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{
  "cards": [
    {
      "text": "a tough break",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "When something unfortunate happens, it can be called a 'tough break.'",
              "examples": [
                "It was a tough break for us when Caroline quit. She was one of our top performers."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "ahead of the curve",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "To be \"ahead of the curve\" means to be more advanced than the competition.",
              "examples": [
                "We're investing a lot of money in research and development so we can stay ahead of the curve."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "ahead of the pack",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "To be \"ahead of the pack\" means to be better or more successful than the competition.",
              "examples": [
                "If we want to stay ahead of the pack, we're going to have to work really hard and continue to innovate."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "at stake",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "'At stake' means at risk.",
              "examples": [
                "I'm a little nervous about giving this presentation. There's a lot at stake.",
                "About 3000 jobs are at stake if the company closes down."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "intimidating",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/intimidating",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "making you feel frightened or nervous",
              "examples": [
                "an intimidating array of weapons",
                "an intimidating manner",
                "She can be very intimidating when she's angry."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "adhere",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/adhere",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to stick firmly",
              "examples": [
                "A smooth, dry surface helps the tiles adhere to the wall."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "adversity",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/adversity",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a difficult or unlucky situation or event",
              "examples": [
                "She was always cheerful in adversity.",
                "The road to happiness is paved with adversities."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "all in good time",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/all-in-good-time",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "used to tell someone to be patient because the thing they are eager for will happen when the time is right:",
              "examples": [
                "Be patient, you'll hear the result all in good time."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "ambivalent",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ambivalent",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "having two opposing feelings at the same time, or being uncertain about how you feel",
              "examples": [
                "I felt very ambivalent about leaving home.",
                "He has fairly ambivalent feelings towards his father.",
                "an ambivalent attitude to exercise"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "appal",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/appal",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make someone have strong feelings of shock or of disapproval",
              "examples": [
                "I was appalled at/by the lack of staff in the hospital.",
                "The state of the kitchen appalled her.",
                "He witnessed some appalling acts of barbarism during the war.",
                "Conditions in the prison are said to be appalling.",
                "Your table manners are appalling - don't you know how to use a knife and fork?",
                "After her appalling behaviour, we had no option but to dismiss her.",
                "The standard of cleanliness in some of these restaurants is frankly appalling."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "assertive",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/assertive",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "Someone who is assertive behaves confidently and is not frightened to say what they want or believe",
              "examples": [
                "If you really want the promotion, you'll have to be more assertive.",
                "I've had to train myself to be more assertive at work.",
                "Don't let him boss you around like that - try to be a bit more assertive!",
                "In difficult situations like that, it's important to be assertive without getting angry or aggressive.",
                "I've become a lot more assertive as I've got older, and will no longer put up with bad service.",
                "He taught his children to be assertive and to stand up to the bullies."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "authority",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/authority",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the power to control or demand obedience from others",
              "examples": [
                "The police have no legal authority in these disputes.",
                "We have to find someone in authority (= a position of power)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "An authority is someone with official responsibility for a particular area of activity",
              "examples": ["government/church authorities"]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "The authorities are the police or other government officials",
              "examples": ["No attacks were reported to the authorities."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "An authority on a subject is an expert on it",
              "examples": ["an authority on immigration law"]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "be on the ball",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-on-the-ball",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to be quick to understand and react to things:",
              "examples": [
                "I didn't sleep well last night and I'm not really on the ball today."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "be pressed for time",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-pressed-for-time",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to be in a hurry:",
              "examples": [
                "I'd love to stop and talk, but I'm pressed for time."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "bear with sb",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bear-with-sb",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to be patient and wait while someone does something",
              "examples": [
                "If you'll just bear with me for a moment, I'll find you a copy of the drawings."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "breach",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/breach",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, or relationship",
              "examples": [
                "They felt that our discussions with other companies constituted a breach of/in our agreement.",
                "He was sued for breach of contract.",
                "There have been serious security breaches (= breaks in our security system)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "(an example of) illegal noisy or violent behaviour in a public place",
              "examples": []
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to be breaking a particular law or rule",
              "examples": [
                "The theatre was in breach of the safety laws for having no fire doors."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a hole that is made in a wall or in another structure being used for protection during an attack",
              "examples": [
                "A cannon ball had made a breach in their castle walls."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to break a law, promise, agreement, or relationship",
              "examples": [
                "They breached the agreement they had made with their employer."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to make an opening in a wall or fence, especially in order to attack someone or something behind it",
              "examples": ["Their defences were easily breached."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "bummer",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bummer",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a situation or event that is unpleasant or disappointing",
              "examples": ["Waiting all day at the airport is a real bummer."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "by far",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/by-far",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "by a great amount:",
              "examples": ["She is by far the best student in the class."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "cash-strapped",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cash-strapped",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "not having enough money",
              "examples": [
                "cash-strapped universities",
                "Working during study is a fact of life for most cash-strapped students."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "charge",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/charge",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to ask for a price for something",
              "examples": ["I think they charge too much for football tickets."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to buy something and agree to pay for it later",
              "examples": ["I didn’t have any cash, so I charged the food."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to accuse someone of something, esp. to officially accuse someone of a crime",
              "examples": ["He was charged with resisting arrest."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to move forward quickly, esp. to attack",
              "examples": [
                "When the batter was hit with the pitch, he dropped his bat and charged the pitcher."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to put electrical energy into a storage device such as a battery ",
              "examples": [
                "It takes several hours for my laptop’s batteries to charge."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to instruct (the people deciding a legal case) what the law is in a particular case",
              "examples": [
                "The judge charged the jury before deliberations began."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "How much do you charge for hiring out a bicycle for a week?",
            "He charges anywhere from $20 to $50 for a haircut and blow-dry.",
            "The restaurant charges shockingly high prices for its food.",
            "My plumber charges £20 an hour.",
            "The policy of charging air travellers for vegetarian meals proved unpopular."
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "responsibility for the control of something or the care of someone",
              "examples": ["Marilyn agreed to take charge of fundraising."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "the amount of explosive to be fired at one time",
              "examples": []
            },
            {
              "meaning": "the amount of electricity that an electrical device stores or carries",
              "examples": []
            },
            {
              "meaning": "A positive or negative electrical charge is a basic characteristic of matter.",
              "examples": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "ask sb out",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ask-sb-out",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "invite on a date (as in a courtship)",
              "examples": [
                "Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a movie.",
                "She's asked Steve out to the cinema this evening.",
                "You should ask her out sometime."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "blow up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "explode",
              "examples": [
                "The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "break down",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/break-down",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "If a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working",
              "examples": [
                "Our car broke down and we had to push it off the road.",
                "The school bus broke down and had to be towed to the nearest garage.",
                "Oh no - has your washing machine broken down again?",
                "I'm worried that his car has broken down, or worse still, that he's had an accident.",
                "If the central heating breaks down again, I will refuse to pay the repair bill.",
                "Our dishwasher broke down just a month after the guarantee had expired.",
                "Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "break in",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/break-in",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "force entry to a building",
              "examples": [
                "Thieves broke into our office downtown and stole the computers.",
                "Somebody broke in last night and stole our stereo."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "break into something",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/break-into-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to force your way into something",
              "examples": [
                "He’s had his apartment broken into twice.",
                "The firemen had to break into the room to rescue the children."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "check on sb/sth",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/check-on-sb-sth",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to look at someone or something in order to make sure that they are safe, correct, etc.",
              "examples": [
                "You will need to check on your new employees' qualifications."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "cite",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cite",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened, or to speak or write words taken from a written work",
              "examples": [
                "He cited a study of the devices as proof that the company knew they were dangerous.",
                "Scientists cite this experiment as their main support for this theory."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "To cite someone else’s words when speaking or writing is to use them",
              "examples": [
                "If you cite too many writers, readers will wonder if you have any ideas of your own."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "In law, a person or organization which is cited is named in a legal action",
              "examples": [
                "The mine operator was cited with 33 violations of federal safety standards."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to praise someone publicly for something the person has done",
              "examples": ["He was cited for bravery."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "clarify",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/clarify",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make something clearer or easier to understand",
              "examples": [
                "I hope this analysis will clarify the debate.",
                "Talking it through with you has helped me to clarify my own thinking about the problem."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "concede",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/concede",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to admit that something is true, or to allow something",
              "examples": [
                "Officials concede (that) the plan isn’t the best one."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If you concede in a competition, you admit that you have lost",
              "examples": ["She conceded (the election) yesterday."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "deceive",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/deceive",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage",
              "examples": [
                "The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones.",
                "The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to refuse to accept the truth",
              "examples": [
                "She thinks he'll come back, but she's deceiving herself."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Anyway, I can't deceive him - it's against all my principles.",
            "I suspect these statistics flatter to deceive.",
            "What really angered her was the dirty underhand way they had deceived her.",
            "They deceived us into thinking they would come back later with our money."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "decisive",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/decisive",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "making choices quickly and surely, without having any doubts",
              "examples": ["In an emergency, decisive action is called for."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "break in",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/break-in",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to interrupt when someone else is talking",
              "examples": [
                "As she was talking, he suddenly broke in, saying, \"That's a lie.\"",
                "The TV station broke in to report the news of the president's death."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "bring sb down",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "make unhappy",
              "examples": ["This sad music is bringing me down."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "bring sb up",
      "meaning": "raise a child",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bring-sb-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to care for a child until he or she is an adult, often giving him or her particular beliefs",
              "examples": [
                "She was brought up by her grandmother.",
                "They brought her up (as/to be) a Catholic.",
                "David was brought up to respect authority.",
                "My grandparents brought me up after my parents died.",
                "He was brought up on a diet of political propaganda from birth.",
                "My father was a real authoritarian so we were brought up very strictly.",
                "She brought up her children in just the same way her mother did.",
                "Ann was born and brought up in Ealing.",
                "He's got some funny ideas about how to bring up children."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "determined",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/determined",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "showing the strong desire to follow a particular plan of action even if it is difficult",
              "examples": [
                "a very determined young man",
                "She had a determined look on her face.",
                "I’m determined to finish this book today."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "devoted",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/devoted",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "extremely loving and loyal",
              "examples": [
                "In real life the star of the film is a devoted husband and father.",
                "The shop has a small but devoted following.",
                "His most devoted fans think of Morrissey as a sort of god.",
                "The band's latest album is very poor although devoted fans might enjoy it.",
                "He described his client as a devoted family man."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "diligent",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/diligent",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "careful and serious in your work, or done in a careful and determined way",
              "examples": [
                "a diligent worker",
                "They made diligent efforts to carry out their programs."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "bring sth up",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bring-sth-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to start to talk about a particular subject",
              "examples": [
                "She's always bringing up her health problems.",
                "My mother walks out of the room when my father brings up sports."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to vomit something",
              "examples": [
                "She was crying so much I thought she'd bring up her breakfast.",
                "He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The meeting seemed to be going well until Charles brought up the issue of holiday pay.",
            "He's forever bringing up the past.",
            "The evening was going well until someone brought up the subject of politics.",
            "She would start talking about something else whenever he brought up the subject of marriage.",
            "It was neither the time nor place to bring up the issue of religion."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "call around",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "phone many different places/people",
              "examples": [
                "We called around but we weren't able to find the car part we needed."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "call sth off",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/call-sth-off",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to cancel, to decide that a planned event, especially a sports event, will not happen, or to end an activity because it is no longer useful or possible",
              "examples": [
                "Tomorrow's match has been called off because of the icy weather.",
                "The police have called off the search for the missing child until dawn tomorrow.",
                "Jason called the wedding off because he wasn't in love with his fiancé."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "They've called off the wedding.",
            "We had to call off the party because of his health.",
            "The wedding was planned for June and they've just called the whole thing off.",
            "Is it too late to call it off?",
            "They've had to call off the match at the last minute."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "catch up",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/catch-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to reach someone or something by moving faster than the other person or thing",
              "examples": [
                "She is really fast, and I couldn’t catch up with her.",
                "fig. We’re a young, growing company, and we’re trying to catch up to the competition.",
                "You'll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to talk with someone you know in order to exchange news or information",
              "examples": [
                "By the time coffee came, R.J. and Angelo had caught up a little bit."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "dish the dirt",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to tell people unpleasant or shocking personal information about someone",
              "examples": [
                "She agreed to dish the dirt on her ex-husband for a large fee."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "dub",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dub",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to give something or someone a particular name, esp. describing what you think of that person or thing",
              "examples": [
                "At age 21 Ella Fitzgerald was dubbed \"The First Lady of Swing.\""
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "endeavor",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/endeavor",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "an effort or attempt to do something",
              "examples": [
                "Writing is a very different endeavor than teaching."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to try to do something",
              "examples": [
                "I endeavored to explain the legal consequences of his action."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "facet",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/facet",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "one of the parts or features of something",
              "examples": [
                "There’s always one facet of my golf game that isn’t working."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "fallacy",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fallacy",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a false belief",
              "examples": [
                "It is a common fallacy that only men are good at math."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "clean (sth) up",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/clean-sb-sth-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make a person or place clean and tidy",
              "examples": [
                "We'll go out as soon as I've cleaned up the kitchen.",
                "I need to clean up (= clean myself or the place where I am) before we go out.",
                "Clean yourself up a bit before dinner.",
                "Please clean up your bedroom before you go outside."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "come accross sth",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/come-across-sth",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to find something unexpectedly",
              "examples": [
                "He came across some of his old love letters in his wife's desk.",
                "I came across these old photos when I was cleaning the closet."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "come forward",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/come-forward",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to offer to give help",
              "examples": [
                "Nobody has come forward yet with information about the accident.",
                "The woman came forward with her husband's fingerprints."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "come from somewhere",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/come-from-somewhere-sth",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to be born, got from, or made in a particular place",
              "examples": [
                "She comes from Italy.",
                "Some of the best wines come from France.",
                "Does that quote come from Shakespeare?",
                "She could hear banging coming from the room upstairs.",
                "Where will the money for the project come from?"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The art of origami comes from Asia.",
            "He's American but his family come/comes from Ireland.",
            "They come from a privileged/wealthy background.",
            "The two passenger trains involved in the accident had both come from southwest London.",
            "His family originally came from Ireland, but resettled in the US in the 19th century.",
            "I could hear loud snores coming from Jim's bedroom."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "count on sb",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/count-on-sb",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "rely on",
              "examples": [
                "I am counting on you to make dinner while I am out.",
                "You can always count on Michael in a crisis.",
                "I can count on my parents to help me."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "foresight",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/foresight",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the ability to judge correctly what is going to happen",
              "examples": [
                "She had the foresight to sell her house just before prices came down."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "go about something",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/go-about-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to begin to do something",
              "examples": [
                "We’d like to help but we’re not sure what’s the best way to go about it."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "have nothing to do with someone/something",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/have-nothing-to-do-with-someone-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to not involve someone or something:",
              "examples": [
                "This argument has nothing to do with me.",
                "Much of the bill has nothing to do with civil rights."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "hindsight",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hindsight",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened",
              "examples": [
                "With (the benefit/wisdom of) hindsight, I should have taken the job.",
                "In hindsight, it would have been better to wait."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "His brain was not wired for physics.",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "Physics is very difficult for him.",
              "examples": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "cross sth out",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cross-sth-out",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to draw a line through something you have written, usually because it is wrong",
              "examples": [
                "If you think it's wrong, cross it out and write it again.",
                "Please cross out your old address and write your new one."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "cut back",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cut-back",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to spend less, do less, or use less of something",
              "examples": [
                "The government has announced plans to cut back on defence spending by 10 percent next year.",
                "If exercise is causing you pain, you should cut back.",
                "My doctor wants me to cut back on sweets and fatty foods."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "do sth over",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/do-sth-over",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "do again",
              "examples": [
                "The teacher told him to do the assignment over.",
                "My teacher wants me to do my essay over because she doesn't like my topic."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "dress up",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dress-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to wear more formal clothes than you usually wear",
              "examples": [
                "You don’t need to dress up for the party.",
                "It's a fancy restaurant so we have to dress up."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "drop in/ by/ over",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/drop-in",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to come for a visit, esp. without having received an invitation for a specific time",
              "examples": [
                "Drop in whenever you’re in the neighborhood.",
                "I might drop in/by/over for tea sometime this week."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "I'll give you a ride.",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "sentence",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "To take somebody wherever he needs usualy by car. "
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "in charge (of something/someone)",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/in-charge-of-something-someone",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "responsible for something or someone:",
              "examples": [
                "Who’s in charge here?",
                "The teacher put me in charge of organizing the project."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "incur",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/incur",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to experience something, usually something unpleasant, as a result of actions you have taken",
              "examples": [
                "to incur debts/fines/bills",
                "The play has incurred the wrath/anger of both audiences and critics.",
                "Please detail any costs/expenses incurred by you in attending the interview."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "live on borrowed time",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/live-on-borrowed-time",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to continue living after a point at which you might easily have died:",
              "examples": [
                "Since his cancer was diagnosed, he feels as if he's living on borrowed time.",
                "It is unlikely that serious decisions will made by a CEO living on borrowed time."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "make light of something",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/make-light-of-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to act as if something is not serious, esp. when it is serious:",
              "examples": [
                "They've both had knee injuries, but the two friends make light of their weaknesses."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "grab",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/grab",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to take or take hold of something or someone suddenly",
              "examples": [
                "Let's grab some coffee on the way out.",
                "Let's grab some lunch on the way.",
                "Let’s grab a sandwich (= get it and eat it quickly) before we leave.",
                "I grabbed the rope and pulled myself out of the water.",
                "We’d better get there early, or someone else will grab the best seats (= take them first).",
                "Suddenly, she grabbed me when the movie got scary."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "sill",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sill",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a flat piece of wood, stone, etc. that forms the base of a window or door",
              "examples": [
                "I often like to sit on a window sill and smoke out the window."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "turn up",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/turn-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "If something that you have been looking for turns up, you find it unexpectedly",
              "examples": [
                "The missing letter eventually turned up inside a book."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "I expect a new job will turn up soon.",
            "We don't have a house at the moment, but I'm sure something will turn up.",
            "This opportunity turned up at just the right time for me.",
            "I thought she wouldn't be able to make it but then she suddenly turned up.",
            "The boss is having a party this weekend. I hope a lot of people turn up. ",
            "I was supposed to have an interview yesterday, but the guy didn't turn up."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "sidewalk",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sidewalk",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a path with a hard surface on one or both sides of a road, that people walk on",
              "examples": ["Keep on the sidewalk, Rosie, there's a good girl."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "apartment building",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/apartment-building",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a large building that is divided into apartments",
              "examples": [
                "We have a lot of underground parking. Especially under apartment buildings."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "inconspicuous",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/inconspicuous",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "not easily or quickly noticed or seen, or not attracting attention",
              "examples": [
                "This type of bird is very inconspicuous because of its dull feathers.",
                "At parties, he always stands in a corner and tries to look inconspicuous."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "harsh",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/harsh",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "unpleasant, unkind, cruel, or more severe than is necessary",
              "examples": [
                "harsh criticism",
                "The children had had a harsh upbringing.",
                "We thought the punishment was rather harsh for such a minor offence.",
                "\"There is no alternative,\" she said in a harsh voice.",
                "He said some harsh words (= spoke unkindly) about his brother."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "too strong, bright, loud, etc.",
              "examples": ["harsh chemicals/lighting"]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The harsh light revealed every crevice and wrinkle in his face.",
            "In a harsh economic climate, raises for teachers have become a lightning rod for criticism.",
            "The book confronts the harsh social and political realities of the world today.",
            "The prison sentence seemed rather harsh, considering the triviality of the offence.",
            "The people rebelled against the harsh new government."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "disclose",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/disclose",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden",
              "examples": [
                "The company has disclosed profits of over £200 million.",
                "The police have disclosed that two officers are under internal investigation."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "She refused to disclose any details of the plan.",
            "He received an anonymous letter threatening to disclose details of his affair if he didn't pay the money.",
            "This information cannot be disclosed without authorization from a minister.",
            "They made an agreement not to disclose any details.",
            "The journalist refused to disclose her sources."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "indispensable",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/indispensable",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "Something or someone that is indispensable is so good or important that you could not manage without it, him, or her",
              "examples": [
                "This book is an indispensable resource for researchers.",
                "His long experience at the United Nations makes him indispensable to the talks."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "invaluable",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/invaluable",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "extremely useful",
              "examples": [
                "The new job will provide you with invaluable experience.",
                "Such data will prove invaluable to/for researchers."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "exorbitant",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/exorbitant",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "Exorbitant prices, demands, etc. are much too large",
              "examples": ["The bill for dinner was exorbitant."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "refurbishment",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/refurbishment",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "work such as painting, repairing, and cleaning that is done to make a building look new again",
              "examples": [
                "The museum has undergone a £15 million refurbishment."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "way off",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "on the wrong track; completely wrong.",
              "examples": [
                "I think you're way off base. Try again. Sorry. You are way off. You should just give up."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "make up for sth",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/make-up-for-sth",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to take the place of something lost or damaged or to compensate for something bad with something good",
              "examples": [
                "No amount of money can make up for the death of a child.",
                "This year's good harvest will make up for last year's bad one.",
                "He bought me dinner to make up for being so late the day before."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "She gave him a bottle of wine to make up for missing his birthday.",
            "I worked extra hours to make up for the time I had missed.",
            "You need to do something to make up for your rudeness.",
            "How can I ever make up for the pain I caused them?",
            "I'm taking extra lessons to make up for the time I missed."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "versatile",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/versatile",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "able to change easily from one activity to another or able to be used for many different purposes",
              "examples": [
                "He's a very versatile young actor who's as happy in highbrow dramas as he is in TV comedies.",
                "A leather jacket is a timeless and versatile garment that can be worn in all seasons."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "This jacket is very versatile - you can dress it up for the evening.",
            "He is a very versatile actor.",
            "We want all our staff to be versatile.",
            "This is a very versatile recipe - you can double the portions for a party.",
            "Teachers have to be versatile to cope with different ability levels."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "pore over sth",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pore-over-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to look at and study a book, document, etc. carefully",
              "examples": [
                "She spends a lot of time poring over the historical records of the church."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "sinister",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sinister",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "making you feel that something bad or evil might happen",
              "examples": [
                "The ruined house had a sinister appearance.",
                "A sinister-looking man sat in the corner of the room."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "pavement",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pavement",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the hard surface of a road, a sidewalk (= path next to a road), or other area of ground",
              "examples": ["The umbrella fell to the pavement with a clatter."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "hence",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hence",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adverb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "that is the reason or explanation for",
              "examples": ["His mother was Italian, hence his name - Luca."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Peter's leaving at the end of this week - hence his anxiety to get his work finished.",
            "The prime minister was attending the conference, hence all the extra security.",
            "He's just got a pay rise, hence the new car.",
            "She's just found out she failed her exams, hence her bad mood.",
            "The firm is owned by Mark Atkins, hence the name - MA Advertising."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "spank",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/spank",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to hit someone, esp. a child, with the hand on the buttocks, usually as a punishment",
              "examples": []
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "consider",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/consider",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to think about a particular subject or thing or about doing something or about whether to do something",
              "examples": [
                "Consider Clara Barton, who founded the American Red Cross.",
                "We considered moving to California, but decided not to.",
                "We have to consider what to do next."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to care about or respect",
              "examples": [
                "Before raising the admission prices, consider the fans."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to believe to be; to think of as",
              "examples": [
                "What some people would consider a personal attack, Andy considers a friendly discussion."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "cranky",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cranky",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "easily annoyed or upset",
              "examples": ["a cranky baby", "He's been cranky all day."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "strange and unusual",
              "examples": [
                "She's a member of a group that promotes cranky ideas about food and exercise."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "lean towards sth",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/lean-towards-sth",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to be interested in something and be likely to do a particular activity",
              "examples": [
                "She's not sure what she wants to do, but she's leaning towards medicine.",
                "Games are leaning towards 3D technology."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "fuss",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fuss",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a show of anger, worry, or excitement that is unnecessary or greater than the situation deserves",
              "examples": [
                "She made such a fuss when Richard spilled a drop of wine on her blouse!",
                "It's all a fuss about nothing.",
                "I don't see what the fuss is about - he seems like a fairly ordinary-looking guy to me.",
                "We tried to arrange a ceremony with as little fuss as possible."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "attention given to small matters that are not important",
              "examples": [
                "The article was entitled \"Making up with the minimum of fuss: a five-minute beauty routine that every busy woman should know\"."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "I felt so ashamed of myself for making such a fuss.",
            "He kicked up a tremendous fuss about having to wait.",
            "I can't think what's got into him. He doesn't usually make such a fuss.",
            "God, he's such a drama queen! I've never seen such a fuss.",
            "I grant that it must have been upsetting but even so I think she made a bit of a fuss."
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to give too much attention to small matters that are not important, usually in a way that shows that you are worried and not relaxed",
              "examples": [
                "Please, stop fussing - the food's cooking and there's nothing more to do until the guests arrive.",
                "It irritates me the way she's always fussing with her hair!"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "disgraceful",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/disgraceful",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "very bad",
              "examples": [
                "disgraceful behaviour/conduct",
                "a disgraceful situation",
                "She thought that their attitude was absolutely disgraceful.",
                "It is disgraceful that children can get hold of drugs at school."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "implication",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/implication",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "an occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying it directly",
              "examples": [
                "From what she said, the implication was that they were splitting up.",
                "She accused the party and, by implication, its leader too."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "the effect that an action or decision will have on something else in the future",
              "examples": [
                "The company is cutting back its spending and I wonder what the implications will be for our department.",
                "What are the implications of the new law?"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Because of security implications the officers were tried in secret.",
            "What are the implications of his report?",
            "The implication of her claim is that the Minister lied to Parliament.",
            "The incident has serious security implications.",
            "It's not yet clear what the implications of the new legislation will be for small businesses."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "try sth out",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/try-sth-out",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to use something to discover if it works or if you like it",
              "examples": [
                "Don't forget to try out the equipment before setting up the experiment."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "leverage",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/leverage",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to use something that you already have in order to achieve something new or better",
              "examples": [
                "We can gain a market advantage by leveraging our network of partners."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "crucial",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/crucial",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "extremely important or necessary",
              "examples": [
                "a crucial decision/question",
                "Her work has been crucial to the project's success.",
                "It is crucial that the problem is tackled immediately."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Price will be a crucial factor in the success of this new product.",
            "The motif of betrayal and loss is crucial in all these stories.",
            "The turning point in her political career came when she was chosen to fight a crucial by-election.",
            "During the trial, the prosecution was accused of withholding crucial evidence from the defence.",
            "The Panama Canal provides a crucial shipping link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "scold",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/scold",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to criticize angrily someone who has done something wrong",
              "examples": [
                "His mother scolded him for breaking the window.",
                "There is a girl who is being scolding by her mother"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "drop sb/sth off",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/drop-sb-sth-off",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to take someone or something to a particular place, usually by car, as you travel to a different place",
              "examples": [
                "We dropped our luggage off at the hotel and went sightseeing.",
                "I have to drop my sister off at work before I come over."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "end up",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/end-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to finally be in a particular place or situation",
              "examples": [
                "We ended up renting a movie instead of going to the theatre.",
                "They're travelling across Europe by train and are planning to end up in Moscow.",
                "Much of this meat will probably end up as dog food.",
                "She'll end up penniless if she continues to spend like that.",
                "After working her way around the world, she ended up teaching English as a foreign language."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "fall down",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fall-down",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to fall to the ground",
              "examples": [
                "Our apple tree fell down in the storm.",
                "He stumbled and fell down."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If a building is falling down, it is in a very bad condition and there is a risk that it will break into pieces and drop to the ground",
              "examples": [
                "Many buildings in the old part of the city are falling down."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to fail",
              "examples": ["Where do you think the plan falls down?"]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The picture that you hung up last night fell down this morning.",
            "I'm looking for a doings to hold up a curtain rail that's fallen down.",
            "The scaffolding prevents the building from falling down.",
            "A new steeple was built after the old one fell down.",
            "One of the their players fell down every time someone tried to tackle him.",
            "She fell down to her knees and prayed."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "curtain",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/curtain",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a piece of material, especially cloth, that hangs across a window or opening to make a room or part of a room dark or private",
              "examples": [
                "Heavy curtains blocked out the sunlight.",
                "to draw (= open or close) the curtains"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a thick layer of something that makes it difficult to see anything behind it",
              "examples": [
                "They could see nothing through the curtain of rain/smoke."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The audience was still laughing as the curtain fell.",
            "He pulled the curtain aside.",
            "I'm trying to match up this wallpaper with some suitable curtain material.",
            "A coat of paint and new curtains would really cheer the kitchen up.",
            "I peered through a chink in the curtains and saw them all inside."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "back down",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/back-down",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to admit that you were wrong or that you have been defeated",
              "examples": [
                "Eventually, Roberto backed down and apologized.",
                "Local residents have forced the local council to back down from/on its plans to build a nightclub on their street."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "apparently",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/apparently",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adverb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "used to say you have read or been told something although you are not certain it is true",
              "examples": [
                "Apparently it's going to rain today.",
                "Apparently he's had enough of England and is going back to Australia."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "used when the real situation is different from what you thought it was",
              "examples": [
                "You know I told you Alice's party was on the 13th? Well I saw her last night and apparently it's on the 14th.",
                "She looks about ten, but apparently she's 14.",
                "I thought they were married but apparently not (= they are not married)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "used to say that something seems to be true, although it is not certain",
              "examples": [
                "An 80-year-old woman was badly hurt in what the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack (= an attack for no apparent reason)."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The train was delayed, apparently due to leaves on the line.",
            "His resignation was apparently for personal rather than professional reasons.",
            "He lives in Little Overington, apparently, wherever that is.",
            "A series of apparently unconnected events led to his resignation.",
            "I heard a rumour that she's leaving, but apparently it's not true."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "bribe",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bribe",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents, or something else that they want ",
              "examples": [
                "He bribed immigration officials and entered the country illegally.",
                "They bribed the waiter to find them a better table.",
                "He discovered that certain corrupt officials had been bribed to approve shoddy construction work.",
                "Apparently various prominent businessmen had been bribing the minister for favours.",
                "He bribed the children with sweets and pocket money not to tell their mum what he'd done.",
                "\"You can have my chocolate bar if you'll tell me the answer.\" \"Are you trying to bribe me?\"",
                "They should not have been allowed over the border, but somehow they managed to bribe the guards."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "money or a present that you give to someone so that they will do something for you, usually something dishonest",
              "examples": [
                "He was accused of accepting/taking bribes from wealthy businessmen.",
                "It was easy to see the gift as a sort of bribe.",
                "He showed great strength of character when he refused to accept the bribes.",
                "Greenway appeared at Bow Street Magistrates' Court to face seven charges of accepting bribes.",
                "His political career ended when he compromised himself by accepting bribes.",
                "The only way I can get him to do his homework is by offering him bribes."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "threat",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/threat",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is not followed",
              "examples": [
                "Her parents carried out their threat to take away her mobile phone if her grades didn't improve.",
                "The threat of jail failed to deter him from petty crime.",
                "Drunken drivers pose a serious threat (= cause a lot of harm) to other road users.",
                "He says he'll tell the authorities but it's just an empty threat (= it will not happen)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to be in a situation where people are threatening you with something bad or unpleasant",
              "examples": [
                "She left the country under threat of arrest if she returned."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Nuclear weapons pose a threat to everyone.",
            "The police have to take any terrorist threat seriously.",
            "It is hoped that the kidnappers will not carry out their threat to kill the hostages.",
            "Three main line railway stations were closed because of bomb threats.",
            "The key witness for the prosecution was offered police protection after she received death threats."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "alleviate",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/alleviate",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe",
              "examples": [
                "The drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain/suffering.",
                "What are some things you do to help alleviate the discomfort."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "stay up",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stay-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to go to bed later than usual",
              "examples": ["We stayed up (late) to watch a film."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If a football team stays up, it remains in a division and is not relegated (= moved down to a lower division)",
              "examples": [
                "I think all the newly-promoted clubs have a great chance of staying up this season."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "I stayed up to watch the Olympics on television.",
            "The kids were allowed to stay up till midnight on New Year's Eve.",
            "I'll be late home so don't stay up waiting for me.",
            "We stayed up till 3.00, chatting about old times.",
            "These days if I stay up late one night I'm exhausted the next morning."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "look down on sb",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/look-down-on-sb",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to think that you are better than someone",
              "examples": [
                "She thinks they look down on her because she doesn't have a job."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "head start",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/head-start",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "an advantage that someone has over other people in something such as a competition or race",
              "examples": [
                "You've got a head start over/on others trying to get the job because you've got relevant work experience.",
                "They have a ten-year head start"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "blunt",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/blunt",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "A blunt pencil, knife, etc. is not sharp and therefore not able to write, cut, etc. well.",
              "examples": []
            },
            {
              "meaning": "saying what you think without trying to be polite or considering other people's feelings",
              "examples": [
                "I'll be blunt - that last piece of work you did was terrible."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "undone",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/undone",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "unfastened",
              "examples": [
                "Why didn't you tell me my zip was undone!",
                "Damn, my shoe-laces have come undone again."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to be without hope for the future, having experienced great disappointment, loss of money, etc.",
              "examples": []
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "delighted",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/delighted",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "very pleased",
              "examples": [
                "a delighted audience",
                "Pat was delighted with her new house.",
                "I was delighted at/by your news.",
                "I'm absolutely delighted that you can come.",
                "We'd be delighted to come to dinner on Friday.",
                "The audience was clearly delighted with the performance.",
                "She said she didn't care about it, but I believe she was secretly delighted.",
                "Le Tissier was delighted when he received his England call-up.",
                "The whole school is delighted about Joel's success in the championships.",
                "If you'd care to bring your young man along too, we should be delighted to meet him."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "discreet",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/discreet",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "careful not to cause embarrassment or attract too much attention, especially by keeping something secret",
              "examples": [
                "The family made discreet enquiries about his background.",
                "They are very good assistants, very discreet - they wouldn't go talking to the press.",
                "If someone is cheating on their partner or spouse, they should be as discreet as possible so that no one finds out. ",
                "We should be discreet when talking about our work around people that are not at Yandex because we shouldn't give away any of our work secrets.",
                "Please use discretion when talking about your work."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "appeal",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/appeal",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a request to the public for money, information, or help",
              "examples": [
                "They're launching (= starting) an appeal to raise money for famine victims.",
                "The police have issued an appeal to the public to stay away from the area over the weekend."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a request made to a court of law or to someone in authority to change a previous decision",
              "examples": [
                "The case went to the court of appeal/the appeal court.",
                "He won his appeal and the sentence was halved.",
                "She has lodged (= made) an appeal against the severity of the fine."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "the quality in someone or something that makes him, her, or it attractive or interesting",
              "examples": [
                "sex appeal",
                "Spielberg's movies have a wide appeal.",
                "This used to be a marvellous hotel but it has lost its appeal in recent years."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "No witnesses to the accident have come forward yet, despite the police's appeal.",
            "The missing child's distraught parents made an emotional appeal for information on TV.",
            "The appeal for people to donate blood was very successful.",
            "She made an eloquent appeal for action before it was too late.",
            "The campaign has been gaining momentum ever since the television appeal.",
            "Lee's solicitor said last night that they would be lodging an appeal against the sentence.",
            "The district attorney said if McVeigh is given the death penalty and his conviction is upheld on appeal, the state prosecution would become moot.",
            "The appeal was rejected by the High Court.",
            "The judge ordered that he post a $10 000 bond pending his appeal of the verdict.",
            "She took her case to an immigration appeals tribunal."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "figure sth/sb out",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/figure-sth-sb-out",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to finally understand something or someone, or find the solution to a problem after a lot of thought",
              "examples": [
                "I can't figure out why he did it.",
                "I find him really odd - I can't figure him out at all.",
                "Can you figure out the answer to question 5?",
                "We need to figure out what went wrong.",
                "It took them ages to figure out how to assemble the chest of drawers.",
                "As soon as she figures out what happened, you're in trouble.",
                "When you've figured the answer out, put your hand up.",
                "They spent 20 minutes figuring out how to open the box."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "fill sth in/out",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fill-sth-in-out",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to write the necessary information on an official document",
              "examples": [
                "to fill in a form/questionnaire",
                "I had to fill in this really complicated form.",
                "To find out more about our products, fill in the coupon and send it to us at the address given below.",
                "Please fill in/out the application form with black ink.",
                "Would you mind filling in a questionnaire about what you watch on television?",
                "Charlie never fills in the record forms, which ruins the whole ordering system."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "fill up",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fill-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make something full, or to become full",
              "examples": [
                "The sales pipeline for his facility is starting to fill up with clients.",
                "Too many spam emails are filling up our inboxes.",
                "I always fill the water jug up when it is empty.",
                "I'll fill the tank up before we leave for our trip this weekend."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "find (sth) out",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/find-sth-out",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to get information about something because you want to know more about it, or to learn a fact or piece of information for the first time",
              "examples": [
                "How did you find out about the party?",
                "The holiday was a complete surprise - I only found out about it the day before we left.",
                "I'll just go and find out what's going on outside.",
                "Too late, she found out that the flight had been cancelled.",
                "We don't know where he lives. How can we find out?",
                "She found out that he'd been cheating on her.",
                "It was when we started living together that we found we just weren't compatible.",
                "I must find out the train times.",
                "I must find out how much it will cost.",
                "When he found out what we'd done he was so shocked."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "cope",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cope",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to deal successfully with a difficult situation",
              "examples": [
                "It must be really hard to cope with three young children and a job.",
                "It's only been a year since he died - how's she coping?",
                "He had so much pressure on him in his job that eventually he just couldn't cope.",
                "Will she be able to cope with the work?",
                "The hostages had been confined for so long that they couldn't cope with the outside world.",
                "Get a good night's sleep and you'll feel better able to cope.",
                "The teacher said that he found it difficult to cope with a class of disaffected teenagers.",
                "The emergency services are working at full stretch today to cope with the accident."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "dare",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dare",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to be brave enough to do something difficult or dangerous or that you should not do",
              "examples": [
                "She wouldn’t dare go out alone there at night.",
                "He wanted to touch it, but he didn’t dare.",
                "I can’t believe you dare to talk to me this way!"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to ask someone to do something that involves risk",
              "examples": ["I dare you to ask him to dance."]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "something difficult or dangerous that you do because someone asks you to do it",
              "examples": ["He jumped into the river on a dare."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "tireless",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tireless",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "working energetically and continuously",
              "examples": [
                "Tony is a tireless worker.",
                "The prisoner's family is conducting a tireless campaign for his release.",
                "The police have been tireless in their search for the child's killer."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "avalanche",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/avalanche",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a large amount of ice, snow, and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain"
            },
            {
              "meaning": "too many things that arrive or happen at the same time",
              "examples": [
                "We were swamped by an avalanche of letters/phone calls/complaints."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "hang around (somewhere)",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hang-around-somewhere",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to wait at a place, or to stay near a place or person, often for no particular reason",
              "examples": [
                "We were just hanging around the mall.",
                "She hangs around with some tough kids.",
                "We'll probably just hang around the place/house."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "carry out something",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/carry-out-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to perform or complete a job or activity; to fulfill",
              "examples": [
                "I was elected to carry out a program, the governor said, and I have every intention of carrying it out."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "invasion",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/invasion",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "an occasion when an army or country uses force to enter and take control of another country",
              "examples": [
                "They were planning to mount an invasion of the north of the country."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "an occasion when a large number of people or things come to a place in an annoying and unwanted way",
              "examples": ["the annual invasion of foreign tourists"]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "an action or process that affects someone's life in an unpleasant and unwanted way",
              "examples": ["an invasion of privacy"]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The D-Day invasion was a concerted exercise by the armed forces of Britain, the US and Canada.",
            "The ancient Britons inhabited these parts of England before the Roman invasion.",
            "Thousands of troops have massed along the border in preparation for an invasion.",
            "British troops spearheaded the invasion.",
            "The overnight invasion took the military experts unawares."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "supervision",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/supervision",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the act of watching a person or activity and making certain that everything is done correctly, safely, etc.",
              "examples": [
                "Students are not allowed to handle these chemicals unless they are under the supervision of a teacher.",
                "In cases of severe mental handicap, constant supervision is recommended.",
                "The drug should only be administered under strict medical supervision.",
                "The children were running around with no supervision.",
                "The machine should only be used with adult supervision.",
                "Never operate the machinery without supervision."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "make someone head spin",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idioem",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "If something “makes your head spin,” it means it makes you extremely confused.",
              "examples": [
                "I don’t understand the instruction manual for this computer program – all the technical jargon just makes my head spin."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "make the grade",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/make-the-grade",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to perform well enough to succeed in something:",
              "examples": [
                "Marvin wanted to be an actor, but he didn't make the grade."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "mess sth up",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mess-sth-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make something dirty or untidy",
              "examples": [
                "Who's messed up the bookshelf?",
                "The wind had messed up my hair.",
                "They had come along and messed up her arrangement.",
                "I've only just tidied this room and you've messed it up already.",
                "Who has messed up my sewing box?"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to spoil or damage something, or to do something wrong or badly",
              "examples": [
                "I messed up my chances of becoming a great singer.",
                "He says that his divorce has really messed his life up.",
                "You really messed up this time.",
                "He messed up his life with drugs.",
                "The business was going really well until Peter messed it up.",
                "Don't mess up your marriage by working every evening.",
                "He has messed up his chance of a good education."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "miss out",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/miss-out",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to fail to use an opportunity to enjoy or get an advantage from something",
              "examples": [
                "Don't miss out on the fantastic bargains in our summer sale.",
                "We didn't have a TV at home when I was young, and I felt as though I missed out."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "get sth across",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/get-sth-across",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to manage to make someone understand or believe something",
              "examples": [
                "We tried to get our point across, but he just wouldn't listen.",
                "This is the message that we want to get across to the public.",
                "The novel is good at getting the experience of war across to the reader.",
                "The campaign had clearly failed to get its message across to the public.",
                "The speaker reiterated the main points he was trying to get across to the audience.",
                "Do you think he managed to get his ideas across?",
                "She usually wastes no time in getting her points across.",
                "I tried to get my point across to the judge but she wouldn't listen."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "get on",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/get-on",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to have a good relationship",
              "examples": [
                "We're getting on much better now that we don't live together.",
                "He doesn't get on with his daughter."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to manage or deal with a situation, especially successfully",
              "examples": [
                "How are you getting on in your new home?",
                "We're getting on quite well with the decorating."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to continue doing something, especially work",
              "examples": ["I'll leave you to get on then, shall I?"]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to be getting old",
              "examples": [
                "He's getting on (a bit) - he'll be 76 next birthday."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If you say it's getting on, or time is getting on, you mean it is becoming late",
              "examples": ["It's getting on - we'd better be going."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "almost",
              "examples": [
                "He must be getting on for 80 now.",
                "It was getting on for midnight."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "We haven't been getting on recently.",
            "It's important that you get on with your colleagues.",
            "Do you get on with your brother?",
            "They got on better when they were children.",
            "He gets on with everyone.",
            "How are you getting on with your essay?",
            "How are you getting on with your new car?",
            "He seems to be getting on well in his new job.",
            "How did you get on with the questions I set you?",
            "I'll have to wait for the results to see how I got on with my exams.",
            "I'd better not stop now, I need to get on.",
            "He must be getting on a bit now.",
            "My dad would love to help but he's getting on a bit now.",
            "I should think he's into his eighties by now - he's getting on.",
            "You forget - I'm getting on. I'm not as young as I used to be.",
            "I suppose they're getting on now and they've had various friends die."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "get away",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/get-away",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to leave or escape from a person or place, often when it is difficult to do this",
              "examples": [
                "We walked to the next beach to get away from the crowds.",
                "I'll get away from work as soon as I can."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to go somewhere to have a holiday, often because you need to rest",
              "examples": [
                "I just need to get away for a few days.",
                "We've decided to go to hiking in the mountains to get away from it all."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "I had to get away from the party. It was awful.",
            "They got away from burning car before it exploded.",
            "I finally got away from work at eight o'clock.",
            "We're getting away in January for a skiing holiday.",
            "By the time the police arrived, the robbers had got away."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "pull a muscle",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/muscle",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to injure a muscle by stretching it too far so that it is very painful",
              "examples": [
                "Russell pulled a back muscle early in the game.",
                "He pulled a muscle in his groin.",
                "I pulled a muscle in my back lifting some drawers."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "run-down",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/run-down",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "Run-down buildings or areas are in very bad condition",
              "examples": ["a run-down building/cemetery"]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "tired and not healthy, especially because of working too much",
              "examples": ["My doctor said I was looking run-down."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "by no means",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/by-no-means",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "not at all",
              "examples": [
                "It is by no means certain that we'll finish the project by June.",
                "This isn't the last we'll hear of it by any means."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "white lie",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/white-lie",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a lie that is told in order to be polite or to stop someone from being upset by the truth",
              "examples": []
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "libel",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/libel",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a piece of writing that contains bad and false things about a person",
              "examples": ["She threatened to sue the magazine for libel."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "slander",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/slander",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a false spoken statement about someone that damages their reputation, or the making of such a statement",
              "examples": [
                "The doctor is suing his partner for slander.",
                "She regarded his comment as a slander on her good reputation."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to damage someone's reputation by making a false spoken statement about them",
              "examples": []
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "faintly",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/faintly",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adverb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "slightly or not strongly",
              "examples": [
                "She seemed faintly embarrassed to see us there.",
                "A light flickered faintly in the distance."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "uncanny",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/uncanny",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "strange or mysterious; difficult or impossible to explain",
              "examples": ["an uncanny resemblance"]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "brush up on something",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/brush-up-on-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to improve your knowledge of something already learned but partly forgotten",
              "examples": [
                "You’d better brush up on your French before going to Paris."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "keep at sth",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/keep-at-sth",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to continue to do or work on something",
              "examples": [
                "I kept at it and finally finished at three this morning."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "go ballistic",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ballistic",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to become extremely angry",
              "examples": [
                "If your dad finds out you've been skipping school, he'll go ballistic."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "revolting",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/revolting",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "extremely unpleasant",
              "examples": [
                "a revolting smell of rotting cabbage",
                "Picking your nose is a revolting habit."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "fare",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fare",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the money that you pay for a journey in a vehicle such as a bus or train",
              "examples": [
                "Train fares are going up again.",
                "Take some foreign currency to cover incidentals like the taxi fare to your hotel.",
                "Train fare increases of five percent are envisaged for the next year.",
                "Please tender the exact fare.",
                "Government sources estimate a long-term 50 percent increase in rail fares.",
                "The airline's decision to cut air fares is likely to unsettle the market."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "narrative",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/narrative",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a story or a description of a series of events",
              "examples": [
                "It's a moving narrative of wartime adventure.",
                "a first-person/third-person narrative",
                "a gripping/compelling narrative"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a particular way of explaining or understanding events",
              "examples": [
                "There was pressure on academics to construct narratives of the period that were positive.",
                "Both sides in the conflict have a narrative of victimhood.",
                "the grand narratives of nation, race, and faith"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "outlier",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/outlier",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a person, thing, or fact that is very different from other people, things, or facts, so that it cannot be used to draw general conclusions",
              "examples": [
                "People who live past 100 are genetic outliers, whose longevity is unreachable for most of us."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a place that is far from the main part of something",
              "examples": [
                "The survey showed about 125 outlier sites up to 100 miles from Chaco."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "outstanding",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/outstanding",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "clearly very much better than what is usual",
              "examples": [
                "an outstanding performance/writer/novel/year",
                "It's an area of outstanding natural beauty.",
                "The region is renowned for its outstanding natural beauty.",
                "Her outstanding performances set a new benchmark for singers throughout the world.",
                "He produced the outstanding performance of the match.",
                "He gave an outstanding speech to the other directors.",
                "Passing her exams was an outstanding achievement.",
                "Any outstanding library fines must be paid before you can graduate.",
                "There are a number of outstanding problems that still need to be resolved.",
                "They believe that all the outstanding issues should fall within the ambit of the talks.",
                "He calculated the difference between the outstanding debts and credits.",
                "She used the money to pay off the outstanding amount on her mortgage."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "passerby",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/passerby",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "someone who is going past a particular place",
              "examples": [
                "A passer-by saw smoke and called the fire department."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "elongated",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/elongated",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "longer and thinner than usual, as if stretched",
              "examples": ["Giacometti’s elongated sculptures of young women"]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "disguise",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/disguise",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to give a new appearance to a person or thing, especially in order to hide its true form",
              "examples": [
                "He disguised himself by wearing a false beard.",
                "Minor skin imperfections can usually be disguised with a spot of make-up.",
                "We tried to disguise the fact that it was just a school hall by putting up coloured lights and balloons."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to hide an opinion, a feeling, etc.",
              "examples": ["I couldn't disguise my disappointment."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "\"Well, I have shown you how to do this before, \" she said, unable to disguise her impatience.",
            "Strenuous efforts were made throughout the war to disguise the scale of civilian casualties.",
            "She has had a lot of cosmetic surgery in an attempt to disguise her age.",
            "My friend rang me up at the office and tried to disguise her voice, but I knew it was her.",
            "The journalist disguised himself as a waiter in order to get into the celebrity party."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "admirable",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/admirable",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "deserving respect or approval",
              "examples": [
                "I think you showed admirable tact/restraint/self-control in your answer.",
                "The police did an admirable job in keeping the fans calm."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "lenient",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/lenient",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected",
              "examples": [
                "They believe that judges are too lenient with terrorist suspects.",
                "In view of the quantity of drugs involved, 16 years was the most lenient sentence (= punishment) the judge could impose."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "acquire",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/acquire",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to get something",
              "examples": [
                "He acquired the firm in 2008.",
                "I was wearing a newly/recently acquired jacket.",
                "I seem to have acquired (= have got although I don't know how) two copies of this book.",
                "He has acquired a reputation for being difficult to work with."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "As people grow older, their faces acquire more character.",
            "She acquired the painting at a jumble sale for the princely sum of 25p.",
            "When she married Giles, she acquired a ready-made family - two teenage sons and a daughter.",
            "I didn't like red wine before but I acquired a taste for it while I was living in France.",
            "He acquired a reputation as an entertaining speaker."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "brag",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/brag",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own",
              "examples": [
                "She's always bragging about how much money she earns.",
                "They bragged that their team had never been beaten."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "speak your mind",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/speak-your-mind",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to say what you think about something very directly:",
              "examples": ["He's certainly not afraid to speak his mind."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "put sth off",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/put-sth-off",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date",
              "examples": [
                "The meeting has been put off for a week.",
                "I can't put off going to the dentist any longer."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "I've put off talking to him about this for far too long.",
            "They decided to put the wedding off until his brother had returned from Brazil."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "witness",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/witness",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or an accident",
              "examples": [
                "Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident to come forward.",
                "According to (eye) witnesses, the robbery was carried out by two teenage boys."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to see something happen",
              "examples": ["She was witness to the tragic event."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "someone who is asked to be present at a particular event and sign their name in order to prove that things have been done correctly",
              "examples": [
                "He signed the treaty in the presence of two witnesses.",
                "They were married a year after they first met, with two friends acting as witnesses."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a person in a law court who says what they know about a legal case or a particular person",
              "examples": [
                "Ten witnesses are expected to testify at the trial today.",
                "The key witness for the prosecution was offered police protection after she received death threats."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a person who is allowed to give their opinion in a law court because of their knowledge or practical experience of a particular subject",
              "examples": [
                "A psychiatrist was called as an expert witness for the defence."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "If you haven't got a witness, you haven't got a leg to stand on.",
            "One by one the witnesses narrated the sequence of events which led up to the disaster.",
            "The document was signed in the presence of two witnesses.",
            "New witnesses have cast doubt on some of the evidence that sent the 19 year old to the gallows.",
            "She bore witness to his patience and diligence."
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to see something happen, especially an accident or crime",
              "examples": [
                "Did anyone witness the attack?",
                "They were staying in the capital at the time of the riots and witnessed several street battles.",
                "He arrived home just in time to witness his brother being taken away by the police."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to be present at an event and to sign your name as proof that it happened or that it was done correctly",
              "examples": ["Her will was witnessed by two colleagues."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "When a place or period witnesses a particular event, the event happens in that place or during that period",
              "examples": [
                "This university has witnessed quite a few changes over the years.",
                "Those years witnessed momentous changes throughout Europe."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to show or give proof of something",
              "examples": [
                "This year's charity ball was the most successful one ever, as witnessed by the number of tickets sold.",
                "The programme aroused strong feelings - witness the number of letters received."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "I've never witnessed such extremes of wealth and poverty.",
            "Recent years have witnessed a growth in religious fundamentalism.",
            "What we are witnessing is the country's slow slide into anarchy.",
            "His face registered extreme disapproval of what he had witnessed.",
            "It was a terrible thing to witness."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "tally (sth) up",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tally-sth-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to calculate the total of something",
              "examples": ["If the game's over I'll tally up."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "negotiate",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/negotiate",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement with them",
              "examples": [
                "The government has refused to negotiate with the strikers.",
                "I'm negotiating for a new contract.",
                "I've managed to negotiate (= get by discussion) a five percent pay increase with my boss."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to manage to travel along a difficult route",
              "examples": [
                "The only way to negotiate the muddy hillside is on foot."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to deal with something difficult",
              "examples": [
                "The company's had some tricky problems to negotiate in its first year in business."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to get or give an amount of money in exchange for a financial document of the same value"
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Despite the deep antipathies between them, the two sides have managed to negotiate an agreement.",
            "The government's official line has always been to refuse to negotiate with terrorists.",
            "The police negotiated with the gunman through an intermediary.",
            "We need someone who is practised at negotiating business deals.",
            "He spent ages negotiating for a pay increase, only to resign from his job soon after he'd received it."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "inevitable",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/inevitable",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented",
              "examples": [
                "The accident was the inevitable consequence/result/outcome of carelessness."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Unfortunately, violence is the inevitable corollary of such a revolutionary change in society.",
            "The eclipse of the ruling political party was inevitable.",
            "The factory closure is seemingly inevitable.",
            "The endless public appearances are an inevitable part of an election campaign.",
            "When you're working such long hours, it's inevitable that your marriage will start to suffer."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "precedence",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/precedence",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the condition of being dealt with before other things or of being considered more important than other things",
              "examples": [
                "Precedence must be given to the injured in the evacuation plans.",
                "Business people often think that fluency and communication take precedence over grammar when speaking."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "ambiguity",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ambiguity",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "(an example of) the fact of something having more than one possible meaning and therefore possibly causing confusion",
              "examples": [
                "We wish to remove any ambiguity concerning our demands.",
                "There are some ambiguities in the legislation."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "There is some ambiguity in the Bible story, and it has been interpreted in different ways.",
            "The law ought to be tightened to avoid any ambiguity.",
            "Is he now saying that he's in favour of going to war? His statement is full of ambiguity.",
            "Let me say this, to avoid any ambiguity, - I am not leaving my wife.",
            "Be as precise as possible in your answer, so that there is no ambiguity."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "derivation",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/derivation",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the origin of something, such as a word, from which another form has developed, or the new form itself"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "confluence",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/confluence",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the place where two rivers flow together and become one larger river"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "persuade",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/persuade",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it",
              "examples": [
                "If she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her.",
                "It's no use trying to persuade him (that) you're innocent.",
                "He is trying to persuade local and foreign businesses to invest in the project.",
                "Using a bunch of bananas, the zoo-keeper persuaded the monkey back into its cage.",
                "The first priority is to persuade the management of the urgency of this matter.",
                "Her legal advisers persuaded her into/out of mentioning (= to mention/not to mention) the names of the people involved in the robbery."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Clever salesmanship can persuade you to buy things you don't really want.",
            "We only need one more player for this game - can you persuade your sister to join in?",
            "I have a suspicion that he only asked me out because my brother persuaded him to.",
            "Johnson was influential in persuading the producers to put money into the film.",
            "She used her womanly charms to persuade him to change his mind."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "not cut it",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/not-cut-it",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to not be able to deal with problems or difficulties satisfactorily:",
              "examples": [
                "We were playing against a more experienced team, and we just couldn't cut it."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "behold",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/behold",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to see or look at someone or something",
              "examples": ["The new bridge is an incredible sight to behold."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "tedious",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tedious",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "boring",
              "examples": [
                "a tedious job",
                "The problem is I find most forms of exercise so tedious."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "strenuous",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/strenuous",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort or energy",
              "examples": [
                "He rarely does anything more strenuous than changing the channels on the television.",
                "His doctor advised him not to do any strenuous exercise.",
                "Strenuous efforts were made throughout the war to disguise the scale of civilian casualties."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "take the edge off sth",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/take-the-edge-off-sth",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make something unpleasant have less of an effect on someone:",
              "examples": [
                "Have an apple - it'll take the edge off your hunger.",
                "His apology took the edge off her anger."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "stressed (out)",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stressed-out",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "worried and nervous",
              "examples": [
                "She's been feeling very stressed since she started her new job.",
                "I was really stressed out before finals."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "He get's stressed out waiting in lines.",
            "I've got too much to do and I'm completely stressed out.",
            "He's been very stressed at work recently.",
            "Everyone gets stressed from time to time.",
            "She seemed a bit stressed and I wondered if she was coping.",
            "I'd been working flat out and was stressed out."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "reluctant",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reluctant",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it",
              "examples": [
                "I was having such a good time I was reluctant to leave.",
                "Many parents feel reluctant to talk openly with their children.",
                "She persuaded her reluctant husband to take a trip to Florida with her."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The United Nations was reluctant to get its forces embroiled in civil war.",
            "I'm a bit reluctant to get involved.",
            "The government was reluctant to sanction intervention in the crisis.",
            "The government is understandably reluctant to do anything which might spoil the harmonious relations between the country's ethnic groups.",
            "A mother was coaxing her reluctant child into the water."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "desperate",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/desperate",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "very serious or bad",
              "examples": [
                "desperate poverty",
                "a desperate shortage of food/supplies",
                "The situation is desperate - we have no food, very little water and no medical supplies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "very great or extreme",
              "examples": [
                "The earthquake survivors are in desperate need of help.",
                "He has a desperate desire to succeed.",
                "I'm in a desperate hurry."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "needing or wanting something very much",
              "examples": [
                "They are desperate for help.",
                "I'm desperate for a drink!",
                "He was desperate to tell someone his good news."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "feeling that you have no hope and are ready to do anything to change the bad situation you are in",
              "examples": [
                "The doctors made one last desperate attempt/effort to save the boy's life.",
                "Desperate measures are needed to deal with the growing drug problem.",
                "They made a desperate plea for help."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "willing to be violent, and therefore dangerous",
              "examples": [
                "This man is desperate and should not be approached since he may have a gun."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "I felt I couldn't cope with the situation and was in desperate need of some reassurance.",
            "They spun us a story about being in desperate need of money.",
            "Her desperate request for help was met with a rebuff.",
            "They spun us a story about being in desperate need of money.",
            "This is a desperate situation which requires a truly radical solution.",
            "The fashion industry is always desperate to innovate.",
            "He seems to have a desperate need to be loved by everyone.",
            "As he left the theatre, the singer was set upon by fans desperate for autographs.",
            "I was desperate to find a way out of teaching so when this job came along I snatched at it.",
            "It was a bit insensitive of Fiona to go on so much about fat people when she knows Mandy is desperate to lose weight.",
            "It was a desperate attempt to salvage the situation.",
            "The government took desperate measures to keep the economy running.",
            "I'm not so desperate as to agree to that.",
            "Security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a desperate attempt to maintain control.",
            "Villagers used sandbags in a desperate attempt to save their homes from the flood water."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "get to know sth",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to spend time with someone or something so that you gradually learn more about him, her, or it",
              "examples": [
                "The first couple of meetings are for the doctor and patient to get to know each other.",
                "I'll need a few weeks to get to know the system."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "don't mind me",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/don-t-mind-me",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "said to tell someone who is in the same room as you not to pay any attention to you, because you do not want to interrupt what they are doing:",
              "examples": [
                "Don't mind me - I'm just sorting out some files here."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "allege",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/allege",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to say that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof",
              "examples": [
                "The two men allege (that) the police forced them to make false confessions.",
                "She is alleged to have been at the centre of an international drug ring.",
                "It was alleged that Johnson had struck Mr Rahim on the head."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The prosecution alleged that he lured the officer to his death by making an emergency call.",
            "It has been alleged that the minister received a secret payoff from an arms dealer.",
            "The woman alleged rape, but Reeves insisted it was consensual.",
            "Campaigners now have compelling documentary evidence of the human rights abuses that they had been alleging for several years.",
            "The woman alleges that her employers passed her over for promotion because she was pregnant."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "the last straw",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/last-straw",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the latest problem in a series of problems, that makes a situation impossible to accept:",
              "examples": [
                "The last straw was when the company fired most of the managers."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "persistent",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/persistent",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of",
              "examples": [
                "a persistent smell/skin rash",
                "Symptoms of the illness include a high temperature and a persistent dry cough.",
                "There have been persistent rumours that the principal might take early retirement."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "pick out something/someone",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pick-out-something-someone",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to choose, find, or recognize something or someone in a group",
              "examples": [
                "From all the puppies, we picked out the smallest one to take home.",
                "We could pick our parents out easily in the old photos."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "ponder",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ponder",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to think carefully about something, especially for a noticeable length of time",
              "examples": [
                "She sat back for a minute to ponder her next move in the game."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "prominent",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/prominent",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "very well known and important",
              "examples": [
                "a prominent Democrat",
                "a prominent member of the Saudi royal family",
                "The government should be playing a more prominent role in promoting human rights."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "sticking out from a surface",
              "examples": ["She has a prominent chin/nose."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The shop front occupies a very prominent position on the main street.",
            "It's worrying that such a prominent politician is so easily led.",
            "She is likely to play a prominent part in the forthcoming election campaign.",
            "Lady Thatcher remains a prominent political figure.",
            "His photo stood in a prominent place on her desk."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "put forward/forth something",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/put-forward-forth-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to suggest an idea for consideration",
              "examples": [
                "None of the ideas that I put forward have been accepted.",
                "He put forth a clear, logical argument."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "reproach",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reproach",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to criticize someone, especially for not being successful or not doing what is expected",
              "examples": [
                "His mother reproached him for not eating all his dinner.",
                "You have nothing to reproach yourself for/with."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "weed",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/weed",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "any wild plant that grows in an unwanted place, especially in a garden or field where it prevents the cultivated plants from growing freely"
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "be your last resort",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-your-last-resort",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to be the only person or thing that might be able to help you, when every other person or possibility has failed:",
              "examples": ["You have to help me - you're my last resort."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "northernmost",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/northernmost",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "furthest towards the north of an area",
              "examples": ["Cape Columbia is the northernmost point of Canada."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "knob",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/knob",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a round handle, or a small, round device for controlling a machine or electrical equipment",
              "examples": [
                "a brass door knob",
                "Turn/Twiddle the little knob to adjust the volume.",
                "Turn the knob in a clockwise direction.",
                "He pulled the knob and it just came off in his hand.",
                "She turned the door knob and quietly opened the door.",
                "Twiddle a knob on a radio in Britain and you may hear more voices speaking crackly French or German than English.",
                "At the twiddle of a knob the operators can focus on a tiny amount of airspace or scan the whole area."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "stuck up",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stuck-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "too proud and considering yourself to be very important",
              "examples": [
                "She's so stuck up, she won't even talk to us.",
                "a bunch of stuck-up snobs"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "contrived",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/contrived",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "artificial and difficult to believe",
              "examples": [
                "I enjoyed the film, but felt the ending was a bit contrived.",
                "His excuse sounded a bit contrived."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "unfortunate",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/unfortunate",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "unlucky or having bad effects",
              "examples": [
                "She has inherited her father's large nose, which is very unfortunate.",
                "It was unfortunate (that) he called at the exact moment when our guests were arriving."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "There's nothing anybody can do about it, it's just unfortunate that this had to happen now.",
            "It was a very unfortunate accident/incident.",
            "It's unfortunate that his parents can't be there to see him perform.",
            "She has a very unfortunate resemblance to her rather unattractive mother.",
            "It's unfortunate that he seems to have inherited his father's poor vision."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "crummy",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/crummy",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "of very bad quality",
              "examples": ["a crummy old carpet"]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "anxious",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/anxious",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "worried and nervous",
              "examples": [
                "My mother always gets a bit anxious if we don't arrive when we say we will.",
                "I saw my sister's anxious face at the window.",
                "The drought has made farmers anxious about the harvest."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "eager to do something",
              "examples": [
                "Developing countries that are anxious for hard currency can rarely afford to protect the environment.",
                "I'm anxious to get home to open my presents.",
                "I'm anxious that we get there on time because I don't think there'll be many seats left."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "There was nothing in his demeanour that suggested he was anxious.",
            "Knots of anxious people stood waiting in the hall.",
            "I've never seen her worried or anxious in any way - she's so laid-back.",
            "It's natural that you should feel anxious when you first leave home.",
            "As the date of his operation drew near, he became more and more anxious.",
            "She eased the key into the lock, anxious not to wake anyone.",
            "The mayor and the city council are anxious to avoid getting entangled in the controversy.",
            "The universities are anxious to preserve their autonomy from central government.",
            "I'm anxious to avoid the motorway at rush hour.",
            "We left early, anxious to make it back to Florence before sundown."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "invariant",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/invariant",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "not changing",
              "examples": ["traits that are invariant throughout all mammals"]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "malicious",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/malicious",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "intended to harm or upset other people",
              "examples": [
                "malicious gossip",
                "a malicious look in his eyes",
                "He complained that he'd been receiving malicious phone calls.",
                "He was charged with malicious wounding."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "intended to cause damage to a computer system, or to steal private information from a computer system",
              "examples": ["protection against malicious software/code"]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "legitimate",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/legitimate",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "allowed by law",
              "examples": [
                "The army must give power back to the legitimate government."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "reasonable and acceptable",
              "examples": [
                "He claimed that the restaurant bill was a legitimate business expense."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "A legitimate child is one whose parents are legally married at the time of his or her birth.",
              "examples": []
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Her passport seemed legitimate, but on closer inspection, it was found to have been altered.",
            "They complained about excessive government intrusion into their legitimate activities.",
            "Legitimate refugees should be treated with compassion.",
            "Her complaints were quite legitimate.",
            "He has a legitimate claim to the money."
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make something legal or acceptable",
              "examples": [
                "The government fears that talking to terrorists might legitimate their violent actions."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "lash out",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/lash-out",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to suddenly attack someone or something physically or criticize him, her, or it in an angry way",
              "examples": [
                "I was only teasing him and suddenly he lashed out (at me) and hit me in the face.",
                "Why's Tina in such a bad mood? She really lashed out at me when I was late for work."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "butt in",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/butt-in",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to interrupt a conversation or discussion or someone who is talking",
              "examples": ["He kept on butting in with silly comments."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "incapable",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/incapable",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "unable to do something",
              "examples": [
                "He seems incapable of walking past a music shop without going in and buying another CD.",
                "I think she's incapable of love."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "renowned",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/renowned",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "famous for something",
              "examples": [
                "The region is renowned for its outstanding natural beauty.",
                "Marco Polo is a renowned explorer/is renowned as an explorer."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "gratify",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gratify",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to please someone, or to satisfy a wish or need",
              "examples": [
                "We were gratified by the response to our appeal.",
                "He was gratified to see how well his students had done."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "nitpicking",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nitpicking",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "giving too much attention to details that are not important, especially as a way of criticizing",
              "examples": [
                "If you spent less time nitpicking, you'd get more work done."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "indigenous",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/indigenous",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "naturally existing in a place or country rather than arriving from another place",
              "examples": [
                "Are there any species of frog indigenous to the area?",
                "So who are the indigenous people of this land?"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "entrenched",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/entrenched",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "Entrenched ideas are so fixed or have existed for so long that they cannot be changed",
              "examples": [
                "It's very difficult to change attitudes that have become so deeply entrenched over the years.",
                "The organization was often criticized for being too entrenched in its views."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "scrap",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/scrap",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to not continue with a system or plan",
              "examples": [
                "They're considering scrapping the tax and raising the money in other ways.",
                "We scrapped our plans for a trip to France."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to get rid of something that is no longer useful or wanted, often using its parts in new ways",
              "examples": ["Hundreds of nuclear weapons have been scrapped."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "old cars and machines or pieces of metal, etc. that are not now needed but have parts that can be used to make other things",
              "examples": ["scrap iron/metal", "We sold our old car for scrap."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a small piece of something or a small amount of information",
              "examples": [
                "Do you have a scrap of paper I could write on?",
                "I've read every scrap of information I can find on the subject.",
                "There's not a scrap of (= no) evidence to suggest that he committed the crime."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "small pieces of food that have not been eaten and are usually thrown away",
              "examples": ["We give all our scraps to our cat."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a fight or argument, especially a quick, noisy one about something not important",
              "examples": [
                "A couple of kids were having a scrap in the street."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "renounce",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/renounce",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to say formally or publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something",
              "examples": [
                "Her ex-husband renounced his claim to the family house.",
                "Gandhi renounced the use of violence."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "plea",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/plea",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "an urgent and emotional request",
              "examples": ["He made a plea for help/mercy."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "the answer that a person gives in court when they have been accused of committing a crime",
              "examples": ["Mr Wilson entered a plea of not guilty."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "They made a desperate plea for help.",
            "The president has made an emotional plea for the killing to stop.",
            "Relatives of the dead made an impassioned plea for the bodies to be flown back to this country.",
            "The child's mother made a passionate plea for help.",
            "Aid organizations are making an urgent plea for financial assistance.",
            "The prisoner entered a plea of not guilty.",
            "Her plea of ignorance of the law in extenuation of her crime was not accepted.",
            "The judge is not likely to look favourably on a plea of not guilty.",
            "His plea of guilty to manslaughter was not accepted by the prosecution."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "stumble across/on/upon sth/sb",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stumble-across-on-upon-sth-sb",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to discover something by chance, or to meet someone by chance",
              "examples": [
                "Workmen stumbled upon the mosaic while digging foundations for a new building."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "feasible",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/feasible",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "able to be made, done, or achieved",
              "examples": [
                "With the extra resources, the project now seems feasible.",
                "It may be feasible to clone human beings, but is it ethical?"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "toss",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/toss",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to throw something carelessly",
              "examples": [
                "He glanced at the letter and then tossed it into the bin.",
                "The bull tossed him up into the air.",
                "Andrew tossed him the ball."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "When you toss food you shake or mix small pieces of it together with a sauce or dressing",
              "examples": ["a tossed salad", "carrots tossed in butter"]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If you toss your hair or a part of your body you move it up and back suddenly",
              "examples": [
                "She tossed her head in annoyance.",
                "She tossed back her hair."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to move about from side to side or turn a lot in bed, especially because you cannot sleep",
              "examples": ["I was tossing and turning all night."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to throw a coin up into the air and guess which side will land facing up, as a way of making a decision",
              "examples": [
                "Let's toss (a coin) to see who'll go first.",
                "\"I'll toss you for it - heads or tails?\""
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Let's toss a coin to see who'll go first.",
            "He tossed the letter into the bin.",
            "They tossed the beggars a few coins.",
            "I tossed a few clothes into a suitcase.",
            "I tossed a clove of garlic into the stew."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "stride",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stride",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "an important positive development",
              "examples": [
                "The West made impressive strides in improving energy efficiency after the huge rises in oil prices during the 70s.",
                "The group has made strides to expand internationally."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a long step when walking or running",
              "examples": [
                "She attributes her record-breaking speed to the length of her stride."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "trousers",
              "examples": ["a new pair of strides"]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to walk somewhere quickly with long steps",
              "examples": [
                "She strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager.",
                "He strode across/into/out of the room."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "wary",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wary",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "not completely trusting or certain about something or someone",
              "examples": [
                "I'm a little wary of/about giving people my address when I don't know them very well."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "All authors need to be wary of inadvertent copying of other people's ideas.",
            "The legal system is full of snares for those who are not wary.",
            "Tourists should be wary, as pickpockets are known to operate in this area.",
            "Buyers should be wary of hidden costs when purchasing their holiday.",
            "The teacher was wary of giving his pupils too much information at once."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "convey",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/convey",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people",
              "examples": [
                "His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion.",
                "Please convey our condolences to the family.",
                "I tried to convey in my speech how grateful we all were for his help.",
                "You don't want to convey the impression that we're not interested."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to take or carry someone or something to a particular place",
              "examples": [
                "The goods are usually conveyed by rail.",
                "Could you convey a message to Mr Merrick for me, please?"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Few journalists have managed to convey the full horror of the situation.",
            "What the book does convey very successfully is the horror of war.",
            "No report can convey the unspeakable suffering that this war has caused.",
            "Words alone cannot convey the untold misery endured by people in these refugee camps.",
            "With a single wag of her finger she managed to convey her total disapproval."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "condemn",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/condemn",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons",
              "examples": [
                "The terrorist action has been condemned as an act of barbarism and cowardice.",
                "The film was condemned for its sexism."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "She was the only politician to condemn the proposed law on moral grounds .",
            "The president took the unusual step of altering his prepared speech in order to condemn the terrorist attack.",
            "Her refusal to condemn the violence left her open to the charge of positive support for the campaign .",
            "Prince Charles condemned the assertively modernist style of architecture.",
            "The Opposition has condemned the government's proposed tax increases."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "get over sth/sb",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/get-over-sth-sb",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to get better after an illness, or feel better after something or someone has made you unhappy",
              "examples": [
                "She was only just getting over the flu when she got a stomach bug.",
                "It took him years to get over the shock of his wife dying.",
                "It took her months to get over Michael when he ended the relationship."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "She's only just getting over the death of her husband.",
            "He is still getting over the shock of being made redundant.",
            "It will take him a long time to get over the operation.",
            "You will get over the illness more quickly if you relax.",
            "She never completely got over the loss of her first child."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "get around to sth",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/get-around-to-sth",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to do something that you have intended to do for a long time",
              "examples": ["I still haven't got around to fixing that tap."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "I intended to tidy the flat at the weekend, but I didn't get round to it.",
            "It's been at the back of my mind to call José for several days now, but I haven't got round to it yet.",
            "He never did get around to putting up the shelves.",
            "After weeks of putting it off, she finally got around to painting the bedroom.",
            "Did you get round to doing the shopping?"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "give in",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/give-in",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to finally agree to what someone wants, after refusing for a period of time",
              "examples": [
                "He nagged me so much for a new bike that eventually I gave in.",
                "The government cannot be seen as giving in to terrorists' demands."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to accept that you have been defeated and agree to stop competing or fighting",
              "examples": [
                "You'll never guess the answer - do you give in?",
                "She wouldn't give in until she received a full apology."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "After a heated debate, the employers gave in to the union's demands.",
            "I don't think he will give in to your requests if you keep pestering him.",
            "He gave in to my suggestion after I had shown him the plans.",
            "Keep asking and eventually she'll give in.",
            "The government finally gave in to the company's plea for help.",
            "He held the other wrestler in a headlock until he gave in.",
            "The enemy troops weren't prepared to give in without a fight.",
            "After struggling with the crossword for an hour, she finally gave in and looked at the answers.",
            "She refused to give in, and finally got the opportunity she was looking for.",
            "If your application is rejected this year, don't give in. You can apply again next year."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "tense",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tense",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "nervous and worried and unable to relax",
              "examples": [
                "She was very tense as she waited for the interview."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If a situation is tense, it causes feelings of worry or nervousness",
              "examples": [
                "There were some tense moments in the second half of the game."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities.",
            "The weeks following the riots were extremely tense.",
            "For a few tense minutes, the astronauts lost radio contact with mission control.",
            "Hendry won the world snooker title after a tense 35-frame final."
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "If you or your muscles tense, your muscles become stiff and tight because you are frightened or nervous, or are preparing yourself to do something",
              "examples": [
                "Don't tense your shoulders, just relax.",
                "I could feel myself tense up as he touched my neck."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "very nervous and worried and unable to relax because of something that is going to happen",
              "examples": [
                "You seem all tensed up. Are you still waiting for that call?"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "eternal",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/eternal",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "lasting forever or for a very long time",
              "examples": [
                "The company is engaged in the eternal search for a product that will lead the market.",
                "Will you two never stop your eternal arguing!"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "elucidate",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/elucidate",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to explain something or make something clear",
              "examples": [
                "I don't understand. You'll have to elucidate.",
                "The reasons for the change in weather conditions have been elucidated by several scientists."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "contemplate",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/contemplate",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to spend time considering a possible future action, or to consider one particular thing for a long time in a serious and quiet way",
              "examples": [
                "I'm contemplating going abroad for a year.",
                "They were contemplating a move to California.",
                "It's too awful/horrific/dangerous to contemplate."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "I'm contemplating leaving my job.",
            "Losing a child is just too awful to contemplate.",
            "I couldn't contemplate living on my own.",
            "He was contemplating his future."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "incentive",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/incentive",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "something that encourages a person to do something",
              "examples": [
                "Tax incentives have been very effective in encouraging people to save and invest more of their income.",
                "There is little incentive for people to leave their cars at home when public transport remains so expensive.",
                "Bonus payments provide an incentive to work harder."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Indexation of pay rises to productivity will give people an incentive to work harder.",
            "The incentive to sell more is large - and it plainly works.",
            "The management have introduced a productivity incentive scheme for members of staff.",
            "Tax incentives have been offered to attract industry to the region.",
            "The new law provides incentives for businesses to invest in recycling equipment."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "go over something",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/go-over-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to examine or look at something in a careful or detailed way",
              "examples": [
                "Remember to go over your essay to check for grammar and spelling mistakes."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to study or explain something again",
              "examples": ["Let’s go over the rules once more before we begin."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "way to go!",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/way-to-go",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "used to tell someone they have done well, or used humorously when someone has done something stupid:",
              "examples": [
                "I heard you girls won the contest. Way to go!",
                "Way to go, John - you broke the chair!"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "rub",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rub",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to press or be pressed against something with a circular or up-and-down repeated movement",
              "examples": [
                "She yawned and rubbed her eyes sleepily.",
                "He rubbed (at) the stain on his trousers and made it worse.",
                "We rubbed some polish into the surface of the wood.",
                "She gently rubbed the ointment in.",
                "First rub the baking tray well with butter.",
                "Alice rubbed the blackboard clean for the teacher.",
                "Your cat keeps on rubbing itself (up) against my leg.",
                "She was rubbing her hands (together) at the thought of winning.",
                "The branches rubbed against each other in the wind.",
                "The chair legs have rubbed holes in the carpet.",
                "My new shoes are rubbing (against/on my toe) and now I've got blisters.",
                "These marks will never rub off (= be cleaned off).",
                "Alice rubbed the sums off (= cleaned them off) the blackboard for the teacher."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "She rubbed sun lotion over her entire body.",
            "With the back of his hand, he rubbed the stubble on his chin.",
            "He rubbed his hand despairingly over his face.",
            "The strap had rubbed against his skin and caused irritation.",
            "The shoe had rubbed a raw place on her heel."
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the act of rubbing something",
              "examples": ["He gave her hair a good rub to dry it."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "canopy",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/canopy",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a cover fixed over a seat or bed, etc. for shelter or decoration",
              "examples": []
            },
            {
              "meaning": "the branches and leaves that spread out at the top of a group of trees forming a type of roof",
              "examples": []
            },
            {
              "meaning": "the transparent part in a military aircraft that covers the place where the pilot sits",
              "examples": []
            },
            {
              "meaning": "the large circular piece of cloth that is the main part of a parachute",
              "examples": []
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "extortionate",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/extortionate",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "extremely expensive",
              "examples": ["The price of books nowadays is extortionate."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "tear",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tear",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to pull or be pulled apart, or to pull pieces off",
              "examples": [
                "You have to be very careful with books this old because the paper tears very easily.",
                "I tore my skirt on the chair as I stood up.",
                "A couple of pages had been torn out of/from the book."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to move very quickly",
              "examples": ["He went tearing along the road after the bus."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "She tried to tear a small piece off the edge.",
            "I tore off a piece of paper.",
            "The dog's claws tore her dress.",
            "The sheet tore right down the middle.",
            "You need to tear off the top of the packet."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "ripe",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ripe",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "(of fruit or crops) completely developed and ready to be collected or eaten",
              "examples": [
                "Those bananas aren't ripe yet - they're still green."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The pods split open when the beans are ripe.",
            "The oil is made by crushing and pressing ripe olives.",
            "Ripe figs spoil easily and cannot be shipped long distances.",
            "The fruit turns red when it is ripe.",
            "The fruit is picked before it turns ripe."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "saucepan",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/saucepan",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a deep, round pan with straight sides, usually with a handle and a lid, used for cooking things over heat",
              "examples": []
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "an aluminium saucepan",
            "Put a lid on the saucepan.",
            "Empty the soup into a saucepan and simmer gently for ten minutes.",
            "He scrubbed the old saucepan clean and it looked as good as new.",
            "That saucepan is going to boil over."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "jet",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/jet",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "an aircraft with a jet engine that is able to fly very fast",
              "examples": [
                "a jet plane",
                "a private jet",
                "We flew to New York by jet."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a thin stream of something, such as water or gas, that is forced out of a small hole",
              "examples": [
                "She turned on the hose and a jet of water sprayed across the yard."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a small hole in a piece of equipment through which gas or another fuel is forced before it is burned",
              "examples": [
                "I think the gas jet must be blocked, because the oven won't light."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a hard, black stone that shines when it is rubbed and is used to make jewellery and other decorative objects",
              "examples": []
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The jet crash-landed and burst into flames.",
            "The jet levelled off at 10,000 feet.",
            "The private jet is a symbol of wealth.",
            "Moments before crashing, the jet was seen veering sharply to the right.",
            "Most of the planes that carry passengers across the Atlantic are wide-bodied jets."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "practical",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/practical",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas or imagination",
              "examples": [
                "Qualifications are important but practical experience is always an plus.",
                "The service offers young people practical advice on finding a job.",
                "What's the use of theoretical knowledge that has no practical application?"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "suitable for the situation in which something is used",
              "examples": [
                "I tend to wear clothes that are practical rather than fashionable.",
                "Heavy boots aren't very practical for running."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "able to provide effective solutions to problems",
              "examples": [
                "She has lots of interesting ideas, but they're not very practical.",
                "We need someone practical who can cope with a crisis."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "It's all very well knowing things in theory but what you need to gain is practical experience.",
            "So how does this theory translate into practical policy?",
            "Greater emphasis is given to practical tests rather than written work.",
            "We offer practical help for people with disabilities.",
            "There are various practical problems that we need to overcome."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "hand sth out",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hand-sth-out",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to give something to each person in a group or place",
              "examples": [
                "The teacher asked her to hand out the worksheets.",
                "They stood on the street corner handing out leaflets."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Demonstrators handed out leaflets to passers-by.",
            "While the teacher was talking, her assistant handed out pens and paper for us all.",
            "Before you leave, I have some notices to hand out to you all.",
            "Sam's mum handed out sweets, birthday cake and balloons to everyone at the end of the party.",
            "Could you hand out the books for me, David? One to everyone, please."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "give away something",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/give-away-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to tell a secret or show your feelings unintentionally",
              "examples": [
                "I'm not giving away any plot surprises; read the review in the paper if you want to know them.",
                "The look on her face gave her away (= showed her real feelings)."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to supply something at no charge",
              "examples": ["They’re giving away shopping bags."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "concern",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/concern",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to cause worry to someone",
              "examples": [
                "The state of my father's health concerns us greatly.",
                "It concerns me that he hasn't been in contact."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to be important to someone or to involve someone directly",
              "examples": [
                "Matters of pollution and the environment concern us all.",
                "What I have to say to Amy doesn't concern you."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If a story, film, or article concerns a particular subject, person, etc., it is about that person or subject",
              "examples": [
                "The documentary concerns a woman who goes to China as a missionary."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to become involved with something, or worried about something",
              "examples": [
                "There's no need for you to concern yourself with what happened.",
                "Don't concern yourself. She'll be home soon."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "something you write at the start of a formal letter or notice when you do not know exactly who it should be sent to",
              "examples": []
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "We're now going to turn to an issue that concerns us all - racism.",
            "His attitude concerns me.",
            "The poor state of the fire escapes concerned me greatly.",
            "It concerned them that no doctor was available.",
            "Does it concern you that your children are out after dark?",
            "Trigonometry concerns the functions of angles, such as sine, cosine and tangent.",
            "How I choose to vote does not concern you.",
            "The documentary concerns the eating habits of Britain's teenagers.",
            "I didn't go to the meeting because nothing on the agenda seemed to concern me.",
            "I'll answer any questions that specifically concern this week's homework."
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a worried or nervous feeling about something, or something that makes you feel worried",
              "examples": [
                "Concern for the safety of the two missing teenagers is growing.",
                "There's a lot of public concern about/over dangerous toxins recently found in food.",
                "My concern is that you're not getting enough work done."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a company",
              "examples": [
                "a family concern",
                "It started slowly, but the company is now a going concern (= doing business effectively)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "something that is important to you, or the fact of being important",
              "examples": [
                "His concern to appear sophisticated amused everyone.",
                "The company's sole concern is to ensure the safety of its employees.",
                "There's a matter of some concern that I have to discuss with you."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "something that involves or affects you or is important to you",
              "examples": [
                "What were the major concerns of the writers from this period?",
                "I don't want to hear about it - it's no concern of mine!",
                "\"What's happening?\" \"That's none of/not any of your concern.\""
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to be important",
              "examples": [
                "The results of the election are of concern to us all."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Drug trafficking is a matter of considerable concern for the entire international community .",
            "Continued fighting in the city is causing great concern.",
            "The recent drop in magazine subscriptions is causing some concern.",
            "There is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct.",
            "There is general concern about rising crime rates."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "tinker",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tinker",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it",
              "examples": [
                "He spends every weekend tinkering (around) with his car.",
                "I wish the government would stop tinkering with the health service."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "thrive",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/thrive",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to grow, develop, or be successful",
              "examples": [
                "His business thrived in the years before the war.",
                "She seems to thrive on stress."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "pan out",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pan-out",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to develop in a particular way or in a successful way",
              "examples": [
                "We'll have to see how things pan out.",
                "Their attempt to start a new business didn't pan out."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "flesh sth out",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/flesh-sth-out",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to add more details or information to something",
              "examples": [
                "These plans need to be fleshed out with some more figures."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "tension",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tension",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a feeling of nervousness before an important or difficult event",
              "examples": [
                "You could feel the tension in the room as we waited for our exam results."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a feeling of fear or anger between two groups of people who do not trust each other",
              "examples": [
                "ethnic/racial tension",
                "There are growing tensions between the two countries."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "The tension of a wire or rope is the degree to which it is stretched.",
              "examples": []
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The tension in the office just dissolves when she walks out.",
            "After the arrival of the United Nations soldiers, tension in the area began to ease.",
            "His speeches fanned the flames of racial tension.",
            "Many social workers are in the front line of racial tension.",
            "The strong police presence only heightened the tension among the crowd."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "obligatory",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/obligatory",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "If something is obligatory, you must do it because of a rule or law, etc.",
              "examples": [
                "The medical examination before you start work is obligatory.",
                "The statute made it obligatory for all healthy males between 14 and 60 to work."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "expected because it usually happens",
              "examples": [
                "Several Secret Service agents surrounded the President, all wearing the obligatory raincoat and hat."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "accustomed",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accustomed",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "familiar with something",
              "examples": [
                "She quickly became accustomed to his messy ways.",
                "I'm not accustomed to being treated like this."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "usual",
              "examples": ["She performed the task with her accustomed ease."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "once and for all",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/once-and-for-all",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "completely and finally:",
              "examples": [
                "We have to decide, once and for all, whether we want to ask Dad for money."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "plug away",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/plug-away",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to work hard and in a determined way, especially at something that you find difficult",
              "examples": [
                "Katie has been plugging away at her homework for hours."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "beaker",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/beaker",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a glass or plastic container used in chemistry",
              "examples": []
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a cup, usually with no handles, used for drinking",
              "examples": ["She gave the children beakers of juice."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "plaid",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/plaid",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a pattern of different colored straight lines crossing each other at 90° angles, or a cloth with this pattern",
              "examples": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "swell",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/swell",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to become larger and rounder than usual; to (cause to) increase in size or amount",
              "examples": [
                "It was obvious she had broken her toe, because it immediately started to swell (up).",
                "The group recruited more members, swelling its ranks (= increasing its size) to more than 1.3 million.",
                "His heart/breast swelled with pride (= he felt very proud) as he stood watching his son graduate."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If music swells, it becomes louder."
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "My foot swelled up to three times the normal size when it was stung by a wasp.",
            "Excessive moisture will cause the wood to swell.",
            "Tourists swell the local population during the summer months.",
            "My arm swelled up where I was stung by a bee.",
            "The banks of the river were swollen with the increased rainfall."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "rim",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rim",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the outer, often curved or circular, edge of something",
              "examples": [
                "The rim of the cup was chipped and broken.",
                "My reading glasses have wire rims."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to be round or along the edge of something",
              "examples": ["The martini glass was rimmed with sugar."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "chipped",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/chipped",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "with a small piece or pieces broken off",
              "examples": [
                "a chipped glass",
                "All the plates were old and chipped."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "mesmerizing",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mesmerizing",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "very attractive, in a mysterious way, making you want to keep looking",
              "examples": ["He had the most mesmerizing blue eyes."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "inexplicable",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/inexplicable",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "unable to be explained or understood",
              "examples": [
                "For some inexplicable reason, he's decided to cancel the project."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "get the hang of something",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/get-the-hang-of-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to learn how to do something, esp. when it is not simple or obvious:",
              "examples": [
                "I’ll teach you how to use the design program – you’ll get the hang of it after a while."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "relentless",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/relentless",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "continuing in a severe or extreme way",
              "examples": ["relentless criticism/pressure", "relentless heat"]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "zealous",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/zealous",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "enthusiastic and eager",
              "examples": ["a zealous supporter of the government's policies"]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "delve",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/delve?q=delves",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to search, especially as if by digging, in order to find a thing or information",
              "examples": ["She delved into her pocket to find some change."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "piggyback",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/piggyback",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to use something that already exists or has already been done successfully to do something else quickly or effectively",
              "examples": [
                "The mobile phone company managed to break into European markets by piggybacking off existing networks."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "put out something",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/put-out-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to move a part of your body away from the rest of you",
              "examples": ["She put out her hand to shake mine."]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to injure a part of the body by pulling or twisting it",
              "examples": ["I put my back out last week when I fell."]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to stop something that is burning from continuing to burn",
              "examples": [
                "Be sure to put out your campfire before you go to sleep."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "confess",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/confess",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to admit that you have done something wrong or something that you feel guilty or bad about",
              "examples": [
                "She confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring.",
                "He confessed to sleeping/having slept through most of the movie.",
                "He has confessed to the murder.",
                "I have to confess (that) when I first met Reece I didn't think he was very bright.",
                "It was all very confusing, I must confess."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "in the Christian religion, especially the Roman Catholic Church, to tell God or a priest what you have done wrong so that you can be forgiven",
              "examples": ["to confess your sins"]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "I have to confess I'm a bit of a sucker for musicals.",
            "I must confess that I got my sums wrong - the house extension is costing a lot more than I expected.",
            "The killer confessed that he often drugged his victims before he killed them.",
            "He was granted immunity from prosecution because he confessed the names of the other spies.",
            "He confessed that he had sinful thoughts."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "savage",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/savage",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "extremely violent, wild, or frightening",
              "examples": ["a savage dog/beast", "a brutal and savage attack"]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "very serious or cruel",
              "examples": ["savage criticism"]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "very large and severe",
              "examples": ["savage cuts in education spending"]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "If an animal savages someone, it attacks them violently and causes serious injuries",
              "examples": ["The child was savaged by a dog."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "endure",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/endure",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful",
              "examples": [
                "We had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.",
                "She's already had to endure three painful operations on her leg."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "During the war many couples had to endure long periods of separation .",
            "The family said they had endured years of torment and abuse at the hands of the neighbours.",
            "Words alone cannot convey the untold misery endured by people in these refugee camps.",
            "By the third month of the expedition they had endured many hardships, but worse was to follow.",
            "He endured his illness with great stoicism."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "immaculate",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/immaculate",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "perfectly clean or tidy",
              "examples": [
                "dressed in an immaculate white suit",
                "an immaculate garden"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "perfect and without any mistakes",
              "examples": [
                "He gave an immaculate performance as the aging hero."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "haunt",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/haunt",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to cause repeated suffering or anxiety",
              "examples": [
                "Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that would haunt him for the rest of his life.",
                "30 years after the fire he is still haunted by images of death and destruction."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "(of a ghost) to appear in a place repeatedly",
              "examples": [
                "A ghostly lady is said to haunt the stairway looking for her children."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Memories of the semifinal defeat haunted him for the rest of his career.",
            "His experiences in the prison camp continued to haunt him.",
            "She was haunted by memories of her unhappy childhood.",
            "The novel tells the story of a soldier haunted by the events of the war.",
            "The experience of failure continues to haunt him."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "prosper",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/prosper",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "(of a person or a business) to be or become successful, especially financially",
              "examples": [
                "Lots of microchip manufacturing companies prospered at that time."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "cohort",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cohort",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a group of people who share a characteristic, usually age",
              "examples": [
                "This study followed up a cohort of 386 patients aged 65+ for six months after their discharge home."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a group of people who support a particular person, usually a leader",
              "examples": [
                "The Mayor and his cohorts have abused their positions of power."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "drench",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/drench",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make someone or something extremely wet",
              "examples": [
                "A sudden thunderstorm had drenched us to the skin.",
                "The athletes were drenched in/with sweat."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "irrevocable",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/irrevocable",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "impossible to change",
              "examples": ["an irrevocable decision"]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "head sb/sth off",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/head-sb-sth-off",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to force someone or something to change direction",
              "examples": ["I tried to head the dog off by running towards it."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "head off",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/head-off",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to start a journey or leave a place",
              "examples": ["What time are you heading off?"]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "boon",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/boon",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "something that is very helpful and improves the quality of life",
              "examples": [
                "Guide dogs are a great boon to the partially sighted."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "miraculous",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/miraculous",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "very effective or surprising, or difficult to believe",
              "examples": [
                "The diet promised miraculous weight loss.",
                "Well, you've made a miraculous recovery since last night!"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "humble",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/humble",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "not proud or not believing that you are important",
              "examples": [
                "He's very humble about his success.",
                "Please accept our humble apologies for the error.",
                "In my humble opinion (= I want to emphasize that I think that) we should never have bought the car in the first place."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "poor or of a low social rank",
              "examples": [
                "Even when she became rich and famous, she never forgot her humble background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "ordinary; not special or very important",
              "examples": [
                "At that time she was just a humble mechanic.",
                "Welcome to our humble abode (= our home)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make someone understand that they are not as important or special as they thought",
              "examples": [
                "He was humbled by the child's generosity.",
                "The world champion was humbled (= unexpectedly defeated) by an unknown outsider in last night's race."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "cast",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cast",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the actors in a film, play, or show",
              "examples": [
                "After the final performance the director threw a party for the cast.",
                "Part of the movie's success lies in the strength of the supporting cast (= the actors who were not playing the main parts)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "an object made by pouring hot liquid into a container and leaving it to become solid",
              "examples": []
            },
            {
              "meaning": "a plaster cast",
              "examples": []
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If a part of your body is in a cast, it has a plaster cast around it to protect it while a broken bone repairs itself",
              "examples": ["My leg was in a cast for about six weeks."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": []
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to send light or shadow (= an area of darkness) in a particular direction",
              "examples": [
                "The moon cast a white light into the room.",
                "The tree cast a shadow over/on his face.",
                "Her arrival cast a shadow over/on the party (= made it less pleasant)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to provide an explanation for a situation or problem, or information that makes it easier to understand",
              "examples": [
                "The discovery of the dinosaur skeleton has cast light on why they became extinct."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to look quickly at something",
              "examples": ["Could you cast an eye over this report for me?"]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "(in fishing) to throw something, such as a line, into the water to catch fish with",
              "examples": ["He cast the line to the middle of the river."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to make an object by pouring hot liquid, such as melted metal, into a shaped container where it becomes hard",
              "examples": [
                "If a part of your body is in a cast, it has a plaster cast around it to protect it while a broken bone repairs itself."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If a snake casts its skin, the outer layer of old skin comes off its body."
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "decay",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/decay",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to become gradually damaged, worse, or less; to cause something to do this",
              "examples": [
                "Sugar makes your teeth decay.",
                "The role of the extended family has been decaying for some time.",
                "Pollution has decayed the surface of the stonework on the front of the cathedral.",
                "the smell of decaying meat"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If a radioactive substance decays, it changes to a different form, producing radiation",
              "examples": [
                "Radioactive uranium decays into stable lead at a known rate.",
                "As the actinium-225 decays, it gives off short-lived, highly energized alpha particles."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Floating in the dirty river were dead fish, already starting to decay.",
            "The bacteria live on food particles and produce acid that decays the enamel on your teeth.",
            "The flesh on a dead body decays very rapidly.",
            "It's sad to watch a beautiful rose wither and decay in such a short time.",
            "Plants and animals decay into the soil, replenishing the minerals and nutrients.",
            "Many children come to us with severe dental decay.",
            "Unemployment and inner city decay are inseparable issues which must be tackled together.",
            "Sugar is a major cause of tooth decay.",
            "The mansion had an atmosphere of genteel elegance and decay.",
            "Areas of the most serious urban decay are to receive funds for new building and redevelopment schemes."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "rot",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rot",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to (cause something to) decay",
              "examples": [
                "The fruit had been left to rot on the trees.",
                "Rain has got in and rotted (away) the woodwork.",
                "the smell of rotting fruit"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Most of the crops had rotted in waterlogged fields.",
            "Leave the leaves in a pile to rot.",
            "Sugar rots your teeth.",
            "The wood had rotted into dust.",
            "Fruit had been left to rot in the fields."
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "decay",
              "examples": ["Rot has got into the furniture."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "faint",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/faint",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "not strong or clear; slight",
              "examples": [
                "a faint sound/noise/smell",
                "The lamp gave out a faint glow.",
                "She gave me a faint smile of recognition.",
                "There's not the faintest hope of ever finding him.",
                "She bears a faint resemblance to my sister.",
                "I have a faint suspicion that you may be right!"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "used to emphasize that you do not know something",
              "examples": [
                "\"Is she going to stay?\" \"I haven't the faintest idea.\"",
                "I don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about!"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to feel weak, as if you are about to become unconscious",
              "examples": ["She felt faint with hunger."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The first faint signs of an agreement began to glimmer through.",
            "She heard a faint, almost imperceptible cry.",
            "They said the printing was too faint to reproduce well.",
            "She felt a faint stirring of envy when she heard that one of her colleagues had been promoted.",
            "A gap between the curtains admitted the faint glow of a street lamp."
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to suddenly become unconscious for a short time, usually falling down",
              "examples": [
                "He faints at the sight of blood.",
                "I nearly fainted in the heat.",
                "She took one look at the hypodermic needle and fainted (dead) away (= became unconscious immediately)."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "His face went pale and he looked as if he might faint.",
            "You gave us a real scare when you fainted, you know.",
            "He caught me at the precise moment that I fainted.",
            "By the middle of the next day she was almost fainting from hunger.",
            "I stood up too quickly and very nearly fainted."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "feint",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/feint",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "especially in football and boxing, to pretend to move, or to make a move, in a particular direction in order to deceive an opponent",
              "examples": [
                "Callas feinted to pass the ball and then shot it into the net.",
                "He feinted a shot to the left."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "huddle",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/huddle",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to come close together in a group, or to hold your arms and legs close to your body, especially because of cold or fear",
              "examples": [
                "Everyone huddled round the fire to keep warm.",
                "It was so cold that we huddled together for warmth.",
                "Sophie was so frightened by the noise of the fireworks that she huddled (up) in a corner of the room."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a small group of people or things that are close together",
              "examples": [
                "A small group of people stood in a huddle at the bus stop."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to get into a group in order to talk secretly",
              "examples": [
                "The judges went into a huddle to decide the winner."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "keep sb posted",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/posted",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make sure that someone always knows what is happening",
              "examples": [
                "Keep me posted on anything that happens while I'm away."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "get",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/get",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to obtain, buy, or earn something",
              "examples": [
                "He went to the shop to get some milk.",
                "I think she gets about £40,000 a year.",
                "We stopped on the way to get some breakfast.",
                "I managed to get all three suitcases for under $200.",
                "How much did he get for his car? (= How much money did he sell it for?)",
                "Where did you get your shoes from?"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to receive or be given something",
              "examples": [
                "I got quite a surprise when I saw her with short hair.",
                "When did you get the news about Sam?",
                "I got a phone call from Phil last night.",
                "What grade did he get for the exam?",
                "I got the impression that they'd rather be alone.",
                "What did you get for your birthday?",
                "We don't get much snow (= it does not often snow) here.",
                "I managed to get a glimpse of him (= see him for a moment) through the crowds.",
                "If you get a moment (= have time available), could you help me fill in that form?",
                "She gets such pleasure from her garden.",
                "If you can get some time off work, we could finish the decorating.",
                "I can never get her to myself (= be alone with her) because she's always surrounded by people."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to go somewhere and bring back someone or something",
              "examples": [
                "Let me go get my glasses.",
                "Can I get you a drink?"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to take someone or something into your possession by force",
              "examples": [
                "Have the police got the man who did it yet?",
                "Your cat got a bird this morning!"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to reach or arrive at a particular place",
              "examples": [
                "We hadn't even got as far as London when the car broke down.",
                "What time does he normally get home (from work)?",
                "If you get to the restaurant before us, just wait at the bar."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to reach a particular stage, condition, or time",
              "examples": [
                "You earn loads of money if you get to the top in that profession.",
                "It got to Thursday and she still hadn't heard any news.",
                "I'm getting to the stage now where I just want to give up."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to make progress or to improve",
              "examples": [
                "She's taking flute lessons, but she really doesn't seem to be getting anywhere with it.",
                "It's been hard settling in, but I feel like I'm getting somewhere at last."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to become ill with a disease, virus, etc.",
              "examples": [
                "I got food poisoning at that cheap little seafood restaurant.",
                "Kids get all kinds of bugs at school."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to become or start to be",
              "examples": [
                "He gets really upset if you mention his baldness.",
                "Is your cold getting any better?",
                "Your coffee's getting cold.",
                "After a while you get used to all the noise.",
                "You're getting to be such a big boy, aren't you!",
                "How did you get to be a belly dancer?"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to start to go or move",
              "examples": ["We'd better get moving or we'll be late."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to cause something to happen, or cause someone or something to do something",
              "examples": [
                "She had to get the kids ready for school.",
                "I'm trying to get this article finished by Thursday.",
                "We get our groceries delivered.",
                "Were you able to get the copy machine working?",
                "I can't get my computer to work!"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to persuade someone to do something",
              "examples": ["Why don't you get Nicole to come to the party?"]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to do something to something or someone without intending to or by accident",
              "examples": [
                "He got his bag caught in the train doors as they were closing.",
                "I always get the two youngest sisters' names confused."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "sometimes used instead of \"be\" to form the passive",
              "examples": [
                "I got shouted at by some idiot for walking past his house.",
                "They're getting married later this year.",
                "This window got broken."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to move to a different place or into a different position",
              "examples": [
                "I hit my head as I was getting into the car.",
                "Get out of here now or I'll call the police.",
                "The bed is too wide - we'll never get it through the door.",
                "Getting up the ladder was easy enough - it was coming down that was the problem.",
                "He got down on his knees and asked me to marry him!"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to travel somewhere in a train, bus, or other vehicle",
              "examples": ["Shall we get a taxi to the station?"]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to deal with or answer a ringing phone, knock on the door, etc.",
              "examples": [
                "Hey, Ty, someone's at the door - would you get it, please?"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to have the chance to do something",
              "examples": [
                "I never get to see her now that she works somewhere else."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to understand or hear something",
              "examples": [
                "I didn't get what he said because the music was so loud.",
                "I told that joke to Sophia, but she didn't get it."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to prepare a meal",
              "examples": [
                "I'll put the kids to bed while you're getting dinner ready."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to pay for something",
              "examples": ["Put your money away - I'll get these drinks."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to confuse someone and make them completely unable to understand or explain",
              "examples": [
                "Give him a technical question - that'll really get him!"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "something that you say when you do not know the answer to a question",
              "examples": [
                "\"How many ounces in a kilo?\" \"You've got me there.\""
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to annoy someone",
              "examples": [
                "It really gets to me the way we're expected to actually laugh at his pathetic jokes!"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to make someone feel strongly emotional and often cry",
              "examples": [
                "That part in the film when he finds out that his daughter is alive - that always gets me!"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to hit someone, especially with a bullet or something thrown",
              "examples": ["The bullet got her in the leg."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The advantage of booking tickets in advance is that you get better seats.",
            "What class of degree did you get?",
            "I don't know if I can get the car tonight - I'll have to clear it with Mum.",
            "She gets a 15% commission on every machine she sells.",
            "I got some shoes cheap in the sale.",
            "We enjoyed wonderful views when we got to the top of the mountain.",
            "He was exhausted by the time he got to the finish line.",
            "Your bags will be waiting for you when you get to the hotel.",
            "The aid was getting to the people who needed it most.",
            "She's been trying hard, but she doesn't feel that she's getting anywhere.",
            "You can get very nasty skin diseases from bathing in dirty water.",
            "I got a crick in my neck from painting the ceiling.",
            "I can't come in to work today - I've got a bit of a dodgy stomach.",
            "She's got a nasty dose of flu.",
            "When I've got a cold, I don't feel like eating.",
            "He got fed up with all the travelling he had to do.",
            "The trouble with this carpet is that it gets dirty very easily.",
            "Your essay gets a bit confused halfway through when you introduce too many ideas at once.",
            "The music just gets distorted when you play it so loud.",
            "It was getting dark now and we were tired.",
            "These arguments always get my adrenalin going.",
            "I've been running round in circles trying to get all the reports finished before the meeting.",
            "Can you get this cork to come out of the bottle?",
            "\"Do you think you could get this parcel mailed for me, please?\" \"Consider it done.\"",
            "The law has criminalized prostitution but not got rid of it.",
            "He converted to Catholicism when he got married.",
            "I got chucked out of the exam for cribbing from the guy in front.",
            "My dress got all crushed in my suitcase.",
            "For months I've been dining out on the story of what happened when my house got flooded.",
            "Are you getting excited about your holiday?",
            "Journalists had insisted on getting to the front line of the battle, heedless of the risks.",
            "Security did not prevent an interloper from getting onto the stage at the opening ceremony.",
            "You get into the building through a side door.",
            "I tried to get in the cinema last night but it was full.",
            "They got into the car and zoomed off.",
            "It was a good job I got the earlier train.",
            "You can get a bus from just outside the supermarket.",
            "It'll be more expensive if you get a taxi.",
            "It was too late to get a bus, so we had to walk home.",
            "Get the train to King's Cross and I'll meet you at the station.",
            "Pass me the bill. I'll get it.",
            "Will you please get the phone?",
            "That's the doorbell. You'd better get it.",
            "If the phone rings when I'm in the shower, will you get it please?",
            "If you get the drinks, I'll pay for the meal.",
            "Did you get to visit your uncle when you were in Canada?",
            "We never got to test drive the car before we bought it.",
            "They got to play in the sandpit while the adults were shopping.",
            "Who gets to have the last piece of chocolate cake?",
            "We don't often get to spend the weekend together.",
            "I didn't get that joke he told - did you?",
            "Sorry, I still don't get it. You'll have to explain.",
            "I didn't get that. Could you say it again?",
            "I didn't get half of what he said because he talks so fast.",
            "Did you get that? I hadn't a clue what he said.",
            "I thought I could score some brownie points with my mother-in-law by offering to get dinner.",
            "I'll do the main course, if you get the salad.",
            "She was already up getting breakfast when I came downstairs.",
            "I'll cook this evening, you got dinner last night.",
            "He just sat in front of the TV while I was getting the dinner."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "attitude",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/attitude",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused by this",
              "examples": [
                "It's often very difficult to change people's attitudes.",
                "She takes the attitude that children should be allowed to learn at their own pace.",
                "He has a very bad attitude to/towards work.",
                "He seems to have undergone a change in/of attitude recently, and has become much more cooperative.",
                "I don't like your attitude (= the way you are behaving).",
                "That boy has a real attitude problem (= behaves in a way that makes it difficult for other people to have a relationship with him or work with him)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If you say that someone has attitude, you mean that they are very confident and want people to notice them."
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Her attitude has definitely changed for the better since she started this new job.",
            "The bishop criticized the government for its \"callous, uncaring attitude\" to the homeless and the unemployed.",
            "My relationship with my father played a major part in shaping my attitude towards men.",
            "Middle age can be the prime of life if you have the right attitude.",
            "He's often been accused of cynicism in his attitude towards politics."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "cling",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cling",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to stick onto or hold something or someone tightly, or to refuse to stop holding it, him, or her",
              "examples": [
                "We got so wet that our clothes clung to us.",
                "They clung together in terror as the screams grew louder.",
                "One little girl was clinging onto a cuddly toy.",
                "She clung to the handrail as she walked down the slippery steps."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to stay close or near",
              "examples": [
                "The road clings to (= closely follows) the coastline for several miles, then it turns inland."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to stay close to someone who is taking care of you, because you need their support",
              "examples": [
                "Jenny is the kind of child who always clings whenever she's taken to a new place."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "A few wisps of hay still clung to her skirt.",
            "Kate was still clinging to the wreckage of her failed marriage.",
            "She clung to my hand as we entered the doctor's surgery.",
            "They discovered four men clinging to a piece of wood in the choppy seas.",
            "Her wet hair clung to her face."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "better off",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/better-off",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to have more money than you had in the past or more money than most other people",
              "examples": [
                "Obviously we're better off now that we're both working.",
                "When his parents died, he found himself $100,000 better off (= he had $100,000 more than before)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to be in a better situation, if or after something happens",
              "examples": ["He'd be better off working for a bigger company."]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "people who have more money than most others",
              "examples": [
                "The new tax will not have a serious impact on the better off."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "proceed",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/proceed",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to continue as planned",
              "examples": [
                "His lawyers have decided not to proceed with the case.",
                "Preparations for the festival are now proceeding smoothly."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to do something after you have done something else",
              "examples": [
                "She sat down and proceeded to tell me about her skiing holiday.",
                "He told me he was on a diet and then proceeded to eat a plateful of chips!"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to move forward or travel in a particular direction",
              "examples": [
                "Passengers for Madrid should proceed to gate 26 for boarding."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "We need to think about how to proceed from here.",
            "You should proceed with caution.",
            "The suspect alighted from the train at Euston and proceeded to Heathrow.",
            "He proceeded to relieve himself against a tree.",
            "Should you decide to proceed with the treatment you will be contacted by the hospital."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "merit",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/merit",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the quality of being good and deserving praise",
              "examples": [
                "an entertaining film with little artistic merit",
                "Her ideas have merit.",
                "Brierley's book has the merit of being both informative and readable."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "the advantages something has compared to something else",
              "examples": ["We discussed the merits of herbal tea."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "according to the qualities you have or have shown, without considering any other information or comparing you to someone else",
              "examples": [
                "The committee will consider/judge each applicant on his or her own merits."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "If something merits a particular treatment, it deserves or is considered important enough to be treated in that way",
              "examples": [
                "This plan merits careful attention.",
                "The accident merited only a small paragraph in the local paper."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "hurtle",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hurtle",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to move very fast, especially in a way that seems dangerous",
              "examples": [
                "The truck came hurtling towards us.",
                "The explosion sent pieces of metal and glass hurtling through the air."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "surrender",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/surrender",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to stop fighting and admit defeat",
              "examples": [
                "They would rather die than surrender (to the invaders)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If you surrender to an experience or emotion, you stop trying to prevent or control it",
              "examples": [
                "I finally surrendered to temptation, and ate the last piece of chocolate."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to give something that is yours to someone else because you have been forced to do so or because it is necessary to do so",
              "examples": [
                "The police demanded that the gang surrender their weapons.",
                "Neither side is willing to surrender any territory/any of their claims."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The rebels' ammunition is almost finished and it is only a matter of time before they surrender.",
            "After their defeat in battle, the soldiers surrendered.",
            "They laid down their weapons and surrendered.",
            "The troops in front of us either surrendered or offered only token resistance."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "amenity",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/amenity",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "something, such as a swimming pool or shopping centre, that is intended to make life more pleasant or comfortable for the people in a town, hotel, or other place",
              "examples": [
                "The council has some spare cash, which it proposes to spend on public amenities."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "things considered to be necessary to live comfortably, such as hot water",
              "examples": [
                "The 200-year-old jail is overcrowded, understaffed, and lacking in basic amenities."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "wasteful",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wasteful",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "using something in a careless way and causing some of it to be wasted",
              "examples": ["It's wasteful the way you throw so much food away!"]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "diminish",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/diminish",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to reduce or be reduced in size or importance",
              "examples": [
                "I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help.",
                "These memories will not be diminished by time.",
                "What he did has seriously diminished him in many people's eyes.",
                "We've seen our house diminish greatly/sharply/substantially in value over the last six months."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Later on in life the sex drive tends to diminish.",
            "Rising unemployment has diminished the bargaining power of people with jobs.",
            "The inaccuracy of the missiles greatly diminishes their effectiveness.",
            "Her popularity as a singer has diminished since the glory days of the 1980s.",
            "Fresh snow meant that our chances of reaching the summit slowly diminished."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "retain",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/retain",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to keep or continue to have something",
              "examples": [
                "She has lost her battle to retain control of the company.",
                "He managed to retain his dignity throughout the performance.",
                "She succeeded in retaining her lead in the second half of the race.",
                "I have a good memory and am able to retain (= remember) facts easily."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If a substance retains something, such as heat or water, it continues to hold or contain it",
              "examples": [
                "The sea retains the sun's warmth longer than the land."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to get the services of a lawyer by paying them before you need them"
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "He will retain the honorary title of non-executive chairman.",
            "These plants need a rich soil which retains moisture.",
            "When they divorced she retained a legal interest in the property.",
            "The villagers retain a strong attachment to their traditional customs.",
            "The management retains the right to refuse admission."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "dignity",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dignity",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "calm, serious, and controlled behaviour that makes people respect you",
              "examples": [
                "He is a man of dignity and calm determination.",
                "She has a quiet dignity about her.",
                "I think everyone should be able to die with dignity."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "the importance and value that a person has, that makes other people respect them or makes them respect themselves",
              "examples": [
                "How could you wear something so indecent? Have you no dignity?",
                "In hospital, she felt stripped of all her dignity.",
                "He longs for a society in which the dignity of all people is recognized."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "He regarded the comments as an affront to his dignity.",
            "She comported herself with great dignity at her husband's funeral.",
            "I accepted his decision that he wished to die with dignity.",
            "He managed to retain his dignity throughout the performance.",
            "He felt what he was being asked to do took away his dignity and self-respect."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "reflect on sb/sth",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reflect-on-sb-sth",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to affect other people's opinion of someone or something, especially in a bad way",
              "examples": [
                "When one player behaves disgracefully, it reflects (badly) on the whole team.",
                "The whole affair does not reflect well on the government."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "wordy",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wordy",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "containing too many words",
              "examples": [
                "As usual she gave a reply which was wordy and didn't answer the question."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "wash out something",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wash-out-something",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to remove something by washing, or to disappear after washing",
              "examples": ["I hope this stain will wash out."]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "(esp. of bad or violent weather) to cause something to fail, stop, or be destroyed",
              "examples": [
                "Rain washed tonight’s game out.",
                "The storm washed out roads and bridges."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "stain",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stain",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to leave a mark on something that is difficult to remove",
              "examples": [
                "Tomato sauce stains terribly - it's really difficult to get it out of clothes.",
                "While she was changing the wheel on her car, her coat had become stained with oil."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If a material stains, it absorbs substances easily, causing it to become covered with marks, or coloured by a chemical",
              "examples": [
                "This carpet is ideal for the kitchen because it doesn't stain easily."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to permanently spoil something such as someone's reputation",
              "examples": [
                "Several important politicians have had their reputations stained by this scandal.",
                "The country's history is stained with the blood of (= the country is guilty of killing) millions of innocent men and women."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "Water and other liquids can stain unprotected wood surfaces.",
            "Lily pollen stains really badly.",
            "Red wine stains.",
            "The wood itself was light but I stained it darker.",
            "You can stain wood in different colours."
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a dirty mark on something that is difficult to remove",
              "examples": [
                "a blood/grass stain",
                "You can remove a red wine stain from a carpet by sprinkling salt over it."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "permanent damage to someone's reputation or character",
              "examples": [
                "His solicitor said, \"He leaves this court without a stain on his character.\""
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "pervasive",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pervasive",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "present or noticeable in every part of a thing or place",
              "examples": [
                "The influence of Freud is pervasive in her books.",
                "a pervasive smell of diesel",
                "Reforms are being undermined by the all-pervasive corruption in the country."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "undermine",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/undermine",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often gradually",
              "examples": [
                "The president has accused two cabinet members of working secretly to undermine his position/him.",
                "Criticism just undermines their confidence."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "A succession of scandals and revelations has undermined the government over the past year.",
            "Suddenly she just turned on me and accused me of undermining her.",
            "The country's economic position has been seriously undermined by this affair.",
            "He's been trying to undermine her position by spreading rumours about her.",
            "If you continually criticize children you can seriously undermine their confidence."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "attest",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/attest",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to show something or to say or prove that something is true",
              "examples": [
                "Thousands of people came out onto the streets to attest their support for the democratic opposition party.",
                "The number of old German cars still on the road attests (to) the excellence of their manufacture.",
                "As his career attests, he is a world-class tennis player.",
                "The will needs to be attested (= officially marked to show that the signature of the person who made the will is correct) by three witnesses."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "pole",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pole",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a long, thin stick of wood or metal, often used standing straight up in the ground to support things",
              "examples": [
                "a telegraph/electricity pole",
                "A flag fluttered from a 40-foot pole."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "This totem pole is carved from a single tree trunk.",
            "These poles will be easier to carry if we lash them together with a rope.",
            "I gave the poles a slight wobble and the whole tent collapsed.",
            "The vine twines round the pole.",
            "The children of the village dance around a pole decorated with coloured ribbons."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "carport",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/carport",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a shelter for cars with a roof and one or more open sides that can be built against the side of a house"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "awning",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/awning",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a cloth or plastic cover fastened to a building or structure and supported by a frame that is used to protect someone or something from the sun or rain",
              "examples": [
                "The gaily striped awnings of the market stalls made an attractive scene."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "lid",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/lid",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "a cover on a container, that can be lifted up or removed",
              "examples": [
                "Can you get the lid off this jar?",
                "Put a lid on the saucepan."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "an eyelid (= either of the two pieces of skin that can close over each eye)",
              "examples": ["She looked at him from under half-closed lids."]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The lid of the coffin had been nailed down.",
            "I can't get the lid off this jar.",
            "Screw the lid on tightly.",
            "I prized the lid off with a spoon.",
            "She had used a screwdriver to puncture two holes in the lid of a paint tin."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "gullible",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gullible",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "easily deceived or tricked, and too willing to believe everything that other people say",
              "examples": [
                "There are any number of miracle cures on the market for people gullible enough to buy them."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "hunch",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hunch",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof",
              "examples": [
                "I had a hunch that you'd be here.",
                "Sometimes you have to be prepared to act on/follow a hunch."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to lean forward with your shoulders raised or to bend your back and shoulders into a rounded shape",
              "examples": [
                "We hunched round the fire to keep warm.",
                "Stand up straight and don't hunch your back."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "ferocious",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ferocious",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adjective",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "frightening and violent",
              "examples": [
                "a ferocious dog",
                "a ferocious battle",
                "She's got a ferocious (= very bad) temper.",
                "The president came in for some ferocious criticism."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "play up",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/play-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "When children play up, they behave badly",
              "examples": ["The boys have been playing up at school again."]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "If a machine plays up, it does not work as it should",
              "examples": ["The starter motor was playing up again."]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "disdain",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/disdain",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the feeling of not liking someone or something and thinking that they do not deserve your interest or respect",
              "examples": ["He regards the political process with disdain."]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to feel disdain for someone or something",
              "examples": [
                "The older musicians disdain the new, rock-influenced music."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to refuse to do something because you feel you are too important to do it"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "courtesy",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/courtesy",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "polite behaviour, or a polite action or remark",
              "examples": [
                "You might get along better with your parents if you showed them some courtesy.",
                "He could at least have had the courtesy to say sorry.",
                "The president welcomed her visitors with the usual courtesies."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "He replied sharply, and without his wonted courtesy.",
            "At least do him the courtesy of listening to what he has to say.",
            "He did have the courtesy to thank her for her efforts.",
            "Always hold the door for the person behind you - it's just common courtesy.",
            "She treated them with the greatest courtesy."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "crack on",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/crack-on",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "phrasal verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to start or continue doing something, especially more quickly or with more energy after a pause",
              "examples": [
                "The meeting needs to finish by 5, so we'd better crack on.",
                "Now we've prepared the walls we can crack on with the painting."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "abuse",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/abuse",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to use something for the wrong purpose in a way that is harmful or morally wrong",
              "examples": [
                "She is continually abusing her position/authority by getting other people to do things for her.",
                "I never expected that he would abuse the trust I placed in him.",
                "to abuse alcohol"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to treat someone cruelly or violently",
              "examples": [
                "Several of the children had been sexually/physically/emotionally abused."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "to speak to someone rudely or cruelly",
              "examples": [
                "The crowd started abusing him after he failed to save a goal."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "If you abuse your body now, you'll pay the price when you're older.",
            "The Mayor and his cohorts have abused their positions of power.",
            "In a landmark case/decision, the Governor pardoned a woman convicted of killing her husband, who had physically abused her.",
            "People who have been abused as children often experience feelings/a sense of worthlessness.",
            "The minister was sacked for abusing power for his personal gain."
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the use of something in a way that is harmful or morally wrong",
              "examples": [
                "an abuse (= wrong use) of privilege/power/someone's kindness",
                "Drug and alcohol abuse (= using these substances in a bad way) contributed to his early death."
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "cruel, violent, or unfair treatment of someone",
              "examples": [
                "She claimed to have been a victim of child abuse .",
                "sexual/physical/mental abuse (= bad treatment)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "meaning": "rude and offensive words said to another person",
              "examples": [
                "He had apparently experienced a lot of verbal abuse from his co-workers.",
                "He hurled (a stream/torrent of) abuse at her (= he said a lot of rude and offensive things to her).",
                "\"Idiot!\" is a term of abuse (= an insulting expression)."
              ]
            }
          ],
          "examples": [
            "The government say they are trying to do more to educate the public about the consequences of drug abuse.",
            "After years of abuse from her husband, she eventually found the courage to leave him.",
            "Judge Hawthorne was chosen to head the team investigating the allegations of abuse.",
            "There are few crimes more truly shocking than the murder or abuse of children.",
            "The family said they had endured years of torment and abuse at the hands of the neighbours."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "digress",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/digress",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to move away from the main subject you are writing or talking about and to write or talk about something else",
              "examples": [
                "But I digress. To get back to what I was saying, this poem reflects the poet's love of nature and his religious beliefs.",
                "The lecturer temporarily digressed from her subject to deal with a related theory."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "go to great lengths",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/go-to-great-lengths",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "idiom",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to try very hard to achieve something:",
              "examples": [
                "Some people go to great lengths to make their homes attractive.",
                "He'll go to any lengths to get what he wants."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "ramification",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ramification",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the possible results of an action",
              "examples": [
                "Have you considered all the ramifications of your suggestion?"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "intimidate",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/intimidate",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "to frighten or threaten someone, usually in order to persuade them to do something that you want them to do",
              "examples": [
                "They were intimidated into accepting a pay cut by the threat of losing their jobs."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "big time",
      "cambridge": "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/big-time",
      "items": [
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "adverb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "If you do something big time, you do it to a great degree",
              "examples": [
                "\"How was the interview?\" \"Terrible, I messed up big time.\"",
                "Chrissy's into skiing big time (= likes skiing a lot)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeach": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "meaning": "the state of being famous or successful",
              "examples": [
                "She finally hit the big time (= became famous or successful) with her latest novel.",
                "You've really made the big time now (= become famous or successful)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}