to adhere to
/ɐdhˈɪɹ tuː/
verbto keep following a certain regulation, belief, or agreement
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1. Realtors must adhere to a code of ethics.
2. Only a thin layer of flour will adhere to the moist chicken.
3. The law is strictly adhered to.
4. Adhere to our Comfort Protocol. REST.
5. And some states adhere to the traditional concept of an absentee ballot.
to comply
/kəmˈpɫaɪ/
verbto follow a regulation or obey an order or meet someone's request
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1. I'm willing to comply with social norms.
2. I comply.
3. And the children comply.
4. Complying with the homestead law.
5. Every country complied, save for Portugal.
to consent
/kənˈsɛnt/
verbto give someone permission to do something or to agree to do it
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1. Consent is the basis for political legitimacy.
2. So you give consent.
3. You withdraw consent.
4. In the referendum of 2016, the biggest democratic exercise in our history, the British public withdrew that consent.
5. Even their silence confers consent.
to defy
/dɪˈfaɪ/
verbto refuse to respect a person of authority or to observe a law, rule, etc.
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1. But, internally, Hamzah's defenders defied the government.
2. The dating years defy such views.
3. Defy the norm!
4. However, the student protesters this year defy those colour codes.
5. Our hair defies gravity without any products.
to observe
/əbˈzɝv/
verbto comply with laws or regulations
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1. When Snow observed the situation in London, he therefore concluded that cholera was spread by tiny fecal particles in the water.
2. Two different people might observe a very different rendering of the world.
3. All twenty nine partook in the same exercises and training programs with their performances observed side by side.
4. One study observed 45 women and men with overactive bladders.
5. Observe the same object.
compelling
/kəmˈpɛɫɪŋ/
adjectivehaving a strong and convincing power that grabs attention and makes people want to be involved or believe
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1. The seed dispersal argument is compelling.
2. The helicopter is compelling.
3. The game was strangely compelling.
4. The stories are incredibly compelling.
5. The 1998 testimony is compelling.
legitimate
/ɫəˈdʒɪtəmət/
adjectivein compliance with the law or regulations
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1. Suddenly that dirty money looks legitimate.
2. The email is legitimate.
3. Then power is legitimate.
4. These lights are legitimate.
5. And whatever distribution of outcomes results from that is legitimate.
liberal
/ˈɫɪˌbɝəɫ/
adjectivewilling to accept, respect, and understand different behaviors, beliefs, opinions, etc.
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1. Not one of them was liberal.
2. Even young evangelicals are much more socially liberal.
3. Liberals believe in human perfectibility.
4. Liberals are on board for environmental protection.
5. Science is liberal.
obligatory
/əˈbɫɪɡəˌtɔɹi/
adjectiverequired or necessary as a result of a rule or law
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1. Obligatory I am leaving.
2. These are obligatory.
3. Here comes the obligatory etymology.
4. It is obligatory on the president, executive, legislature and judiciary.
5. The military in Switzerland is obligatory for men.
obliged
/əˈbɫaɪdʒd/
adjectivefeeling that something must be done because it is morally proper or mandatory
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1. And so I feel obliged to warn you at the outset that I am here under false pretenses if you think that I'm capable of communicating with you about technological matters.
2. I'm just not sure whether in fact she didn't just, um, feel obliged?
3. I am much obliged.
out of the question
/ˌaʊɾəv ðə kwˈɛstʃən/
phrasenot allowed or possible
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1. So, spaghetti is out of the question!
2. Public gatherings are out of the question.
3. The east was out of the question.
4. A home outside the urban village is out of the question.
5. Sleep is out of the question.
restricted
/ɹiˈstɹɪktəd/, /ɹiˈstɹɪktɪd/
adjectivelimited or controlled by laws or regulations
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1. They have a restricted host range.
2. And the communication is very restricted.
3. Our last word today is RESTRICTED.
4. Restricted stock awards are a gift of company shares to an employee.
5. But linear transformations are, of course, much more restricted than your run-of-the-mill function with a 2D input and a 1D output.
rigorous
/ˈɹɪɡɝəs/
adjective(of a rule, process, etc.) strictly followed or applied
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1. The U.K. vaccine underwent rigorous testing.
2. We used very rigorous standards.
3. Be intellectually rigorous.
4. DNA is now pretty rigorous.
5. This theory is very rigorous.
stern
/ˈstɝn/
adjectiveserious and usually displaying disapproval of something
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1. My entire fantasy is a stern woman.
2. -Raine Stern, and I'm from Madison, Wisconsin.
3. Also I have a very stern demeanor.
4. The weight of the water drags the stern of the U-boat down by over 20 degrees.
5. The stern anchor didn't hold.
leniently
/ˈɫinjəntɫi/
adverbin a manner that is less strict when punishing someone or when enforcing a law
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1. Cities which immediately surrendered were treated relatively leniently, generally needing to only send tribute, perhaps supply soldiers or tear down their fortifications.
allowance
/əˈɫaʊəns/
nounan amount of something that is permitted
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1. And I had probably a couple months allowance.
2. So this terminology is allowance for doubtful accounts.
3. That’s your allowance.
4. So we are really using our allowance.
5. - And she gives me allowance.
application
/ˌæpɫəˈkeɪʃən/
nounthe act of putting something to work
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1. Applications only start with zero.
2. Wisdom is application.
3. Application is a two-step process.
4. - Another way is applications.
5. Application has four syllables.
clearance
/ˈkɫɪɹəns/
nounofficial permission to proceed or to happen
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1. Also, the irregular heart rhythm alert has also received FDA clearance.
2. Requesting clearance to manual dock then.
3. No, negative Four Seven Niner, clearance denied.
4. Also check clearance of drawers, doors and hinges.
5. Clearance quest Always check the clearance racks!
enforcement
/ɛnˈfɔɹsmənt/
nounthe action of making people obey a law or regulation
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1. Law enforcement flew drones over protests in Minneapolis and New York.
2. Cover financial enforcement.
3. Late Tuesday, a federal judge in Texas barred enforcement of the moratorium.
4. The problem-- the big problem in India is enforcement.
5. Law enforcement will collect representative samples for court.
leave
/ˈɫiv/
nounformal permission to do something
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1. Dad is going to need help when he leaves hospital.
2. 'You shouldn't leave a stranger with them.
3. They use enzymes to digest their food, and what they leave behind are byproducts of that process.
4. Many migrants had left to escape poverty and violence.
5. You cover for them at work while they're on sick leave.
green light
/ɡɹˈiːn lˈaɪt/
nounapproval to begin a project
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1. So the most famous color symbol in The Great Gatsby is the Green Light at the end of Daisy's dock that Gatsby is always looking out at from across the bay.
2. Gatsby just wants to reach across the bay and get to that Green Light and if he can he believes he will have the girl and the life that has driven his wild ambition.
3. So yes, the Green Light is a symbol in Gatsby but this isn't only stuff that happens in novels.
4. If the federal government gives the Green Light.
5. Giving tattoo parlors, NAIL salons, and gyms the Green Light.
must
/ˈməst/
nounsomething that is necessary to have or do
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1. The team must also decide if the focus will be on domestic sales or if the baby food will be exported to foreign countries.
2. Children must help their parents.
3. I must start a new life among strangers.'
4. Light must integrate shadow.
5. Members of the royal family must take great care of their skin.
obedience
/oʊˈbidiəns/
nounthe action of respecting or following the instructions of someone in authority
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1. And they value obedience.
2. The point was obedience.
3. And obedience is one of them.
4. So obedience is the noun.
5. The Christian life involved obedience to the Ten Commandments, avoidance of the seven deadly sins, participation in the sacraments, the doing of good works and prayer.
rejection
/ɹiˈdʒɛkʃən/, /ɹɪˈdʒɛkʃən/
nounthe action of refusing to approve, accept, consider, or support something
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1. - I fear rejection!
2. Rejection is constant.
3. Meanwhile his halting, gauche attempts to seduce women were met by ridicule and rejection.
4. Rejection is a part of it.
5. Preventing rejection.
say-so
/sˈeɪsˈoʊ/
nounsomeone's permission to do something
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1. So franchisees really have no say-so in where the other franchisees are going to open.
2. They loath to talk without the say-so of Ian Wilson I did call the Tower Master.
3. You're asking me to put a hundred B-98s on the line on the say-so of NATO's glorified paperwork?
4. But not much happens without the boss's say-so.
5. But that's one grammarian's say-so.
do's and don'ts
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things that should be done or avoided
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1. I think there's spotty community contributions here and there, which I have a video all about the kind of do's and don'ts about that over here.
2. She's the creator of Make Real Cents, a millennial money platform that teaches the do's and don'ts of personal finance.
3. Are there do's and don'ts?
4. What are your personal do's and don'ts for museum-going?
5. Some quick do's and don'ts when reaching out to HR: Do include a nice greeting or sign off with something cheery like, "Thanks so much, talk soon!"
in accordance with
/ɪn ɐkˈoːɹdəns wɪð/
phrasein a way that agrees with something
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1. Most systems are quality tested dozens of times a day in accordance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, and notwithstanding some recent tragic contaminations, it’s considered to be overwhelmingly safe.
2. So, in accordance with this plan, in 1859, Piedmont provoked Austria into declaring war and gained quick victories.
3. Right acts, therefore, are simply those that are in accordance with the natural law.
4. In accordance with his philosophy, and contrary to the practice of the time, Confucius dissuaded rulers from relying on harsh punishments and military power to govern their lands because he believed that a good ruler inspires others to spontaneously follow him by virtue of his ethical charisma.
5. In August 2019, a boat saved more than 100 migrants and asked to dock in Italy in accordance with maritime law.
by the book
/baɪ ðə bˈʊk/
phraseprecisely in accordance with rules and regulations
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1. So event though it was by the book one way when you're cooking for yourself and for your friends you wanna make it tailored to your audience, you make it how you're gonna enjoy it.
2. Today's episode was inspired by the book 'A Short History of Nearly Everything', in which Bill Bryson explores the neatest bits of science, my personal recommendation.
3. By the book, that's correct.
4. Hogan and Blassie were marketed as the ultimate cheat team and the ideal antagonists for by the book Andre.
5. Now this video was inspired by the book Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman which I’ve recommended before because it’s awesome and it also inspired me to make these cool videos so check them out if you haven’t already.
to feel free (to do something)
/fˈiːl fɹˈiː tə dˈuː sˈʌmθɪŋ/
phraseused to tell someone that they can do what they want
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to play by one's own rules
/plˈeɪ baɪ wˈʌnz ˈoʊn ɹˈuːlz/
phraseto do things as one sees fit, not according to laws or rules
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to conform
/kənˈfɔɹm/
verbto be or act in accordance with a rule, standard, etc.
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1. First of all, the brain conforms to the shape of the skull, not the other way around.
2. So, does this novel conform to the form of the Identity Plot?
3. To not conform.
4. That's conform.
5. That's conform.
non-compliant
/nˌɑːnkəmplˈaɪənt/
adjectiverefusing to follow a law or rule
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1. People with non-compliant driver's licenses basically can only drive with it.
2. So, just wanted to ask for the top non-compliant controls.
3. - Plenty of non-compliant diabetics don't.
4. - Wait, non-compliant diabetics do get treated.
5. And I will also leave to the Department of Defense the nature and work that they're doing on systems that will ultimately, potentially be non-compliant.
to commit
/kəˈmɪt/
verbto officially order to send a person to prison, psychiatric hospital, etc.
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1. And his wife committed suicide.
2. My own father committed suicide here on the property.
3. - Commit a hit.
4. The other robot commits suicide.
5. A thousand farmers of India a couple of weeks ago committed mass suicide.
conservative
/kənˈsɝvətɪv/
adjectivesupporting traditional values and beliefs and not willing to accept any contradictory change
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1. Conservatives, on the other hand, showed no racial bias.
2. Conservatives have no problem with Social Security.
3. Conservatives were outraged.
4. Not one of them was conservative.
5. Conservatives were more conservative than liberal.