GENERAL VOCAB
Fool around- to behave in a silly way for fun.
Sentence- Why fool around with money, or taking teeth out, when I might not enjoy it as much?
To fuel-to make something increase or stronger.
Sentence- Lead is added to fuel to make car engines run more smoothly.
Go out of one’s way (to do something)-to make a special effort to do something.
Sentence- Host really went out of his way to make me feel special.
Glossy-smooth and shiny, so as to look real and attractive.
Sentence- This magazine is full of glossy advertisements for aftershave.
Get through- to successfully deal with a problem or overcome a difficulty.
Sentence- You’ll have to break the branches away to get through the thick forest.
Gratitude- the feeling of being thankful or grateful.
Sentence- As a token of our gratitude for all that you have done, we would like you to accept this small gift.
Generally speaking- used to describe a general feeling or opinion about something.
Sentence- Generally speaking, people did not move very far.
Get to grips with- to make an effort to handle or deal with something difficult.
Sentence- They were so keen to get to grips with the enemy that they disregarded much of the training in stealth and guile.
(To) get access to- to get the right to use something or enter a place.
Sentence- Howling Banshee Exarchs get access to a pair of Mirrorswords, a paired set of power weapons.
Viral- spread quickly and widely through the Internet.
Sentence- Pneumonia tends to be caused by streptococcal or viral infection.
To gain access to the internet/to access the internet- to have a chance to use the internet.
Sentence- I need a mobile phone which can gain access to the internet.
Go to great lengths to do something-put a great deal of effort to accomplish something.
Sentence- He went to great lengths to prove his point. She went to great lengths to assist her mate.
Grossly- extremely; excessively – used to describe something unpleasant or untrue.
Sentence- The welfare system is grossly inequitable and inefficient.
Genuine leather-real leather.
Sentence- Tom traded his genuine leather jacket for your mink coat.
High degree of- high level of.
Sentence- The journey round Cape Horn demanded a high degree of seamanship.
Highly credible- very trustful.
Sentence- The story he told me was highly credible.
To hinder- to make it difficult for somebody to do something or for something to happen.
Sentence- Landslides and bad weather are continuing to hinder the arrival of relief supplies to the area.
Humane- showing compassion, kindness, and sympathy towards others.
Sentence- Animals are now raised in more humane conditions.
Haunt- a place that a specified person or group of people frequently visit or where they spend a lot of time.
Sentence- These visions continued to haunt her for many years.
To hide one’s light under a bushel- if you hide your light under a bushel, you keep your talents or accomplishments hidden from other people.
Sentence- He has made some good computer programs, but he don’t tell much about it. He hides his light under a bushel.
Have yet to- if you have yet to do something, you have not done or completed it.
Sentence- They have yet to break the link with the trade unions.
Host country- a country hosting an event.
Sentence- It was like soccer’s World Cup host country handing over the television rights to the visiting nations.
Huge number of- an extremely large amount of something.S
entence- This depends on a huge number of different receptor proteins, each tuned to a different sort of chemical stimulus.
