to accommodate
/əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/
verb
to accept someone's opinion and consider doing it, particularly when it differs from one's opinion
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1The egg shape as well as the nested shell structure also accommodates for extreme differences in pressure and temperature on the surface of Mars.
2The adjustable shelving accommodates a printer, laptop and other essentials.
3Because of this, the space accommodates a full kitchen, dining room and even a spa.
4This expandable car cup holder will accommodate all sorts of large drinking bottles, The Nalgene bottles, the tumblers, YETI bottles.
5In fact, 6 of the 27 floors accommodate just the Ambani family's vehicles!
to compromise
/ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/
verb
to come to an agreement after a dispute by reducing demands
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1In 2017 a hack compromised millions of accounts.
2Air and oxygen exchange, CO2 exchange is compromised.
3Now compromise has different meanings.
4This momentary feeling of relief can seriously compromise your regular posture.
5After all, relationships take compromise.
to concede
/kənˈsid/
verb
to reluctantly admit that something is true after denying it first
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1The point is conceded already.
2The administration concedes this.
3The state conceded.
4The state conceded.
5The president conceded any preemptive pardons to any of this.
to cooperate
/ˈkwɑpɝˌeɪt/, /koʊˈɑpɝˌeɪt/
verb
to work with other people in order to achieve a common goal
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1This video is cooperating.
2Most animals cooperate with the scientists.
3Student: Not cooperate.
4The reserve’s management cooperates closely with international conservation organizations.
5Popes usually cooperated with kings over such difficult matters.
to intervene
/ˌɪntɝˈvin/
verb
to intentionally become involved in a difficult situation in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse
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1But senior Justice Department officials intervened.
2But complexity intervened.
3JAMES GREINER: Or data intervened.
4However Adrian's parents intervened.
5Then his hero intervened.
to interfere
/ˌɪnɝˈfɪɹ/, /ˌɪntɝˈfɪɹ/
verb
to 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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1airports are commonly fenced off to prevent drones from interfering with airport operations.
2Sunday wouldn't work because it would interfere with religious activities.
3But there's also evidence that it interferes with our hormonal system.
4For instance, in capitalist societies, deviant labels are often applied to those who interfere with the way capitalism functions.
5This endocrine condition interferes with ovulation.
to seal
/ˈsiɫ/
verb
to finalize a contract, deal, or agreement
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1Here you can see sea animals like seals.
2Outside a hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador, a family seals the coffin of their father with plastic wrap.
3Hammon's game-winning assist to Bethany Donaphin sealed the deal.
4At that time, the state sealed the building.
5Seal the freezer bag.
to sign
/ˈsaɪn/
verb
to agree to the terms of a contract by putting one's signature to it
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1Oh the poisonous ones wear signs.
2These motherfuckers sign their name on a paper.
3Will you guys sign my yearbook?
4The 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/
verb
to convince someone to do something they do not want to do
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1RYAN HOLIDAY: Talk into his hip microphone please.
2So we talk into this?
3SPEAKER: Talk into it.
4- Don't talk into the straw!
5He would talk into the telephone.
to undertake
/ˈəndɝˌteɪk/
verb
to accept or promise to do something particular
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1These young militants undertake a war on bourgeois specialists.
2And so the administration undertook an extensive review.
3And so the administration undertook a review.
4They undertook a long trip, a dangerous trip, a difficult trip from Antarctica to Thailand.
5They undertook a trip from Antarctica to Thailand.
to violate
/ˈvaɪəɫeɪt/
verb
to disobey or break a regulation, an agreement, etc.
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1[The sanctions] violate the principles of international trade and WTO regulations
2This book definitely violates that rule.
3No country should violate property rights like that.
4The law of cause and effect is violated.
5- Violated.
to raise hell
/ɹˈeɪz hˈɛl/
phrase
to complain about or object to something angrily and loudly

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to wrap up
/ɹˈæp ˈʌp/
verb
to conclude or complete a meeting, job, agreement, etc.
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1We also wrapped up with a quick history of the origins and development of astronomy, from ancient observers to the Hubble Space Telescope.
2The prosecution and defense wrap up their cases in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
3Tomorrow, the House impeachment managers wrap up their opening arguments.
4Wrap up your present.
5Wrap up.
acceptance
/ækˈsɛptəns/, /əkˈsɛptəns/
noun
the act of agreeing with a belief, idea, statement, etc.
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1Acceptance is inversely proportional to prevalence.
2The first step is acceptance.
3You want acceptance?
4Acceptance is the opposite of denial and avoidance.
5Acceptance is the opposite of denial and avoidance.
compliance
/kəmˈpɫaɪəns/
noun
the act of following rules or regulations
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1The second part of the story is compliance with medication.
2Compliance becomes very simple.
3Compliance is hugely important.
4But PCI compliance.
5The Chief Rabbi checks production for compliance.
consensus
/kənˈsɛnsəs/
noun
an agreement reached by all members of a group
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1Practice consensus building.
2I built consensus around it.
3Is the consensus, "Yea or nay?"
4So therefore, the key element of a medium of exchange is consensus.
5You need a consensus.
convention
/kənˈvɛnʃən/
noun
behavior and actions that most members of a society expect and consider appropriate
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1Convention starts at 10.
2Conventions suck.
3KISS convention.
4The convention almost falls apart.
5Conventions, in this situation, means rules or habits.
bargain
/ˈbɑɹɡən/, /ˈbɑɹɡɪn/
noun
an agreement between two people or a group of people, based on which they do something particular for one another
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1This one's a bargain.
2Credit is a bargain.
3Bargain hunters are out there.
4The bargain had the car.
5- Bargains to end your back pain.
breach
/ˈbɹitʃ/
noun
an act that violates an agreement, law, etc.
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1By 1990, CPUs breached the 1 million transistor count.
2Defense contractors also have breach reporting requirements to the Department of Defense.
3Violent protesters breached the walls.
4For example, the air over the busiest airports regularly breaches the limits for nitrogen dioxide pollutants.
5Finally, on the 25th, the battery breached the walls of Saint Louis.
commitment
/kəˈmɪtmənt/
noun
the state of being dedicated to someone or something
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1The word faith means commitment.
2Faith means commitment.
3Commitment means death.
4Commitment might scare some people, especially early on in a relationship.
5Number two is commitment.
fuss
/ˈfəs/
noun
an argument about unimportant things
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1You don't really have to fuss with it.
2Their families, and the press, are kicking up a fuss.
3He makes such a fuss.
4What's the fuss about?
5So someone raised a fuss.
settlement
/ˈsɛtəɫmənt/
noun
an official agreement that puts an end to a dispute
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1The settlement includes money for the victims families.
2Settlements of settled hunters-gatherers.
3Second, the settlement rationalized the rescue of banks within the terms of the new system.
4Settlements sprung up in or near Shuar territory.
5Farming settlements were just taking hold.
submission
/səbˈmɪʃən/
noun
the 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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1Muslims 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.
2A society of surveillance is just one step away from a society of submission.
3Forget the submission.
4The other S word is submission.
5Submission brings peace.
tolerance
/ˈtɑɫɝəns/
noun
willingness to accept behavior or opinions that are against one's own
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1Information can encourage tolerance.
2Information can encourage tolerance.
3It means tolerance.
4So we have tolerance.
5It 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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1The arrangement had mutual benefits for the public and the museum.
2The feeling was mutual.
3The bad blood between Marvel and its erstwhile Hulk actor is apparently mutual, too.
4Number four, show mutual respect.
5The feeling is mutual!
collective
/kəˈɫɛktɪv/
adjective
involving, done, or shared by all members of a group
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1So collective conscience is ideas.
2It means collective restoration.
3First, reimagining collective bargaining.
4So reimagining collective bargaining.
5Collective societies work together towards a common understood aim.
contrary
/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/, /kənˈtɹɛɹi/
adjective
completely different
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1The evidence is to the contrary.
2The public leader does the contrary.
3On the contrary, most people have zero regards to time management.
4You have contrary evidence.
5On the contrary, the employee was doing the right thing.
joint
/ˈdʒɔɪnt/
adjective
controlled, done, shared, or owned by two or more people
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1just had joints with faces on them.
2Rheumatoid arthritis really does mess up the joints.
3However, the lack of balance between omega-6 and omega-3 in most diets can increase joint inflammation.
4- Where's your favorite falafel joint?
5Your joints fit snugly together.
persuasive
/pɝˈsweɪsɪv/
adjective
capable of convincing others to do or believe something particular
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1Statistics are persuasive.
2She's very persuasive.
3Is it persuasive?
4Still, his ideas were very persuasive.
5Justice Kagan then and now had persuasive powers.
settled
/ˈsɛtəɫd/
adjective
agreed upon, decided, or resolved
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1I, here in the desert of determined reactions, settled debates, sorted particles, cold precipitates, wasted heat-- what you call the past.
2You have the small settled farmer in the more fertile areas.
3They were a settled people until the arrival of white Europeans and horses.
4Beginning 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.
5The 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/
phrase
to come to an agreement with someone
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1The experience of coming to terms with defeat can build the resilience and self-awareness necessary to manage academic, social, and physical hurdles.
2But now the AMA is finally beginning to come to terms with racism in its own past.
3So 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.
4And 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.
5The 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/
sentence
used 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/
sentence
used to show that one understands or agrees with what is being said because one has already experienced it
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1Tell me about it, Adam.
2A 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.
4And 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?
5Tell me about it.
you can say that again
/juː kæn sˈeɪ ðæt ɐɡˈɛn/
sentence
used to express one's complete agreement with someone's statement
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1- You can say that again.
2Jefferies: 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/
adjective
not agreeing with one's beliefs, principles, or standards
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1These jugs are inconsistent.
2the research is inconsistent.
3Your Republican politics as well as your Republican religion is flagrantly inconsistent.
4The bottom of the ocean here is inconsistent.
5These two Nash equilibria are inconsistent with backward induction.
demonstration
/ˌdɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/
noun
a display of support for or protest against something or someone by a march or public meeting
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1And so my father set up a demonstration.
2Opposition to the war in Vietnam has set off demonstrations in several major cities.
3The demonstrations continued.
4Conversation beats demonstration.
5The 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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1Actually, that offer is off the table.
2And it's always been off the table.
3The 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.
4So I think there's some there's some people who want to take those other two options off the table.
5And 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/
phrase
used to emphasize the intensity or speed of something

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