to account
/əˈkaʊnt/
verbto be considered or regarded in a particular way
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1. Appropriate actions include warning, suspending or terminating a bad actor's account.
2. Client accounts receivable.
3. Also user accounts as well.
4. Accounts differ on that matter.
5. The family separation policy of the Khans accounts in part for the rapid absorption of the Mongols into the Turkic and Farsi peoples in the west of the empire.
about-face
/ɐbˌaʊtfˈeɪs/
nouna major or complete change in attitude, opinion, or behavior
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1. So in that essence alone, it was a dramatic about-face from regulators because it had already been given the go-ahead by securities regulators and in the 11th hour it was pulled.
2. Apparently, the PRINCE has had this about-face.
3. It is an epilogue, and it was likely added in order to relieve the gloom and the pessimism and the fatalism of the prophet's message, because in these verses, Amos does an almost complete about-face.
4. So he does this immediate about-face in a very comic touch and sets sail for Spain, the other end of the Mediterranean.
5. Given Trump's about-face at the CPAC conference over vaccines, he might well be able to make a difference.
according to
/ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tuː/
prepositionbased on what someone has said or written
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1. According to a government study, only 1% of network marketing participants actually turn a profit.
2. According to data from the federal communications commission, just 4% of urban Americans lack access to broadband internet.
3. This simulation tracks the movements of a particle according to three simple equations.
4. According to Porsche, the 4S model makes 482 horsepower and 479 foot pounds of torque.
5. According to an old saying, 'Everything's Bigger in Texas'.
advice
/ædˈvaɪs/, /ədˈvaɪs/
nouna suggestion or an opinion that is given with regard to making the best decision in a specific situation
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1. Get advice.
2. So my question is seeking advice.
3. Parents give advice to young people.
4. The people in the group can offer advice.
5. From all 30% of you, the rest of us want advice.
to advise
/ædˈvaɪz/, /ədˈvaɪz/
verbto provide someone with a suggestion regarding a specific situation
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1. However, moderates within the party advised restraint.
2. Viewer discretion is advised.
3. Some analysts advise banks, insurance companies and other large investment groups.
4. Dermatologists ALWAYS advise the use of sunscreen.
5. Teenagers are advised 8 hours of sleep.
then again
/ðˈɛn ɐɡˈɛn/
phraseused to add a statement that contradicts what one has just said
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1. From a dark corner of the stairs we admired the ladies as they went up to their rooms, and then again as they descended to dinner in their elegant evening dresses.
2. Then again I think that's just the risk you take.
3. But then again, if she's always been like this, I guess it makes sense.
4. But then again, again, I use a Hobonichi.
5. I understand that kids get very scared about reporting this type of thing and the blame is not on them at all, absolutely not, but I'm just, but then again, abusers are good at what they do.
to air
/ˈɛɹ/
verbto let one's opinions or complains be known
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1. They believed that bad air caused infections and illnesses.
2. Air has 29.
3. This guy, this guy invented air.
4. Air dry the flowers.
5. the dancers legs are changing position mid-air, back to front.
airing
/ˈɛɹɪŋ/
nouna public expression or discussion of opinions
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1. In their airing of grievances the people included demands to fix France’s system of weights and measures.
2. The final straw came with the March 1st airing of an episode of The Shop, a talk show produced by LeBron James in which Brown executed a rapid fire verbal assault on Ben . -
3. During the live airing, I was already feeling that it wasn't going well.
4. Shortly after the airing of the season finale, Michael Chabon answered fan questions for TrekMovie.com.
5. Now we have a full proper airing from 60 Minutes, and I want to get right into it.
to answer for
/ˈænsɚ fɔːɹ/
verb(usually negative) to state that someone else will have a particular opinion or will do something
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1. Annie stopped crying, but didn't answer for a few seconds.
2. But, crucially, the company needs to answer for what happened here.
3. The time has come to answer for your mortal crimes, Makasu!
4. Somebody else answered for him.
5. Was the rest of the question answered for you?
to assert
/əˈsɝt/
verbto behave confidently in a way that demands recognition of one's opinions
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1. It asserts a strong right to privacy.
2. To assert power.
3. The witness then asserts her Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination.
4. Platonism asserts the superiority of the spirit and the inferiority of matter.
5. The Pagan warriors asserted their influence from the Anglo-Saxon heartland to the rivers of Russia.
assertion
/əˈsɝʃən/
nouna statement representing a fact or what you strongly believe in
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1. The other part of the hypothesis-- the more important part-- is the assertion that prices--
2. The almost touchingly obvious method is via direct assertion.
3. Competitive assertion was still commonplace.
4. Now, our history has seen genuine assertions of extraordinary prerogative on the part of presidents.
5. An assertion is a very different thing.
assertively
/əˈsɝtɪvɫi/
adverbin an authoritative way that highlights one's beliefs clearly so that people take notice
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1. The Soldiers Home saying in a statement that they have ASSERTIVELY responded to the EMERGENCY situation and are continually making NECESSARY changes on the GROUND to protect residents' safety.
2. - The best safety tool that we can have is keeping distance from somebody, so we can even start with something simple and almost, like, assertively polite.
3. There's also kind of a layer of very assertively flavored cheese.
4. The sentiment about Melania's influence was shared by New Jersey's former governor Chris Christie, who said, "She picks her spots when she wants to speak assertively, but when she does, the president listens."
5. The ability to ask for what I want politely, kindly and assertively.
(as / ) far as sb/sth is concerned
/æz fˈɑːɹ æz ˌɛsbˈiː slˈæʃ ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ ɪz kənsˈɜːnd/
phraseused when someone gives their personal opinion, especially if it is in contrast with someone else's opinion
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1. We have it in comfort mode, as far as the suspension is concerned, and it's really not that comfortable.
2. We have it in comfort mode, as far as the suspension is concerned, and it's really not that comfortable.
3. As far as the PPP is concerned, I was really lucky enough to have a banker through Bank of America who called me Tuesday night at like 9 o'clock at night and said, "Okay, the link's gonna be live tomorrow."
4. As far as the PPP is concerned, I was really lucky enough to have a banker through Bank of America who called me Tuesday night at like 9 o'clock at night and said, "Okay, the link's gonna be live tomorrow."
5. Just goes to show that, as far as evolution is concerned, if it was a good adaptation before, it will still be a good adaptation millions of years later.
(as / ) far as sb/sth is concerned
/æz fˈɑːɹ æz ˌɛsbˈiː slˈæʃ ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ ɪz kənsˈɜːnd/
phraseused to talk or give an opinion about a specific thing or person
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1. We have it in comfort mode, as far as the suspension is concerned, and it's really not that comfortable.
2. We have it in comfort mode, as far as the suspension is concerned, and it's really not that comfortable.
3. As far as the PPP is concerned, I was really lucky enough to have a banker through Bank of America who called me Tuesday night at like 9 o'clock at night and said, "Okay, the link's gonna be live tomorrow."
4. As far as the PPP is concerned, I was really lucky enough to have a banker through Bank of America who called me Tuesday night at like 9 o'clock at night and said, "Okay, the link's gonna be live tomorrow."
5. Just goes to show that, as far as evolution is concerned, if it was a good adaptation before, it will still be a good adaptation millions of years later.
at best
/æt bˈɛst/
phraseused when you take the most optimistic view, especially in a bad situation
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1. It's a much more functional system than our own where vocational education is an afterthought at best.
2. I think it's conceivable, but it's a very, very, very long way off, we're talking something that's probably 40 or 50 years away at best.
3. The amount of revenue that's generated from even the most efficient ambulance systems is limited by the fact that if you want that ambulance in your community to be available for you when you need it, that means they can only really be doing ambulance calls about half the time at best.
4. At best, states delivered aid to about half of their applicants.
5. The UC Regents, which say there are problems with the S.A.T., this exam that at best measures how a student will do in the first year at the UC system.
to avow
/əˈvaʊ/
verbto publicly state that something is the case
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1. If it were mine, I would avow it.
2. Furthermore, despite the apparently sexually liberated spirit of the times, the lion's share of our sexual impulses remains impossible to avow.
3. They couldn't believe this avow.
4. But at age 87, he avowed that he was only nearly old.
5. What the Humboldt Forum does with the bronze and ivory works is a key test of its avowed commitment to explore new ideas and truly pursue cultural exchange with other countries as equals.
avowal
/ɐvˈaʊəl/
nounan open declaration or affirmation of one’s opinions
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1. It's the avowal lichen push sugar.
2. The lovers delight in endearments, in avowals of love, in comparisons of their regards.
3. Perhaps no Anglo-Saxon fully understands the fluency in self-revelation which centuries of the confessional have given to the Latin races, and to Durham, at any rate, Madame de Treymes' sudden avowal gave the shock of a physical abandonment.
4. It was an odd circumstance of the case that, though Madame de Treymes' avowal of duplicity was fresh in his ears, he did not for a moment believe that she would deceive him again.
to backpedal
/ˈbækˌpɛdəɫ/
verbto completely change one’s position on or opinion about something to not do what one has promised
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1. Charney later backpedaled, saying that Cieply had enormous credibility.
2. Amy: Just backpedaled on that.
3. But after intense pressure from advocates and progressive Democrats, Biden backpedaled.
4. Learning that he had succeeded, they quickly backpedaled and publicly honoured the Scotsman’s victory.
5. And of course he backpedaled right away.
to backtrack
/ˈbækˌtɹæk/
verbto change one's opinion, or retract one's statement due to being under pressure
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1. They backtracked on that.
2. I’m backtracking.
3. Now AMD backtracked on this largely due to community feedback.
4. - Don't backtrack now.
5. But now the school is backtracking after pushback from parents and Black history supporters.
badly
/ˈbædɫi/
adverbin an unfavorable or disapproving manner
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1. - Badly, my boyfriend ended things last night.
2. Play guitar badly.
3. A man needs friendship badly.
4. Our country badly hit the whole world badly.
5. Our country badly hit the whole world badly.
basically
/ˈbeɪsɪkɫi/
adverbused to state one’s opinion while emphasizing or summarizing its most important aspects
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1. So, basically, you can use it as a regular alarm clock.
2. Basically, entrepreneurs believe in themselves.
3. So we needed refineries, which were basically giant chemical plants.
4. - This one right here is basically.
5. Basically. - Makes sense.
bias
/ˈbaɪəs/
nounan unfair behavior that favors or discriminates against someone or something
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1. Bias sucks.
2. What function does bias serve?
3. The ref is biased.
4. Lastly, number four is anchoring bias.
5. They have biases.
to bias
/ˈbaɪəs/
verbto unfairly influence or manipulate something or someone in favor of one particular opinion or point of view, often to the detriment of others
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1. Bias sucks.
2. What function does bias serve?
3. The ref is biased.
4. Lastly, number four is anchoring bias.
5. They have biases.
to budge
/ˈbədʒ/
verbto come to an agreement with someone or make them change their mind
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1. Still the people inside would not budge.
2. Don't budge.
3. Won't budge an inch!
4. 'Budge not,' says my conscience.
5. This thing won’t budge!
to blow hot and cold
/blˈoʊ hˈɑːt ænd kˈoʊld/
phraseto keep changing one’s attitude towards someone or something
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1. Because you've got to admit, he blows hot and cold, like one of those psycho boyfriends.
2. This question really is blowing hot and cold - now I have no idea how much heat is actually lost from the head!
3. But the roles are reversed in the following passage, and this is where the text blows hot and cold.
4. Even those tribes that often blew hot and cold, such as the Chatti, might turn renegade for Arminius if the situation looked optimal.
to call a spade a spade
/kˈɔːl ɐ spˈeɪd ɐ spˈeɪd/
phraseto talk about something in a completely open and direct way
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1. - This video is sponsored by LG but guys, I still gotta call a spade a spade here.
2. In one memorable meeting in Montreal, former Prime Minister Paul Martin got a fairly solid ovation when he said, let's call a spade a spade, this was cultural genocide.
3. and you know I'm a noble guy and I will call a spade a spade.
4. but again I'm a vocal coach I have to call a spade a spade
5. I don't care if you have man love for Sting, I'm going to call a spade a spade, just talk about it like it is so please bear with me when I do that because I'm doing this because he is awesome not because I think he sucks
to change one's mind
/tʃˈeɪndʒ wˈʌnz mˈaɪnd/
phraseto change one's opinion or decision regarding something
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1. They argued for a long time, and then Mr Edwards said, 'Well, I can't make you change your mind, and you can't make me change mine, so let's have an agreement: I won't vote for the Labour Party, and you won't vote for the Conservative Party.
2. Whether it’s because I don't feel like it's relevant or because I've just changed my mind, which is normal.
3. and I changed my mind
4. I'm not sure if that would have, if working with deaf people would have changed his mind because he was already working with disabled people and still won't make his content accessible and from what I've been told, people have been trying to get him to make his content accessible and it was either ignored entirely or people have actually been told no but don't quote me but that's what I remember from my memory
5. You weren't gonna change my mind.
to change one's tune
/tʃˈeɪndʒ wˈʌnz tˈuːn/
phraseto change one's opinion or behavior toward something
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1. Eventually, Vanderbilt changed his tune about William after he took a poor farm in Staten Island and made it profitable.
2. He eventually changed his tune when he realized that he could name around 7,700 flowering plants alone.
3. But with the French suddenly preparing to invade Prussia through those southern states, the holdout German rulers changed their tune.
4. However, as Hitler began to rack up international military victories, Wilhelm changed his tune and began to heap praise upon him.
5. Robespierre, however, had changed his tune and was now in favour of a constitutional monarchy.
to come around
/kˈʌm ɐɹˈaʊnd/
verbto completely change one's decision or opinion
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1. Eventually, though, the rest of the astronomers came around.
2. The '90s came around.
3. The idea came around five years ago.
4. Come around.
5. Come around.
to come out
/kˈʌm ˈaʊt/
verbto express if one is for or against an idea or arguement
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1. If you don't know what Hush is, it is a movie that came out on Netflix and it stars Kate Siegel.
2. Monday's video always comes out.
3. Come out.
4. My friend, come out.
5. The secrets come out.
to come over
/kˈʌm ˈoʊvɚ/
verbto completely change one’s point of view or side
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1. Right then, some fan, by the way, came over.
2. MICHAEL: Come over here.
3. Come over.
4. Your parents came over?
5. Coming over.
comment
/ˈkɑmɛnt/
nouna spoken or written remark that expresses an opinion or reaction
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1. The governor did not respond to Insider's request for comment.
2. Go comment that below.
3. You guys, comment that down below.
4. Just reading comments.
5. Okay guys, comment down below.
to comment
/ˈkɑmɛnt/
verbto express one’s opinion or give explanations about something
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1. The governor did not respond to Insider's request for comment.
2. Go comment that below.
3. You guys, comment that down below.
4. Just reading comments.
5. Okay guys, comment down below.
to confer
/kənˈfɝ/
verbto exchange opinions and have discussions with others, often to come to an agreement or decision
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1. And well-deserved hoots and hugs and hollers and high-fives as your degree is actually conferred.
2. The context really does confer meaning.
3. Again, birth alone does not confer on you citizenship of any particular country.
4. He's conferring on them an equality rather than a hierarchical ordering of the two luminaries, the sun and the moon.
5. A symbol of royalty in ancient Rome, China, and Egypt, a necktie has always conferred status of some kind.
to convert
/ˈkɑnvɝt/, /kənˈvɝt/
verbto adopt a new set of principles, ideas, or methods
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1. Worms convert organic waste and other compostable products into natural fertilizers.
2. The angry mass killer was converted into an evangelical pacifist.
3. These nanocrystals convert light according to their size.
4. Lots of old warehouse converted buildings.
5. A good question converts the natural sense of wonder into a focused line of investigation.
declamation
/dᵻklɐmˈeɪʃən/
nouna strong statement or a piece of writing that expresses certain feelings and opinions
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1. The clearest evidence of Bodley's 155 intended use in the musical declamation of the gospel is the addition of adiastematic neumes.
2. Now, if that's the sort of thing you know about Freud, you are not going to have a very high opinion of him or of his work, but at the core of Freud's declamation, the more interesting ideas, is a set of claims of a man's intellectual importance.
3. this brings us to the second technique, exaggerated declamation, where you take those natural fluctuations in speech and amplify them, like in All Black.
4. for me, though, one of the most interesting uses of exaggerated declamation comes from True Believer.
declamatory
/dᵻklˈæmətˌoːɹi/
adjectiveexpressing one’s feelings in a dramatic and forceful way
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1. While this claim caused beef between Three 6 Mafia and Cleveland's Bone Thugs N Harmony, the Memphis flow was declamatory, in your face, regular in meter, and more staccato than Bone Thugs's harmonic and more rhythmically complex group rapping.
to deduce
/dɪˈdus/
verbto determine by a process of logical reasoning
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1. We deduce A from B.
2. And then you're deducing other facts from those facts.
3. Edward Abraham correctly deduced the structure of penicillin, at roughly the same time as American chemist Robert Burns Woodward.
4. He deduces the direction in which it must have fled.
5. From these pictures, they can deduce the pis.
to deem
/ˈdim/
verbto consider in a particular manner
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1. Military brass deemed this a potential disaster for the United States for several reasons.
2. However, many people deemed the use of real butterfly wings as an animal hate crime.
3. In 2015 the World Health Organization deemed this particular pesticide a probable carcinogen.
4. For the most part, even a president's harshest critics deem first children off limits.
5. - I deem myself the winner.
to delude
/dɪˈɫud/
verbto mislead someone or to make them believe something that is not true
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1. [Demis] Still deluded?
2. One Twitter user even called him a deluded idiot.
3. Are you deluding yourself?
4. He's deluded.
5. - Parents are deluded.
delusion
/dɪˈɫuʒən/
nouna reinforced false belief or opinion that someone has
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1. Fregoli delusion has the opposite problem.
2. The delusions can take on a persecutory or nihilistic tone.
3. You have delusions.
4. They have delusions of grandeur.
5. Dexamethasone, rare side effect of the drug includes grandiose delusions.
to discuss
/dɪˈskəs/
verbto talk or write about a subject in detail in while taking different perspectives and issues into consideration
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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/
nounan act or process of talking and sharing ideas in order to reach a decision or conclusion
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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?
dogmatically
/dɑɡˈmætɪkɫi/
adverbin a critical and arrogant manner therefore refusing to consider other's opinions
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1. And he goes on again to say that this affirmation isn't stated dogmatically anywhere but it pervades Israelite creativity, biblical texts.
2. My own position, but I don't hold to it dogmatically, is that of a moderate catastrophist.
3. But for right now I'll say just dogmatically, and I'll elaborate for you later, that the Enlightenment revolved around two ideas.
4. He isn't dogmatically stuck in old paradigms about how socialism has to work.
5. But if she inclined towards reform she was neither dogmatically nor straightforwardly Protestant, and the religious settlement of 1559, the first business of her reign, very much reflected that fact.
to convert
/ˈkɑnvɝt/, /kənˈvɝt/
verbto persuade someone to adopt new ideas, principles, or methods
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1. Worms convert organic waste and other compostable products into natural fertilizers.
2. The angry mass killer was converted into an evangelical pacifist.
3. These nanocrystals convert light according to their size.
4. Lots of old warehouse converted buildings.
5. A good question converts the natural sense of wonder into a focused line of investigation.
