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Insight - Advanced - Unit 4 - 4A

Here you will find the vocabulary from Unit 4 - 4A in the Insight Advanced coursebook, such as "reminisce", "scatterbrained", "reel off", etc.

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Insight - Advanced
to pick one's brain

to ask a knowledgeable or informed person their opinion on something

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brainwave

a sudden and clever idea or insight that comes to the mind, often leading to a solution

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brainchild

a creative or innovative idea, project, or concept that is the result of one's own thinking or imagination

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brainwashed

having one's thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes manipulated or controlled by external influences

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scatterbrained

having a tendency to be forgetful, disorganized, or easily distracted

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brain-teaser

a puzzle or problem designed to test one's thinking or problem-solving skills

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to rack one's brain

to think hard or make a great effort to remember or solve something

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to accomplish

to achieve something after dealing with the difficulties

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to pull off

to successfully achieve or accomplish something

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to conquer

to gain control of a place or people using armed forces

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to get over

to recover from an unpleasant or unhappy experience, particularly an illness

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to install

to set a piece of equipment in place and make it ready for use

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to set up

to establish a fresh entity, such as a company, system, or organization

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makeover

the process of changing a person's appearance or style in order to improve how they look

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to recite

to say something from memory, such as a poem or speech

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to reel off

to recite information without hesitation and fluently

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to ascertain

to determine something with certainty by careful examination or investigation

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to find out

to get information about something after actively trying to do so

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to conduct

to direct or participate in the management, organization, or execution of something

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to carry out

to complete or conduct a task, job, etc.

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to transmit

to convey or communicate something, such as information, ideas, or emotions, from one person to another

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to pass on

to transfer the possession or ownership of something to another person

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to take over

to begin to be in charge of something, often previously managed by someone else

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to collaborate

to work with someone else in order to create something or reach the same goal

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to team up

to join or collaborate with others as a team to work towards a shared purpose

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to impede

to create difficulty or obstacles that make it hard for something to happen or progress

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hold up

used to ask someone to wait or momentarily stop what they are doing

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to discern

to distinguish between things

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to make out

to understand something, often with effort

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to attribute to

to assign the cause or ownership of something to a specific person, thing, or factor

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to pin on

to assign responsibility, blame, or fault to someone or something

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to cease

to bring an action, activity, or process to an end

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to give up

to stop trying when faced with failures or difficulties

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to reflect

to show a particular quality, characteristic, or emotion

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to remember

to bring a type of information from the past to our mind again

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to remind

to make a person remember an obligation, task, etc. so that they do not forget to do it

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to reminisce

to remember past events, experiences, or memories with a sense of nostalgia

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to memorize

to repeat something until it is kept in one's memory

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to commemorate

to recall and show respect for an important person, event, etc. from the past with an action or in a ceremony

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to recollect

to bring to mind past memories or experiences

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brain

a person with exceptional intelligence and creativity

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