AHEAD WITH CPE

BE IN EXCESS OF

= BE MORE THAN

• BEYOND DISPUTE

• USE STH TO GOOD ADVANTAGE

PROVE

PROVE + N // ADJ

• AT FULL THROTTLE

• ON THE SUBJECT OF

• LEAVE A LOT TO BE DESIRED

CONJOIN (WITH)

join with STh or to join things together

A COALITION OF CHEETAHS

A PARLIAMENT OF OWLS

SCURRY

• move quickly, with small, short, running steps

  • SCAMPER ; SKITTER ; SCUTTLE ; BEETLE ; BUSTLE ; TROT ; HASTEN ; HURTLE (dangerously fast)

• the act of moving with short, quick steps

• a period of situation of busy activity

  • SCURRY // HIVE OF ACTIVITY

UNDERGROWTH

= UNDERBUSH

FOLIAGE

= GREENERY ; VEGETATION ; leaf canopy

• HERBAGE ; VERDURE

• GET THE SHORT STRAW

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NAYSAYER

= a person who criticizes, objects to, or opposes STH

• MISCREANT ; RECUSANT ; MISFIT ; DEVIANT ; PARIAH

• GRAPPLE // TUSSLE WITH

• HARNESS THE ENERGY POTENTIAL OF

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PREDATION

= the fact that an animal hunts, kills, and eat other animals

• PREDATORY LENDING // PRICING

• SHY AWAY FROM

FORFEIT STH

= RELINQUSIH STH

• CONFISCATE ; IMPOUND

MULCT SB FOR 30 VND

make Sb pay money, as a fine or in tax

CASCADE EFFECT

= KNOCK-ON EFFECT

GAG

• experience the sudden uncomfortable feeling of tightness in the throat and stomach that is vomit-inducing

• prevent Sb or organization from talking or writing about a particular subject

• BE GAGGING FOR STH // TO V

SELF-PROCLAIMED

said or announced about yourself by you

GET A BAD/BUM RAP

get a negative judgement or reaction

PUT ONESELF // ONE’S NAME FORWARD

= nominate

• COULDN’T BE BOTHERED TO V

• DISLIKE OF/FOR SB/STH

A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

= a situation of misconstruing and misinterpreting things // people

• LIE IN WAIT

• LURE // LULL SB INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY

WITH GOOD REASON

having a sound, justifiable cause or purpose ; becuase STH has already been proven true or justified

• TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE // BETTER

• IN THE LOWER // HIGHER // UPPER REACHES OF

• IN THE TOP TIER // PANTHEON // ECHELONS

• CALIBER // CATCHET // STATURE // RENOWN

HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN

= PIN ALL ONE’S HOPES ON

CONFOUND

= INVALIDATE ; DUMBFOUND

TORNADIC FORCE

relating or involving tornadoes

• TURBULENCE ; TEMPESTUOUS ; COMMOTION

IN LAYMAN’S TERMS

simple language that can be understood by anyone

• PHOTOSYNTHESIS ; COMPLACENCY // PLIANCY

• STAVE // WARD // FEND OFF

• BLEAK // DRAB // DREARY

APPREHEND

= arrest ; immure ; incarcerate

• SNIFF OUT

• SCIENTIFIC BASIS

• HEIGHTENED SENSES

• THE PERPETUATION OF MISINFORMATION

LOSE ALL HOPE OF

= HAVE NO HOPE OF

• NOT HOLD OUT MUCH HOPE FOR

• pin all one’s hopes on

• PUT PAID TO ALL/ANY REMAINING HO

SUMMARILY

= IMMEDIATELY ; POST-HASTE

• AT THE COALFACE OF

• FALL OUT OF THE LOOP

• FOOD//PAUSE FOR THOUGHT

• toil // slog away at

• UNSOLICITED // UNJUSTIFIED // UNWARRANTED

POINTEDLY

= in a very obvious way, usually to express criticism or disapproval

• THE END DOESN’T JUSTIFY THE MEANS

• EN ROUTE TO = IN TRANSIT TO

BARBED // SNIDE REMARKS // COMMENTS

unkind and criticizing

• ACIDULOUS ; MORDACIOUS ; ASTRINGENCY ; CENSORIOUS ;

• CAPTIOUS (often expressing criticisms about trivial matters)

• LACERATE ; DEROGATE ; DENIGRATE ; DEPRECATE ; DISPARAGE

PEJORATIVE

expressing disapproval, or suggesting that STH is not good or is of no importance

• HARD-HITTING ; SCATHING ; VENOMOUS ; VINEGARY ; VITRIOLIC ; POLEMIC ; ABRASIVE

• A WITHER ATTACK ON // A FULL-FRONTAL ASSAULT ON

BILIOUS

always being in a bad mood

• ORNERY ; DYSPEPTIC

• ACERBIC ; MORDANT ; MORDACIOUS ; ACIDULOUS ; CALLOUS ; UNSPARING ; FIENDISH

• HORRID ; MEPHISTOPHELEAN ; MALICIOUS ; MALIGNANT

• TRENCHANT ; ACUTE

• BRUTALLY HONEST

UNFEELING

not feeling sympathy for other people’s suffering

• UNCHRISTIAN ; RUTHLESS ; TRENCHANT ; ACUTE

• LAMENT ; DEPLORE ; LAMPOON ; SATIRIZE ; BURLESQUE

• PASPINQUADE = PARODY ; TRAVESTY ; SEND-UP ; TAKE-OFF ; CARICATURE

GET A LOT OF BANG FOR ONE’S BUCK

a lot of value for little cost

• GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY

• DETRACT FROM

• DISPEL ; ALLAY ; SQUELCH

• IN THE LAP OF LUXURY

• BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY

MORTGAGE (n)

an agreement that allows you to borrow money from a bank or similar organization, especially in order to buy a house, or the amount of money itself:

• APPLY FOR // GET // TAKE OUT A _____(money) MORTGAGE = BORROW _____(money)

• REFINANCE ONE’S MORTGAGE

• MORTGAGE ARREAS // DEFAULTS

• pay/pay off/repay a mortgage

• mortgage payment/repayment

MORTGAGE STH TO BORROW ____(money)

to offer something of value in order to borrow money from a bank or similar organization

CONSPIRE

seem to be working together to bring about a particular result, typically to someone's detriment.

• CONSPIRE TO V

• CIRCUMSTANCES HAD CONSPIRED AGAINST SN

• BUILT-UP AREAS

CONSPIRE

plan secretly with other people to do something bad, illegal, or against someone's wishes

• CONSPIRE WITH SB AGAINST __

BE TESTAMENT TO STH = be a proof of STH

BE A MONUMENT TO STH = be an important and permanent result of an action or charactersitic

RECALL CAPACITY

= RETENTION CAPACITY

• ALIGHT FROM // DISEMBARKATION

• A LABOUR OF LOVE

• HIT HOME THE POINT

• FOR WANT OF

VERITABLE

used to describe something as another, more exciting, interesting, or unusual thing, as a way of emphasizing its character

• SILHOUETTE

• INDIGENOUS ; ABORIGINAL ; AUTOCHTHONNOUS

• A LABOUR OF LOVE

• IMPALPABLE = SUBTLE

• COMPONENT ; CONSTITUENT

BONAZA

• a situation from which large profits are made

  a large amount of something good

• GET IN ON THE ACT // RIDE ON THE COATTAILS OF SB

• WITH RAPT ATTENTION // GIVE __ ONE’S UNDIVIDED ATTENTION

• AT CLOSE RANGE // QUARTERS

SEMBLANCE

a situation or condition that is similar to what is wanted or expected, but is not exactly as hoped for

• SOFTEN ONE’S STANCE ON STH

• STIFFEN ONE’S RESOLVE TO V

• CAPITULATION

• FRAY AROUND THE EDGES

WIMPISH

= EFFEMINATE ; PUSILLANIMOUS ; FEEBLE

• IN ONE’S HEART OF HEARTS

ELEGIAC

relating to or similar to an elegy (= a sad poem or song, especially remembering someone who has died or something in the past)

• RUEFUL ; MOURNFUL ; PLAINTIVE ; HEART-RENDING ; HARROWING ; SORROWFUL ; FUNEREAL ; DISMAL ; BLEAK ; MELANCHOLY ; LUGUBRIOUS ; FORLORN ; DOLEFUL ; DOLOROUS ; PLANGENT ; WAILFUL

UNSCATHED

= UNHARMED

• MOTLEY

• IMBUE // INCULCATE // INSTILL

ROUSING

making people feel excited and proud or ready to take action

• BEAT A HASTY RETREAT

A PLUME OF SMOKE//STEAM//DUST

a tall, thin mass of smoke, dust, or similar substance that rises up into the air

• BILLOWS OF SMOKE

• BE RAZED TO THE GROUND // BE BURNT TO A CRISP/CINDER

FORM THE SINEWS OF STH

a part of a structure or system that provides support and holds it together

• RESURRECTION ; REHABILITATION ; RECUPERATION ; CONVALESCENCE

SINEWS OF WAR

the money needed for weappons and supplies during a war

• ONE’S REIGN OF TERROR

• PRIMEVAL ; ANTEDILUVIAN ; PRIMORDIAL ; PREHISTORIC ; PRIMITIVE ; PRIMAL

ELEVATION

• the front or side of a building as shown on a drawing

• the height of a place above the level of the sea

• a hill

• the fact of being given a more important position

BACKGROUND VS CONTEXT

• BACKGROUND = provide the broader, overarching historical or situational framework which provides a general understanding of a subject/situation/event (historical, cultural, social, or biographical information)

• CONTEXT = offer the immediate, specific details and conditions // circumstances surrounding a particular event/statement/situation that clarify meaning and significance (specific time, place, circumstances0

LINGUA FRANCA

a language used for communication between groups of people who speak different languages

MECHANISM

• a way of doing something that is planned or part of a system:

  • A MECHANISM // VEHICLE FOR

• a part of your behaviour that helps you to deal with a difficult situation

  • DEFENCE MECHANISM

USURP

= TOPPLE

• USURP ONE’S POWER

• CASHIER = UNSEAT

• OVERTHROW // OVERTURN

• ARROGATE TO ONESELF STH

• DEPOSE = DETHRONE

MARKETING PLOY

= MARKETING GIMMICK

RESALE VALUE

the price which STH can achieve when sold in the future

NEWLYWEDS

young marriaged couples

• BE JOINED IN MATRIMONY

• WELL AND TRULY

• give PROMINENCE // RISE to

• MORE // LESS (THAN)

• put PAID to

• BREAK THE BANK

OPEN CLOZE

• GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

• SHORTCOMINGS

• OVERCOME

• INCOME

• ONCOMING

• COMEDOWN

• COMEBACK

• COMELINESS

• COMEUPPANCE

• ENCOMIA

• NEWCOMER

• WELCOMING

• UNCOMEATABLE

COME (WF)

INTERNALIZE

• to accept or absorb an idea, opinion, belief, etc. so that it becomes part of your character

• conceal one’s emotions, bottle up one’s feelings

  • INTERNALIZE ONE’S ANXIETY AND DISTRESS

  • EXTERNALIZE

• THERE BE NO END IN SIGHT TO

IMPLORATION

= SUPPLICATION ; BESEECH ; SOLICIT ; IMPORTUNE ; ENJOIN // ADJURE ; OBSECRATE ; IMPETRATE

• PROPENSITY ; INCLINATION ; PREDISPOSITION TENDENCY ; PROCLIVITY

PANHANDLE

= ask for money from strangers in public places

• UNWITTINGLY

• CIRCUITOUSLY ; SINUOUS ; CROOKED

MANTRA

• a word or sound that is believed to have a special spiritual power

• a word that is often repeated and expresses a particular strong belief

• SELF-TRANSCENDENCE

• PERPETRATOR ; RECIDIVOUS ; EX-CONVICTS ; RE-OFFENDERS

• NON-CONFRONTATIONAL

• FRONTIERSMAN

• FOREFRONT

• AFFRONT

• FRONT-RUNNER

• EFFRONTERY

• FRONTALITY

• UPFRONT fee

FRONT

CAVEAT

= a warning to consider STH before taking any more action, or a statement that limits a more general statement

• MONITION ; ADMONITION

• FACADE ; VENEER ; DISSIMULATION ; AFFECTATION ; STILTED

• COY // CAGEY ABOUT

WITH // ON THE PROVISO THAT

• a statement in an agreement, saying that a particular thing must happen before another can

  • CONDITION // UNDERSTANDING // STIPULATION

• a part of a legal document that states that something must happen or be done

  • CONTAIN // INCLUDE // CARRY A PROVISO

BOURNE

• a limit or boundary (= edge):

  • beyond the bourne of our understanding.

• a destination (= the place where someone is going)

• HOGGER OF THE LIMELIGHT

• MINISCULE ; DIMINUTIVE ; INFINITESIMAL ; MOLECULAR ; MICROSCOPIC ; LILLIPUTIAN

• SMOTHERED ; ASPHYXIATED

STAND UP AND BE COUTED

have the courage or conviction to show public support for STH

BOOKMAKER

a person who accepts and pays out amounts of money risked on a particular result, especially of horse races

• TEAR UP THE RULEBOOK

• PAY DIVIDENDS

• TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS

IMPLODE

= explode from within

• QUAINT ; PIQUANCY

BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY

STH that is a priority in a certain situation or at a given time

• TICK ALL THE RIGHT BOXES

• PUSH ALL THE BUTTONS

BILLING

• the process of sending someone a document asking them to pay for goods or services that they have received

• information, especially about a performance

  • LIVE UP TO ONE’S BILLING

STAR/TOP BILLING

the top position that someone is advertised as having in a show

• LIVE UP TO ONE’S BILLING

• ACQUIRE A BILLING AS STH

BILLINGS

the value of sales by a company during a particular period

STREAM

a continuous flow of things or people

• A CONSTANT // STEADY STREAM OF VISITORS

A WAVE OF

• a larger than usual number of events of a similar, often bad, type, happening within the same period

  • A NEW // SECOND WAVE OF

• a sudden strong feeling that gets stronger as it spreads

• MAKE WAVES

• FEEL BOXED-IN

• ALL THAT + adj

• ON ONE’S BEHALF // COMMAND

• be BEYOND SB

OPEN CLOZE

• AUSPICE // TUTELAGE // AEGIS // GUARDIANSHIP

• LIFELONG

• WILDLIFE

• LIFE-THREATENING

• ENLIVENING

• LIFE-AFFIRMING

• LIFELINE

• LIFESAVER

• LIVE-ACTION

• LIVELIHOOD

• LIVESTOCK

• LIFESPAN

• LIVELINESS

• NIGHTLIFE

• OUTLIVE

• SHORT-LIVED

• LIFEBLOOD

• ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME

LIFE (WF)

• being the legal owner of land, a job, or an official public position, or the period of time during which you own it

• the period of time when someone holds a job, esp. an official position, or the right to keep a job permanently

• DELVE INTO

• A DEARTH OF

RELENT

act in a less severe way towards SB that you had refused to allow before

• PROFESSEDLY

• PROFESSORSHIP

• PROFESSORIAL

PROFESS

TAKE A PUNT ON STH

risk money by buying or supporting STH, in the hope of making or winning more money

RACK UP

acquire or accumulate a large number or amount of STH

• OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE

• VANTAGE POINT

PEDIGREE

a person’s family history, education, and experience, or the history of an idea/activity

• REINVENT ONSELF AS

• APPRECIABLY

• UNDERAPPRECIATED

• UNAPPRECIATIVE

APPRECIATE

IF STH IS ANYTHING TO GO BY

base an opinion, decision, or judgement on STH

• IN DAYS GONE BY = IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST

• SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL // SINCE THE YEAR DOT

• TRIED AND TESTED

• A BREATH OF FRESH AIR

GLAMPING

a type of camping that is more comfortable and luxurious than traditional camping

• EMBRACE = ADOPT

• IMPLEMENT = INSTITUTE

ANTHEM

a song that has special importance for a particular group of people, an organization, or a country, often sung on a special occasion

• NATIONAL ANTHEM

• PAEAN ; SERENADE

• VERITABLE

EPONYMOUS

• (of a person) giving their name to something.

  • THE EPONYMOUS HERO OF

• (of a thing) named after a particular person.

• TITULAR ; NOMINAL

MELANGE

= MEDLEY ; FARRAGO ; HOTCHPOTCH ; GALLIMAUFRY ; PASTICHE ; MISHMASH

• ASSORTMENT ; ASSEMBLAGE

HEADBANGER

• SB who enjoys listening to loud, energetic rock music

• = DUNDERHEAD ; NINCOMPOOP ; SIMPLETON ; IGNORAMUS

• PUNCH ABOVE ONE’S WEIGHT

• VERITABLE ; APLOMB ; DULCET

TITILLATE

to make someone excited intentionally but only a little, usually with sexual images or descriptions

TENOR OF STH

the general meaning, character, or pattern of something

FLAUNT

= show off STH ostentatiously

• VAUNT

• CARESS ; MOLLYCODDLE ; COSSET

WOO SB

• to try to persuade someone to support you or to use your business

• gives SB a lot of attention in an attempt to persuade them to engage in marriage

COURT (v)

• to try to please someone because you want them to join you:

  • BE COURTED BY

  • BE ACCOSTED // IMPORTUNED BY

• to try to get something, especially attention or support from other people

• to risk something unpleasant, especially by behaving stupidly or carelessly

  • COURT DISASTER = TEMPT PROVIDENCE // FATE

• to have a romantic relationship with someone that you hope to marry

  • COURTSHIP // AFFAIR

• to formally discuss with another company the possibility of buying or getting control of it

SETTLE STH (a case) OUT OF COURT

to end a legal disagreement without taking legal action

• TAKE SB TO COURT

RENDITION

= performance ; interpretation ; presentation ; execution

CAP

• put a limit on the amount of money that can be charged or spent in connection with a particular activity

  • IMPOSE // REMOVE A CAP ON

  • A PRICE/SALARY/SPENDING CAP

• cover the top of STH

• CAP IT ALL WITH STH = TOP IT OFF WITH STH