handshake
/ˈhændˌʃeɪk/
nounan act of taking a person's hand and shaking it as a greeting or after having made an agreement with them
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1. Handshake? -
2. Today's word is handshake.
3. Handshakes are an important part of non-verbal communication for humans.
4. You remember the handshake?
5. - Handshake again.
harmonious
/hɑɹˈmoʊniəs/
adjectivepeaceful, helpful, and friendly with no disagreement involved
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1. For the typical Fujianese peasant in the 17th century, life was hardly harmonious.
2. And what's harmonious mean?
3. All of the elements feel really harmonious.
4. Almost all of them are harmonious!
5. The sounds of the voices were harmonious.
harmoniously
/hɑɹˈmoʊniəsɫi/
adverbin a manner that is helpful, peaceful, friendly, and without disagreement
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1. Bit tip number two, use tags and search harmoniously.
2. A body so harmoniously composed, 90
3. Four, do wear cologne that works with other scents harmoniously.
4. Bald eagles once lived harmoniously with the island fox, never considering them as food.
5. And to me, just eats so harmoniously.
harmony
/ˈhɑɹməni/
nouncoexistence in peace and agreement
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1. But the birds sing the harmony.
2. So, to recap, the synthsters have achieved harmony both musically and personally.
3. These chords still dominate the harmony in a lot of songs.
4. so with this definition, does music need harmony?
5. Again the key here is harmony.
hear! hear!
/hˈɪɹ hˈɪɹ/
interjectionused to show one's complete agreement with something, particularly in a speech
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to honor
/ˈɑnɝ/
verbto do what one promised or agreed to do
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1. - Honored.
2. Governor mayor honored dabbawala after Prince Charles not before that, the specialty of India.
3. The stones will honor Holocaust victims from their communities.
4. Honor the stranger.
5. Honor His name -
honor system
/ˈɑːnɚ sˈɪstəm/
nounan agreement that is completely based on the honesty of the parties involved
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1. - This is the honor system.
2. This is the honor system.
3. And I'm going to go on the honor system.
4. But even still, this relies on an honors system of sorts.
5. We're on the honor system here.
to humor
/ˈhjumɝ/
verbto do the things that a person wants, no matter how unreasonable they are, in order to keep them satisfied
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1. And people also like humor.
2. Number 2: Use humor.
3. Because humor connects people.
4. You tried humor.
5. - I think humor.
in accord with
/ɪn ɐkˈoːɹd wɪð/
phrasein agreement with; not against
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1. He expected his workers to live clean lives in accord with Christian moral principles.
2. That the brutal murder of hundreds of African-Americans was an ordinary, natural event in accord with the correct state of affairs so much so that I can send a Dear Mom postcard, I just passed through Tulsa, isn't this a wonderful place.
3. What I suggest in the book is I don't than want to make grandiose claims that if only Edward Lansdale had been listened to, Vietnam would be this paradise and everything would have worked out great, everything would be in accord with America's wishes.
4. The CUI program requires that agencies implement policies and procedures for decontrolling CUI, and recommends as a best practice that CUI policy for all Executive branch agencies (Authorized Holders and designating authorities) authorize and assign agency personnel, by title and position, to implement agency CUI decontrol policy in accord with the laws, regulations, and government-wide policies governing CUI.
5. And if we want to have a theory of electromagnetism, we need to put it in accord with quantum mechanics.
to incline
/ˈɪnkɫaɪn/, /ˌɪnˈkɫaɪn/
verbto bend one's head downward, particularly as an act of agreement, greeting, etc.
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1. Incline your ear.
2. Incline my heart.
3. I incline my heart.
4. We incline our hearts.
5. Stage twelve: incline 75 percent.
incontestable
/ɪnkəntˈɛstəbəl/
adjectivetrue and therefore impossible to be denied or disagreed with
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1. So Mambrino's helmet has an incontestable chivalric pedigree, a deep pedigree, which makes it all of the more ridiculous that it be confused with a barber's basin.
2. Through considering the uncertainties in all that we had asserted, to the inviolable truths, incontestable truths, I developed a more nuanced understanding.
3. if I had no other information I wouldn't assume Roll Out used one, so I guess it's technically evidence for the onbeat version, but I saw a lot of people presenting this as, like, incontestable proof, as if even considering the offbeat version meant flagrantly ignoring the obvious musical fact that all songs start on beat 1, and that's just not how it works.
4. And when an institution reaches beyond those and creates more expansive doctrines that bring incontestable norms-- even norms that, I, myself might strongly favor-- I think you are creating a risk of fanning the populist flames in ways that may get rid of institutions or hobble institutions that may end up being essential for surviving a period of populism.
incontestably
/ɪnkəntˈɛstəbli/
adverbin a manner that leaves no room for disagreement or denial
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1. The New Criticism, incontestably and without rival, created an atmosphere in which it was okay to notice that things were a little more difficult than they'd been supposed to be.
2. This by the way-- although what they serve is not exactly a work of nature-- is why even that which is incontestably better than secular poetry, in other words hymnody, and also divine knowledge or theology-- even these fields, which are the supreme fields, are also serving sciences.
3. just incontestably good--
4. he insists that it's possible to tell the difference between meaning and significance if, good historicists that you are, you can pin down accurately and incontestably the author's meaning, appealing to all the philological tricks that you have, throwing out irrelevancies and insisting that you finally have the meaning right-- of course, how many times has that happened?
5. It's another kind of pleasure that Iser is perhaps not taking into account that we take in that which seems to be simply incontestably real as we read it, and Iser leaves that out of account.
incontrovertible
/ˌɪŋˌkɑntɹoʊˈvɝtɪbəɫ/
adjectivetrue in a way that leaves no room for denial or disagreement
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1. I think it's incontrovertible.
2. And these were incontrovertible.
3. No, astronomers had found the first incontrovertible brown dwarf.
4. But Machiavelli couldn't overlook an incontrovertible problem: it doesn't work.
5. And I think that's incontrovertible.
incontrovertibly
/ɪnkˌɑːntɹəvˈɜːɾəbli/
adverbin a manner that leaves no room for denial or disagreement
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1. In the 1970s, she gathered and published a huge amount of data, showing clearly and incontrovertibly that the galactic rotation problem was typical galactic behavior, and that there was some kind of unexplained physics at work.
2. No one has been able to prove this incontrovertibly, but there is some interesting evidence, both pro and con.
3. But given how few people use that option, given how accessible mail and voting is in Colorado, it's incontrovertibly easier to vote in Colorado.
indisputable
/ˌɪndɪˈspjutəbəɫ/
adjectivetrue and therefore leaving no room for disagreement or denial
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1. It's pretty indisputable.
2. Photography is sort of the indisputable truth, very often.
3. Evans' photographs are iconic and indisputable documents of the Depression.
4. The essential facts, tonight, are indisputable.
5. The facts in this case are quite simply indisputable.
indisputably
/ˌɪnˈdɪspjuˌtæˌbɫi/
adverbin a way that makes any disagreement or denial impossible or unlikely
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1. But it was indisputably not a bird.
2. Some things are just wrong, and others are indisputably right.
3. Scotland is a country, indisputably, but it’s not a sovereign state.
4. League of Legends is indisputably one of the most complex games on the competitive scene today.
5. Like, indisputably, that is a sentence.
in favor of
/ɪn fˈeɪvɚɹ ʌv/
phrasein agreement; in support of something or someone
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1. 84% of Americans are in favor of legalization.
2. Court ruled in favor of the baker.
3. In fact, a number of Republicans on the hill, and Republican strategists were in favor of it.
4. Southerners were in favor of district reforms.
5. The court finds in favor of the bees.
in tune
/ɪn tˈuːn/
phrasein agreement with someone or something
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1. The fact that the U.S. is building one gigafactory or the equivalent of one gigafactory every four months and China's building one every week, China is in tune with the pace of what's happening here and the U.S. at the moment isn't.
2. Yeah, and you're counting every single penny, you're becoming more in tune with your finances.
3. Children and animals rely on their parents or keepers and are in tune to their emotions.
4. Researchers took a close look at this mucus and found that its composition changed over time, in tune with the fry’s needs.
5. So from then on all the industries were in tune with environmental regulations and they complied with all those new requirements that needed to get done.
to lend one's name to sth
/lˈɛnd wˈʌnz nˈeɪm tʊ ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
phraseto publicly support something
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1. But on the other hand, she was perhaps the last person one might think would lend their name to a perfume.
2. What she ultimately found was a man named Ignacio Anaya Sr . who, while he probably wasn’t the first person to ever decide to mix tortilla chips with melted cheese and jalapenos, does seem to be the person directly responsible for nachos becoming a thing, along with lending his name to the food item.
3. We can see amongst them a French flag Preserved as a relic and bearing the fleur-de-lys which dates from 1682, the same year that Cavelier de La Salle took possession of Louisiana The Saint Louis who lends his name to the cathedral is Louis XIV king of France
to like
/ˈɫaɪk/
verbto show support for or interest in a post shared on social media, a blog, etc. by tapping a specific button
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1. The ads will certainly emphasize things like good taste, easy preparation, and high nutrition.
2. "I'd like some more jam, please."
3. Everybody likes his daughter.
4. I like chicken.
5. Grains are plants, like oats, wheat, and barley.
like
/ˈɫaɪk/
nounsomething by which a person can show their interest in or approval of a post shared on social media, a blog, etc. by tapping a specific button
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1. The ads will certainly emphasize things like good taste, easy preparation, and high nutrition.
2. "I'd like some more jam, please."
3. Everybody likes his daughter.
4. I like chicken.
5. Grains are plants, like oats, wheat, and barley.
to make up
/mˌeɪk ˈʌp/
verbto become friends with someone once more after ending a quarrel with them
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1. Cells make up organs.
2. The organic component of soil, called humus, is mostly made up of broken down lignin.
3. Make up your mind.
4. Right now, women make up 58% of the American workforce.
5. The protests in recent months have finally made up her mind.
to make peace
/mˌeɪk pˈiːs/
phraseto stop fighting with someone and become friendly with them once more
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1. In 1634, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II had his own general Wallenstein assassinated, because it appeared that Wallenstein was plotting to make peace with Sweden and perhaps planning a coup, although why anyone would want to be the Holy Roman Emperor at that point is an absolute mystery to me.
2. They were ready to go full-on Lord of the Flies before shared goals forced them to cooperate and ultimately, make peace.
3. So I'd argue that it's not the costs of going to war that has made peace so attractive, it's the benefits of not going to war.
4. You’re just going to have to make peace with glitter being a permanent feature of your floors, your furniture, maybe even your food and hair and skin.
5. If you don't want to make peace, I am ready to issue a statement of war to the world.
maybe
/ˈmeɪbi/
adverbused as a response to a question when one does not have a definite answer or does not want to agree or disagree
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1. I even wrote a letter to Chris just kind of hoping that maybe the message could be relayed.
2. Maybe I'm ranting on about this too much.
3. Maybe today's grads are at least making more money.
4. Maybe face my fears.
5. Maybe the girl singing had a good voice
to meet sb halfway
/mˈiːt ˌɛsbˈiː hˈæfweɪ/
phraseto come to an agreement with someone by granting some of their requests while they grant some of one's requests
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1. and then if you can like meet me halfway with like a mixture of all sorts of things, that would be awesome, actually you know what, this is something that's kind of funny.
2. I'm meeting you halfway.
3. And we have had five months of people unwilling to recognize the legitimacy of their views and come to meet them halfway.
4. Meet us halfway.
5. Maybe I'll meet you halfway, bare long nails.
to mend
/ˈmɛnd/
verbto resolve a dispute or problem
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1. Eventually, the fences between certain abolitionists and women’s suffragists did mend.
2. Some things can mend in time.
3. "Mend".
4. You can mend a relationship.
5. I've mended those bridges now.
to mend one's fences
/mˈɛnd wˈʌnz fˈɛnsᵻz/
phraseto reconcile with someone
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middle ground
/mˈɪdəl ɡɹˈaʊnd/
nouna specific set of opinions, ideas, etc. on which conflicting parties agree; a position that is intermediate
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1. There's no middle ground.
2. There's no middle ground.
3. 30 is just a good middle ground.
4. Find the middle ground.
5. There's no middle ground?
modus vivendi
/mˈoʊdəs vaɪvˈɛndi/
nounan agreement between oppositions to stop arguing for a specific time or indefinitely
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to nail down
/nˈeɪl dˈaʊn/
verbto finally come to an agreement or decision
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to nod
/ˈnɑd/
verbto move one's head up and down as a sign of agreement, understanding, or greeting
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1. Her father nodded.
2. People are nodding.
3. Sofia nodded.
4. The boy nodded, yes.
5. Are your feet nodding?
no kidding
/nˈoʊ kˈɪdɪŋ/
interjectionused ironically as a response to a statement that is obvious
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1. No kidding, Bill Cosby gets laughs.
2. No kidding, where is this?
3. No kidding she needs a shot of tequila.
4. No kidding, not joking around.
5. No kidding you laugh at me a lot.
noncontroversial
/nɑnˌkɑntɹəˈvɝʃəɫ/
adjectivenot causing or unlikely to cause disagreement
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1. And even when Obama was president, he slow-walked those judgeships, even the noncontroversial ones, especially the noncontroversial ones.
2. And even when Obama was president, he slow-walked those judgeships, even the noncontroversial ones, especially the noncontroversial ones.
3. That should be very noncontroversial.
4. I don't want to say that it's important that it's a show for kids because I don't-- you know, I don't know that that's a noncontroversial statement to make.
5. Just on a regular basis, getting information from the CDC has to clear so many different levels for a noncontroversial thing.
nor
/ˈnɔɹ/
conjunctionput before a positive verb to express agreement with the preceding negative statement
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1. South Dakota's neighbors had no chance, nor neighbor's neighbors.
2. Nor is his wife,
3. Nor is the impact of isolation merely a what-if question.
4. Nor is this Lead The Field program a collection of pleasantries, platitudes, or Pollyanna.
5. Nor were Mattel’s directors.
at all
/æt ˈɔːl/
adverbin the slightest degree or in any respect
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1. Not intoxicated At All.
2. This doesn't bother me At All.
3. At no hearing, no public ruckus At All.
4. GIVEN THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OHIO 'S 11th, DO THEY HAVE A CHANCE, AT ALL, OF FILLING THE SEAT?
5. In fact, she had no EXTERNAL injuries At All.
of course
/ʌv kˈoːɹs/
adverbused to give permission or express agreement
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1. And Glasgow is, of course, a big football city.
2. 'Of course,' agreed his friend.
3. Your favorite musician is of course, The Strokes.
4. Of course, this one won.
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's latest update is, of course, massive.
OK
/ˈoʊˈkeɪ/
interjectionsaid to show that we are agreeing to do something or we agree with something
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1. Ok, one hundred cents makes one dollar.
2. OK, so the first part of the chapters create this problem.
3. Ok so, all typical vertebrae have a vertebral body, a vertebral arch and seven individual processes.
4. OK you guys have a great week
5. Ok, and when you're not?
oneness
/ˈwənəs/, /ˈwənnəs/
nounthe state of feeling a unity with someone or something
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1. You're in fact creating oneness in physical form.
2. Oneness is the ego.
3. The ultimate reality is that of oneness.
4. The truth of the reality of this universe is oneness.
5. The ultimate reality in this universe is that of oneness.
on one's side
/ˌɑːn wˈʌnz sˈaɪd/
phraseagreeing with someone or supporting them in an argument, plan, etc.
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1. Physics was on his side.
2. 'I want the Egyptian people to know that we are on their side, and that we want their country to be strong and safe.
3. Saladin knew that time was on his side.
4. The people, those of us who grew up in that system and didn't have a choice, don't get mad at us because we're on your side and you've got ta know that.
5. As it happens, fortune was on his side.
(it / that) is a deal
/ɪt ðæt ɪz ɐ dˈiːl/
sentencesaid to let someone know that one agrees with something, particularly with someone's terms
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on the same page
/ɑːnðə sˈeɪm pˈeɪdʒ/
phrasein complete agreement with someone
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1. We're on the same page.
2. I've been in a relationship for two years, a little over two years, and there's probably a good chance that we don't agree on everything politically, but I'm pretty sure that for my main points that would be deal breakers, I'm pretty sure we're on the same page.
3. Before getting into this kind of relationship, I definitely suggest talking about it and making sure everyone’s on the same page as far as how to communicate, what you’re getting involved with as far as culture goes.
4. Some you might recognize from earlier in this series, but I want to make sure we're all on the same page.
5. We’ll highlight this chiral center with a red dot just so we’re on the same page!
out of tune
/ˌaʊɾəv tˈuːn/
phrasenot in agreement with someone or something
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