pact
/ˈpækt/
nouna formal agreement between parties, particularly to help one another
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1. I love pacts.
2. Pact thing-- Pact thing, pact thing, pact thing.
3. Now pact.
4. Break the pact.
5. Break the pact.
party
/ˈpɑɹti/
nounone of the sides in a legal agreement or dispute
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1. There's a party at my house tonight.
2. And this is coming from all political parties.
3. All right, party is over.
4. Anybody wanna go party?
5. Anybody wanna go party?
to patch up
/pˈætʃ ˈʌp/
verbto put an end to an argument with someone in order to make peace with them
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1. We are going to patch up your relationships.
2. Things were patched up.
3. Patch up all broken furniture and replace faulty gadgets with new ones to have at least one less thing to worry about!
4. We got the drywall all patched up.
5. Got the strawberry patches up front.
peace offering
/pˈiːs ˈɑːfɚɹɪŋ/
nounan offering made to become friends with someone after upsetting them
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1. - It's a peace offering.
2. - It's like a peace offering.
3. It's a peace offering.
4. Take these as a peace offering?
5. Consider it a peace offering to the Earth.
point taken
/pˈɔɪnt tˈeɪkən/
interjectiona response that shows one has accepted that someone else's argument or opinion is valid
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1. And he came back to me and said, point taken.
2. These aren't actual rules, but point taken.
3. I mean, TECHNICALLY, it'll be the Trump Presidential Library, MUSEUM, HOTEL, CASINO and Alligator Farm-- but Point Taken.
4. That's often the point taken in academia.
5. Now, the presentation of the case involves focusing on a particular statutory provision and emphasizing a point, I think-- well, a point taken by the dissent-- which is that the natural reading of this provision is that it prohibits race-based affirmative action.
positive
/ˈpɑzətɪv/
adjectivedisplaying approval, support, or agreement
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1. The future of Apple's health initiatives look positive.
2. Cash flows turn positive.
3. Every comment, every comment is positive.
4. - Overwhelming response was positive.
5. Tip number four, be positive.
positively
/ˈpɑzətɪvɫi/
adverbin a way that shows approval or agreement
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1. These three lights with their respective colors just do positively mean these things.
2. Think positively.
3. Its antioxidant effects positively affect the general health of our stomach.
4. Positively impact people.
5. Positively identify the miscreant.
to pour oil on troubled waters
/pˈoːɹ ˈɔɪl ˌɑːn tɹˈʌbəld wˈɔːɾɚz/
phraseto say things in order to settle a dispute or disagreement
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precisely
/pɹiˈsaɪsɫi/, /pɹɪˈsaɪsɫi/
adverbused to express complete agreement
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1. In a total solar eclipse, the moon precisely covers the sun from the vantage point of some place on Earth.
2. And precisely the same law governs the realm of mind.
3. So the expert outcomes here are precisely estimated.
4. I know the energy of the laser precisely.
5. I'm a savant, or more precisely, a high-functioning autistic savant.
prenuptial agreement
/pɹɪnˈʌpʃəl ɐɡɹˈiːmənt/
nounan agreement between a couple before marriage in which they agree how much of each other's property each will receive upon divorce or death
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1. So prenuptial agreements don't allow you to talk about child support, custody, anything like that.
2. You might also need a prenuptial agreement Alimony is something that is dictated by your state, country or jurisdiction.
3. What can you not contract for in a prenuptial agreement?
4. And then in the prenuptial agreement, she had agreed to waive the appreciated value of her husband's premarital business.
5. Trump's second wife, Marla Maples, signed a prenuptial agreement with an incredibly strict nondisclosure clause.
protocol
/ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑɫ/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɔɫ/
nounthe original form of an agreement, particularly a treaty between states, etc.; an addition to a treaty or agreement
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1. But these protocols make sense.
2. So the Vietnamese government has revised their protocols now.
3. Here's the protocol.
4. The protocol deals with the special position of Northern Ireland after Brexit.
5. I know protocol.
proviso
/pɹəˈvaɪzoʊ/
nouna condition that needs accepting before making an agreement
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1. I'm happy to take questions with the proviso that you go to the microphone to ask them.
2. There's, also, a separations of POWER proviso in the CONSTITUTION.
3. I should, however, add a proviso.
4. Whether Proviso is frequently violated.
5. Well, there is one proviso.
to put aside
/pˌʊt ɐsˈaɪd/
verbto forget a feeling, disagreement, or dispute
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1. In an unusual display of brutality, the LRA fighters put aside their usual AK-47s and RPGs in favor of the machete and club.
2. Put aside the flowery language.
3. The saver usually put aside a small amount of money, on a regular basis.
4. But putting aside that-- GUY CHARLES:
5. Put aside the technology.
quite
/ˈkwaɪt/
interjectionused to express agreement
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1. They were quite happy until Annie suddenly began to cry and ran into the kitchen to her mother.
2. No man or monster has slithered their way into our hearts quite like the snake-haired seductress with the obsidian stare.
3. Monks never really quite make up the sleep deficiencies.
4. Your husband and I never quite saw eye-to-eye, ma'am. -
5. Maybe the cloak, again, the cloak is quite cumbersome.
ratification
/ˌɹætəfəˈkeɪʃən/
nounthe act of validating an agreement by signing it or voting for it
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1. Those states also faced ratification battles in the '70s.
2. Second, the press overwhelmingly favored ratification of the Constitution.
3. North Carolina initially rejected ratification.
4. Rhode Island initially rejected ratification.
5. Ratification conditioned on antecedent amendments.
to ratify
/ˈɹætəˌfaɪ/
verbto validate an agreement by signing it or voting for it
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1. Nine states ratified.
2. Almost ratified by Guinness! -
3. They ratified their constitution.
4. They're basically just ratifying your agreement.
5. They're ratifying your agreement.
to realign
/ɹiəˈɫaɪn/
verbto change one's opinions, beliefs, etc. to be like those of another person or group
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1. But in '94 the American League was realigned.
2. The boxing world had been realigned.
3. The United States party system has realigned four times.
4. There, politics might realign.
5. In one particularly insane act, the country’s rice fields were forcibly realigned in order to resemble the Khmer Rouge’s checkerboard-patterned coat of arms.
realignment
/ɹiəˈɫaɪnmənt/
nounthe action of changing one's opinions, beliefs, etc. to be like those of another person or group
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1. We saw that transition and the realignment in the 2018 election.
2. Look at the great realignments in American political history.
3. A different language has been that of political realignment.
4. There's a realignment going on.
5. Both reformations were predicated on fractious discussion, internal self-doubt and massive realignment of antiquated business models.
reconcilable
/ɹˈɛkənsˌaɪləbəl/
adjective(of disagreements or differences) able to be settled
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to reconcile
/ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪɫ/
verbto become or make a person become friendly again with another after ending a disagreement or dispute
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1. Never reconcile.
2. We have to reconcile the patient's knowledge of their body with physicians' measurements.
3. You guys reconciled that?
4. Seemingly contradictory ideas are reconciled in that state of no-mind and ecstasy.
5. Then your father and I reconciled.
reconciliation
/ˌɹɛkənˌsɪɫiˈeɪʃən/
nounthe act of becoming friendly with someone once more after ending a disagreement
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1. Then we have got the reconciliation.
2. On the other side was reconciliation.
3. yes I want reconciliation with my Creator
4. They're going to use reconciliation.
5. We are going to use reconciliation.
resolution
/ˌɹɛzəˈɫuʃən/
nounthe act of resolving a problem or disagreement
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1. You have any New Year resolutions?
2. I mean, the display resolution is terrible.
3. Another option would be to just get a laptop with a higher resolution display.
4. Some people love resolution.
5. Some people make resolutions WITH someone else.
to resolve
/ɹiˈzɑɫv/
verb(of a meeting, committee, etc.) to come to a decision through a formal vote
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1. Resolve the attack in the following way.
2. Resolve locations and guilds.
3. Then, also, the league has to resolve disputes between clubs.
4. Matured differentiation resolves the relational tension between agency and communion.
5. Resolve the resultant wound.
right
/ˈɹaɪt/
interjectionused to show one's agreement
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1. The fast food industry grew because it was born at the right time.
2. I have no idea what's going on with Michelle right now.
3. You know, they have the right to terminate channels as they see fit, to suspend channels as they see fit.
4. Can you imagine if I put a big loudspeaker hooked up to your brain, and I could hear all your thoughts right now?
5. When a new drug comes to market, the FDA gives the drug company exclusive rights to produce and market the drug until their patent runs out.
right on
/ɹˈaɪt ˈɑːn/
interjectionused to show one's strong support or approval
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to seal
/ˈsiɫ/
verbto finalize a contract, deal, or agreement
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1. Here you can see sea animals like seals.
2. Outside a hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador, a family seals the coffin of their father with plastic wrap.
3. Hammon's game-winning assist to Bethany Donaphin sealed the deal.
4. At that time, the state sealed the building.
5. Seal the freezer bag.
to settle
/ˈsɛtəɫ/
verbto bring a dispute or disagreement to an end
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1. Settling the stomach.
2. Issue settled.
3. The proletariat of each country must, of course, first of all settle matters with its own bourgeoisie.
4. As a result, the Creek refugees and their allies settled the territory with ease.
5. But the count settled the question.
settlement
/ˈsɛtəɫmənt/
nounan official agreement that puts an end to a dispute
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1. The settlement includes money for the victims families.
2. Settlements of settled hunters-gatherers.
3. Second, the settlement rationalized the rescue of banks within the terms of the new system.
4. Settlements sprung up in or near Shuar territory.
5. Farming settlements were just taking hold.
to shake on
/ʃˈeɪk ˈɑːn/
verbto shake hands as an act of agreement
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shoulder to shoulder
/ʃˈoʊldɚ tə ʃˈoʊldɚ/
adverbtogether working toward a shared aim
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1. There's protestors shoulder to shoulder, inches away from cops.
2. This one was packed with reportedly 6000 people shoulder to shoulder, very few masks.
3. The restaurants here rub shoulder to shoulder with grocers, butchers, fishmongers, and retailers.
4. It was literally shoulder to shoulder of people packed in like sardines. -
5. Arther rubs off shoulder to shoulder.
to side with
/sˈaɪd wɪð/
verbto support a person or group against someone else in a fight or argument
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1. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan.
2. The courts are going to side with the patron.
3. Zheng He sided with al’Abidin.
4. Maybe even side with you in a political debate.
5. We side with the false victim.
to sign
/ˈsaɪn/
verbto write your name on something such as a check, letter, document, etc. for people to recognize it and know that you wrote it or you authorize or agree with what is written on it
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1. Oh the poisonous ones wear signs.
2. These motherfuckers sign their name on a paper.
3. Will you guys sign my yearbook?
4. The fine representatives of the body politic in Ireland signed the Anglo-Irish treaty in 1921.
5. - Sign your name right here.
signatory
/ˈsɪɡnəˌtɔɹi/
nouna person, organization, or country that has signed a formal agreement
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1. It also forbids all signatories from laying claim to any territory beyond the surface of the Earth.
2. Nine of the 56 signatories died in battle.
3. In 1989, signatories of the Antarctic Treaty were poised to open the door to limited oil and mineral prospecting.
4. Bringing 108 signatories and 103 parties behind the treaty.
5. To date, there are 50 signatories and 125 parties that stand behind the treaty.
to sign on
/sˈaɪn ˈɑːn/
verbto sign a contract agreeing to work for someone
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1. Trump is, also, pressuring members of CONGRESS to Sign On.
2. It's divisive for the COUNTRY to go through an Impeachment Process and she was reluctant to Sign On.
to sign up
/sˈaɪn ˈʌp/
verbto sign a contract agreeing to do a job
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1. Within a month, half of Harvard students signed up.
2. And most countries in Europe signed up .
3. - Sign up below.
4. Patreon members only, sign up down below.
5. Savings secret number three: sign up for the entire Rewards Club, not just one part of it.
to sink one's differences
/sˈɪŋk wˈʌnz dˈɪfɹənsᵻz/
phraseto put aside disagreements
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solid
/ˈsɑɫəd/
adjectivefully in agreement; approved of by all
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1. The phone feels solid.
2. The quality is solid.
3. That thing is solid.
4. The wide angle camera lens is solid.
5. Introducing solids!
solidarity
/ˌsɑɫəˈdɛɹəti/
nounthe support given by the members of a group to each other because of sharing the same opinions, feelings, goals, etc.
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1. Hundreds of miles away, in Bangladesh, Muslim Rohingya refugees express solidarity.
2. Hundreds of miles away, in Bangladesh, Muslim Rohingya refugees express solidarity.
3. Just give you solidarity.
4. The central concept is solidarity.
5. Organic solidarity described legal-rational authority or modernity or capitalism.
sounds like a plan
/sˈaʊndz lˈaɪk ɐ plˈæn/
phraseused to show agreement with a suggestion
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1. - Sounds like a plan.
2. Sounds like a plan? -
3. In two warriors are like, yah, we'll join up, sounds like a plan.
4. Yep, sounds like a plan.
5. - All right, sounds like a plan to me.
to stand up and be counted
/stˈænd ˌʌp ænd biː kˈaʊntᵻd/
phraseto publicly express one's agreement or support for someone or something
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to strike a bargain
/stɹˈaɪk ɐ bˈɑːɹɡɪn/
phraseto make an agreement that involves both parties doing something for one another
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1. As a woman from a modest farm, Buttercup wouldn't hold much power, but she uses what leverage she does have to selflessly strike a bargain that she believes will keep Westley safe, at great cost to herself.
submission
/səbˈmɪʃən/
nounthe state or act of accepting defeat and not having a choice but to obey the person in the position of power
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1. Muslims believe that God sent Muhammad as the final prophet to bring people back to the one true religion, which involves the worship of, and submission to, a single and all-powerful God.
2. A society of surveillance is just one step away from a society of submission.
3. Forget the submission.
4. The other S word is submission.
5. Submission brings peace.
to subscribe to
/səbskɹˈaɪb tuː/
verbto support or agree with an idea, opinion, etc.
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1. The first shots according to the witnesses we have SPOKEN to and seen for Our Wire Service that we Subscribe To, the earliest shots just after 7:00 A.M. people heard SHOTS up until a quarter to 8 and 8:00.
surely
/ˈʃʊɹɫi/
adverbused as a positive response to something
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1. Surely the lower-speed roundabouts cause horrible traffic problems.
2. Surely this word prevent also has a little bit of its modern meaning.
3. Surely, no real-life reimagining of Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie could tarnish their radiant happiness and general excitement for life?
4. Hard work surely pays off.
5. - Surely, you guys remember our twin swap video.
sympathetic
/ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/
adjectivedisplaying support or approval
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1. The sympathetic is very vigilant.
2. The first installment of his story through about 2 Samuel 5, is clearly sympathetic to David and favorable to David.
3. A good portion of the population, Particularly the folks in New England, were still sympathetic to Britain.
4. Blacks are more sympathetic to other blacks.
5. Her sisters were sympathetic to Kim’s agony.
sympathetically
/ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪkəɫi/, /ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪkɫi/
adverbin a manner that displays support or approval
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1. But even as it portrays them sympathetically, it still leaves Native Americans as a side story, part of the white main character’s redemption arc.
2. "Nobody's really happy about taking a close relative to the Catbox," said Dr. Hitz gently, sympathetically.
3. Perhaps surprisingly, Karl was sympathetically viewed as an eccentric romantic by the public.
4. And the important point is to let it evolve sympathetically.
5. But if he wants to talk about it, listen sympathetically.
to sympathize
/ˈsɪmpəˌθaɪz/
verbto support and approve of something or someone
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1. I really sympathize.
2. He sympathizes with you.
3. As a freelance journalist, I sympathize.
4. I sympathize so much.
5. - I sympathize to a certain extent.