cinch
/ˈsɪntʃ/
nounsomeone who will surely do something; something that will surely happen
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1. Cinches his belt and holds in his intestines.
2. - Cinch them together.
3. Scar tissue cinched off part of my intestine.
4. - I hope these cinch.
5. Just one clove makes splinter removal a cinch.
to cinch
/ˈsɪntʃ/
verbto make certain of or to guarantee something
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1. Cinches his belt and holds in his intestines.
2. - Cinch them together.
3. Scar tissue cinched off part of my intestine.
4. - I hope these cinch.
5. Just one clove makes splinter removal a cinch.
concrete
/ˈkɑnkɹit/, /kənˈkɹit/
adjectiveaccording to facts instead of opinions
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1. The major player for sand usage is concrete.
2. The construction is concrete.
3. The building is concrete.
4. Depending on its weight, concrete can displace many cubic meters of water.
5. But concrete also has a large downside.
concretely
/ˈkɑnˌkɹitɫi/
adverbin a definite and clear manner due to being based on facts instead of ideas or guesses
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1. The research shows concretely that that is a barrier to access.
2. More concretely, the company has paid $5 million and $150,000, respectively, to U.S. and Korean authorities for collecting the personal information of children without parental consent.
3. More concretely, certain remedies grew out of the courts of equity.
4. What does that mean concretely?
5. Concretely, here's what I mean by that.
confidence
/ˈkɑnfədəns/
nounthe belief in one's own ability to achieve goals and get the desired results
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1. Relaxed eyebrows show confidence.
2. But, confidence plays a very special role in a man's life.
3. Confidence will turn more heads than any fashion statement or hair style.
4. Just have confidence.
5. Just have confidence.
confident
/ˈkɑnfədənt/
adjectivebeing certain about our plans, abilities, the future, etc. and believing that we can gain success
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1. Others are much less confident.
2. - Archers are always confident.
3. Six, be confident.
4. Sox manager, Kid Gleason, is confident.
5. Feel confident.
confidently
/ˈkɑnfədəntɫi/
adverbin a way that shows confidence and trust in oneself or another person's abilities, plans, etc.
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1. He confidently used the term geopolitics.
2. The python confidently crawls to the smell of prey.
3. This participant is confidently taking the 7th place.
4. She turned in her homework confidently.
5. - You confidently grab a biscuit.
conviction
/kənˈvɪkʃən/
nouna belief or opinion that is very strong
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1. A conviction requires a supermajority of two-thirds and results in automatic removal from power.
2. His convictions include battery, affray, GBH, and possession of an offensive weapon.
3. This conviction was well-deserved.
4. My father has strong convictions.
5. Convictions that stick on appeal.
convinced
/kənˈvɪnst/
adjectivehaving a strong belief in something or being certain about it
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1. Convinced I was.
2. We're pretty convinced the treasure's there.
3. Fans are not entirely convinced.
4. FINALLY CONVINCED MISS ELEANOR ROSALYNN SMITH TO MARRY HIM ON THE 7th DAY OF JULY IN 1946.
5. The mothers aren't quite convinced.
to count on
/kˈaʊnt ˈɑːn/
verbto rely on or to put trust in something or someone
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1. Six-month time period, count on the y-axis.
2. Count on the drink with the aunties.
3. To count on.
4. To count on.
5. Those kids are counting on us!
to cross-check
/kɹˈɔstʃˈɛk/
verbto check the accuracy or validity of something by using alternative sources or methods
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1. It also serves as a cross-check of the results that analytical engineers produce.
2. Recruiters use your LinkedIn profile as a way to cross-check a resume just to make sure that you're being honest and consistent across mediums.
3. The police should be cross-checking everyone at his work, in his recent personal life, and who had records or phone taps on him.
4. I'm going to do a cross-check on this to tell you that it works out from another point of view.
5. Just if you can, cross-check a lot of those styles and items with a retailer like Big Lots, and you're going to do really well, spending a fraction of what you would at those big-name stores.
cross-check
/kɹˈɔstʃˈɛk/
nounan act of determining the accuracy or credibility of something by comparing it with various sources
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1. It also serves as a cross-check of the results that analytical engineers produce.
2. Recruiters use your LinkedIn profile as a way to cross-check a resume just to make sure that you're being honest and consistent across mediums.
3. The police should be cross-checking everyone at his work, in his recent personal life, and who had records or phone taps on him.
4. I'm going to do a cross-check on this to tell you that it works out from another point of view.
5. Just if you can, cross-check a lot of those styles and items with a retailer like Big Lots, and you're going to do really well, spending a fraction of what you would at those big-name stores.
decidedly
/ˌdɪˈsaɪdədɫi/
adverbin a way that is certain and beyond any doubt
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1. The type of tech at my dad's house is decidedly different.
2. Now, this one is decidedly the realm of Instagram.
3. A few things are decidedly not peachy.
4. Our own opinion is decidedly in favor of this supposition.
5. It is decidedly so.
definite
/ˈdɛfənət/
adjectivecertainly happening and unlikely to change
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1. - I draw very, very definite lines.
2. so that part is definite.
3. And some things were definite nos.
4. The second one is less definite.
5. This guy has a definite momentum p.
definite
/ˈdɛfənət/
nounsomeone who is sure to do something or something that is sure to happen or one is certain about
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1. - I draw very, very definite lines.
2. so that part is definite.
3. And some things were definite nos.
4. The second one is less definite.
5. This guy has a definite momentum p.
definitely
/ˈdɛfənətɫi/
adverbin a certain or definite way
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1. Definitely learned some interesting things.
2. - Somewhere between six and eight, definitely knew.
3. - Definitely losing my grandmother.
4. Definitely got several blow jobs in the handicap bathroom.
5. Definitely saw the same forest in use.
to depend on
/dɪpˈɛnd ˈɑːn/
verbput trust in with confidence
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1. The diet of early humans depended on what foods were available to them.
2. The animals that farmers raised and the crops they planted depended on where they lived.
3. Ancient humans depended on the powers of nature to help them survive.
4. MALCOLM BRABANT: Britain's road to freedom depends on the virus.
5. The pressures actually depend on the temperature outside, the relative humidity.
to depend upon
/dɪpˈɛnd əpˌɑːn/
verbput trust in with confidence
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1. Her life, the lives of her fellow Vestals, and the safety of Rome itself depends upon it.
2. The southern fringe depends upon location.
3. The drama of the Identity Plot depends upon this.
4. Keyboard shortcuts depend upon the context.
5. Our lives depend upon these creatures.
dogmatic
/dɑɡˈmætɪk/, /dɔɡˈmætɪk/
adjectivebeing convinced that everything one believes in is true and others are wrong
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1. They become extremely dogmatic.
2. But I'm not going to be dogmatic about that.
3. The Lady is at the dogmatic heart of this relentlessly didactic work of literature.
4. Tom: Because they're more dogmatic?
5. Both sides are very dogmatic.
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 ensure
/ɛnˈʃʊɹ/, /ɪnˈʃʊɹ/
verbto make sure that something will happen
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1. EU treaties and regulations ensure easy travel, cheap telecommunications, a great variety of goods and services, as well as very strong health and safety standards.
2. Ensuring perfection with every single batch.
3. Ensures proper planning.
4. This briefest of unions may ensure the short-term future for these leopards.
5. Regular trimming of hair can ensure fast hair growth.
to feel / know sth in one's bones
/fˈiːl nˈoʊ ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ ɪn wˈʌnz bˈoʊnz/
phraseto believe something strongly, even though one cannot explain why
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1. - You feel it in your bones.
2. Every song I've ever known Carried in my bones I feel like a lightning strike, every time I rock the mic.
3. You go and worry 'bout the things you can't control I'ma see the doughnut You can see the hole Everywhere I go is home Every town and every road Every song I've ever known Carried in my bones I feel like a lightning strike Every time I rock the mic You can join me if you'd like or I'll go on my own I'm lookin' up
4. Every song I've ever known Carried in my bones I feel like a lightning strike Every time I rock the mic You can join me if you'd like Or I'll go on my own I'm lookin' up
5. I can feel it in my bones.
foregone conclusion
/foːɹɡˈɑːn kənklˈuːʒən/
nounsomething that is assumed to be true or already decided upon before any evidence or arguments are presented
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1. They were not foregone conclusions.
2. The disclosure is a foregone conclusion.
3. Beamon's gold was a foregone conclusion.
4. The midterms are not a foregone conclusion.
5. The midterms are not a foregone conclusion.
to get sth straight
/ɡɛt ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ stɹˈeɪt/
phraseto make someone understand something completely and clearly
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1. It is a time where you gotta get your priorities straight.
2. Well, let’s try and get some facts straight.
3. Both terms matter, and you'll wanna get them straight, if you're tryin' to parse the research literature.
4. First, though, let’s get our terminology straight.
5. And it's got my head straight and clear
to guarantee
/ˌɡɛɹənˈti/
verbto make sure that something will occur
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1. One country, two systems supposedly guarantees a high-degree of autonomy from China.
2. The supreme law of the land, guarantees freedom of speech and of the press.
3. Guarantees national coverage.
4. Pretty much guaranteed a spot on any Chinese-American food menu.
5. Guaranteed. -
guarantee
/ˌɡɛɹənˈti/
nounsomething that makes certain of a given result
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1. One country, two systems supposedly guarantees a high-degree of autonomy from China.
2. The supreme law of the land, guarantees freedom of speech and of the press.
3. Guarantees national coverage.
4. Pretty much guaranteed a spot on any Chinese-American food menu.
5. Guaranteed. -
guarantor
/ˌɡɛɹənˈtɔɹ/
nouna person who officially makes a promise or gives assurance to be accountable for someone or the occurrence of something
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1. The United States has been there ever since as the guarantor of Taiwan's security.
2. [and] saw himself as their guarantor and their guardian.
3. North Korea sees nuclear weapons as the only guarantor of its continued independence against the United States and an international coalition of its allies.
4. Even today, the US acts as a guarantor of security to its allies.
5. These two companies actually served as guarantors for debt.
to take it for granted
/tˈeɪk ɪt fɔːɹ ɡɹˈæntᵻd/
phraseto assume without question that something is true
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1. California has been winning for a long time, and I think they're taking it for granted, a little bit.
2. You take it for granted.
3. But if you’re a lucky person with access to a fancy U-bend toilet and modern sanitation, don’t take it for granted!
4. Not take it for granted and appreciate this beautiful gift we call life.
5. So the Brits take it for granted the Taliban know their every movement.
