accomplishment
/əˈkɑmpɫɪʃmənt/
nouna desired and impressive goal achieved through hard work
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1. The point was accomplishment.
2. You can celebrate or bemoan these accomplishments.
3. Number three: Don't cross off accomplishments.
4. Tip number four, highlight your accomplishments.
5. Tip number two - know your accomplishments.
advancement
/ədˈvænsmənt/
nounthe process of improvement or progress
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1. That's advancements?
2. A Professional Engineering license may increase advancement possibilities.
3. However, recent advancements in the production of algae-based biofuels hold considerable potential for the future.
4. The woman in question had reportedly rejected Rust’s romantic advancements.
5. Technological advancements are changing the prospects for employment at an unprecedented speed.
aspiration
/ˌæspɝˈeɪʃən/
nouna strong will to achieve something
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1. All of you have an aspiration.
2. Brown had dreams, aspirations!
3. Pick an aspiration.
4. Aspirations of the law that are among civilizations' most precious gifts.
5. Aspiration is one way.
boom
/ˈbum/
nouna time of great economic growth
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1. The restaurant business in Seattle boomed.
2. Goes boom!
3. Boom, just kiss.
4. Booming. -
5. - Booming. -
breakthrough
/ˈbɹeɪkˌθɹu/
nounan important discovery or development that helps improve a situation or answer a problem
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1. Two of these people will make a breakthrough.
2. Here's the breakthrough.
3. Then the researchers and the historian made a breakthrough.
4. But immense hurdles prevented further breakthroughs.
5. We celebrate breakthrough.
comeback
/ˈkəmˌbæk/
nouna return by a renowned person to their former popular or successful state
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1. Seoul nightlife is also making a comeback.
2. A missed 25-yard field goal in the first quarter ultimately made Carolina's comeback harder.
3. The wrestler is making a comeback!
4. This guy really had a comeback.
5. His colors comeback to his face.
glory
/ˈɡɫɔɹi/
nounthe popularity, honor, and praise that a person receives as a result of a great success or act
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1. the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King.
2. the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King.
3. the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King.
4. the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King.
5. Seeking glory.
triumph
/ˈtɹaɪəmf/
nouna great victory, success, or achievement gained through struggle
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1. These triumphs speak two simultaneous volumes.
2. Merchants and the newly rich capitalist class have triumphed.
3. The trap became the triumph.
4. The kingdom of God will triumph.
5. The Nsefu pride has triumphed.
achiever
/əˈtʃivɝ/
nounsomeone who reaches a high level of success, particularly in their occupation
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1. My sister was always the high achiever.
2. The high achievers, they are impatient.
3. Other mega achievers tell their story.
4. Capricorns are achievers.
5. Here's to your amazing achiever.
big time
/bˈɪɡ tˈaɪm/
nounthe highest and most successful level in a profession, particularly in entertainment field
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1. On the first, Netflix is adding Big Time, an exposé on the Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, and Fishpeople, a sweeping look at people who spend most of their lives in the ocean.
2. But as alaska opens up, DANNY says his company is bouncing back Big Time.
3. Really get into some Big Time weather.
4. They've been COMPLETELY and, GOSH, they stepped up Big Time and have been behind me since the JUMP.
5. Hugelaysia had a contingent of Chinese Inbound, and that was affected Big Time.
to top
/ˈtɑp/, /ˈtɔp/
verbto be in the lead on a list, in a league, etc. because of being better than others
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1. That's a second consecutive month that sales have topped a billion dollars.
2. Temperatures inside a volcano can top 2,000°F.
3. 5, 6 mintutes, tops.
4. A furniture-style vanity with a glass sink and top feels light.
5. Topping the list?
to attain
/əˈteɪn/
verbto succeed in reaching a goal, after hard work
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1. At the end of the sixth tape, he attained total satisfaction.
2. Evolution attains to the highest fulfilment of its purpose when the spirit manifests perfectly.
3. Other combat arms of the Corps must attain a gray belt qualification, or second step qualification.
4. Thus, a great mass of men had attained at least a semi-freedom.
5. I attained the desired texture, guys.
to blossom
/ˈbɫɑsəm/
verbto start to be healthier, more successful, or confident
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1. The adults just blossomed.
2. Love is blossoming.
3. Soon, a relationship blossomed.
4. Life for me, is blossoming.
5. Blossom is primarily nocturnal.
to congratulate
/kənˈɡɹætʃəˌɫeɪt/
verbto express one's good wishes or praise to someone when something very good has happened to them
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1. Congratulate yourself.
2. And the judge congratulated both of them and, of course, the other side at the end of it.
3. I congratulate the Julis family for the inauguration of the center.
4. People still congratulate me today.
5. - I congratulate you guys.
to consolidate
/kənˈsɑɫɪˌdeɪt/
verbto strengthen a position of power or success so that it lasts longer
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1. The entire health system was consolidating.
2. Rather than overextend, the crusaders consolidated their position.
3. This arrangement consolidated the east-west shipping route as the most important artery of world trade and one of the best indicators of the health of the world economy.
4. He was consolidating power.
5. And the evolution of banking in the nineteenth century further consolidates power.
to flourish
/ˈfɫɝɪʃ/
verbto quickly grow in a successful way
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1. Her professional life flourished.
2. High culture also flourished.
3. Trade, culture, civilization seemingly flourished.
4. First a hundred flowers flourish.
5. Consumer applications for genomics will flourish.
to fly high
/flˈaɪ hˈaɪ/
verbto be experiencing great success
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to pay off
/pˈeɪ ˈɔf/
verb(of a plan or action) to succeed and have good results
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1. The pitch paid off.
2. Actually paying off debt.
3. Two, pay off my high interest student loan for my master's degree.
4. Paying off debt.
5. His publicity paid off.
to prevail
/pɹiˈveɪɫ/, /pɹɪˈveɪɫ/
verb(of an opinion, idea, etc.) to prove superior and be accepted by others, particularly after a dispute or struggle
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1. Justice prevailed.
2. Smarter people than me prevailed.
3. Lucky shirts, lucky shirts prevail.
4. Thankfully, cooler heads prevail there.
5. Fortunately, sane heads eventually prevail.
to prosper
/ˈpɹɑspɝ/
verbto grow in a successful way, especially financially
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1. For nearly a hundred years, the whalers prospered.
2. Our people will prosper.
3. The wholesale hardware business prospered amazingly.
4. Spiritual mediums are prospering.
5. After this the colony prospered.
to strive
/ˈstɹaɪv/
verbto try as hard as possible to achieve a goal
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1. Every year, hundreds of thousands of hardworking, talented students strive for admission to elite schools.
2. Striving for some points here.
3. Striving to even greater stability, even greater comprehensiveness.
4. Strive for speed!
5. Striving for inclusion.
to thrive
/ˈθɹaɪv/
verbto develop or grow well or continue to be successful
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1. Thriving industry-- Industry-wise.
2. Evergreen topics like evergreen trees thrive all year round.
3. Evergreen topics like evergreen trees, thrive all year round.
4. 75% of the world's coral species thrive here.
5. Over 300 species of trees thrive here.
drive
/ˈdɹaɪv/
nouna strong desire and determination to succeed
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1. Then he drove into London, but he didn't find his hotel.
2. What we call behavior is the cognitive inhibition on a biochemical drive.
3. - Drive who in the comments please - Just not that song !
4. - Drive a forklift.
5. Thieves drove two large diesel trucks into a Nintendo distribution center inside an air cargo warehouse.
effectiveness
/ˈifɛktɪvnəs/, /ɪˈfɛktɪvnəs/
nounthe quality of yielding the desired result
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1. The effectiveness depends on the device.
2. Before that, scientists scrutinize its effectiveness.
3. Phase 3's efficacy and Phase 4 is effectiveness.
4. Your paradigm controls your effectiveness.
5. Dirt and other pollutants can reduce the mask's effectiveness.
perseverance
/ˌpɝsəˈvɪɹəns/
nounthe quality of persistently trying in spite of difficulties
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1. Perseverance, collect the geology samples.
2. Perseverance builds character.
3. Perseverance is the key.
4. Perseverance is the name of the game.
5. Students lack perseverance.
resolve
/ɹiˈzɑɫv/
nouna strong will to have or do something of value
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1. Resolve the attack in the following way.
2. Resolve locations and guilds.
3. Then, also, the league has to resolve disputes between clubs.
4. Matured differentiation resolves the relational tension between agency and communion.
5. Resolve the resultant wound.
desirable
/dɪˈzaɪɝəbəɫ/, /dɪˈzaɪɹəbəɫ/
adjectiveworth doing or having
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1. Now this posture may look desirable.
2. Promotion is therefore less desirable to you.
3. I feel more desirable.
4. It's desirable.
5. It became desirable.
distinguished
/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/
adjectivedeserving admiration, respect, and being very successful
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1. Our distinguished moderator is Harold Holzer.
2. His distinguished features are a straight facial profile, tall ears, and short claws.
3. Distinguished degrees are history and communications.
4. So we have three distinguished panelists.
5. The judge deferred to his distinguished witness.
favorable
/ˈfeɪvɝəbəɫ/, /ˈfeɪvɹəbəɫ/
adjectivedescribing something that is liked or approved
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1. Were they favorable?
2. The situation became less favorable for the Gauls.
3. The conditions are favorable.
4. Twenty four and 80 percent of Republicans have favorable opinions of Trump.
5. Narcissists will often expect favorable treatment from those around them.
feasible
/ˈfizəbəɫ/
adjectivehaving the potential of being executed or done successfully
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1. Is that feasible?
2. Customers should have economically feasible.
3. This point is feasible.
4. This drone-like design is surprisingly feasible.
5. The drive back to my hometown was just not really feasible.
fulfilled
/fʊɫˈfɪɫd/
adjectivefeeling happy and satisfied with one's life, job, etc.
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1. I feel fulfilled if I listen each week to English.
2. I feel fulfilled if I listen each week to English.
3. She felt very fulfilled.
4. She’ll feel very, very fulfilled.
5. Jan’ll be very fulfilled.
notable
/ˈnoʊtəbəɫ/
adjectivedrawing attention or deserving attention or notice
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1. Notable examples are the Lincoln Blackwood and the Cadillac Escalade EXT pickup.
2. - Oooh, this spot right here is notable.
3. Five further tribunes were also notable.
4. The January protests were notable for the brazen verbal attacks against the elite Revolutionary Guards and the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini.
5. Notable customers include former UK Prime Minister David Cameron, President of Rolls-Royce Cars North America David Archibald, and Lord Sugar- British business magnate and founder of the tech company Amstrad.
premier
/pɹɛˈmɪɹ/, /pɹiˈmɪɹ/
adjectiveconsidered most successful or important, particularly compared to others
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1. Raising the premier league trophy?
2. It premiers in just a few days in the US.
3. The Morning Show premiers November 1 on Apple TV Plus.
4. Everyone, check out the season premier of Season 2 of The Resident.
5. Aw, you guys got the premier pic.
productive
/pɝˈdəktɪv/, /pɹəˈdəktɪv/, /pɹoʊˈdəktɪv/
adjectiveproducing something of value through effective and efficient use of time, resources, and effort
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1. But the actual discussion is very productive.
2. Be productive.
3. Our students are very productive.
4. Become more productive.
5. Swamps and streams are very productive.
to live up to
/lˈaɪv ˈʌp tuː/
verbto meet an expectation or fulfill a promise
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with flying colors
/flˈaɪɪŋ kˈʌlɚz/
phrasein a distinctive and very successful way
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1. She passed with flying colors.
2. While orangutans are able to pass cognitive tests with flying colors, there are certain problems that they need our help to solve.
3. For the next two years, she progressed so quickly that, when she sat an equivalent exam in 1903, she passed with flying colors.
4. She applied to work at the consulate in Venice, Italy, and passed the oral language assessment with flying colors.
5. This is the two-door coupe Jaguar debuted in 2015 as a way to get back in the game, and the company did it with flying colors