FG 12 Unit 7-P6

alien (to somebody/something)/ˈeɪliən/

strange and frightening; different from what you are used to

• Why pick an area that's totally alien to you, with which you have no links at all?

trickery/ˈtrɪkəri/

the use of dishonest methods to trick people in order to achieve what you want

• She clearly suspected some kind of trickery.

trick somebody into something/into doing something

to make somebody do something by means of a trick

• He tricked me into lending him £100.

trickster/ˈtrɪkstər/

a person who tricks or cheats people

• He sold the car to a trickster who paid with a worthless stolen cheque.

tricky/ˈtrɪki/

difficult to do or deal with

• a tricky situation

undemanding

not needing a lot of effort or thought

• an undemanding job

evidence (of something)

Researchers have found clear scientific evidence of a link between exposure to sun and skin cancer.

• evidence for something There is a growing body of evidence for the existence of black holes that are ten times as massive as the Sun.

taste in something

a person’s ability to choose things that people recognize as being of good quality or appropriate

He has very good taste in music.

• taste for something That trip gave me a taste for foreign travel.

• taste of: a short experience of something This was my first taste of live theatre.

• control over somebody/something

• He defended the tradition of civilian control over the military.

present at/in something

(of a person) being in a particular place

There were 200 people present at the meeting.

(of a thing or a substance) existing in a particular place or thing

Levels of pollution present in the atmosphere are increasing.