if
/ˈɪf/, /ɪf/
conjunctionused to express one's opinion
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1. Surveillance and privacy issues could arise if the central bank is able to monitor every transaction.
2. Some faithful friends of Stalin even admitted to having disloyal thoughts if not deeds, which was adequate sin to justify execution.
3. If the President vetoes a law, Congress, with a two thirds vote in both houses, can override the veto.
4. If you want to see their herniated disc, get an MRI.
5. If the carpet isn’t too dirty, the safer play is probably to just vacuum.
if anything
/ɪf ˈɛnɪθˌɪŋ/
phraseused to introduce a statement to contradict the general belief or used after a negative statement to contradict or add to it
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1. Is it foreshadowing if anything with James is actually a flashback?
2. But I can't remember if anything else has happened.
3. Well, if anything has happened to you, something like this, fellow deaf people and viewers, let me know in the comments down below, if you're comfortable with that.
4. Let me know in the comments if anything like this has happened to you, fellow deaf people.
5. Especially in an environment where if anything happens, if anything bad happens the end result is probably going to be bad.
if you ask me
/ɪf juː ˈæsk mˌiː/
phraseused when someone gives their personal opinion, emphasizing on the fact that it is their personal view
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1. Like if you ask me how I go to the bathroom then I might just look at you funny and walk off, but.
2. If you ask me what the key to this market is it Zoom.
3. If you ask me what you can do, I spent my early years in Utica, New York.
4. Bit of a risky escape strategy, if you ask me.
5. And if you ask me, the saga of the carnivores could never be complete without the forgotten story of the beardogs.
I am easy
/aɪɐm ˈiːzi/
sentenceused to express indifference toward the options or choices that are offered
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1. "I'm easy to reach."
2. If it's cool and all that stuff, hit me up on Twitter, I'm easy to find.
3. Because I'm easy come, easy go.
4. I'm easy as pie can have something to do with Caroline bed we didn't see who's behind the road into the absurd
5. I'm easy.
IMHO
/ɪmhˈoʊ/
phrasean abbreviation that is used in texting to express one's personal opinion about a particular subject
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impression
/ˌɪmˈpɹɛʃən/
nounan opinion or feeling that one has about someone or something, particularly one formed unconsciously
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1. You still do impressions.
2. doing impressions.
3. I did impressions.
4. Impression was really superb.
5. The very first part is impressions.
in all honesty
/ɪn ˈɔːl ˈɑːnɪsti/
phraseused to express one's opinions in an honest, serious, or truthful way, especially with disappointment
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1. In all honesty, I hate the ring light, and I don't really use it anymore because I think I found a setup lighting wise that you will find out about in a minute.
2. In all honesty, probably during the same week, I was having one of my big depression episodes.
3. Dimitrios Tsivrikos: In all honesty, a number of these creams are used as placebo effects.
4. Bruce, in all honesty, thank you for having me here.
5. The curse of success Messenger had millions of users, had innovative features, and was, in all honesty, addicting.
inclined
/ˌɪnˈkɫaɪnd/
adjectivegiving an opinion in a way that is not strong
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1. That boy is musically inclined, Lord Jesus.
2. if you feel so inclined.
3. So both defense companies and Congress are inclined to strike a deal quickly.
4. They were scientifically inclined.
5. It is more culturally inclined.
to infer
/ˌɪnˈfɝ/
verbto reach an opinion or decision based on available evidence and deduction
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1. We can also infer the shape of the inflationary potential.
2. Privacy infers a value.
3. This infer ending S links right into the I.
4. Our brains infer.
5. And that fact is inferred from the observations of these galaxies.
inference
/ˈɪnfɝəns/
nouna conclusion that is deduced from the existing evidence or known facts
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1. And finally, we-- sort of another category is doing inference on individual consumer behavior.
2. Your brain is making an inference.
3. I got the inference.
4. So, the other class of approximate inference methods is variational inference.
5. My inference is this.
inflexibility
/ˌɪnˌfɫɛksɪˈbɪɫɪti/
nounthe quality of being unable or unwilling to change
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1. Some blame Germany for the inflexibility of the Schlieffen Plan.
2. Using that framework, here are five signs of cognitive inflexibility.
3. And this inflexibility in configurations is one of the prices that we pay for the tight integration of Apple's M1 SoC. Same goes for memory.
4. We'll look at three-- impatience, inflexibility, and tunnel vision.
5. The next pitfall is inflexibility.
inflexibly
/ˌɪnˈfɫɛksəbɫi/
adverbin a firm and unchangeable manner
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1. He refused, he said, to be, quote, "inflexibly committed to any one plan."
in my book
/ɪn maɪ bˈʊk/
phraseaccording to one’s own personal opinion
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1. You're valid in my book.
2. Governments Sachs in my in my book is a moniker that's well earned.
3. This is a 10, in my opinion, in my book.
4. In my book, I even mention an agriculture society in northern Colombia called Cagaba.
5. And, in fact, I put a picture of one knot in my book.
(in / to) one's eye
/ɪn tʊ wˈʌnz ˈaɪz/
phraseaccording to one’s opinion
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1. Gertrude looked away, but Rhoda could see the tears in her eyes.
2. She looked down at her left arm, and then looked at Rhoda, with hope in her eyes.
3. He looked old and sad, but there were no tears in his eyes.
4. She stared at Rhoda, with terror in her eyes.
5. 'And to my eyes one was no different from the other.'
in someone's opinion
/ɪn sˈʌmwʌnz əpˈɪniən/
phraseused to express what one thinks or believes, which is not necessarily a fact
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to interject
/ˌɪntɝˈdʒɛkt/
verbto suddenly interrupt someone with one’s own opinion or remark
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1. May I just interject one thing?
2. We interject a little bit of discomfort.
3. - Interject if I forget something.
4. Can I just interject a question there?
5. So I interject some text in between each of these.
in the sight of
/ɪnðə sˈaɪt ʌv/
phraseaccording to someone's opinion or perception
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1. We are equal in the sight of God!'
2. And I was taught to believe that men and women are equal in the sight of God and should have equal rights.
3. It may be, that in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor man’s child.
4. it's not on the actual park property but it's in the sight of the park.
5. Calvin adds that being good at business is far more pleasing in the sight of God than being an aristocratic warrior or even a monk.
intransigence
/ˌɪnˈtɹænsədʒəns/, /ˌɪnˈtɹænsɪdʒəns/
nounthe state or quality of unwillingness to change one's opinion or behavior
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1. But the campaign and Houthi intransigence have succeeded in transforming the Arab world's poorest country into a humanitarian catastrophe.
2. His principled intransigence, his indefatigable energies had made him great Secretary of State, but the same stubbornness and self-righteousness, contempt for compromise and for the business of politics made him a terrible president.
3. This is partly because of the absolute intransigence of the Bishop of Alexandria-- the Archbishop of Alexandria, Athanasius.
4. The second cause of this roots of radicalism is what we might call perceptions of southern intransigence or perceptions of southern truculence.
5. First, the intransigence of local leaders to settle for nothing less than their maximum demands.
to judge
/ˈdʒədʒ/
verbto form a decision or opinion based on what one knows
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1. The judge began the trial.
2. How would you judge this current moment in the U.S. and globally?
3. Ultimately, our brains judge color and brightness in context.
4. Judges go their own way.
5. Judges block any adoption requests.
judgement
/ˈdʒədʒmənt/
nounan opinion that is formed after thinking carefully
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1. Use your judgement.
2. We make judgements every moment of the day.
3. Those judgements will pop up.
4. You question my judgement?
5. - and make judgements about people?
to keep one's own counsel
/kˈiːp wˈʌnz ˈoʊn kˈaʊnsəl/
phraseto keep one's opinions, plans, or intentions secret
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1. Be gracious, listen, appreciate the care and advice, but there are times, Sarah Jessica, to keep your own counsel.
2. But there are times, Sarah Jessica, to keep your own counsel.
leaning
/ˈɫinɪŋ/
nouna tendency to believe in or favor something
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1. Sometimes these are explicit liberal or conservative political leanings.
2. However, not everyone enjoyed Jefferson’s French leanings.
3. What's your political leaning?
4. It advertises social group, political leaning, lifestyle.
5. - Tell me a little bit about your political leanings.
judge
/ˈdʒədʒ/
nounsomeone who possesses the necessary knowledge or ability to form or give an opinion about something or someone
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1. The judge began the trial.
2. How would you judge this current moment in the U.S. and globally?
3. Ultimately, our brains judge color and brightness in context.
4. Judges go their own way.
5. Judges block any adoption requests.
to lean
/ˈɫin/
verbto have a tendency to choose or support something
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1. His three listeners leaned forward eagerly.
2. Leaning tower of Christmas tree.
3. Lean your face back.
4. - Lean that tray over.
5. Lean two loose bundles of the larger branches against either side of the tinder pile.
to lean toward
/lˈiːn tʊwˈɔːɹd/
verbto favor something, especially an opinion
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1. Number 2: lean toward the person that you're speaking with.
2. I would definitely lean toward Levi for this battle.
3. He leans toward the Mennonite.
4. Now I was leaning toward Yale anyway
5. - I'm leaning toward no.
left field
/lˈɛft fˈiːld/
nounan opinion that is uncommon, unpopular, or strange
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1. But this flatness thing comes out of left field.
2. That fence and left field is way lower.
3. So these flavors are not completely out of left field so far.
4. Then this one comes out of left field.
5. - It was my left field?
like
/ˈɫaɪk/
prepositionused in a question asking for a description of someone or something
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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 maintain
/meɪnˈteɪn/
verbto firmly express an opinion or statement as true and valid, although others may disagree
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1. The cell has to maintain a separation from the rest of the universe.
2. Number eight is always maintaining a credit card balance.
3. - Maintain normal blood pressure and blood sugar levels.
4. Maintain eye contact.
5. Maintaining the shape of a diamond.
to make one's voice heard
/mˌeɪk wˈʌnz vˈɔɪs hˈɜːd/
phraseto ascertain that one's feeling, opinion, point of view, etc. is considered, understood, or has an impact
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1. Ceos who have the power, who have capital, who have large employee bases, who pay taxes, need to stand up and make their voice heard.
2. He also made his voice heard on a national level when he became involved in government issues.
3. Voting is one of the main ways you can make your voice heard in a democratic society.
4. Or, if you prefer, you can make your voice heard in other ways.
5. Voting isn't the only way to make your voice heard, people.
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?
to misjudge
/mɪsˈdʒədʒ/
verban unfair opinion formed about someone due to wrong assessment or estimation
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1. You simply have misjudged its value.
2. People misjudge my age or my origin.
3. I misjudged you, Rob.
4. The larva misjudged its strike, and unintentionally propelled it into safety.
5. Well, he misjudged the justices.
misjudgment
/mɪsˈdʒədʒmənt/
nounan incorrect or unjust opinion that is formed about someone
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1. And if you have no sense of these numbers, you can make very serious misjudgment.
2. But those misjudgments don’t happen for the same reason.
3. It has been a monumental illustration of misjudgment, and it has been a monumental absence of preparing for the second wave.
4. At this point, we come to the misjudgments, because the British commission made a fatal error when they realized that that angle wasn't going to work.
5. People were making misjudgments all the time on her mood.
mistake
/mɪˈsteɪk/
nounan act or opinion that is wrong
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1. When he hugged his daughter to soothe his pain, he realized his mistake too late.
2. At the same time, agencies definitely make mistakes.
3. People make mistakes.
4. Even the world's biggest tech giants can make mistakes.
5. - People mistake your culture.
mistaken
/mɪˈsteɪkən/
adjectivewrong in one's judgment, opinion, or belief
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1. Media reports are mistaken.
2. The verb agreement is mistaken.
3. Which fruit gets mistaken for vegetables?
4. Our intuition is rarely mistaken.
5. Bites from bed bugs are sometimes mistaken for mosquito bites.
mistakenly
/mɪˈsteɪkənɫi/
adverbin a wrong or incorrect manner
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1. Most students mistakenly believe the roommate-assignment system is arbitrary.
2. Well, under King's command, the facility mistakenly shipped live anthrax to other labs.
3. A murder suspect in California was mistakenly released from jail yesterday due to a data-entry error.
4. - Anybody can be mistakenly identified.
5. EA actually mistakenly advertised a Battlefield 4 beta as a pre-order promotion for Medal of Honor Warfighter on Origin last year.
to mold
/ˈmoʊɫd/
verbto shape or influence the way someone’s character or opinions develop
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1. You said mold?
2. Mold is a very common cause of brain fog, anxiety, and depression.
3. Mold is a microscopic fungus.
4. Mold is good in the cheese world.
5. Your mind in fact, molds the energy of this universe into shape, substance and form.
to moralize
/ˈmɔɹəˌɫaɪz/
verbto be critical of people and tell them what is right and wrong in order to establish one’s superiority
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1. The Bible doesn't moralize, or rarely, rarely moralizes.
2. The Bible doesn't moralize, or rarely, rarely moralizes.
3. Cervantes is not moralizing here, and he hardly ever does.
4. But it's really a moralized conception that has heroism at its heart.
5. But he did not moralize long.
to muzzle
/ˈməzəɫ/
verbto restrain someone from freely expressing their opinions in public
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1. Drill instructor: Grab the muzzle.
2. You may have grains of propellant that exit the muzzle faster than the bullet, supersonically.
3. And that muzzle bear?
4. Because each muzzle flash is a snowflake.
5. They have a shorter muzzle.
name
/ˈneɪm/
nounthe reputation that someone has or the opinion that people have about them
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1. His name was Franz Joseph Gall.
2. The new girl was eight years old too, and her name was Joan.
3. The new girl was eight years old too, and her name was Joan.
4. Her name is Sara.
5. Google began organizing its health initiatives under the name Google Health in 2018, and now it boasts over 500 employees.
non-committally
/nˈɑːnkəmˈɪɾəli/
adverbin a way that deliberately refrains from giving a definitive answer or expressing one's opinion or intentions clearly
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not half
/nˌɑːt hˈæf/
phraseused to emphasize a fact, opinion, statement or quality
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1. That's called contractionary fiscal policy, and that's not half as fun.
2. Like why aren't half of 'em in a mountain in Colorado?
3. To give you an idea of how strange this thing is paleontologists saw different parts of this creature and described them as a shrimp a sea cucumber a jellyfish or a jellyfish on top of a sponge but all those fossils belong to just two species of arthropod not half a dozen kinds of smaller species with it's big eyes and grasping mouthparts they now figure anomalocaris was a major predator in the Cambrian seas.
4. And necks that aren't half the length of their torsos.
5. - It's fine, this isn't half as much blood as yesterday.
right on
/ɹˈaɪt ˈɑːn/
phrasestated in a way that is exactly accurate
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notice
/ˈnoʊtəs/, /ˈnoʊtɪs/
noun(usually plural) a short review on a new play, book, film etc., especially one that is written exclusively for a newspaper or magazine
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1. So he puts a wall around the garden, with a big notice on it.
2. Magicians also prey on our change blindness, the psychological phenomenon in which we fail to notice changes in our environment.
3. So, my mom has noticed a difference.
4. Hey, you guys ever notice that old lady down the street?
5. Notice that?
platitude
/ˈpɫætɪˌtud/
nouna statement or advice that is no longer effective or interesting because it has been repeated over and over again
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1. That’s not just some empty platitude.
2. It wasn't just nice platitudes.
3. Jesus didn't assure him with a sweet platitude.
4. Well, this is the time for platitudes.
5. Nor is this Lead The Field program a collection of pleasantries, platitudes, or Pollyanna.