultures.

kick off (phr.v)

1. when a football (soccer) game or a team, etc. kicks off, the game starts

2. to suddenly become angry or violent

3. To start

Eg: What time shall we kick off?

4. remove something by kicking

Eg: They dropped their bags in the front hall and kicked off their shoes.

5. to start a discussion, a meeting, an event, etc.

SYNONYM open

Eg: Who is going to kick off the discussion?

hype (n)

advertisements and discussion in the media telling the public about a product and about how good or important it is

Eg: Don't believe all the hype—the book isn't that good.

hype (v)

to advertise something a lot and make its good qualities seem better than they actually are, in order to get a lot of public attention for it

Eg: This week his much-hyped new movie opens in London.

residue (n)

1. A small amount of something that remains at the end of a process

Eg: pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables

2. the part of the money, property, etc. of a person who has died that remains after all the debts, gifts, etc. have been paid

Eg: The residue of the estate was divided equally among his children.

be clued up about

having a special and detailed knowledge of something:

Eg: The more we know about our family medical history, the more clued up we can be about the future health of ourselves and our children.

afoot (adj)

being planned; happening

Eg: There are plans afoot to increase taxation.

prohibitive (adj)

1. so high that it prevents people from buying something or doing something

Eg: The price of property in the city is prohibitive.

2. preventing people from doing something by law

Eg: prohibitive legislation

3. extremely likely to win

Eg: Miami began the day a prohibitive Super Bowl favorite.

far-fetched (adj)

very difficult to believe

Eg: The whole story sounds very far-fetched.

barrage (n)

1. the continuous firing of a large number of guns in a particular direction, especially to protect soldiers while they are attacking or moving towards the enemy

Eg: an artillery barrage from at least 1 000 guns

2. a large number of something, such as questions or comments, that are directed at somebody very quickly, one after the other, often in an aggressive way

Eg: a barrage of questions/criticisms/complaints

3. a wall or barrier built across a river to store water, prevent a flood, etc.

Eg: They built a barrage across the bay.

red tape (n)

official rules that seem more complicated than necessary and prevent things from being done quickly

Eg: All ministers are agreed on the need to cut bureaucratic red tape.

toe the line

1. to do what you are expected to do without causing trouble for anyone:

Eg: If you want to get ahead, you'd better learn to toe the line.

2. to do what other people in a job or organization say you should do, whether you agree with them or not

Eg: You toe the line or you don't stay on the team!