to advance
/ədˈvæns/
verbto propose an idea or theory for discussion
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1. The Kings advanced.
2. All right, advance the clock.
3. The troll advances.
4. This team's findings advanced our understanding of schizophrenia in a surprising direction.
5. So Civ Pro streaker advances.
alternatively
/ɔɫˈtɝnətɪvɫi/
adverbas a second choice or another possibility
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1. Alternatively, linen neck wear looks quite good.
2. Alternatively, have a cardigan or a sweater vest.
3. Well, alternatively, the ice could cool the surface temperature of the lava.
4. Alternatively, natural peppermint works even better.
5. Alternatively, some plant-based milk, like unsweetened almond milk, contains fewer carbs.
always
/ˈɔɫˌweɪz/, /ˈɔɫwiz/
adverbused as a last course of action when all else fails
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1. He sold ladies' clothes, and he always had two or three shopgirls to help him.
2. When I do fieldwork, I always take photos.
3. Always believe the woman.
4. The egg is always there.
5. All us British people are always making people cups of tea.
(at / on) one's suggestion
/æt sˈʌmwʌnz sədʒˈɛstʃən/
phraseaccording to someone else's suggestion
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1. On his suggestion, I’ve started taking Fridays to review the week and catch up on to-dos.
2. So EPA is looking at that very strongly at my suggestion.
to bespeak
/bɪˈspik/
verbto indicate or show something
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1. And it bespeak to not an erosion of the rule of law in the strict sense of what you define rule of law as, but it's the same spirit.
2. Your question bespeaks the very absence of teaching this material that I was referring to before.
3. Yes, all that bespeaks the end of the body.
4. The term bespoke is derived from the word bespeak which means, to speak for something.
5. They bespeak of a past that Cervantes chose not to fill out.
better
/ˈbɛtɝ/
adjectivemore suitable or effective compared to other available options
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1. And bettering our lives.
2. Oh, oh, oh, we'll do bettering the world.
3. Narrator: AND SECOND IMPRESSIONS ARE EVEN BETTER.
4. - Better the camera than you buddy.
5. - Better the bat than my hand.
to bring forward
/bɹˈɪŋ fˈoːɹwɚd/
verbto suggest or introduce something for discussion or consideration
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1. The customer isn't there, we have to bring forward the voice of the customer.
2. mRNA vaccine-genetic technology has brought forward a whole new class of vaccines.
3. My Government will bring forward measures to protect individuals, families and their homes.
4. Proposals on railway reform will be brought forward.
5. And we've brought forward an online civil money claims.
can
/ˈkæn/, /kən/
verbused to present an offer or suggestion
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1. Samples of voices from security camera tapes, telephone answering machines, or other recording devices can be scanned electronically.
2. The consequences of chronic sleep deprivation can be truly disastrous.
3. Here you can see sea animals like seals.
4. It can fill up 270 pints a minute.
5. They can offer suggestions.
challenge
/ˈtʃæɫəndʒ/
nounan invitation that provokes or calls out someone to engage in a contest or an argument
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1. They can’t imagine being deaf and dealing with the challenges of it.
2. One potential challenge to cheese is plant-based cheeses.
3. Criticism challenges our sense of value.
4. Challenge accepted!
5. Challenge accepted.
to challenge
/ˈtʃæɫəndʒ/
verbto invite someone to participate in a contest; to strongly suggest that someone should do a certain thing, particularly when they seem unwilling
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1. They can’t imagine being deaf and dealing with the challenges of it.
2. One potential challenge to cheese is plant-based cheeses.
3. Criticism challenges our sense of value.
4. Challenge accepted!
5. Challenge accepted.
connotation
/ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃən/
nouna feeling or an idea suggested by a word aside from its literal or primary meaning
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1. Not everyone likes the connotation.
2. It has very negative connotations.
3. The Chinese word for privacy has negative connotations.
4. Sometimes the word cyclone has other connotations.
5. That has more negative connotation.
to connote
/kəˈnoʊt/
verbto implicitly convey something such as an idea, feeling, etc. in addition to its basic meaning
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1. What does it connote?
2. Though apples do connote goodness and freshness, reads one internal tobacco industry memo.
3. Some people write an e with the eye of the e as a big loop, and apparently this connotes openness.
4. What does that connote to you?Student:
5. Silk road connotes independence and mutual trust.
could
/ˈkʊd/
verbused to present an offer or recommendation
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1. The long list could go on.
2. Surveillance and privacy issues could arise if the central bank is able to monitor every transaction.
3. That business over time potentially could decline.
4. She could rent out a spare room to offset the higher costs!
5. There could be many definitions of dogma.
failing
/ˈfeɪɫɪŋ/
prepositionused to present an alternative suggestion in case something does not happen or succeed
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1. These aren’t failings so much as hugely understandable anxieties.
2. - Failing, ceasing.
3. It emphasized Donald Trump's failings and the Constitution.
4. [Cameraman] 65's passing, 64 is a failing.
5. People don't post their failings.
to float
/ˈfɫoʊt/
verbto bring suggestions, plans, or ideas forward for further consideration
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1. This thing floats.
2. Thanks to the fat on their fur, though, rats float in the water easily.
3. Smoke usually floats straight up
4. - Floating! -
5. Oh my goodness, that rock is floating.
for what it is worth
/fɔːɹ wˌʌt ɪt ɪz wˈɜːθ/
phraseused to give one's own personal opinion about something
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to hazard
/ˈhæzɝd/
verbto state an opinion, guess, suggestion, etc. even though there are chances of one being wrong
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1. Hazard lost his bid for reelection by 16 votes.
2. Its hazards are hostile to us all.
3. Different problem is moral hazard.
4. But fission has its hazards.
5. - All right, hazards are on.
to hint
/ˈhɪnt/
verbto indirectly suggest something
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1. Here’s a hint.
2. Here’s a hint.
3. There we go, "hints."
4. Here's another hint.
5. Here's a hint.
hint
/ˈhɪnt/
nouna slight suggestion or piece of advice that shows how a problem is solved
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1. Here’s a hint.
2. Here’s a hint.
3. There we go, "hints."
4. Here's another hint.
5. Here's a hint.
how about
/hˌaʊ ɐbˈaʊt/
phraseused to inquire information about someone or something
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1. Well, how about thirty?' said Dorothy Burns.
2. And I'm just like, "I'll just not come, how about that?"
3. Now, how about seating capacity?
4. By the way, before we really get into this, how about this amazing production that you and your team have put together?
5. How about a delicious tasting thing that is in the shape of a burger?
to hypothesize
/haɪˈpɑθəˌsaɪz/
verbto make an educational guess or to present a theory or assumption one is not sure about
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1. The researchers hypothesized that the pregnant ewes had snacked on poisonous birth defect-causing plants.
2. A follow-up study in 2008 hypothesized that the connection had to do with the amount of light at night rather than with the actual phase of the moon.
3. Researchers hypothesize that values of family togetherness provides a longevity boost.
4. The researchers hypothesize that this ongoing eruption could have been fed by a plume of magma from the Martian mantle.
5. One team hypothesized that the difference might be partially caused by the interactions between Venus’s thick atmosphere and its hot nightmare of a surface.
idea
/aɪˈdiə/
nouna suggestion or thought about something that we should do
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1. Some people thought Dr. Gall's ideas were wonderful.
2. I have no idea what's going on with Michelle right now.
3. Governments weren’t strangers to the idea of prohibition, either.
4. So now, he had two companies with visionary ideas but a thirst for funding.
5. Now ideas have this amazing property.
(I will / ) tell you what
/aɪ wɪl tˈɛl juː wˈʌt/
sentenceused to make a suggestion or an offer
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1. Now I'll tell you what to do next time you go into a barber's shop: look at all the barbers' hair, and then go to the one whose own hair has been cut the worst.'
2. Now I'll tell you what to do next time you go into a barber's shop: look at all the barbers' hair, and then go to the one whose own hair has been cut the worst.'
3. So today, I thought that I would tell you what's been going on with me, and why I took a little break from YouTube while I get ready, because I have a charity stream on Twitch tonight.
4. Today, in this video, I'm going to tell you what words this deaf person has trouble pronouncing and I'm also going to tell you how I personally learn any new words.
5. We'll tell you what the link is later.
implicit
/ˌɪmˈpɫɪsət/
adjectiveable to suggest without directly mentioning
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1. - These biases are implicit.
2. - You're implicit!
3. We all have implicit biases.
4. We all have implicit biases.
5. Two things are implicit in this notation:
implicitly
/ˌɪmˈpɫɪsətɫi/
adverbin a way that is suggested without being directly or clearly expressed
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1. - I trust my partner implicitly!
2. So implicitly, the Indian tribes were divested of that authority.
3. This paragraph was only implicitly a condemnation of slavery.
4. The courts also implicitly affirmed the enslavement of thousands of other enslaved people.
5. The large scale and monumental character of this intensely sombre sculpture implicitly declares the normality and universality of difficulty.