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Alumnus
Alumni (pl)Alumna -- alumnae Aluminium = aluminum
bulletin
The latest police bulletin described the suspect as a white male in his twenties.
Our next bulletin is at 10.30 p.m.
newsflashnews bulletin
Item
Original teddy bears have become real collectors' items.
3. be an iteminformal if two people are an item, they are
having a romantic or sexual relationship
PhD
B.A., or bachelor of arts B.S., or bachelor of science
draft
My dad was eighteen when he got drafted into the army.
ConscriptCraigwell was drafted by the Chicago Blackhaw
ks.
Undo
We cannot undo the damage of a lifetime in only 30 days.
If a medicine is taken again too soon, it may undo all the good that has been done.
One of these buttons has come undone .
idiot
chump, sucker, fall guy, dupe, mugMoron,
dieter
FastGlutton--- gluttonousGourmandGourmet
cookie
superwoman
Supersonic--subsonicSuperstitionSupernatural
UltrasonicUltraviolet
pediatrician
PedestrianPedalPeddleEncyclopedia
decorate
Décor
reproach
admonish, accuse, chide, reprove, criticize, scold, rebuke, reprimand, blame, censure
point the finger at
bide
Be patient, tolerant and bide your time.
Abidingenduring
Royal titles
Prince – (princess) duke- (duchess) marquis- (marchioness) earl- (female: countess) Viscount- viscountess baron - (baroness)
Text A
Practice: She’s passed her Bars examination and is
now practicing.A practicing doctorIntern---resident--- chief resident--- senior
resident--- attending doctor.
General practitioner
Un-
1)…at least, half of the cardinals came from unrich families.
2) a) During the pre-Christmas months, a large nu
mber of unbooks appear. b) He, too, is an unperson, dead politically if n
ot corporally.
assure
The doctor assured me that I would get better.
A change in the law will ensure fair treatment for people of all races.
I was feeling worried about my missing cat, but the janitor reassured me.
TheatreCentreMetre
TravelledCounsellorJewlleryMarvellousWoollen
AnaemiaAnaesthesia
manoeuvreBehaviourFavourite
ChequeCatalogueeqilogue
Judgement
GreyEnsureGaol
Defence
Practice
Fulfil
Muslim--Moslem
Gramme
Programme
Lamentable t ---d CigaretteMagazineResearchExtraordinaryNecessarilyPrimarilySecretaryThe
AmE --- BE
AlibiAllergyAngleBreakdownFanHawk----doveGraftPillStar
BackwoodsCaucusCocktailElectrocuteKnow-howKvetchPrairieShow businessMe generation
FixerAC-DC (ambidextrous)LesbianQueen
nature
1) They asked a lot of questions about the nature of our democracy.
2) He examined the nature of the relationship between the two communities.
3) Disease is nature's way of keeping the population down.
Be\become second nature to sb.
1) Typing becomes second nature after a while.
2) But the main reason for my silence was that secrecy and deception had by then become second nature to me.
1) Steven took his son to a cricket match as a birthday treat.
2) When we were kids, a trip to the beach was a real treat .
3)[countable] a special food that tastes good, especially one that you do not eat very often
The cafe serves an assortment of gourmet treats.
Word
We are, in a word, busy. Ridiculously busy.
The newspaper printed his speech more or less word for word.
Lawyers are now reconsidering the wording of a part of the guidance and it will not be published for at least another week.
a man of his word/a woman of her wordMuch of this information is picked up by
word of mouth from previous studentswant a word with
to admit that what you said was wrongI'm going to make you eat your words.
remainder
1) Remainder must be paid by the end of June.
2) Fifteen divided by four gives you a remainder of 3.
3) He spent the remainder of his police career behind a desk.
Remains
1) On the table were the remains of the evening meal.
2) extensive Roman remains (=of ancient buildings) at Arles
3) Her remains are buried in Westminster.
Remnant (usually Pl.)
1) The remnants of a meal stood on the table.2) The first revolution on the agenda, therefore,
was the bourgeois-democratic overthrow of tsarism and abolition of feudal remnants.
But I couldn't give in; one monster is much like another - once you falter, you're done.