at variance
/æt vˈɛɹiəns/
adjectivenot in agreement with; different
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1. Prof: So let's actually begin today's lecture, which is titled "Ever At Variance and Foolishly Jealous-- Intercolonial Relations."
2. And this Court has said before that where Congress's intent is clear, it will not read literally the statute to bring about a result completely at variance with what Congress intended.
3. But Your Honor, I think to read this statute by such a literal method, on such a technical-- really, technical meaning would be to-- really, to bring about-- to bring about-- first of all, to bring about a result so completely at variance with Congress's clear intent, that recourse to legislative history is not only defendable but is required.
4. But I think that to read it that way, and to bring about the result so completely at variance with what Congress intended is simply unjustified and uncalled for.
to bargain
/ˈbɑɹɡən/, /ˈbɑɹɡɪn/
verbto negotiate the terms and conditions of a contract, sale, or transaction for a better agreement, price, etc.
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1. This one's a bargain.
2. Credit is a bargain.
3. Bargain hunters are out there.
4. The bargain had the car.
5. - Bargains to end your back pain.
bargaining
/ˈbɑɹɡɪnɪŋ/
noundiscussions to come to an agreement on conditions, prices, etc.
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1. So bargaining worked for you.
2. The teachers call this bargaining for the common good.
3. In Massachusetts, each town has its collective bargaining agreement.
4. First, reimagining collective bargaining.
5. So reimagining collective bargaining.
bargaining chip
/bˈɑːɹɡɪnɪŋ tʃˈɪp/
nounanything that gives an advantage to a person or group when trying to reach an agreement
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1. That’s because the gingerbread men can now use their future decisions as bargaining chips for the present ones.
2. What other bargaining chip do prisoners have at their disposal right now?
3. The Dreamers have been a political bargaining chip, and they exist in limbo right now.
4. The government sees the value of foreigners as human bargaining chips who can play a part in easing the punitive sanctions the country faces.
5. Countersuing for 80% would give FaZe Clan a bargaining chip against Tfue.
bargaining power
/bˈɑːɹɡɪnɪŋ pˈaʊɚ/
nounthe influence or power that a person or group has during discussions to reach an agreement that is to their advantage
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1. So it totally distorts the bargaining power.
2. Especially when there's unequal bargaining power.
3. So it solves the problem of evening up the bargaining power imbalance.
4. The problem is the imbalance in bargaining power.
5. The problem is the imbalance in bargaining power.
dialog
/ˈdaɪəɫɔɡ/
nouna discussion between two groups or states, particularly one intended to resolve a problem
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1. Order confirmation dialog comes up.
2. Always check the order confirmation dialog here.
3. They really have that dialog.
4. Then display dialog.
5. You need the dialog.
difference
/ˈdɪfɝəns/, /ˈdɪfɹəns/
nouna disagreement on something
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1. It's a stark difference when you are just one of everybody else versus being the black guy.
2. Well, countries have differences.
3. I defer difference.
4. We have differences.
5. Difference is celebrated.
different
/ˈdɪfɝənt/, /ˈdɪfɹənt/
adjectivenot like another thing or person in form, quality, nature, etc.
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1. As a result, people in different locations had different local times.
2. Apparently, the human nose has about one thousand different types of olfactory neurons.
3. The grandmothers speak a different language.
4. People draw different conclusions from this.
5. Your fetid flatulence affliction is from a different source.
to discuss
/dɪˈskəs/
verbto talk or have a discussion about something with someone
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1. In a 2020 interview with Women's Health, the then 46-year-old actress discussed her healthy diet, her action star-worthy fitness regime and her 2021 Amazon Prime Video action movie, "Jolt."
2. Discuss interests with him.
3. Discuss your interest with Eugene.
4. People discussed the matter.
5. First lets discuss the price drop.
discussion
/dɪˈskəʃən/
nouna conversation with someone about a serious subject
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1. So it generates discussion.
2. But finally, the jury instruction issue merits discussion.
3. Discussion has opportunities.
4. Now, this discussion also brings up Don Quixote's knowledge of classical Rome and its architecture.
5. Where is discussion?
to drive / strike a hard bargain
/dɹˈaɪv stɹˈaɪk ɐ hˈɑːɹd bˈɑːɹɡɪn/
phraseto be tough and smart in negotiations, insisting on favorable terms to achieve a favorable outcome for oneself
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1. You drive a hard bargain!
2. - You drive a hard bargain, Lilly Singh.
3. You drive a hard bargain, Barbie.
4. But those european allies who were afraid might drive a hard bargain and EXTRACT concessions of PRESIDENT TRUMP
5. It's because they're trying to contrast with lower-cost producers and doing in a way where they can really drive a hard bargain to get prices down.
to go against
/ɡˌoʊ ɐɡˈɛnst/
verbto not be in agreement with something; to be opposite to something
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1. That sentence goes against my entire life experience.
2. The plan goes against the advice of top American commanders.
3. Go against the grain of the ridges.
4. these things go against Dave’s perception of America.
5. Going against a heavy weight.
to hammer out
/hˈæmɚɹ ˈaʊt/
verbto come to an agreement or reach a decision after much time and effort
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inconsistently
/ɪnkənsˈɪstəntli/
adverbin a way that does not agree with something
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1. But sometimes, devices don't read the hot plug signal in the same way, as it can be implemented inconsistently, so the EDID exchange never happens.
2. Meanwhile, President Trump has baselessly claimed that voting by mail leads to massive fraud, a form of indirect vote suppression that Facebook and Twitter have handled inconsistently.
3. Art museums tend to do this awkwardly and inconsistently.
4. Those terms do get used interchangeably, inconsistently at best.
5. You shouldn't hear any pitch fluctuation or feel your air kind of spit out inconsistently almost like a train.
inconsistent
/ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt/
adjective(of two statements, etc.) not agreeing with one another
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1. These jugs are inconsistent.
2. the research is inconsistent.
3. Your Republican politics as well as your Republican religion is flagrantly inconsistent.
4. The bottom of the ocean here is inconsistent.
5. These two Nash equilibria are inconsistent with backward induction.
to hash out
/hˈæʃ ˈaʊt/
verbto thoroughly discuss something in order for an agreement to be reached or a decision to be made
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to hold out for
/hˈoʊld ˈaʊt fɔːɹ/
verbto not accept what has been offered in an agreement so that one can gain more than that
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1. Well, they're holding out for like, a whole lot more money.
2. The fort would hold out for ten months, during which time the Chinese army chafed.
3. Sophie, I’m holding out for that Netflix subscription.
4. yeah, holding out for season two.
5. I'm still holding out for that gooseberry White Claw.
horse trading
/hˈɔːɹs tɹˈeɪdɪŋ/
noundiscussions intended to reach an agreement in which each side tries to gain as many advantages as possible
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1. Then third stage, then you go through legislation where a lot of horse trading, or you call sausage making, occurs.
2. We'd do some horse trading, and I'd walk away with $4,000, $5,000 in a night.
3. It would tell you that the political horse trading of the path that has mired old World Cup votes has not disappeared, regardless of all the reforms that FIFA have put in place.
4. Under questioning, Turpin stuck to his story and claimed he was a down on his luck butcher from Lincolnshire called John Palmer, who now dealt in horse trading.
negotiable
/nəˈɡoʊʃəbəɫ/
adjectiveable to be changed to discussed in order for an agreement to be reached
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1. Safety is not negotiable.
2. But other things, apparently, are negotiable.
3. That's negotiable.
4. Those things are not negotiable.
5. Even the cost of health care is negotiable.
to negotiate
/nəˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/, /nɪˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/
verbto discuss the terms of an agreement or try to reach one
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1. These unions and other employee groups negotiate fair wages by industry, experience and age.
2. These airlines negotiate contracts with the pilots.
3. And so eventually the leadership of Germany negotiated an armistice.
4. Your insurance company then negotiates a lower price for every single item on the list.
5. Negotiating your salary.
negotiation
/nɪˌɡoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/
nounformal discussion intended to reach an agreement
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1. Negotiations were underway with their Arab neighbors.
2. Negotiations are ended!
3. This negotiation, a tension between creator, audience, and media itself is in this view popular culture.
4. Negotiation, after all, is an exercise in influence.
5. The negotiations broke down quickly.
out of keeping with
/ˌaʊɾəv kˈiːpɪŋ wɪð/
phrasenot in agreement with something; inappropriate in a specific situation
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out of kilter
/ˌaʊɾəv kˈɪltɚ/
phrasenot in agreement with; out of balance
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out of whack
/ˌaʊɾəv wˈæk/
phrasenot corresponding to or agreeing with something else
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1. The whole system was out of whack.
2. We're all out of whack today.
3. And with rats, something I've had a problem with here at the Homestead and it got so out of whack that I needed something to control.
4. Without this process, the whole ecosystem will fall out of whack.
5. What foods throw your digestion out of whack?
parley
/ˈpɑɹɫi/
nouna discussion in which opposing sides, usually enemies, try to reach an agreement
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1. Parley and its partners collect trash from coastal areas like the Maldives.
2. "Parley for the Oceans" collects the plastic bottles in a warehouse in Male.
3. So far, Parley has removed 1,400 tons of plastic from the Maldives.
4. The plastic bottles are recycled by Parley.
5. The Parley team has to move on.
to parley
/ˈpɑɹɫi/
verbto discuss the terms of an agreement with an opposing side, usually an enemy
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1. Parley and its partners collect trash from coastal areas like the Maldives.
2. "Parley for the Oceans" collects the plastic bottles in a warehouse in Male.
3. So far, Parley has removed 1,400 tons of plastic from the Maldives.
4. The plastic bottles are recycled by Parley.
5. The Parley team has to move on.
red line
/ɹˈɛd lˈaɪn/
nouna limit or boundary that is unchangeable and should not be violated
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1. Red line is average CAPE valuations.
2. The red line flowing from word to word, the linking.
3. So the random group is in the red line.
4. Proraso also offers a red line for coarse hair and a blue line with a particular emphasis on moisturization.
5. One, the red line, is the ratio of British to Indian per capita income.
the negotiating table
/nɪɡˈoʊʃɪˌeɪɾɪŋ tˈeɪbəl/
nouna formal discussion in which people try to come to an agreement
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1. What extends beyond the negotiating table?
2. "Take your place at the negotiating table."
3. Europe was not at the final negotiating table.
4. So at the negotiating table and in the courtroom, I'm weaponized.
5. A global push against North Korea to bring them to the negotiating table.
to talk over
/tˈɔːk ˈoʊvɚ/
verbto thoroughly discuss something, particularly in order for an agreement to be reached or a decision to be made
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1. - You just talked over it.
2. To talk over.
3. - You talked over me.
4. I’m talking over 30% of your daily carbohydrates.
5. The worst part about film-- - Is talking over people.