to cement
/səˈmɛnt/, /sɪˈmɛnt/
verbto make something such as an agreement, relationship, etc. stronger
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1. The new laws only further cemented the subordinate status of black people.
2. The new laws only further cemented the subordinate status of black people.
3. His stereotypical New Yorker accent, along with the reference to the Manhattan-set movie Midnight Cowboy, further cements the connection to modern New York.
4. Her return in the 2009 sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, cemented her status as one of blockbuster cinema's hottest new stars.
5. Cementing your fate.
check
/ˈtʃɛk/
interjectionused to express agreement or to say that something has been dealt with
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1. The computer system checks the rider's body movements about 100 times every second.
2. Check your local listings.
3. Checking the facts.
4. - Check your chimple!
5. Check the other box.
to come to terms with sb
/kˈʌm tə tˈɜːmz wɪð ˌɛsbˈiː/
phraseto come to an agreement with someone
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1. The experience of coming to terms with defeat can build the resilience and self-awareness necessary to manage academic, social, and physical hurdles.
2. But now the AMA is finally beginning to come to terms with racism in its own past.
3. So we look at both past and present today in the firm belief that only by coming to terms with history can we free ourselves to create a more just world.
4. And he sees then, as he looks back across the ocean, not only does he come to terms with slavery with Sally and James, in a way, becoming domesticated, part of a kind of family that has affective, sentimental ties.
5. The pair bonded, thanks to their shared experience as outsiders, and their mutual struggle of coming to terms with powers they don't fully understand.
to commit
/kəˈmɪt/
verbto be dedicated to a person, cause, policy, etc.
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1. And his wife committed suicide.
2. My own father committed suicide here on the property.
3. - Commit a hit.
4. The other robot commits suicide.
5. A thousand farmers of India a couple of weeks ago committed mass suicide.
commitment
/kəˈmɪtmənt/
nounthe state of being dedicated to someone or something
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1. The word faith means commitment.
2. Faith means commitment.
3. Commitment means death.
4. Commitment might scare some people, especially early on in a relationship.
5. Number two is commitment.
compact
/ˈkɑmpækt/, /kəmˈpækt/
nounan official agreement between people, countries, etc.
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1. The whole thing is very compact.
2. The electronics in here are incredibly compact.
3. Stick your compact on the tape!
4. Icebergs on the other hand are compacted snow, an entirely different origin than sea ice.
5. The camera, inside the housing, is ultra compact.
to conclude
/kənˈkɫud/
verbto formally reach an agreement on something
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1. When Snow observed the situation in London, he therefore concluded that cholera was spread by tiny fecal particles in the water.
2. This scene essentially concludes the film.
3. Ladies and gents, that concludes this session.
4. Today concludes that revolution.
5. Thus, concludes the second season of our series.
concord
/ˈkɑnˌkɔɹd/, /ˈkɑnkɝd/
nounagreement and peace between people or a group of countries
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1. Lexington and Concord, depending on whether you live in Lexington or Concord.
2. Had a shop in Concord.
3. The concord, a supersonic passenger jet, had a value of 1.4.
4. The capital of New Hampshire is Concord.
5. British soldiers came to Concord, the greatest fighting force on the planet at the time.
concordant
/kənkˈoːɹdənt/
adjectivefollowing an agreement
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1. Prof: Because the melody changes and not all harmonies are concordant with every note.
2. The point is that no matter what Dante is touching with his imagination, all the oppositions, all systems of contrarieties, of contrary forms, he tries to always bring them together in a kind of concordance, discordant made concordant again, which is the idea of music.
concordat
/kənkˈoːɹdæt/
nouna formal agreement, particularly one between a certain country and the Roman Catholic Church
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1. The concordat, this peace with the churches is obviously a very important thing.
to concur
/kənˈkɝ/
verbto have an opinion that is the same as someone else's opinion or agree with them on a matter
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1. I concur.
2. The Islamic world also concurred.
3. I concur.
4. Philip Morris concurs.
5. - I concur.
concurrence
/kənˈkɝəns/
nounthe state of being in agreement
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1. The concurrence by Justice Gorsuch here is scathing.
2. First I'll speak to Alito's concurrence.
3. HARRY BLACKMUN: There was a concurrence in Seattle Times?
4. The vice president would need the concurrence of at least eight of the 15 Cabinet Officers to activate the Declaration of Presidential Disability.
5. But notice the concurrence of real geographical settings.
condition
/kənˈdɪʃən/
nouna rule or term that must be met to reach an agreement or make something possible
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1. Conditions were dismal.
2. Conditions were worse.
3. Today's word is conditions.
4. That conditions its spending.
5. Conditions are ideal for these birds of prey.
to confirm
/kənˈfɝm/
verbto make something such as an arrangement, position, etc. more definite
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1. Dozens of studies have confirmed that psychotherapy is both effective and efficacious.
2. Publicly, U.S. officials have confirmed few details of Ethiopian and their allies' actions.
3. Trump's ad-libbed promise of a speech about Russian dirt on Hillary Clinton, three hours after his son confirmed that meeting.
4. My mother confirmed his tale.
5. Investigations by the European Commission confirm these abysmal conditions.
consensual
/kənˈsɛnsuəɫ/, /kənˈsɛnʃuəɫ/
adjectiveagreed with by people in general; agreed to by the people involved
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1. Smoking weed is a consensual action.
2. We always support consensual kissing.
3. It was not consensual.
4. It was totally consensual.
5. It was consensual completely.
consensus
/kənˈsɛnsəs/
nounan agreement reached by all members of a group
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1. Practice consensus building.
2. I built consensus around it.
3. Is the consensus, "Yea or nay?"
4. So therefore, the key element of a medium of exchange is consensus.
5. You need a consensus.
to consent
/kənˈsɛnt/
verbto give someone permission to do something or to agree to do it
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1. Consent is the basis for political legitimacy.
2. So you give consent.
3. You withdraw consent.
4. In the referendum of 2016, the biggest democratic exercise in our history, the British public withdrew that consent.
5. Even their silence confers consent.
consent
/kənˈsɛnt/
nounan agreement or permission for something
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1. Consent is the basis for political legitimacy.
2. So you give consent.
3. You withdraw consent.
4. In the referendum of 2016, the biggest democratic exercise in our history, the British public withdrew that consent.
5. Even their silence confers consent.
contract
/ˈkɑnˌtɹækt/, /kənˈtɹækt/
nounan official agreement between two or more sides that states what each of them has to do
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1. On the journey to Scotland, however, the king contracted dysentery.
2. Mexico's economy contracted.
3. Contract our bits.
4. Even the most dedicated mask wearer can still contract the virus.
5. The muscles of the uterus, also contract.
to contract
/ˈkɑnˌtɹækt/, /kənˈtɹækt/
verbto enter or make an official arrangement with someone
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1. On the journey to Scotland, however, the king contracted dysentery.
2. Mexico's economy contracted.
3. Contract our bits.
4. Even the most dedicated mask wearer can still contract the virus.
5. The muscles of the uterus, also contract.
contractual
/kənˈtɹæktʃuəɫ/
adjectivestated or agreed in a contract
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1. it's mostly because of contractual disputes with Samuel Jackson.
2. Does that constitute a contractual breach with the question that you have at the bottom of the screen?
3. Everything is contractual.
4. This release feature liability is a contractual agreement where one party surrenders legal rights or obligations.
5. Most relationships are not contractual.
contractually
/kənˈtɹæktʃuəɫi/
adverbin a way that is stated or agreed in a contract
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1. Contractually, we're obliged to.
2. At other times, they can just innovate contractually.
3. Contractually, did our thing.
4. You were contractually obligated?
5. They're just working out everything contractually.
convention
/kənˈvɛnʃən/
nouna formal agreement between countries
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1. Convention starts at 10.
2. Conventions suck.
3. KISS convention.
4. The convention almost falls apart.
5. Conventions, in this situation, means rules or habits.
cool
/ˈkuɫ/
adjectiveused to show agreement or approval of something
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1. That means that during emergencies, the plant will cool and stabilize itself without an operator present.
2. Cool a penguin.
3. Cool your jets, daddy. -
4. So much fun - Science is actually cool -
5. Cool a movie.
to countenance
/ˈkaʊntənəns/
verbto agree and not oppose to something that one generally finds unacceptable or unpleasant
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1. However, this court should not countenance that argument because it would subject an American citizen to the type of conditions which this court has never subjected an American citizen to before.
2. Thus, really, the court couldn't countenance.
3. Jeremy Corbyn wouldn't countenance serving under anybody else.
4. "My countenance never yet betrayed my feelings."
5. They get that name because of their countenance.
covenant
/ˈkəvənənt/
nouna promise or a formal agreement, particularly one that involves regularly paying a sum of money to someone or an organization
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1. Covenant forces inbound!
2. This covenant explicitly prohibits murder in Genesis 9, that is, the spilling of human blood.
3. He has a covenant.
4. They sponsored restrictive covenants.
5. He needed that covenant.
to covenant
/ˈkəvənənt/
verbto legally agree or to promise to do or give something to someone, particularly to make regular payments to a person or organization
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1. Covenant forces inbound!
2. This covenant explicitly prohibits murder in Genesis 9, that is, the spilling of human blood.
3. He has a covenant.
4. They sponsored restrictive covenants.
5. He needed that covenant.
deal
/ˈdiɫ/
noun(especially in business or politics) an agreement between two or more parties, on particular conditions
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1. He was born into a noble family that owned a good deal of land.
2. But fate dealt a heavy blow.
3. So sometimes, people are dealt a really good set of hands.
4. The top prime day deals include 199 dollar Chromebooks.
5. Portal's GlaDOS is dealing the game.
to echo
/ˈɛkoʊ/
verbto repeat opinions or statements of another person, particularly to show support or agreement
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1. Echo the gecko.
2. And his personality echoed his size and his bulk.
3. Multiple friends and families of his victims echo this statement.
4. A serene color palette and plenty of comfy seating echoes the casual vibe of neighboring indoor rooms.
5. In many ways, the connections Jim identifies echo the madness of the QAnon network maps.
echo
/ˈɛkoʊ/
nounrepetition of another person's opinions or statements, particularly to show support or agreement
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1. Echo the gecko.
2. And his personality echoed his size and his bulk.
3. Multiple friends and families of his victims echo this statement.
4. A serene color palette and plenty of comfy seating echoes the casual vibe of neighboring indoor rooms.
5. In many ways, the connections Jim identifies echo the madness of the QAnon network maps.
exactly
/ɪɡˈzæktɫi/
adverbused to indicate that something is completely accurate or correct
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1. But the sun was not exactly above in other locations to the east or west.
2. Exactly half way around the earth an International Date Line was created.
3. After all, cheese isn’t exactly as addictive as crack.
4. Having your own style, exactly.
5. - Exactly, drink water.
to fall in with
/fˈɔːl ɪn wɪð/
verbto agree to something, such as an idea, suggestion, etc.
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1. As a teenager, he fell in with a guy called Curio, who was all about blowing Antony’s money on whores, games, and gold.
2. By 1984, he had fallen in with two unlikely allies.
3. After around half a year of ritualized bartering and trade in Calicut, the fleet fell in with the westerly monsoon winds, and began heading home, laden heavily with foreign luxuries, and ambassadors from Calicut, Quilon, Sumatra, Malacca and beyond.
4. He quickly fell in with men he later referred to as having questionable occupations.
5. I landed there and fell in with some indie filmmakers.
fine print
/fˈaɪn pɹˈɪnt/
nounthe important details of a contract or legal agreement that are usually printed in very small writing
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1. So read that fine print baby!
2. Read the fine print.
3. Sorry, there's fine print.
4. Fine print contracts are destroying your right of freedom of contract.
5. But the fine print told a different story.
fist bump
/fˈɪst bˈʌmp/
nouna way of greeting, celebrating, or showing agreement by slightly hitting someone's fist with one's own
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1. No, I know, fist bump!
2. Well done, fist bump me.
3. But my fist bumps are great!
4. Get a fist bump.
5. Get a fist bump.
to fist-bump
/fˈɪstbˈʌmp/
verbto slightly hit someone's fist with one's own as an act of celebration, greeting, or agreement
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1. And Senator Lindsey Graham gave her a fist-bump.
2. And Senator Lindsey Graham gave her a fist-bump.
3. - I've noticed that last time you hung out, she just fist-bumped you.
flat
/ˈfɫæt/
adjectivecomplete or definite
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1. -This bottle of champagne is flat!
2. 'This table is flat.'
3. The bottom is flat.
4. A flats or a wing? - Flats are, flats or, flats or a drum.
5. Lay the console flat
gentleman's agreement
/dʒˈɛntəlmənz ɐɡɹˈiːmənt/
phrasean agreement that is based on the mutual trust of the parties, which is of no legal value
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to give someone or something the nod
/ɡˈɪv sˈʌmwʌn ɔːɹ sˈʌmθɪŋ ðə nˈɑːd/
phraseto approve someone or something
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to go along
/ɡˌoʊ ɐlˈɑːŋ/
verbto express agreement or to show cooperation
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1. Trump goes along with it.
2. - How's everybody's reading going along?
3. The silver and the black go along with New York City skyscraper.
4. Trump goes along with that.
5. Things are going along very, very well.
to go with
/ɡˈoʊ wɪð/
verbto accept an offer, plan, etc.
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to go / swim with the tide
/ɡˌoʊ swˈɪm wɪððə tˈaɪd/
phraseto act or think in the same way as the majority of people in a society
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1. I hope wherever you are is in the center of a sunny high pressure area which will be perfect weather to go with the flow in the ocean, which we’ll talk about next week.
2. It’s time to sit back, relax, and go with the flow.
3. It turns out that lots of things in our universe like to go with the flow.
4. And so historically, Congress has just kind of gone with the flow.
5. - I don't like to answer questions like that, because I really like to go with the flow.
great minds think alike (fools seldom differ / )
/ɡɹˈeɪt mˈaɪndz θˈɪŋk ɐlˈaɪk fˈuːlz sˈɛldəm dˈɪfɚ/
sentenceused humorously when two people both agree on a particular thing
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1. Sometimes they could barely get their words out fast enough, finishing each other's sentences and laughing to acknowledge all that did not need to be said, because as Steve might say, insanely great minds think alike.
2. Great minds think alike.
3. Great minds think alike, guys. -
4. Great minds think alike.
5. (Zack) Great minds think alike.