no dreams just goals

get someone's goat

to annoy someone very much

quotidian

ordinary

workaday

ordinary; not unusual

quoth

said

directorial

connected with a manager of an organization, company, college, etc

directorate

a department or organization that is responsible for one particular thing

noncontagious

A non-contagious disease cannot pass from one person or animal to another

attenuated

weak or weaker

invidious

likely to cause unhappiness or offense

prescriptivism

the belief that there are correct and wrong ways to use language and that books about language should give rules to follow, rather than describing how language is really used

descriptivism

the belief that books about language should describe how language is really used, rather than giving rules to follow saying what is correct and not correct

philology

the study of language, especially its history and development

ejaculate

to shout or say something suddenly

avirulent

(of a microorganism) not virulent.

come-on

a remark that shows someone that you are sexually interested in them

raw

Feelings or qualities that are raw are natural and difficult to control

come the raw prawn

to try to deceive someone, especially by pretending that you have no knowledge of something

come roaring back

to become very successful or active again

flag something/someone down

to cause a vehicle to stop by waving at its driver

gesticulate

to make movements with your hands or arms, to express something or to emphasize what you are saying

flagellant

someone who whips himself or herself or someone else for religious reasons

cozy up (to sb)

to be very friendly to someone with the hope of getting an advantage

publicist

someone who arranges publicity for a person or organization by giving information to reporters and television and radio companies and arranging public meetings and special events

tenderize

to make meat easy to cut or chew (= crush with the teeth) by beating it or preparing it in a particular way

tenderloin

a strip of meat taken from the lower back of cows, pigs, or chickens that does not contain a lot of fat and is easy to cut or chew (= crush with the teeth)

perfunctory

done quickly, without taking care or interest

inseminate

to put a male animal's sperm into a female animal, either by the sexual act or by an artificial method

lodestar

one that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide

foghorn

a horn that makes a very loud sound to warn ships that they are close to land or other ships

give something/someone the once-over

to look at and examine something or someone quickly

bioremediation

a method of cleaning up pollution from oil, poisons, waste, etc. using bacteria or other small organisms that break down the substance

biorhythm

a regular pattern of physical processes in an organism

age of consent

the age at which a person's, typically a girl's, consent to sexual intercourse is valid in law.

soundbite

a short sentence or phrase that is easy to remember, often included in a speech made by a politician and repeated in newspapers and on television and radio

asyndeton

the act of missing out conjunctions between words or parts of a sentence

bust up

If a relationship busts up, or the people in a relationship bust up, the relationship ends

bust-up

a serious argument, especially one that ends a relationship

sleazy

dirty, cheap, or not socially acceptable, especially relating to moral or sexual matters

margin

the profit made on a product or service

on the margins of something

If someone is on the margins of a group of people, they are part of that group, but different in important ways, and if someone is on the margins of an activity, they are only slightly involved

on margin

If you buy shares on margin, you borrow money in order to do this

deleverage

to reduce a company's borrowing in relation to its share capital

standpoint

a set of beliefs and ideas from which opinions and decisions are formed

warm up to someone/something

to begin to like or enjoy someone or something

doctor

to change a document in order to deceive people

doctrinaire

based on and following fixed beliefs rather than considering practical problems

this-worldly

more interested in ordinary life than in spiritual things

imbalance

lack of proportion or relation between corresponding things.

crunch (the) numbers

to do mathematical work involving large amounts of information or numbers

blind spot

a subject that you find very difficult to understand at all, sometimes because you are not willing to try

blind someone with science

to confuse someone by using difficult or technical words to describe something

beat someone down

to persuade someone to accept a lower amount of money for something

clout

power and influence over other people or events

respite

a pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant

moratorium

a stopping of an activity for an agreed amount of time

as distinct from

rather than

remediation

the process of improving or correcting a situation

remand

to send someone accused of committing a crime away from court until their trial begins

be remanded on bail

to be allowed to leave a law court after you have been accused of committing a crime to go to a particular place, usually your home, to wait until the trial begins, after paying an amount of money to the court that will not be given back if you do not appear at the trial

on remand

in prison until a court trial begins

parameter

a set of facts or a fixed limit that establishes or limits how something can or must happen or be done

paramecium

a type of protozoan (= an organism with only one cell) that lives in water and swims by moving structures similar to hairs that are attached to its body

intergeneric

involving more than one genus (= a group of plants or animals that are all related to each other)

same-gender

used to describe a relationship, etc. in which both or all the people involved are male, or both or all are female

speciesism

the idea that one species (= set of animals with the same characteristics that can breed from each other), especially human beings, is more important and should have more rights than another

speciation

the process by which new types of living things are thought to develop from existing ones during evolution

evolutionism

belief in the theory of evolution (= the natural process of living things changing and developing over millions of years)

advance the cause

to help something develop or improve

meaty

having a lot of important or interesting ideas

self-reflection

careful thought about your own behavior and beliefs

self-reflexive

A self-reflexive book, film, process, etc. refers to itself, its writer, or another work by its writer

get the better of someone

If a feeling gets the better of you, you cannot stop yourself from allowing that feeling to make you do something, despite knowing that what you are doing is wrong

takedown

something such as a television report, speech, or piece of writing in which someone or something is criticized very strongly and in detail

take/sign the pledge

to make a formal promise to stop drinking alcohol

take/pick up the gauntlet

to agree to fight or compete with someone

take/need a cold shower

an expression used when someone needs to calm down when something has made them feel sexually excited

get the best of

to win, or get some advantage from, (a fight, argument etc)

get steamed up

to get very upset or angry

steamroller

to use great force either to make someone do something or on something to make it happen or be successful

molar

(of a liquid) containing one mole of a substance dissolved in each litre of liquid

plaque

a flat piece of metal, stone, wood, or plastic with writing on it that is attached to a wall, door, or other object

blue plaque

a plaque on the wall of a house that shows that someone famous once lived there

sedate

avoiding excitement or great activity and usually calm and relaxed

staid

serious, boring, and slightly old-fashioned

unpressurized

If something such as a container or plane is unpressurized, the air pressure inside it is not controlled and may be lower than the air pressure outside it

tally

a record or count of a number of things

tally (something) up

to calculate the total of something

ambivert

a person who has features of both an introvert (= someone who prefers to spend time alone) and an extrovert (= someone who prefers to be with other people) in their personality

amble

to walk in a slow and relaxed way

chalk something up to something

to consider something as being caused by something else

chalk something up

to achieve something, such as a victory, or to score points in a game

straight up

used to show that you are telling the truth

condominium

an apartment building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people living in it, but also containing shared areas

condole

to show sympathy and sadness for the family or friends of a person who has recently died

blindside

to surprise someone, usually with harmful results

reality check

an occasion that causes you to consider the facts about a situation and not your opinions, ideas, or beliefs

unwind

If you unwind something that is wrapped around an object, you unfasten it, and if it unwinds, it becomes unfastened

the earth/ground/floor opens

You say that you wish the earth/floor/ground would open (up) if you are so embarrassed that you want suddenly to disappear

the earth moved

If someone says the earth moved, they are joking about how good a sexual experience was.

deuce

the score in tennis when both players have 40 points