to accommodate
/əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/
verbto accept someone's opinion and consider doing it, particularly when it differs from one's opinion
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1. The egg shape as well as the nested shell structure also accommodates for extreme differences in pressure and temperature on the surface of Mars.
2. The adjustable shelving accommodates a printer, laptop and other essentials.
3. Because of this, the space accommodates a full kitchen, dining room and even a spa.
4. This expandable car cup holder will accommodate all sorts of large drinking bottles, The Nalgene bottles, the tumblers, YETI bottles.
5. In fact, 6 of the 27 floors accommodate just the Ambani family's vehicles!
to compromise
/ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/
verbto come to an agreement after a dispute by reducing demands
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1. In 2017 a hack compromised millions of accounts.
2. Air and oxygen exchange, CO2 exchange is compromised.
3. Now compromise has different meanings.
4. This momentary feeling of relief can seriously compromise your regular posture.
5. After all, relationships take compromise.
to concede
/kənˈsid/
verbto reluctantly admit that something is true after denying it first
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1. The point is conceded already.
2. The administration concedes this.
3. The state conceded.
4. The state conceded.
5. The president conceded any preemptive pardons to any of this.
to cooperate
/ˈkwɑpɝˌeɪt/, /koʊˈɑpɝˌeɪt/
verbto work with other people in order to achieve a common goal
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1. This video is cooperating.
2. Most animals cooperate with the scientists.
3. Student: Not cooperate.
4. The reserve’s management cooperates closely with international conservation organizations.
5. Popes usually cooperated with kings over such difficult matters.
to intervene
/ˌɪntɝˈvin/
verbto intentionally become involved in a difficult situation in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse
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1. But senior Justice Department officials intervened.
2. But complexity intervened.
3. JAMES GREINER: Or data intervened.
4. However Adrian's parents intervened.
5. Then his hero intervened.
to interfere
/ˌɪnɝˈfɪɹ/, /ˌɪntɝˈfɪɹ/
verbto take part or get involved in something when it is not necessary or without invitation, in a way that is annoying to others
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1. airports are commonly fenced off to prevent drones from interfering with airport operations.
2. Sunday wouldn't work because it would interfere with religious activities.
3. But there's also evidence that it interferes with our hormonal system.
4. For instance, in capitalist societies, deviant labels are often applied to those who interfere with the way capitalism functions.
5. This endocrine condition interferes with ovulation.
to seal
/ˈsiɫ/
verbto finalize a contract, deal, or agreement
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1. Here you can see sea animals like seals.
2. Outside a hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador, a family seals the coffin of their father with plastic wrap.
3. Hammon's game-winning assist to Bethany Donaphin sealed the deal.
4. At that time, the state sealed the building.
5. Seal the freezer bag.
to sign
/ˈsaɪn/
verbto agree to the terms of a contract by putting one's signature to it
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1. Oh the poisonous ones wear signs.
2. These motherfuckers sign their name on a paper.
3. Will you guys sign my yearbook?
4. The fine representatives of the body politic in Ireland signed the Anglo-Irish treaty in 1921.
5. - Sign your name right here.
to talk into
/tˈɔːk ˌɪntʊ/
verbto convince someone to do something they do not want to do
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1. RYAN HOLIDAY: Talk into his hip microphone please.
2. So we talk into this?
3. SPEAKER: Talk into it.
4. - Don't talk into the straw!
5. He would talk into the telephone.
to undertake
/ˈəndɝˌteɪk/
verbto accept or promise to do something particular
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1. These young militants undertake a war on bourgeois specialists.
2. And so the administration undertook an extensive review.
3. And so the administration undertook a review.
4. They undertook a long trip, a dangerous trip, a difficult trip from Antarctica to Thailand.
5. They undertook a trip from Antarctica to Thailand.
to violate
/ˈvaɪəɫeɪt/
verbto disobey or break a regulation, an agreement, etc.
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1. [The sanctions] violate the principles of international trade and WTO regulations
2. This book definitely violates that rule.
3. No country should violate property rights like that.
4. The law of cause and effect is violated.
5. - Violated.
to raise hell
/ɹˈeɪz hˈɛl/
phraseto complain about or object to something angrily and loudly
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to wrap up
/ɹˈæp ˈʌp/
verbto conclude or complete a meeting, job, agreement, etc.
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1. We also wrapped up with a quick history of the origins and development of astronomy, from ancient observers to the Hubble Space Telescope.
2. The prosecution and defense wrap up their cases in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
3. Tomorrow, the House impeachment managers wrap up their opening arguments.
4. Wrap up your present.
5. Wrap up.
acceptance
/ækˈsɛptəns/, /əkˈsɛptəns/
nounthe act of agreeing with a belief, idea, statement, etc.
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1. Acceptance is inversely proportional to prevalence.
2. The first step is acceptance.
3. You want acceptance?
4. Acceptance is the opposite of denial and avoidance.
5. Acceptance is the opposite of denial and avoidance.
compliance
/kəmˈpɫaɪəns/
nounthe act of following rules or regulations
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1. The second part of the story is compliance with medication.
2. Compliance becomes very simple.
3. Compliance is hugely important.
4. But PCI compliance.
5. The Chief Rabbi checks production for compliance.
consensus
/kənˈsɛnsəs/
nounan agreement reached by all members of a group
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1. Practice consensus building.
2. I built consensus around it.
3. Is the consensus, "Yea or nay?"
4. So therefore, the key element of a medium of exchange is consensus.
5. You need a consensus.
convention
/kənˈvɛnʃən/
nounbehavior and actions that most members of a society expect and consider appropriate
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1. Convention starts at 10.
2. Conventions suck.
3. KISS convention.
4. The convention almost falls apart.
5. Conventions, in this situation, means rules or habits.
bargain
/ˈbɑɹɡən/, /ˈbɑɹɡɪn/
nounan agreement between two people or a group of people, based on which they do something particular for one another
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1. This one's a bargain.
2. Credit is a bargain.
3. Bargain hunters are out there.
4. The bargain had the car.
5. - Bargains to end your back pain.
breach
/ˈbɹitʃ/
nounan act that violates an agreement, law, etc.
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1. By 1990, CPUs breached the 1 million transistor count.
2. Defense contractors also have breach reporting requirements to the Department of Defense.
3. Violent protesters breached the walls.
4. For example, the air over the busiest airports regularly breaches the limits for nitrogen dioxide pollutants.
5. Finally, on the 25th, the battery breached the walls of Saint Louis.
commitment
/kəˈmɪtmənt/
nounthe state of being dedicated to someone or something
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1. The word faith means commitment.
2. Faith means commitment.
3. Commitment means death.
4. Commitment might scare some people, especially early on in a relationship.
5. Number two is commitment.
fuss
/ˈfəs/
nounan argument about unimportant things
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1. You don't really have to fuss with it.
2. Their families, and the press, are kicking up a fuss.
3. He makes such a fuss.
4. What's the fuss about?
5. So someone raised a fuss.
settlement
/ˈsɛtəɫmənt/
nounan official agreement that puts an end to a dispute
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1. The settlement includes money for the victims families.
2. Settlements of settled hunters-gatherers.
3. Second, the settlement rationalized the rescue of banks within the terms of the new system.
4. Settlements sprung up in or near Shuar territory.
5. Farming settlements were just taking hold.
submission
/səbˈmɪʃən/
nounthe state or act of accepting defeat and not having a choice but to obey the person in the position of power
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1. Muslims believe that God sent Muhammad as the final prophet to bring people back to the one true religion, which involves the worship of, and submission to, a single and all-powerful God.
2. A society of surveillance is just one step away from a society of submission.
3. Forget the submission.
4. The other S word is submission.
5. Submission brings peace.
tolerance
/ˈtɑɫɝəns/
nounwillingness to accept behavior or opinions that are against one's own
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1. Information can encourage tolerance.
2. Information can encourage tolerance.
3. It means tolerance.
4. So we have tolerance.
5. It depends on your timeframes, your risk tolerances.
mutual
/ˈmjutʃuəɫ/
adjective(of actions or feelings) done to or shared by either of two individuals or more for each other
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1. The arrangement had mutual benefits for the public and the museum.
2. The feeling was mutual.
3. The bad blood between Marvel and its erstwhile Hulk actor is apparently mutual, too.
4. Number four, show mutual respect.
5. The feeling is mutual!
collective
/kəˈɫɛktɪv/
adjectiveinvolving, done, or shared by all members of a group
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1. So collective conscience is ideas.
2. It means collective restoration.
3. First, reimagining collective bargaining.
4. So reimagining collective bargaining.
5. Collective societies work together towards a common understood aim.
contrary
/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/, /kənˈtɹɛɹi/
adjectivecompletely different
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1. The evidence is to the contrary.
2. The public leader does the contrary.
3. On the contrary, most people have zero regards to time management.
4. You have contrary evidence.
5. On the contrary, the employee was doing the right thing.
joint
/ˈdʒɔɪnt/
adjectivecontrolled, done, shared, or owned by two or more people
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1. just had joints with faces on them.
2. Rheumatoid arthritis really does mess up the joints.
3. However, the lack of balance between omega-6 and omega-3 in most diets can increase joint inflammation.
4. - Where's your favorite falafel joint?
5. Your joints fit snugly together.
persuasive
/pɝˈsweɪsɪv/
adjectivecapable of convincing others to do or believe something particular
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1. Statistics are persuasive.
2. She's very persuasive.
3. Is it persuasive?
4. Still, his ideas were very persuasive.
5. Justice Kagan then and now had persuasive powers.
settled
/ˈsɛtəɫd/
adjectiveagreed upon, decided, or resolved
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1. I, here in the desert of determined reactions, settled debates, sorted particles, cold precipitates, wasted heat-- what you call the past.
2. You have the small settled farmer in the more fertile areas.
3. They were a settled people until the arrival of white Europeans and horses.
4. Beginning in the aftermath of the last ice age - 10,000 years ago - the human population of Mesopotamia and several other regions gradually began to adopt a more settled mode of living.
5. The settled price is the important price because that determines the changes in your margin account.
to come to terms with sb
/kˈʌm tə tˈɜːmz wɪð ˌɛsbˈiː/
phraseto come to an agreement with someone
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1. The experience of coming to terms with defeat can build the resilience and self-awareness necessary to manage academic, social, and physical hurdles.
2. But now the AMA is finally beginning to come to terms with racism in its own past.
3. So we look at both past and present today in the firm belief that only by coming to terms with history can we free ourselves to create a more just world.
4. And he sees then, as he looks back across the ocean, not only does he come to terms with slavery with Sally and James, in a way, becoming domesticated, part of a kind of family that has affective, sentimental ties.
5. The pair bonded, thanks to their shared experience as outsiders, and their mutual struggle of coming to terms with powers they don't fully understand.
shit happens
/ʃˈɪt hˈæpənz/
sentenceused to say that one must get used to the fact that bad things happen in life, whether one like it or not
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tell me about it
/tˈɛl mˌiː ɐbˈaʊt ɪt/
sentenceused to show that one understands or agrees with what is being said because one has already experienced it
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1. Tell me about it, Adam.
2. A lot of my friends know about her, and we'll take pictures and post them on Instagram and at least tell me about it
3. - Tell me about it.
4. And I go tell me about it because I've only lived in Chelsea, I'm about to move to SoHo, what was it like when you lived there?
5. Tell me about it.
you can say that again
/juː kæn sˈeɪ ðæt ɐɡˈɛn/
sentenceused to express one's complete agreement with someone's statement
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1. - You can say that again.
2. Jefferies: You can say that again.
3. - You can say that again, I'm a Birdy in a Bottle Baby You Gotta Rub Me the Right Way.
4. - You can say that again. -
5. - You can say that again, pal.
inconsistent
/ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt/
adjectivenot agreeing with one's beliefs, principles, or standards
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1. These jugs are inconsistent.
2. the research is inconsistent.
3. Your Republican politics as well as your Republican religion is flagrantly inconsistent.
4. The bottom of the ocean here is inconsistent.
5. These two Nash equilibria are inconsistent with backward induction.
demonstration
/ˌdɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/
nouna display of support for or protest against something or someone by a march or public meeting
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1. And so my father set up a demonstration.
2. Opposition to the war in Vietnam has set off demonstrations in several major cities.
3. The demonstrations continued.
4. Conversation beats demonstration.
5. The demonstrations are prompting heated debates.
off the table
/ˈɔf ðə tˈeɪbəl/
phrase(of a proposal, topic, or offer) unavailable or incapable of being considered
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1. Actually, that offer is off the table.
2. And it's always been off the table.
3. The US-China trade deal, which is not a big deal by any means - it certainly doesn't in any way imply that the US and Chinese are going to start being friendly - nonetheless has taken the likelihood of increased tariff escalation this year mostly off the table.
4. So I think there's some there's some people who want to take those other two options off the table.
5. And while a specific bailout for the auto industry is not part of the two trillion dollar coronavirus relief package, nothing is off the table yet.
like hell
/lˈaɪk hˈɛl/
phraseused to emphasize the intensity or speed of something
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