to reach
/ˈɹitʃ/
verbto achieve something, especially after a lot of thinking or discussion
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1. Finally, we reach the sad conclusion.
2. Another brilliant physicist, Alexander Friedmann, had also reached the same conclusion.
3. Some systems, like ferries, will announce on the loudspeakers when you’ve reached your destination.
4. I think I've reached the zenith of my career, probably.
5. That message obviously is not reaching a lot of migrants.
compromise
/ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/
nouna middle state between two opposing situations that is reached by slightly changing both of them, so that they can coexist
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1. In 2017 a hack compromised millions of accounts.
2. Air and oxygen exchange, CO2 exchange is compromised.
3. Now compromise has different meanings.
4. This momentary feeling of relief can seriously compromise your regular posture.
5. After all, relationships take compromise.
to accomplish
/əˈkɑmpɫɪʃ/
verbto successfully finish doing something after experiencing difficulties
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1. Challenge accomplished.
2. Which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal?
3. Black history accomplished.
4. This exercise accomplishes several things.
5. So the victory at Saratoga accomplished important things militarily.
to secure
/sɪkˈjʊɹ/
verbto achieve something, especially with difficulty
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1. - Secure the drain pump.
2. The second pillar fully secures the border.
3. Nevertheless, the Great Amazigh revolt had secured the freedom of Morocco and its environs.
4. Then secure the worktop.
5. - Secure the bag.
breakthrough
/ˈbɹeɪkˌθɹu/
nounan important discovery or development that helps improve a situation or answer a problem
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1. Two of these people will make a breakthrough.
2. Here's the breakthrough.
3. Then the researchers and the historian made a breakthrough.
4. But immense hurdles prevented further breakthroughs.
5. We celebrate breakthrough.
to achieve
/əˈtʃiv/
verbto finally get the desired goal after dealing with many difficulties
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1. The strangest people achieve sometimes the most fantastic results.
2. Most European countries achieve universal literacy by the early 20th century.
3. - Just achieve your inner peace.
4. With the help of heat and pressure, the flower achieves its natural shape.
5. So babies typically achieve this skill anywhere from six to 10 months of age.
to realize
/ˈɹiəˌɫaɪz/
verbto achieve something that is desired
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1. When he hugged his daughter to soothe his pain, he realized his mistake too late.
2. Others realized the value of standardization in an age of international trade.
3. His boss at the time, Cathy Hughes, realized the show’s potential.
4. Realize that as well.
5. My 15 year old self has realized her dream.
to attain
/əˈteɪn/
verbto succeed in reaching a goal, after hard work
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1. At the end of the sixth tape, he attained total satisfaction.
2. Evolution attains to the highest fulfilment of its purpose when the spirit manifests perfectly.
3. Other combat arms of the Corps must attain a gray belt qualification, or second step qualification.
4. Thus, a great mass of men had attained at least a semi-freedom.
5. I attained the desired texture, guys.
to fulfill
/fʊɫˈfɪɫ/
verbto accomplish or do something that was wished for, expected or promised
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1. In the US, federal bureaucrats fulfill a number of specific important functions.
2. This class fulfills the writing requirement.
3. Experiences rather than material things fulfill our psychological needs.
4. Almost all popular cheese varieties fulfill your daily sulphur requirement.
5. About 300 grams of it can fulfill the daily requirement of protein.
to manage
/ˈmænədʒ/, /ˈmænɪdʒ/
verbto do something successfully, particularly something difficult
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1. Then one year he managed to get a new and better job at another university.
2. For example, critical care anesthesiologists manage patients in the intensive care unit, or ICU.
3. Financial markets do manage risk.
4. Often, older women manage the stalls.
5. Sales managers manage the sales team of an organization.
to abandon
/əˈbændən/
verbto completely give up
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1. The weavers themselves are abandoning the craft, too.
2. His troops abandoned the town of Austerlitz and the Pratzen Heights.
3. the wart biter abandons the field.
4. Our main focus are abandoned lobster traps.
5. Abandon your car.
to collapse
/kəˈɫæps/
verbto experience a sudden and complete failure
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1. If faith in our institutions and each other collapses, then the nation collapses.
2. He was a grad student in Moscow during the days of Perestroika and collapse of the Soviet Union.
3. America's valuable export trade collapsed.
4. So, the whole thing collapses.
5. The gold standard collapsed.
to falter
/ˈfɔɫtɝ/
verbto be hesitant or lose strength
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1. Attacks on Europe faltered.
2. But the expected dynamic duo faltered.
3. I was faltering.
4. Faltering Innovation Confronts The Six Headwinds.
5. Disappointingly, though, Jump Force falters at just about every other point.
to fold
/ˈfoʊɫd/
verb(of a company, organization, etc.) to close or stop trading due to financial problems
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1. Fold your paper back.
2. Fold flat charger?
3. - Folded?
4. Fold this ribbon cable back a little bit.
5. Fold the scrambled eggs.
to fall through
/fˈɔːl θɹˈuː/
verb(of a deal, plan, arrangement, etc.) to fail to happen or be completed
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1. Ultimately, the trade fell through.
2. So the new school year of 2011 simply fell through.
3. The merger fell through.
4. Basically, seed falls through here.
5. So the deal fell through.
to misfire
/mɪsˈfaɪɝ/
verb(of a plan) to fail to have the intended result
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1. Gigabyte Marines misfired one of their most valuable ultimates three times.
2. It's a misfire.
3. The problem could be fuel or a misfire.
4. Now of course, the heuristic could have misfired in this case.
5. Never misfired before.
to attempt
/əˈtɛmpt/
verbto try to complete or do something difficult
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1. It was only one man's attempt to understand human behavior.
2. In 2018, NFL quarterbacks attempted over 17,000 passes.
3. Meanwhile his halting, gauche attempts to seduce women were met by ridicule and rejection.
4. Freud attempted to invent a treatment for our many neuroses: psychoanalysis.
5. Attempt a hard couples yoga position.
to overcome
/ˈoʊvɝˌkəm/
verbto defeat someone or something in a contest or battle
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1. But the two men soon overcame their differences.
2. Unlike your everyday drill from the hardware store, their drills overcome the numerous limitations of space.
3. So this tiny little thing can overcome an entire Earth's worth of gravity.
4. Thirst eventually overcomes fear.
5. Clearly the great challenge with public speaking is overcoming these fear reactions.
to struggle
/ˈstɹəɡəɫ/
verbto put a great deal of effort into doing something, although it is extremely hard
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1. I've struggled with suicide or suicidal thoughts.
2. His family struggled.
3. Most people struggle.
4. Their family really struggled financially.
5. Poverty, despair, struggle.
obstacle
/ˈɑbstəkəɫ/
nouna situation or problem that prevents one from succeeding
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1. So none of these guys are obstacles.
2. He overcame obstacles.
3. - Obstacle, a plan that overcomes an obstacle.
4. But the gospel faces obstacles in every generation.
5. The second O is "Obstacle"
to progress
/ˈpɹɑˌɡɹɛs/, /pɹəˈɡɹɛs/, /pɹoʊˈɡɹɛs/
verbto develop into a more advanced or improved stage
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1. Making progress.
2. Technology progresses super fast.
3. Neither side was making progress.
4. Because practice makes progress.
5. Practice makes progress.
advancement
/ədˈvænsmənt/
nounthe process of improvement or progress
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1. That's advancements?
2. A Professional Engineering license may increase advancement possibilities.
3. However, recent advancements in the production of algae-based biofuels hold considerable potential for the future.
4. The woman in question had reportedly rejected Rust’s romantic advancements.
5. Technological advancements are changing the prospects for employment at an unprecedented speed.
fulfilment
/fʊlfˈɪlmənt/
nounthe act of doing or achieving something that was promised, expected or hoped for
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1. What distinguishes happiness from fulfilment is pain.
2. But we didn't get that sense of fulfilment.
3. and we will not find our own sense of fulfilment and happiness and inspiration.
4. Evolution attains to the highest fulfilment of its purpose when the spirit manifests perfectly.
5. Also, the money will definitely bring a sense of fulfilment, but only to a point.
underdog
/ˈəndɝˌdɔɡ/
nounan individual, team, etc. who is regarded as weaker compared to others and has little chance of success as a result
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1. Her dad loves the underdog.
2. Every story needs an underdog.
3. You want an underdog?
4. - Underdog me daddy, please.
5. I like underdogs.
prosperous
/ˈpɹɑspɝəs/
adjectiverich and financially successful
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1. The rare fish make the fisherman a very prosperous man.
2. The border tribe is prosperous.
3. So everybody would be ridiculously more prosperous.
4. It is much more prosperous.
5. Kulaks basically were prosperous peasants.
to thrive
/ˈθɹaɪv/
verbto develop or grow well or continue to be successful
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1. Thriving industry-- Industry-wise.
2. Evergreen topics like evergreen trees thrive all year round.
3. Evergreen topics like evergreen trees, thrive all year round.
4. 75% of the world's coral species thrive here.
5. Over 300 species of trees thrive here.
triumph
/ˈtɹaɪəmf/
nouna great victory, success, or achievement gained through struggle
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1. These triumphs speak two simultaneous volumes.
2. Merchants and the newly rich capitalist class have triumphed.
3. The trap became the triumph.
4. The kingdom of God will triumph.
5. The Nsefu pride has triumphed.
disappointingly
/dɪsəˈpɔɪnɪŋɫi/, /dɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋɫi/
adverbin a manner that is not as one had hoped for
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1. Disappointingly, there's no mystery here.
2. So that skin is disappointingly flabby.
3. Disappointingly, for undisclosed reasons, the deal never happened.
4. Disappointingly, Franchise Mode sees only a few minor upgrades.
5. Disappointingly, though, Jump Force falters at just about every other point.
unsuccessfully
/ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəɫi/
adverbin a way that does not succeed in achieving what you intended for
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1. The party tried unsuccessfully to get out of it for many years.
2. Arnold is unsuccessfully distributing these opposite of treasure maps.
3. Federman unsuccessfully sought the senate nomination in a three-person competitive race.
4. Federman unsuccessfully sought the senate nomination in a three-person competitive race.
5. You perform successfully, unsuccessfully, moderately.
brilliantly
/ˈbɹɪɫjəntɫi/
adverbin an outstanding way that shows a lot of skill or intelligence
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1. Brilliantly done.
2. Brilliantly portrayed by Cathy Ang.
3. They work brilliantly.
4. My AI talk, however, went off brilliantly.
5. The website worked brilliantly as a two-way street of communication.
