to say
/ˈseɪ/
verbto express one's point of view or opinion on something
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1. They said it was impossible to know a person's personality by analyzing head bumps.
2. On the way, the driver said to Harry politely, 'Could you please tell me why we are doing all these things?
3. One day one of the girls in her class said to her, "Miss Smith, why does a man's hair become gray before his mustache and beard do?"
4. "This is my first trip abroad without my parents," says Paul.
5. Its critics say the group is a pyramid scheme masking as a cult.
say
/ˈseɪ/
nounthe right or chance to give an opinion about something
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1. They said it was impossible to know a person's personality by analyzing head bumps.
2. On the way, the driver said to Harry politely, 'Could you please tell me why we are doing all these things?
3. One day one of the girls in her class said to her, "Miss Smith, why does a man's hair become gray before his mustache and beard do?"
4. "This is my first trip abroad without my parents," says Paul.
5. Its critics say the group is a pyramid scheme masking as a cult.
to scorn
/ˈskɔɹn/
verbto have no respect for someone or something because one thinks they are stupid or undeserving
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1. We were scorned.
2. SAM: You guys all had such scorn!
3. Intellectually-minded people universally scorn the idea of them.
4. This reply gave Macbeth a scorn of medicine.
5. Many Princess Diana fans scorned the couple when they announced their engagement.
scorn
/ˈskɔɹn/
nouna very strong feeling that someone or something is despicable or unworthy of respect
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1. We were scorned.
2. SAM: You guys all had such scorn!
3. Intellectually-minded people universally scorn the idea of them.
4. This reply gave Macbeth a scorn of medicine.
5. Many Princess Diana fans scorned the couple when they announced their engagement.
to see
/ˈsi/
verbto regard someone or something in a specific way
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1. Here you can see sea animals like seals.
2. After three months, the governor saw that Yusuf learned quickly.
3. Jake sees a camera on the table.
4. The governor saw a surge in popularity.
5. Meanwhile, China's megacities have seen explosive growth in the last few decades.
to seesaw
/ˈsiˌsɔ/
verbto constantly change from one opinion, state, or mood to another and then back again
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1. The bigger differences seesaw too.
2. So this is a seesaw.
3. We have a little seesaw here.
4. So, simplest problem from the family is a seesaw.
5. Seesaw affair and just came out a little bit short.
self-image
/sˈɛlfˈɪmɪdʒ/
nounthe conception someone has, particularly about their abilities, character, and qualities
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1. Self-image is only a mirage.
2. Our clumsiness violates our self-image as competent grownups.
3. Part of it is the self-image.
4. That's your self-image.
5. We all have a self-image.
self-regard
/sˈɛlfɹɪɡˈɑːɹd/
nounconsideration or concern for oneself or one’s own interest
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1. If the answer's no, the action's self-regarding and it's protected.
sentiment
/ˈsɛnəmənt/, /ˈsɛntəmənt/
nounan opinion, feeling, or thought that is guided by emotions
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1. This sentiment goes further than agribusiness executives.
2. Even our feet communicate sentiments.
3. I echo the chief's sentiments.
4. The parish also stimulated neighborly sentiments in other ways.
5. Hooper echoes this sentiment.
shade
/ˈʃeɪd/
nouna slight difference in opinion, idea, etc.
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1. The stigma shades the photoreceptor, but just on one side of the euglena.
2. Most people shaded their estimate a little bit.
3. so, sunglasses, shades as well.
4. Shades can also have a big style impact.
5. The first one is shade.
to shift
/ˈʃɪft/
verbto change one's opinion, idea, attitude, or plan
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1. Here the calendar date shifted.
2. They canceled classes, ditched oversize dumbbells, and shifted resources to cardio and circuit training.
3. Shift funding away from cops and towards schools and education.
4. The weight shifted the whole balance of the truck.
5. The wind shifted.
to shift one's ground
/ʃˈɪft wˈʌnz ɡɹˈaʊnd/
phraseto adopt a different opinion or point of view, particularly a contradictory one
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1. "Where is the boys' department?" inquired Mr. Button, shifting his ground desperately.
to shoot down
/ʃˈuːt dˈaʊn/
verbto be too harsh on someone just to prove that their ideas are wrong or stupid
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1. Two people, one meter in frontof me were shot down.
2. Ten were shot down.
3. Our young man had to shoot down their young man at the rate of two seconds a lap.
4. We shoot down planes.
5. And Helena Rubinstein brand sales shot down.
should
/ˈʃʊd/
verbused to show expectancy regarding something
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1. 'You shouldn't leave a stranger with them.
2. We explained why this should be our current calendar in our A new calendar for humanity video.
3. What language should we speak?
4. Also, comic fans should check out the first official trailer for The Avengers movie.
5. Things should have two legs.
to shove / force / ram sth down one's throat
/ʃˈʌv fˈoːɹs ɹˈæm ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ dˌaʊn wˈʌnz θɹˈoʊt/
phraseto compel someone to accept one’s ideas and beliefs, especially in an annoying way
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to signal
/ˈsɪɡnəɫ/
verbto do something to make one's feelings or opinions known
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1. Now, when Jesse tenses these chest muscles, it creates a tiny electrical signal.
2. The brain not only gives signals to the missing arm, it receives them as well.
3. maybe this choice signals a bit of hopefulness on the part of the narrator?
4. Because a Gini coefficient above 0.4 can signal a threat to social harmony.
5. The equinoxes signal a change in seasons.
to sing a different (tune / song)
/sˈɪŋ ɐ dˈɪfɹənt tˈuːn sˈɔŋ/
phraseto talk or act differently because of a change in opinion, behavior, or attitude, especially one that happens abruptly
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to size up
/sˈaɪz ˈʌp/
verbto observe or examine someone or something in order to form a judgment
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1. And he sized up the response.
2. This time, Picard is sizing up Data's humanity in the form of a poker tell.
3. They size up their weapons and punches fly.
4. Size up yours for a safe ride.
5. He's sizing up the line right now.
slant
/ˈsɫænt/
nouna unique approach or perspective that is centered around a particular opinion
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1. The slant kinda gets in between
2. Do they slant?
3. So the scale is slanted and backwards.
4. So you slant this slant.
5. So you slant this slant.
slur
/ˈsɫɝ/
nounan insulting or unfair remark about someone or something that might damage their reputation
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1. Mr. Connolly was slurring his words.
2. "Asian student faces racial slur outside of Longfellow Middle School."
3. - You are slurring.
4. Are they slurring their words?
5. But the slur wiped out his campaign.
some
/ˈsəm/
determinerused to express a negative opinion or disappointment of someone or something
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1. Some bacteria help humans in many ways.
2. An old man brings back some apples.
3. A girl brings back some oranges.
4. A woman brings back some bananas.
5. Some NTDs cause blindness as the result of awful eye infections.
take it or leave it
/tˈeɪk ɪt ɔːɹ lˈiːv ɪt/
sentenceused to show that one does not care if one's offer is accepted or rejected one will not negotiate further
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1. You can either take it or leave it.
2. And that board has a dot for it you love sour, take it or leave it, or if you hate sour.
3. I could take it or leave it, I'm not gonna hurt anybody over this, you know what I'm saying?
4. Okay, it's fine, again, it's just okay, I can take it or leave it, like if you gave me this, I wouldn't be insulted, but I'd like be "Oh, okay."
5. Do you want to take it or leave it, right?
to sound off
/sˈaʊnd ˈɔf/
verbto loudly express one's opinions, ideas, or beliefs in an aggressive or forceful manner
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to sound a note (of something)
/sˈaʊnd ɐ nˈoʊt ʌv sˈʌmθɪŋ/
phraseto have or express particular feelings or opinions
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speaking as
/spˈiːkɪŋ æz/
phraseexpressing one's opinions or point of view as someone who has had the same or similar experience
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1. And, speaking as someone who moved from New Mexico to Montana in the winter, I can tell you that most organisms don’t cope well with abrupt changes in their habitats.
2. Part of why we’re so fascinated with extinct dinosaurs, I think, is that some of them were just so big, it’s just hard to imagine animals walking around on the surface of the planet that size Speaking as a mammal that’s about two meters tall, I gotta say it’s hard to grasp what it would be like, to be in the presence of a creature as tall as a five-story building.
3. But speaking as a physicist - and to be clear, this is purely my own personal speculation - I kind of wonder if Einstein also was kicking himself in the pants because if he hadn’t made that silly math error, maybe he could have arrived, years earlier, at the same equations as Friedmann (and which are now called the Friedmann equations, and are the foundation of our modern understanding of the large-scale structure of the universe).
4. - Speaking as a boss, I'm troubled by the lack of hierarchy in this five bosses relationship.
5. Maybe in the next decade, two decades, three decades we will see the rise of a completely new ideology in China, but speaking as of 2015, China is extremely good in business, in making money, in making products, but ideologically it seems to be bankrupt.
to speak out
/spˈiːk ˈaʊt/
verbexpress one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
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1. Speak out loud.
2. Speak out loud.
3. Speak out.
4. Speak out.
5. Speak out plain.
to speak / talk the same language
/spˈiːk tˈɔːk ðə sˈeɪm lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ/
phraseto be able to understand someone because of having mutual tastes, opinions, attitudes, etc.
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1. One basic way we can tell if two people speak the same language is whether they can understand each other.
2. We can say that we speak the same language.
3. They also pay more attention to the voice of the person who gestated them and people who speak the same language than to other voices and languages.
4. In 1770, for instance, Habsburg empress Maria Theresa, who despite that portrait was not twin sisters with Catherine the Great, deployed soldiers to renumber the addresses of urban housing and standardize them across culturally diverse groups who didn’t even speak the same language.
5. You and another person can live in the same country and speak the same language, and still have totally different cultural backgrounds.
speculatively
/spˈɛkjʊlətˌɪvli/
adverbin a way that shows one's decisions are merely based on estimations or personal opinions rather than actual facts
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1. More speculatively, there has been some fairly recent work studying the genetic basis of language, looking at the genes that are directly responsible for the capacity to learn and use language.
2. As he turned to go on, he spat speculatively.
3. More speculatively, classical conditioning has been argued to be implicated in the formation of sexual desire, including fetishes.
4. More speculatively, we talked last time about the possible relationship of the successful conquest of plague on the coming of the Enlightenment.
5. More speculatively, people translating the works would not care about phonetics, but the meaning of the words.
to stake out
/stˈeɪk ˈaʊt/
verbto clearly state one’s opinions in order to distinguish between one's ideas and other's
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1. They stake out their target for several hours.
2. They staked out the apartment.
3. Or staking out.
4. Or staking out.
5. At the Medical University of Vienna, scientists are also staking out new territory.
stance
/ˈstæns/
nouna person's or a group's opinion regarding an issue
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1. His stance was dating your cousins, not a big deal.
2. This stance is very realistic.
3. Adopt THE stance.
4. Research your stance.
5. Ma meaning horse, Bu meaning stance.
to stand
/ˈstænd/
verbto have a certain opinion regarding an issue
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1. A small break in a pipe can eventually create a sinkhole that swallows whatever stood above it.
2. A young person was standing on the other side of the pond.
3. Thousands of people stand in The Mall to see the Queen and the soldiers go past.
4. This stands in stark contrast to the picture we get from Camus, who said that we are all the determiners of the value of our own lives.
5. Elbow stand?
stand
/ˈstænd/
nounan attitude, position or opinion that one holds or states firmly
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1. A small break in a pipe can eventually create a sinkhole that swallows whatever stood above it.
2. A young person was standing on the other side of the pond.
3. Thousands of people stand in The Mall to see the Queen and the soldiers go past.
4. This stands in stark contrast to the picture we get from Camus, who said that we are all the determiners of the value of our own lives.
5. Elbow stand?
to stand by
/stˈænd bˈaɪ/
verbto remain loyal to or supportive of someone, particularly during a hard time
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1. - Stand by.
2. Stand by.
3. Stand by.
4. Stand by.
5. Standing by.
to stand pat
/stˈænd pˈæt/
phraseto refuse to change one's opinions, attitudes, or decisions
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1. In the case of Russia, I think it would more or less stand pat.
2. But it'd be way tougher if the Sixers had just stood pat with an injured Ratliff on their roster.
3. Historian Tim Naftali says Kennedy successfully attacked the Eisenhower/Nixon administration as standing pat while countries like China and Cuba-- a country just 90 miles from the United States-- were lost to Russian influence.
4. Esther George, Eric Rosengren, they're both Fed presidents, said, they thought the Feds should stand pat.
standpoint
/ˈstændˌpɔɪnt/
nounan opinion or decision that is formed based on one's belief or circumstances
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1. The most complicated issue from a legal standpoint is copyright law.
2. From a purely mathematical standpoint, the annual contract makes the most sense.
3. From their standpoint, the story was over.
4. From a functionality standpoint the wallet can hold my basic necessities.
5. From a nutritional standpoint, your diet needs healthy fats.
statement
/ˈsteɪtmənt/
nounsomething that is expressed through things one says or writes
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1. This one right here, says statement right here.
2. Put statements in positive form.
3. Make statements.
4. I have statements.
5. The next moment is opening statement.
straw poll
/stɹˈɔː pˈoʊl/
nounan unofficial test of opinion that includes a number of people who give their opinion about something or say whether or not they intend to participate in an election
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1. Oftentimes, you do a straw poll of a jury, they find the client innocent.
2. It's kind of like a straw poll.
3. I've been running this as an unofficial straw poll now for 15 years, and everyone says it's basically what it looks like.
4. They do a Straw Poll.
5. But in the straw poll that was conducted and announced at the end of CPAC, other than Donald Trump, Don Jr. was actually, I believe, third in terms of twenty twenty four presidential candidates.
the street
/ˈstɹit/
nounthe ideas and opinions that ordinary people have, especially people who live in cities
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1. One day she was out shopping when she saw an old woman waiting to cross a busy street.
2. Alice wanted to cross the street too, so she went over to offer to help the woman across.
3. They watch the people in the street.
4. Here’s a stranger that just came in off the street.
5. Others occupied streets near the central bank.
stripe
/ˈstɹaɪp/
nouna distinct type, category, or opinion
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1. The flag above also has stripes.
2. Tigers have striped skin
3. Stripe tail scorpion without question is a more painful sting than the giant desert hairy scorpion.
4. Maybe stripes were in style.
5. Okay, striped shirt.
strongly
/ˈstɹɔŋɫi/
adverbin a forceful and persuasive manner
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1. Medical organizations have strongly worded opposition to physician participation in execution.
2. Stone strongly denies any wrongdoing in 2016.
3. Dislike, dislike strongly.
4. Our case strongly continues.
5. Others strongly disagree.
stubbornly
/ˈstəbɝnɫi/
adverbin a manner that shows a person's resistance or unwillingness to reconsider what they think or want to do
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1. And this disease has stubbornly resisted attempts at eradication.
2. Sexual assault remains stubbornly above 20,000 every year.
3. But self-employment is stubbornly resistant.
4. "Tark, first, is still my thought, sire," Tedric insisted, stubbornly.
5. Their stubbornly loyal nature adds to their attractiveness.
subjective
/səbˈdʒɛktɪv/
adjectivebased on or influenced by personal feelings or opinions rather than facts
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1. 'My world' is subjective.
2. Medicine is subjective.
3. Symptoms are subjective.
4. Pain levels are subjective.
5. Content is subjective.
subjectively
/sʌbdʒˈɛktɪvli/
adverbin a way that is only based on or influenced by one’s personal opinions, ideas, or feelings
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1. Subjectively, the cabin does feel quieter than it did before the seals.
2. Subjectively, it was a much more optimistic period.
3. But this is objectively not subjectively.
4. Subjectively, they remember a life of leisure.
5. Crystals are priced more subjectively than gemstones.
to backbite
/ˈbækˌbaɪt/
verbto talk about someone who is absent in a mean way
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1. Namely, backbiting.
2. Do you know who, in our society today, that backbites?
3. When I backbite, I've got this feeling of elevating myself, while talking other people down.
4. There was a huge amount of backbiting at court.
5. There was a huge amount of backbiting at court.
subjectivity
/səbdʒɛkˈtɪvɪti/
nounthe state of being affected by personal opinions and feelings instead of facts and statistics
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1. The voice behind all of these narratives is a white male subjectivity.
2. And when the subjectivity changes-- ffft-- the whole thing collapses.
3. Differing subjectivities are the bread and butter of human experience.
4. "The subject" here always means the subjectivity of the speaker, right, not the subject matter.
5. Subjectivity is not erased.
double entendre
/dˈʌbəl ɑːntˈɑːndɹə/
nouna phrase or word that intentionally conveys two distinct meanings, usually with one sexual connotation
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