to suggest
/səˈdʒɛst/
verbto mention or put forward an idea, proposition, plan, etc. for further consideration or possible action
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1. Research also suggests that switching between tasks significantly delays completion.
2. It's worth pointing out here that some meta-analyses suggest that antidepressants aren't any more effective than psychotherapy when symptoms are mild to moderate.
3. And so, the Apollo astronauts suggested a heads-up display.
4. Contemplation the history of the pineapple suggest a curious overlap between love and economics.
5. Apparently her trainer, Peter Geracimo, often suggests this dietary plan to his clients.
suggestion
/səˈdʒɛstʃən/
nounthe act of putting an idea or plan forward for someone to think about or consider
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1. They can offer suggestions.
2. But I have some suggestions for different people.
3. His suggestions never made any impact, until King Leopold II found Stanley’s work.
4. Other children were given suggestions.
5. They make suggestions.
to swing
/ˈswɪŋ/
verbto shift or cause to shift from one opinion, mood, etc. to another
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1. The pendulum has always swung, the use of a tourniquet in a survival situation.
2. These two kids swing synchronously.
3. Next two kids swing asynchronously.
4. The wall swung apart slowly.
5. Swing the arms.
swing
/ˈswɪŋ/
nouna noticeable change from one opinion to another
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1. The pendulum has always swung, the use of a tourniquet in a survival situation.
2. These two kids swing synchronously.
3. Next two kids swing asynchronously.
4. The wall swung apart slowly.
5. Swing the arms.
syndrome
/ˈsɪnˌdɹoʊm/
nouna set of characteristics, behaviors, or qualities considered as normal for a particular type of person
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1. Those interactions could cause serotonin syndrome.
2. Now often, a result of Capgras syndrome is tragic.
3. HELLP syndrome develops in about 10 to 20% of women with severe preeclampsia or eclampsia.
4. White-nose syndrome has wiped out populations of bats.
5. Down syndrome babies have typical facial features.
to take
/ˈteɪk/
verbto have or show a particular feeling, opinion, or reaction
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1. The company will begin taking pre-orders for the Model 3 in March.
2. Addicts take drugs to escape their problems.
3. When I do fieldwork, I always take photos.
4. It is their take on the dual-screen devices trend that has been building up for a time.
5. We didn’t even have time to take evasive action.
take
/ˈteɪk/
nounthe idea or opinion that is formed about something or the way one thinks of a situation
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1. The company will begin taking pre-orders for the Model 3 in March.
2. Addicts take drugs to escape their problems.
3. When I do fieldwork, I always take photos.
4. It is their take on the dual-screen devices trend that has been building up for a time.
5. We didn’t even have time to take evasive action.
to take a dim view of sth
/tˈeɪk ɐ dˈɪm vjˈuː ʌv ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
phraseto regard something or someone with disapproval, particularly because of one's negative opinions
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1. My family took a dim view of the Soviet Union.
2. And then you use some material to suggest that he took a dim view of Chinese law and he didn't believe that history was important.
3. In fact, Putin takes a dim view of the internet and has said before that it is a CIA project- which is tin-foil hat level of crazy right there.
4. This lady had been divorced twice and because the British government and the Church of England took a dim view of the king marrying a divorcee, Edward had to step down as King if he wanted to get married.
to take sth into consideration
/tˈeɪk ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ ˌɪntʊ kənsˌɪdɚɹˈeɪʃən/
phraseto give thought to a certain fact before making a decision
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1. If you have anything else you'd like me to react to, I'll take it into consideration.
2. So taking this data into consideration, President elect Biden, among others, expect our recovery to look something like the letter K where the richest Americans rebound quickly, perhaps do even better than they did pre covid and lower income Americans keep on suffering.
3. We have to make sure we take the sign into consideration.
4. But just to understand kind of a simplified scenario, let's take liquidation into consideration.
5. I will sincerely take it into consideration.
tendentious
/ˌtɛnˈdɛnʃəs/
adjectivestating a cause or opinion that one strongly believes in, particularly one that causes a lot of controversy
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1. It's a tendentious question maybe.
2. And you might think it's tendentious, but philosophers' examples often give philosophy a bad name.
3. Showalter then says this is a phase supplanted by a feminist moment in the history of the novel in which novels like the late work of Mrs. Gaskell, for example, and other such novels become tendentious, and the place and role of women becomes the dominant theme of novels of this kind.
4. But that's tendentious.
5. But I grant you, I put that in a tendentious fashion.
tendentiously
/tɛndˈɛnʃəsli/
adverbin a way that promotes or expresses a controversial opinion, especially one that many people do not agree with
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tendentiousness
/tɛndˈɛnʃəsnəs/
nounthe act of strongly expressing or supporting a particular opinion, especially one that many people disagree with
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that said
/ðæt sˈɛd/
phraseused to introduce statement that is in contrast to what one previously stated
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1. According to one rumor, there was an article that said a singer had gestured with both arms.
2. And, with that said, I love watching beauty channels of all sizes and I will continue to watch and support them, the dramatic ones, the non-dramatic ones and the ones who genuinely just love to show their makeup skills.
3. When we had just finished with TSA, I think, or right before we got into the line and we're next, I got a notification that said our flight was delayed.
4. It was the day that I, kind of, figured that they were gonna come by, but I had yet to receive an actual notification that said that they were on their way, 'cause we didn't even get a real, like, timeframe, right?
5. I feel like I needed a sign for all these abled people walking past me that said something along the lines of, "Can I help you?"
theory
/ˈθiɝi/, /ˈθɪɹi/
nounan idea, opinion, or belief that one perceives to be true, although it remains to be proved
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1. Theories are of no use.
2. Theory takes over.
3. The next word is THEORY.
4. Today's word is theory.
5. In conclusion, shifting theory.
there's something to be said for
/ðɛɹz sˈʌmθɪŋ təbi sˈɛd fɔːɹ/
phraseused to highlight the advantages something has
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thesis
/ˈθisəs/
nouna statement that is used as a premise in argumentation
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1. So theses are warm McDonald's fries?
2. My thesis makes three main arguments.
3. First phase, submit your thesis.
4. So theses are the two telescopes.
5. Actually, here's the thesis.
to think
/ˈθɪŋk/
verbto have a type of belief, idea, or opinion about a person or thing
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1. Some people thought Dr. Gall's ideas were wonderful.
2. They thought his phrenology map was a scientific way to understand human behavior.
3. Then he married, so he thought, 'Now my wife's going to make my sandwiches.'
4. They'll think you're a braggart.
5. I think I've reached the zenith of my career, probably.
to think for oneself
/θˈɪŋk fɔːɹ wʌnsˈɛlf/
phraseto rely on no one in making decisions or forming opinions
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thinking
/ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/
nounthe set of opinions or ideas that one has about something
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1. Thinking, thinking is the key.
2. Thinking, thinking is the key.
3. Thinking takes a while.
4. Thinking creates an image.
5. Thinking creates an image.
to think (better / much / highly) of sth
/θˈɪŋk bˈɛɾɚ mˈʌtʃ hˈaɪli ʌv ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
phraseto decide against doing something upon reconsideration
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1. You know I never thought much of religion?
2. They all thought highly of Elon Musk.
3. And while you may not think much of your pinky finger, without it, you’d lose 50% of your hands strength.
4. I think much of the blame can be placed on what I would argue is the dominant design philosophy or ethic that governs the people who are making these programs and making these machines.
5. Antony briefly tried to comfort her, but thought better of it.
to think the world of sb
/θˈɪŋk ðə wˈɜːld ʌv ˌɛsbˈiː/
phraseto be extremely fond of someone or greatly admire them
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1. According to Len Garry, "John thought the world of Barbara."
2. I think the world of you as vocalists.
3. One, why do you think the world of travel hacking is often so homogeneous?
4. Mike's not here to defend this statement, and I think the world of Mike-- but there are a lot of issues that come with that internally and otherwise that perhaps the public doesn't get a chance to see.
5. This is a huge moment for both the world of artificial intelligence and I think the world of Go.
thoughtcrime
/θˈɔːtkɹaɪm/
nouna controversial way of thinking that is considered socially unacceptable or criminal
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1. that’s not a thoughtcrime.
2. The result is a world in which even the privacy of one's own thought process is violated, where one may be found guilty of thoughtcrime by talking in their sleep, and keeping a diary or having a love affair equals a subversive act of rebellion.
3. Hopefully a few beers will encourage them to open up about their thoughtcrimes.
thought police
/θˈɔːt pəlˈiːs/
nouna group of individuals who aim to seize control of people’s beliefs or opinions
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1. Today, a paramedic testified when the Ambulance Arrived, he thought police were Still Wrestling.
2. One day, perhaps in the not too distant future, we’ll be surrounded by a thought police that will look inside our minds at will and ruthlessly condemn for us for all the phantasmagoria that goes on in them.
3. WHICH BRINGS US TO THE MOST RECENT REPUBLICAN FREAK-OUT IN FLORIDA, WHICH AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, HAS A GOVERNOR THERE, RON DeSANTIS, CALLING THE CREEPY THOUGHT POLICE TO CAMPUS.
tide
/ˈtaɪd/
nounthe way that the opinions of the majority of people are changing or developing
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1. The tide quickly turned.
2. Tides come in and out.
3. Trotsky’s bravery, persistence and strong personality turned the tide.
4. At low tide the water is like a mill pond, placid and peaceful.
5. His 21-yard reception turned the tide.
to my mind
/tə maɪ mˈaɪnd/
phrasein my opinion
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1. It's absolutely the case to my mind, that government is going to is big and it's going to get bigger.
2. When I first became a financial advisor, my first job, I saw advisors who were older than me doing things and selling things that, to my mind, looked like they only helped out the advisor and didn't help out the person on the other end.
3. All my questions rushed to my mind.
4. But it didn't make sense to my mind.
5. you were talking about negative income taxes, and one thing that comes to my mind is the patent-protection system, where it essentially grants government-sanctioned monopoly to the person doing the R&D.
to one's way of thinking
/tʊ wˈʌnz wˈeɪ ʌv θˈɪŋkɪŋ/
phrasebased on one’s opinion
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turnaround
/ˈtɝnɝˌaʊnd/
nouna complete or unexpected change in someone's attitude, opinion, or behavior
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1. The company is expecting a turnaround in 2021.
2. The turnaround was amazing.
3. He gets turnaround?
4. This mystery man initially, he creates this turnaround.
5. - Turnaround, like engagement on a daily basis, where people come again, so. -
uncommunicative
/ʌnkəmjˈuːnɪkətˌɪv/
adjectivenot willing to talk to other people, give opinions, or impart information
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1. He is failing calculus and is very uncommunicative.
2. You’ll be sleeping a lot more, and will start to become uncommunicative and unresponsive.
unequivocal
/ˌəniˈkwɪvəkəɫ/, /ˌənɪˈkwɪvəkəɫ/
adjectiveexpressing one's ideas and opinions so clearly that it leaves no room for doubt
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1. The answer was an unequivocal yes.
2. Warming is unequivocal.
3. Unequivocal representation is ideal.
4. At five minutes before eleven I perceived unequivocal signs of the mesmeric influence.
5. The answer is an unequivocal yes.
to vacillate
/ˈvæsəˌɫeɪt/
verbto be undecided and not know what opinion, idea, or course of action to stick to
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1. Still, Wilhelm vacillated.
2. And they actually vacillate between the three phases.
3. Sometimes these different types of narcissists actually vacillate back and forth between the various signs of the types of narcissists they are.
4. And the poem vacillates, as it were, between them.
5. Maybe their parents, vacillated back and forth between meeting their needs and not meeting their needs.
vacillation
/ˌvæsəˈɫeɪʃən/
nounthe act of switching between two opinions, especially in an annoying way
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1. The Institute's vacillation wasn't just a reaction to Zionist pressure, but a consequence of an old yet all too common Cold War liberal interpretations of rights history.
2. Because in the patriarchal stories, there is this suspenseful vacillation between episodes that threaten to extinguish God's promises and episodes that reaffirm them.
3. Time is too short for indecisiveness and vacillation.
4. So engineers have come up with some novel solutions for minimizing this unwelcome vacillation.
5. So that vacillation back and forth, is really the breeding grounds for resentment.
value-free
/vˈæljuːfɹˈiː/
adjectivenot influenced by personal opinions or subjective views
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1. The argument for value-driven research, rather than value-free research, is one of the origins of Critical Sociology, or the study of society that focuses on the need for social change.
2. Of course, many economists, neoclassical economists, will try to tell you that what they do is a value-free science.
value-laden
/vˈæljuːlˈeɪdən/
adjectiveinfluenced by subjective views or opinions
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1. Because success is, in truth, rather more neutral and less value-laden then we tend to assume.
to ventilate
/ˈvɛnəˌɫeɪt/, /ˈvɛntəˌɫeɪt/
verbto publicly express one's opinions, feelings, or complaints
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1. Well ventilated.
2. Five hundred yards of a tunnel, they ventilated it, the Confederates on the other side.
3. Every single elevator is ventilated.
4. I can't ventilate.
5. The air is then ventilated to the outdoors through a filter system.
verdict
/ˈvɝdɪkt/
nounan opinion given or a decision made after much consideration
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1. Verdict, what do you think?
2. - All right folks, the verdict is in.
3. Magistrate judges can accept felony jury verdicts.
4. - Has the jury reached a verdict?
5. Here's Dan Stapleton's verdict.
view
/ˈvju/
nouna personal belief or judgment that is not based on proof or certainty
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1. The default will just view a white background.
2. Scientists view quercetin as an important anti-diabetic property.
3. Get views.
4. Her husband's other wives, however, view things differently.
5. The number one most viewed video on YouTube!
virtue signaling
/vˈɜːtʃuː sˈɪɡnəlɪŋ/
nounthe act of making a positive impression on others by conveying one's social or political opinions publicly
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1. -Well, it's virtue signaling.
2. Because there's something called virtue signaling.
3. So this is cheap-- cheap virtue signaling for the self-serving way is what we're getting into.
4. That's nonsense, and you shouldn't fall victim to such virtue signaling games with holier-than-thou thinking.
5. It's just like um performative virtues signaling.
vocal
/ˈvoʊkəɫ/
adjectivegiving opinions loudly or freely
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1. My parents were vocal.
2. IIn this case this song only has a unison vocal
3. Here's the original demo vocal.
4. Vocals sound good man.
5. Gunners are very vocal.
vociferous
/voʊˈsɪfɝəs/
adjectiveconfidently expressing one's opinion in a loud and firm voice
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1. When it came to the opposition, where was the loudest, most vociferous opposition coming from to this?
2. I was vociferous.
3. They're in a vociferous debate.
4. And I was astounded when some of the vociferous critics of it in the cabinet were human rights people.
5. Who's the most vociferous here?
voice
/ˈvɔɪs/
nounthe right to give an opinion on something
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1. Samples of voices from security camera tapes, telephone answering machines, or other recording devices can be scanned electronically.
2. Later, he woke up to the sound of Grey Beaver's voice.
3. He has a very nice voice - and he doesn't shout at people.'
4. It has an alarm clock and voice control.
5. - Voice your opinion.
to voice
/ˈvɔɪs/
verbto express something, especially a feeling or opinion in the form of words
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1. Samples of voices from security camera tapes, telephone answering machines, or other recording devices can be scanned electronically.
2. Later, he woke up to the sound of Grey Beaver's voice.
3. He has a very nice voice - and he doesn't shout at people.'
4. It has an alarm clock and voice control.
5. - Voice your opinion.
volte-face
/vˈoʊltfˈeɪs/
nouna complete and abrupt change of opinion or plan of action
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to weigh in
/wˈeɪ ˈɪn/
verbto get involved in an argument, discussion, or activity and share one's opinions
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1. Even the royal family weighed in.
2. Especially after the president of the United States weighed in.
3. The experts weighed in.
4. Tall ties from Hermes usually weigh in around 49 grams or 1.7 ounces.
5. Heavy cars like Hummers and big pickup trucks will weigh in sort of 4,500, 5,000 pounds.
to weigh up
/wˈeɪ ˈʌp/
verbto carefully watch someone in order to make a judgment call about their character, abilities, etc.
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1. You're weighing up different options to make a decision.
2. They weighed up different options.
3. Antiques retailer Chris Hughes was weighing up whether to keep his Doncaster shop even before Covid.
4. The scrutiny comes as markets weigh up whether the Fed will lift interest rates a total of three or four times this year.
5. The thought is, roughly, weigh up the pleasures and pains in some appropriate way.
welcome
/ˈwɛɫkəm/
nounthe way that an idea, opinion, or a point of view is received or approved by people
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1. We listened to the laughing and talking in the hall, as the guests were welcomed by their host and his housekeeper.
2. Welcome our model for today, Roberto.
3. Welcome todo el mundo y bienvenidos to the Hot Taco Challenge.
4. Welcome to-- - Lots of legends.
5. Welcome home daddy!
would
/ˈwʊd/
verbused to express an opinion about which one is not certain
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1. Having farms in the city would solve these problems.
2. "I'd like some more jam, please."
3. She would use hand gestures too.
4. Would the explosion knock its orbit towards earth, causing tidal waves and misery?
5. His eleventh child, Rory, would be born six months later.
to write in
/ɹˈaɪt ˈɪn/
verbto write to an organization or a broadcasting company in order to express one's opinions or to ask for information
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you know what?
/juː nˈoʊ wˈʌt/
phraseused to introduce something exciting or surprising
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chickenshit
/tʃˈɪkɪnʃˌɪt/
nounstatements, ideas, or opinions that seem very foolish or untrue
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horseshit
/ˈhɔɹsˌʃɪt/
nouna statement, idea, or act that is obviously untrue, foolish, or unreasonable
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1. Okay, I know that sounds like a lot, but as you've probably already guessed, that was a 12-course tasting menu of horseshit.
2. This is horseshit.
3. I can't- I can't get the F- Ugh this is horseshit.
4. It is total horseshit.
5. They're horseshit.