This document contains a list of English words and phrases with definitions or explanations of their meanings, including:
- Idioms like "it's all Greek to me" meaning something is not understood and "good riddance" meaning being happy that someone or something is gone.
- Terms like "lingua franca" meaning a common language for communication, "Estuary English" referring to a dialect, and "burr" denoting a way of speaking.
- Descriptive words such as "prolific" meaning producing a lot, "discerning" showing good judgment, and "celebrated" being famous for something.
- Verbs like "gabble" speaking quickly,
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English Vocabulary (List of Words, Part II), C2
This document contains a list of English words and phrases with definitions or explanations of their meanings, including:
- Idioms like "it's all Greek to me" meaning something is not understood and "good riddance" meaning being happy that someone or something is gone.
- Terms like "lingua franca" meaning a common language for communication, "Estuary English" referring to a dialect, and "burr" denoting a way of speaking.
- Descriptive words such as "prolific" meaning producing a lot, "discerning" showing good judgment, and "celebrated" being famous for something.
- Verbs like "gabble" speaking quickly,
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Word list: c2
with bated breath in an anxious
lay it on a bit thick (= worried to praise it's all Greek to me someone a way of too there's method in your madness saying you have thata the world is sb's oyster good reason If the world is in the twinkling of an eye your oyster, If something good riddance happens I am happy in lingua franca noun that a someone language Estuary English noun used a typeforof burr noun English a way of dialect noun speaking a form of a margin noun language the amountthat prolific adjective by which one producing a discerning adjective great number showing celebrated adjective good famous for attentive adjective some special listening gabble verb carefully to speak rabbit on quickly and to continue insinuate verb talking about to suggest, rave verb without to speakbeing in whinge verb an to complain, babble verb especially to talk or say murmur verb something to speak orin wheedle verb say to try to coax verb persuade to persuade intricate adjective someone with many blow sb away complicated to surprise or daunting adjective please making you unfold verb feel slightly If a situation retaliate verb or story to do cohesion noun something the situation impede verb when to make theit inclined adjective more difficult likely or liable adjective wanting to do having (legal) apt adjective responsibility suitable or be prone to sth/do sth right for likely a to suffer incensed adjective from an extremely exacerbate verb angry to make amplify verb something to increase stash verb thestore to size or or caked adjective hide (of a surface) strew verb covered to spreadwith things in an the avant-garde noun the painters, ensue verb writers, to happen modus operandi noun after a particular bile noun way of doing the bitter, up to speed yellow liquid If you are up brooch noun to speed with a small piece courier noun of jewellery a person or depot noun company a building that transit noun where the garment noun movement a piece of of ubiquitous adjective clothing seeming to dexterity noun be the ability to the onus noun think the quickly prominent adjective responsibility very well reflexology noun known and in a treatment pastime noun which your an activity relief noun that a is done feeling of pragmatic adjective happiness doing things compulsory adjective in a practical If something compel verb is to force seep verb someone to move orto precedence noun spread slowly the condition mundane adjective of verybeing dealt ordinary rural adjective and in, of,therefore or like fallible adjective the able or likely erode verb to to make slowly erode verb reduce to rub ororbe permeate verb rubbed to spread away blessed adjective through holy therapeutic adjective causing holistic adjective someone dealing with to evaluate verb or treating to judge or be in hot water calculate to be in orthe get perspicacity noun into a difficult the ability to enrich verb understand to improve bleak adjective the quality of If a situation blunt adjective is bleak,what saying intrusion noun you think an occasion reap the benefit, reward, etc. when to get reticence noun something an dispel verb unwillingness to remove downward spiral fears, doubts, a situation in grumpiness noun which a price, the feeling of knock-on effect noun being When slightly an buy into something event If or you buy intimidating adjective into making idea an you accessible adjective feel easy to practitioner noun understand someone involved in a flog verb to beat detrimental adjective someone causing harm clam up or damage to become entity noun silent something plump verb that existsand to shake drift off push to gradually ponder verb start to sleep to think incense noun carefully a substance erratic adjective that movingis burnt or fatigue noun behaving extreme in a utmost adjective tiredness used to porridge noun emphasize a thick, soft millet noun food a plantmade that is nurture verb similar to take tocare hectic adjective of, feed, and full of activity, immense adjective or very busy extremely gain ground large If in size a political hitherto adverb party or an until now or notion noun until a a belief or discontented adjective idea feeling proponent noun unhappy a person who unassailable adjective speaks impossible to unassailable adjective doubt in suchora remedy noun strong a successful derive sth from sth way to getof curing scrutiny noun something the careful exponent noun and detailed a person who premise noun supports an idea or an solace noun theory help andon pronouncement noun comfort when an official prose noun announceme written jargon noun language in special words perspective noun and a phrases particular misconception noun way of that an idea advocate verb is to wrong publicly fabrication noun support the act ofor fallacy noun inventing an idea that a inclination noun lot of people a feeling that implement verb you want to start to using eerie adjective a plan orin a strange sensibly adverb frightening in a sensible skulk verb or practical to hide or bound noun move around a quick, long twitch verb jump (to cause) to hover verb make to stayain one wide-eyed adjective place in theto too willing wistfully adverb believe in a wayandthat lavishly adverb is sad and in a way that is expensive daintily adverb in an wade verb attractive, to walk in wallow verb water that isof (especially strut verb some to walk in a the ins and outs noun proud way the detailed to and fro adverb, adjective or in one inalienable adjective direction unable toandbe caw noun removed the loud, pitter-patter noun rough a series cryofof a scrabble verb quick, to use light your relish verb fingers to like or to twitter verb enjoy (of a bird) to patter verb make to make a the lap verb sound (of waves)of a to lot porpoise noun hit something a mammal cetacean noun that any oflives in hydroelectric adjective various types producing decimate verb electricity by to kill a large amend verb number to change of the proliferate verb words of a a to increase dredge sth up lot talk to andabout logger noun something a person who enmesh verb cuts down to catch or indigenous adjective involve naturally resurgent adjective existing increasingin a tributary noun again, or a river or clamorous adjective stream making that loud ravage verb demands to cause or jaded adjective great not having prerequisite noun interest somethingor hustle verb that must to make tatty adjective someone old and in supplant verb bad to condition replace derision noun the situation chirp verb in to which say bark verb something to shout at roar verb someone to make ain a chirpy adjective long, happyloud, and chatter verb active If your teeth bellow verb chatter, to shout you in a croak verb loud voice, or When croak verb animals such If you croak, deplete verb you speak to reduce degrade verb something to cause in deteriorate verb people to becometo feel irrigate verb worse to supply rancid adjective land with oil, (of butter, seldom adverb etc.) almosttasting never miasma noun an draconian 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