Learning English Vocabulary
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When I make myself acquainted with new vocabulary I'll share here.
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When I make myself acquainted with new vocabulary I'll share here.
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#IdiomOfTheDay
✨ wipe the slate clean
🔎 to start a new and better way of behaving, forgetting about any bad experiences in the past:
▫️ A new relationship presents you with the opportunity to wipe the slate clean.
▫️ She wishes she could wipe the slate clean and start over in a different career.
✨ wipe the slate clean
🔎 to start a new and better way of behaving, forgetting about any bad experiences in the past:
▫️ A new relationship presents you with the opportunity to wipe the slate clean.
▫️ She wishes she could wipe the slate clean and start over in a different career.
January 21, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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✨ wipe the slate clean
🔎 to start a new and better way of behaving, forgetting about any bad experiences in the past:
▫️ A new relationship presents you with the opportunity to wipe the slate clean.
▫️ She wishes she could wipe the slate clean and start over in a different career.
✨ wipe the slate clean
🔎 to start a new and better way of behaving, forgetting about any bad experiences in the past:
▫️ A new relationship presents you with the opportunity to wipe the slate clean.
▫️ She wishes she could wipe the slate clean and start over in a different career.
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✨ round-the-clock (adjective) [also around-the-clock]
🔎 happening or done all day and all night:
▫️ He's very sick and needs round-the-clock care.
▫️ around-the-clock news coverage
✨ round-the-clock (adjective) [also around-the-clock]
🔎 happening or done all day and all night:
▫️ He's very sick and needs round-the-clock care.
▫️ around-the-clock news coverage
December 30, 2023 at 4:27 PM
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✨ round-the-clock (adjective) [also around-the-clock]
🔎 happening or done all day and all night:
▫️ He's very sick and needs round-the-clock care.
▫️ around-the-clock news coverage
✨ round-the-clock (adjective) [also around-the-clock]
🔎 happening or done all day and all night:
▫️ He's very sick and needs round-the-clock care.
▫️ around-the-clock news coverage
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✨ bum rap (noun) [mainly US, slang]
🔎 a false or unfair accusation:
▫️ It’s a bum rap to say we didn’t try to win.
▫️ She thinks motorboats get a bum rap from environmentalists.
✨ bum rap (noun) [mainly US, slang]
🔎 a false or unfair accusation:
▫️ It’s a bum rap to say we didn’t try to win.
▫️ She thinks motorboats get a bum rap from environmentalists.
December 22, 2023 at 2:16 PM
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✨ bum rap (noun) [mainly US, slang]
🔎 a false or unfair accusation:
▫️ It’s a bum rap to say we didn’t try to win.
▫️ She thinks motorboats get a bum rap from environmentalists.
✨ bum rap (noun) [mainly US, slang]
🔎 a false or unfair accusation:
▫️ It’s a bum rap to say we didn’t try to win.
▫️ She thinks motorboats get a bum rap from environmentalists.
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✨ at a moment's / two hours' / three weeks', etc. notice
🔎 used to emphasize how little time someone has to do something or how little warning is given:
▫️ We can't be expected to just drop everything and leave at a moment's notice.
✨ at a moment's / two hours' / three weeks', etc. notice
🔎 used to emphasize how little time someone has to do something or how little warning is given:
▫️ We can't be expected to just drop everything and leave at a moment's notice.
December 21, 2023 at 11:10 AM
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✨ at a moment's / two hours' / three weeks', etc. notice
🔎 used to emphasize how little time someone has to do something or how little warning is given:
▫️ We can't be expected to just drop everything and leave at a moment's notice.
✨ at a moment's / two hours' / three weeks', etc. notice
🔎 used to emphasize how little time someone has to do something or how little warning is given:
▫️ We can't be expected to just drop everything and leave at a moment's notice.
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✨ well disposed (adjective) [also well-disposed]
🔎 friendly and helpful:
▫️ If you feel good about yourself, you are more likely to feel well disposed to/towards other people.
▫️ It was a well-disposed audience.
✨ well disposed (adjective) [also well-disposed]
🔎 friendly and helpful:
▫️ If you feel good about yourself, you are more likely to feel well disposed to/towards other people.
▫️ It was a well-disposed audience.
December 19, 2023 at 11:48 AM
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✨ well disposed (adjective) [also well-disposed]
🔎 friendly and helpful:
▫️ If you feel good about yourself, you are more likely to feel well disposed to/towards other people.
▫️ It was a well-disposed audience.
✨ well disposed (adjective) [also well-disposed]
🔎 friendly and helpful:
▫️ If you feel good about yourself, you are more likely to feel well disposed to/towards other people.
▫️ It was a well-disposed audience.
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✨ have your work cut out (for you)
🔎 to have something very difficult to do:
▫️ She'll really have her work cut out to finish all those reports by the end of the week.
▫️ The team will have their work cut out if they are to win the competition.
✨ have your work cut out (for you)
🔎 to have something very difficult to do:
▫️ She'll really have her work cut out to finish all those reports by the end of the week.
▫️ The team will have their work cut out if they are to win the competition.
December 17, 2023 at 10:12 PM
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✨ have your work cut out (for you)
🔎 to have something very difficult to do:
▫️ She'll really have her work cut out to finish all those reports by the end of the week.
▫️ The team will have their work cut out if they are to win the competition.
✨ have your work cut out (for you)
🔎 to have something very difficult to do:
▫️ She'll really have her work cut out to finish all those reports by the end of the week.
▫️ The team will have their work cut out if they are to win the competition.
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✨ write someone/something off
🔎 to decide that a particular person or thing will not be useful, important, or successful:
▫️ Most voters care more about jobs and therefore the Government can write off voters motivated by environmental issues.
✨ write someone/something off
🔎 to decide that a particular person or thing will not be useful, important, or successful:
▫️ Most voters care more about jobs and therefore the Government can write off voters motivated by environmental issues.
December 16, 2023 at 2:11 PM
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✨ write someone/something off
🔎 to decide that a particular person or thing will not be useful, important, or successful:
▫️ Most voters care more about jobs and therefore the Government can write off voters motivated by environmental issues.
✨ write someone/something off
🔎 to decide that a particular person or thing will not be useful, important, or successful:
▫️ Most voters care more about jobs and therefore the Government can write off voters motivated by environmental issues.
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✨ gall (noun)
🔎 rudeness and the quality of being unable to understand that your behaviour or what you say is not acceptable to other people:
▫️ Considering that he never even bothers to visit my parents, I'm amazed that Tim has the gall to ask them for money!
✨ gall (noun)
🔎 rudeness and the quality of being unable to understand that your behaviour or what you say is not acceptable to other people:
▫️ Considering that he never even bothers to visit my parents, I'm amazed that Tim has the gall to ask them for money!
December 6, 2023 at 5:35 AM
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✨ gall (noun)
🔎 rudeness and the quality of being unable to understand that your behaviour or what you say is not acceptable to other people:
▫️ Considering that he never even bothers to visit my parents, I'm amazed that Tim has the gall to ask them for money!
✨ gall (noun)
🔎 rudeness and the quality of being unable to understand that your behaviour or what you say is not acceptable to other people:
▫️ Considering that he never even bothers to visit my parents, I'm amazed that Tim has the gall to ask them for money!
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✨ get/keep your eye in (British, informal)
🔎 to become more skilful or experienced in doing a particular thing because you have been practising it or doing it for a long time:
▫️ You need a run of games, especially as a goalkeeper, just to get your eye in.
✨ get/keep your eye in (British, informal)
🔎 to become more skilful or experienced in doing a particular thing because you have been practising it or doing it for a long time:
▫️ You need a run of games, especially as a goalkeeper, just to get your eye in.
November 27, 2023 at 4:00 PM
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✨ get/keep your eye in (British, informal)
🔎 to become more skilful or experienced in doing a particular thing because you have been practising it or doing it for a long time:
▫️ You need a run of games, especially as a goalkeeper, just to get your eye in.
✨ get/keep your eye in (British, informal)
🔎 to become more skilful or experienced in doing a particular thing because you have been practising it or doing it for a long time:
▫️ You need a run of games, especially as a goalkeeper, just to get your eye in.
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✨ at any rate (idiom)
🔎 something you say to show that you are going to say something more exactly:
▫️ I don't think they liked my idea. At any rate, they weren't very enthusiastic about it.
✨ at any rate (idiom)
🔎 something you say to show that you are going to say something more exactly:
▫️ I don't think they liked my idea. At any rate, they weren't very enthusiastic about it.
November 24, 2023 at 11:38 AM
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✨ at any rate (idiom)
🔎 something you say to show that you are going to say something more exactly:
▫️ I don't think they liked my idea. At any rate, they weren't very enthusiastic about it.
✨ at any rate (idiom)
🔎 something you say to show that you are going to say something more exactly:
▫️ I don't think they liked my idea. At any rate, they weren't very enthusiastic about it.
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✨ peruse (verb, formal)
🔎 read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way:
▫️ She has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and catalogues.
▫️ He opened a newspaper and began to peruse the personal ads.
✨ peruse (verb, formal)
🔎 read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way:
▫️ She has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and catalogues.
▫️ He opened a newspaper and began to peruse the personal ads.
November 18, 2023 at 12:34 PM
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✨ peruse (verb, formal)
🔎 read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way:
▫️ She has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and catalogues.
▫️ He opened a newspaper and began to peruse the personal ads.
✨ peruse (verb, formal)
🔎 read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way:
▫️ She has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and catalogues.
▫️ He opened a newspaper and began to peruse the personal ads.
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✨ eponymous (adjective, literary)
🔎 An eponymous character in a play, book, etc. has the same name as the title.
🔎 An eponymous adjective, place name, etc. is one that comes from the name of a person:
▫️ Victorian, Wagnerian, and dickensian are all examples of eponymous adjectives.
✨ eponymous (adjective, literary)
🔎 An eponymous character in a play, book, etc. has the same name as the title.
🔎 An eponymous adjective, place name, etc. is one that comes from the name of a person:
▫️ Victorian, Wagnerian, and dickensian are all examples of eponymous adjectives.
November 8, 2023 at 1:57 PM
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✨ eponymous (adjective, literary)
🔎 An eponymous character in a play, book, etc. has the same name as the title.
🔎 An eponymous adjective, place name, etc. is one that comes from the name of a person:
▫️ Victorian, Wagnerian, and dickensian are all examples of eponymous adjectives.
✨ eponymous (adjective, literary)
🔎 An eponymous character in a play, book, etc. has the same name as the title.
🔎 An eponymous adjective, place name, etc. is one that comes from the name of a person:
▫️ Victorian, Wagnerian, and dickensian are all examples of eponymous adjectives.
'Unravel' and 'ravel' both mean the same thing: "to cause to come apart by or as if by separating the threads of."
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/when...
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/when...
'Un-': You Don't Always Have to Be So Negative
Unraveling a common negative prefix
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October 16, 2023 at 2:09 PM
'Unravel' and 'ravel' both mean the same thing: "to cause to come apart by or as if by separating the threads of."
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/when...
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/when...
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✨ libel (verb)
🔎 to write and publish something that contains bad and false things about a person:
▫️ She claims the newspaper libelled her in editorials and news articles.
▫️ He pardoned two journalists who had been sentenced to prison for libelling the foreign minister.
✨ libel (verb)
🔎 to write and publish something that contains bad and false things about a person:
▫️ She claims the newspaper libelled her in editorials and news articles.
▫️ He pardoned two journalists who had been sentenced to prison for libelling the foreign minister.
October 13, 2023 at 5:41 PM
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✨ libel (verb)
🔎 to write and publish something that contains bad and false things about a person:
▫️ She claims the newspaper libelled her in editorials and news articles.
▫️ He pardoned two journalists who had been sentenced to prison for libelling the foreign minister.
✨ libel (verb)
🔎 to write and publish something that contains bad and false things about a person:
▫️ She claims the newspaper libelled her in editorials and news articles.
▫️ He pardoned two journalists who had been sentenced to prison for libelling the foreign minister.
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✨ latrine (noun)
🔎 a simple toilet such as a hole in the ground, used in a military area or when staying in a tent
▫️ Where's the nearest latrine, soldier?
▫️ He suggested improvements to the water supply, drainage, latrines, and trenching grounds.
✨ latrine (noun)
🔎 a simple toilet such as a hole in the ground, used in a military area or when staying in a tent
▫️ Where's the nearest latrine, soldier?
▫️ He suggested improvements to the water supply, drainage, latrines, and trenching grounds.
October 12, 2023 at 7:31 PM
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✨ latrine (noun)
🔎 a simple toilet such as a hole in the ground, used in a military area or when staying in a tent
▫️ Where's the nearest latrine, soldier?
▫️ He suggested improvements to the water supply, drainage, latrines, and trenching grounds.
✨ latrine (noun)
🔎 a simple toilet such as a hole in the ground, used in a military area or when staying in a tent
▫️ Where's the nearest latrine, soldier?
▫️ He suggested improvements to the water supply, drainage, latrines, and trenching grounds.
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✨ decree (verb)
🔎 to officially decide or order that something must happen:
▫️ They decreed an end to discrimination on grounds of age.
▫️ After the earthquake, the government decreed that all new buildings must be built according to the new standards.
✨ decree (verb)
🔎 to officially decide or order that something must happen:
▫️ They decreed an end to discrimination on grounds of age.
▫️ After the earthquake, the government decreed that all new buildings must be built according to the new standards.
October 11, 2023 at 6:56 PM
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✨ decree (verb)
🔎 to officially decide or order that something must happen:
▫️ They decreed an end to discrimination on grounds of age.
▫️ After the earthquake, the government decreed that all new buildings must be built according to the new standards.
✨ decree (verb)
🔎 to officially decide or order that something must happen:
▫️ They decreed an end to discrimination on grounds of age.
▫️ After the earthquake, the government decreed that all new buildings must be built according to the new standards.
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✨ elaborate (verb, formal)
🔎 to add more information to or explain something that you have said:
▫️ The congresswoman said she was resigning, but refused to elaborate on her reasons for doing so.
▫️ Would you care to elaborate on that statement?
✨ elaborate (verb, formal)
🔎 to add more information to or explain something that you have said:
▫️ The congresswoman said she was resigning, but refused to elaborate on her reasons for doing so.
▫️ Would you care to elaborate on that statement?
October 10, 2023 at 7:11 PM
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✨ elaborate (verb, formal)
🔎 to add more information to or explain something that you have said:
▫️ The congresswoman said she was resigning, but refused to elaborate on her reasons for doing so.
▫️ Would you care to elaborate on that statement?
✨ elaborate (verb, formal)
🔎 to add more information to or explain something that you have said:
▫️ The congresswoman said she was resigning, but refused to elaborate on her reasons for doing so.
▫️ Would you care to elaborate on that statement?
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✨ juxtaposition (noun)
🔎 the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect:
▫️ the juxtaposition of two very different cultures
▫️ The film uses a suggestive juxtaposition of word and image.
✨ juxtaposition (noun)
🔎 the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect:
▫️ the juxtaposition of two very different cultures
▫️ The film uses a suggestive juxtaposition of word and image.
October 9, 2023 at 10:30 AM
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✨ juxtaposition (noun)
🔎 the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect:
▫️ the juxtaposition of two very different cultures
▫️ The film uses a suggestive juxtaposition of word and image.
✨ juxtaposition (noun)
🔎 the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect:
▫️ the juxtaposition of two very different cultures
▫️ The film uses a suggestive juxtaposition of word and image.
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✨ insofar as (conjunction, formal)
🔎 to the degree that:
▫️ She helped us insofar as she was able.
▫️ The news is good insofar as it suggests that a solution may be possible.
▫️ I will get my math homework done insofar as I can.
✨ insofar as (conjunction, formal)
🔎 to the degree that:
▫️ She helped us insofar as she was able.
▫️ The news is good insofar as it suggests that a solution may be possible.
▫️ I will get my math homework done insofar as I can.
October 8, 2023 at 9:04 AM
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✨ insofar as (conjunction, formal)
🔎 to the degree that:
▫️ She helped us insofar as she was able.
▫️ The news is good insofar as it suggests that a solution may be possible.
▫️ I will get my math homework done insofar as I can.
✨ insofar as (conjunction, formal)
🔎 to the degree that:
▫️ She helped us insofar as she was able.
▫️ The news is good insofar as it suggests that a solution may be possible.
▫️ I will get my math homework done insofar as I can.
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✨ conflate (verb)
🔎 to combine two or more separate things, especially pieces of text, to form a whole:
▫️ She conflated the three plays to produce a fresh new work.
▫️ The issues of race and class are separate and should not be conflated.
💡 Synonyms: combine, fuse, meld, merge
✨ conflate (verb)
🔎 to combine two or more separate things, especially pieces of text, to form a whole:
▫️ She conflated the three plays to produce a fresh new work.
▫️ The issues of race and class are separate and should not be conflated.
💡 Synonyms: combine, fuse, meld, merge
October 7, 2023 at 10:58 AM
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✨ conflate (verb)
🔎 to combine two or more separate things, especially pieces of text, to form a whole:
▫️ She conflated the three plays to produce a fresh new work.
▫️ The issues of race and class are separate and should not be conflated.
💡 Synonyms: combine, fuse, meld, merge
✨ conflate (verb)
🔎 to combine two or more separate things, especially pieces of text, to form a whole:
▫️ She conflated the three plays to produce a fresh new work.
▫️ The issues of race and class are separate and should not be conflated.
💡 Synonyms: combine, fuse, meld, merge
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✨ treatise (noun)
🔎 a formal piece of writing that considers and examines a particular subject:
▫️ a treatise on higher education
▫️ a treatise on capitalism that is standard reading in university economics classes
▫️ He wrote a treatise on methods of education.
✨ treatise (noun)
🔎 a formal piece of writing that considers and examines a particular subject:
▫️ a treatise on higher education
▫️ a treatise on capitalism that is standard reading in university economics classes
▫️ He wrote a treatise on methods of education.
October 6, 2023 at 10:04 AM
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✨ treatise (noun)
🔎 a formal piece of writing that considers and examines a particular subject:
▫️ a treatise on higher education
▫️ a treatise on capitalism that is standard reading in university economics classes
▫️ He wrote a treatise on methods of education.
✨ treatise (noun)
🔎 a formal piece of writing that considers and examines a particular subject:
▫️ a treatise on higher education
▫️ a treatise on capitalism that is standard reading in university economics classes
▫️ He wrote a treatise on methods of education.
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✨ beneficence (noun, formal)
🔎 generous giving, or the quality of being generous and doing good:
▫️ admired for her beneficence
▫️ They thanked God for His beneficence.
▫️ They rely heavily on the beneficence of their sponsors.
✨ beneficence (noun, formal)
🔎 generous giving, or the quality of being generous and doing good:
▫️ admired for her beneficence
▫️ They thanked God for His beneficence.
▫️ They rely heavily on the beneficence of their sponsors.
October 5, 2023 at 8:46 PM
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✨ beneficence (noun, formal)
🔎 generous giving, or the quality of being generous and doing good:
▫️ admired for her beneficence
▫️ They thanked God for His beneficence.
▫️ They rely heavily on the beneficence of their sponsors.
✨ beneficence (noun, formal)
🔎 generous giving, or the quality of being generous and doing good:
▫️ admired for her beneficence
▫️ They thanked God for His beneficence.
▫️ They rely heavily on the beneficence of their sponsors.
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✨ surfeit (noun, formal) [usually singular]
🔎 an excessive amount of something:
▫️ a surfeit of food and drink
▫️ Indigestion can be brought on by a surfeit of rich food.
▫️ The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
✨ surfeit (noun, formal) [usually singular]
🔎 an excessive amount of something:
▫️ a surfeit of food and drink
▫️ Indigestion can be brought on by a surfeit of rich food.
▫️ The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
October 4, 2023 at 2:05 PM
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✨ surfeit (noun, formal) [usually singular]
🔎 an excessive amount of something:
▫️ a surfeit of food and drink
▫️ Indigestion can be brought on by a surfeit of rich food.
▫️ The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
✨ surfeit (noun, formal) [usually singular]
🔎 an excessive amount of something:
▫️ a surfeit of food and drink
▫️ Indigestion can be brought on by a surfeit of rich food.
▫️ The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
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📍 acquit (verb)
🔎 to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime:
▫️ He alone voted to acquit the ten generals.
▫️ She was acquitted of all the charges against her.
▫️ Five months ago he was acquitted on a shoplifting charge.
📍 acquit (verb)
🔎 to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime:
▫️ He alone voted to acquit the ten generals.
▫️ She was acquitted of all the charges against her.
▫️ Five months ago he was acquitted on a shoplifting charge.
October 3, 2023 at 10:02 AM
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📍 acquit (verb)
🔎 to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime:
▫️ He alone voted to acquit the ten generals.
▫️ She was acquitted of all the charges against her.
▫️ Five months ago he was acquitted on a shoplifting charge.
📍 acquit (verb)
🔎 to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime:
▫️ He alone voted to acquit the ten generals.
▫️ She was acquitted of all the charges against her.
▫️ Five months ago he was acquitted on a shoplifting charge.
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📍 paraphernalia (noun)
🔎 all the objects needed for or connected with a particular activity:
▫️ We sell pots, gloves, seeds and other gardening paraphernalia.
▫️ Bags of cocaine and all sorts of drug paraphernalia were seized at the airport.
📍 paraphernalia (noun)
🔎 all the objects needed for or connected with a particular activity:
▫️ We sell pots, gloves, seeds and other gardening paraphernalia.
▫️ Bags of cocaine and all sorts of drug paraphernalia were seized at the airport.
October 2, 2023 at 7:53 PM
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📍 paraphernalia (noun)
🔎 all the objects needed for or connected with a particular activity:
▫️ We sell pots, gloves, seeds and other gardening paraphernalia.
▫️ Bags of cocaine and all sorts of drug paraphernalia were seized at the airport.
📍 paraphernalia (noun)
🔎 all the objects needed for or connected with a particular activity:
▫️ We sell pots, gloves, seeds and other gardening paraphernalia.
▫️ Bags of cocaine and all sorts of drug paraphernalia were seized at the airport.