LISTENING VOCAB 🎧⏳

raised field
question
savanna
aeration
raised bed

by-product

detract from something
penetrate something
constrict something
adrenaline
ulcer

fetus
gastrointestinal

sanction
ally
exercise of something
regime

a bit of something|
intimate
amateurish
throw yourself into something
line
responsive to sth/sb
angling
indigenous
allocation

make for sth
match sb/sth
put sb off sb/sth
margin
cliffhanger
eminently
gripping

break into something

flamboyant
facade
stunt
divulge something to sb
star sb
bypass
low
breakneck

dig
commit (to sb/sth)
time frame
close off
strand somebody
hold up

strap
sedately
black out
appraisal
realist
intricate
contemplate

sought-after
forthcoming
meteoric
justify something/yourself to sb
oddball
hard-headed
visionary
mystique

column
convert from sth to sth
metabolic
crumbly
tummy
vending machine
pang
stopover
resolution

rally sb/sth around/behind/to sth
self-imposed
exile
dwindle
deterrent

indignant

eeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you have been treated unfairly

• an indignant letter/look

• indignant at/about something She was very indignant at the way she had been treated.

• indignant that… They were indignant that they hadn't been invited.

vicious (a)

violent and cruelsynonym brutal

• a vicious attack

• a vicious criminal

• She has a vicious temper.

appalled (a)

feeling or showing horror at something unpleasant or wrongsynonym horrified

• an appalled expression/silence

• We watched appalled as the child ran in front of the car.

bread and butter

​slices of bread that have been spread with butter

• a piece of bread and butter

• If you're still hungry, have some bread and butter.

the prying eyes of sb

pry (into something) to try to find out information about other people’s private lives in a way that is annoying or rude

• She tried to keep the children away from the prying eyes of the world's media.

pecking order

a/the pecking order

1. ​(informal, often humorous) the order of importance in relation to one another among the members of a groupsynonym hierarchy

   • New Zealand is at the top of the pecking order of rugby nations.

   • to be first in the pecking order

embellish

embellish something to make something more beautiful by adding decoration to itsynonym decorate

• The huge carved door was embellished with brass door knockers.

• embellished with gold lettering/golden embroidery/jewellery/precious metal/sweeping chintz curtains

embellish something to make a story more interesting by adding details that are not always truesynonym embroider

• His account of his travels was embellished with details of famous people he met.

order idioms

be in/take (holy) orders

1. ​to be/become a priest

be a tall order

1. ​(informal) to be very difficult to do

call/bring somebody/something to order

1. ​to order somebody to obey the formal rules of a meeting; to start a formal meeting

   • The argument continued until the chairman called them both to order.

   • The president brought the meeting to order at 9.15 a.m.

   • As the meeting was brought to order, the councillor immediately stood and began to protest.

call somebody/something to order

1. ​to ask people in a meeting to be quiet so that the meeting can start or continue

get your marching orders

1. ​(informal) to be ordered to leave a place, a job, etc.

give somebody their marching orders

1. ​(informal) to order somebody to leave a place, their job, etc.

   in running/working order

   1. ​(especially of machines) working well

      • The engine is now in perfect working order.

   in short order

   1. ​quickly and without trouble

   law and order

   1. ​a situation in which people obey the law and behave in a peaceful way

      • The government struggled to maintain law and order.
        

of a high order | of the highest/first order

1. ​of a high quality or degree; of the highest quality or greatest degree

   • The job requires diplomatic skills of a high order.

   • She was a snob of the first order.

something is clear-cut

​definite and easy to see or identify

• There is no clear-cut answer to this question.

• a clear-cut distinction

serenity

the quality of being peaceful or calm
i admire her serenity in the midst of so much chaos

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topology

the way the parts of something are organized or connected:

Globalization and the rise of information technology have changed the topology of the corporation.

obstructive

trying to stop someone from doing something by causing them problems
Jean is so obstructive

sensuous

giving or expressing pleasure through the physical senses, rather than pleasing the mind or the intelligence:

She luxuriated in the sensuous feel of the silk sheets.

satirical (political/biting/cruel satire)

criticizing but in a humorous way

gleeful

happy, excited, or pleased:

a gleeful smile/shout

overlap

If two or more activities, subjects, or periods of time overlap, they have some parts that are the same:

My musical tastes don't overlap with my brother's at all.
Radio fans and book fans overlap each other partially

surreal

strange; not seeming real; like a dream:

Driving through the total darkness was a slightly surreal experience.

revel

revel in something

1. ​to enjoy something very much

   • She was clearly revelling in all the attention.

implausible

not seeming reasonable or likely to be true

• an implausible claim/idea/theory

• It was all highly implausible.

• Her explanation is not implausible.

humdrum

boring and always the samesynonym dull, tedious

• a humdrum existence/job/life

pinnacle (N)

pinnacle of something the most important or successful part of something

• the pinnacle of her career

as tough as

old books

as silent as

the grave

as right as

rain

as sick as

a dog

as strong as

a horse/ox

as thin as

a rake

as white as

a sheet

as deaf as

a ppst

as different as

chalk and cheese

preservatives (n)
preserve → preservation
conserve → conservation
detergent

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