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especially of sth bad extremely or very great
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downright
behaving in unpleasant way by trying too much to get sth or to make someone do sth
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pushy
a youg child who has very great ability in sth
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child prodigy
An example that illustrates what is being discussed
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a case in point
provided with a quality, ability, or asset
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endowed with
in addition, as well
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to boot
an uncleart or uncertain sensation or emotion
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the vague feeling
knowing a lot
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knowledgeable
written down
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committed to paper
a paper cover on a book that protects it
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dust jucket
to look at and study sth, usually a book or document, carefully
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pore over
withouf hiding behaviour or opinions that other peoplemight consider unacceptable
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unashemedly
an innate quality or ability is one that you were born with, not one you have learned
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innate
making you remember or imagine sth pleasant
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evocative
to make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
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rekindling
to do sty that prevents an activity from continuing eapecially by no longer giving money to support it
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pull the plug on
happening at the best possible moment
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timely
charts
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to show sth on a chart
a film about the life of a real person
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biopic
to be extremely good at sth
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excels in
the ability to know or corrwctly suggest what will happen in the future
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prescience
someone or sth that is very good pleasing or useful
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gem of
living for a long time
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longerity
connected with sth
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allied with
to make certain that sth is understood by expressing it clearly and forcefully
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hammers home
most important or best, leading
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foremost
sth that fuels a feeling or a type of behaviour increases it or makes it stronger
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fuelling
an unpleasant condition, especially a serious, sad, or difficult one
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plight
if sth is groundbreaking it is very new and bigh change frome other things of its type
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groundbreaking
to get great pleasure from a situation or activity
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revel in
Very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods
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state of the art
Criticized someone or something, often after deliberately looking for mistakes
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found fault with
Not trying to attract attention or impress people
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understated
to start to like someone
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warm to
Someone who takes messages between people who are unable or unwilling to meet
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go-between
Containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts
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elaborate
If something happens out of the blue, it is completely unexpected
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out of the blue
To start to deal with something with great energy and enthusiasm
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get my teeth into
An event or situation that only happens once
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long one-off
Used to say what you think is the likely situation
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presumably
Questions, often expressing doubt about something or looking for an answer from an authority
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queries
A place where things are stored and can be found
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repository
annoyed or angry
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cross
an illness or health problem
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ailments
Rooms in a hospital where patients receiving a particular type of care are kept
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wards
To feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might happen
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dread
A small group of people or things
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clutch of
To burst violently and noisily, or to cause something to do this
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explode
By which way or method
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whereby
Feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen
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apprehensive about
A report or article that makes a judgment about something, such as a play or film
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write-up
Something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing
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setback
To distribute leaflets to people
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leaflet
Increasing the visibility or prominence of someone or something
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raising our profile
To use or take away a large part of something valuable, such as money or time
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eaten into
Organizations, businesses, or institutions
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establishments
Having a positive, friendly, or sympathetic attitude toward someone or something
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well-disposed
Improved in quality, amount, or strength
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enhanced
A large number or range of things
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a raft of
To be not common and therefore valuable
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be at premium
Attending an event briefly, often out of a sense of duty
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putting in an appearance
Conscious or aware of something
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mindful of
Not intending to do or involved in a particular activity
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be not in the business of
To recognize how good someone or something is and to value them
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appreciate
An extra amount of money that you have to pay for something, in addition to the regular cost
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surcharge
Large and very good meals
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slap-up meals
In a way that is expensive or impressive
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lavishly
On a boat, train, or aircraft
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on board
Prevented something bad from happening
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averted
Prevented someone or something unpleasant from harming you
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kept at bay
Friendly and helpful feelings
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goodwill
To use something or someone, especially in an effective way
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deploy
A feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended
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relief
To repeat the actions of an event that happened in the past as a hobby or as a performance
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re-enact
The particular type of character that a person seems to have and that is often different from their real or private character
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persona
To copy something achieved by someone else and try to do it as well as they have
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emulate
To learn how to do something, especially if it is not obvious or simple
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get the hang of
To manage to use something in a way that brings good results
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tap into
Full of hope, happiness, and good feelings
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upbeat
to be useful
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come in handy
Extremely important
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all-important
Allowed someone else to play a more active role while one assumes a secondary or passive role
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taken a back seat
One after the other; alternately
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by turns
Creates a powerful mixture or situation
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stirs up a potent brew
Justified; having a good reason
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warranted
Caused great damage
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wreaked havoc
The act of making something known or introducing something for the first time
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unveiling
Frightened or nervous because you are not confident in a situation
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intimidated
To believe or say that something is caused by something else
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ascribe to
Spoke or said something, especially the first part of a word, with difficulty, for example pausing before it or repeating it several times
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stuttered
Happening many times, or happening again
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recurring
Unhappy, annoyed, and disappointed about something
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disgruntled
Lack of skill or ability
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ineptitude
Bent low and moved back because of fear
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cowered
A person who is blamed for something that someone else has done
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scapegoat
Great problems or troubles
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woes
To be closely connected or to happen at the same time as something else
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go hand in hand with
Used to refer to an event, usually something unpleasant or unwanted, that is going to happen soon
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impending
An amount of something produced by a person, machine, factory, country, etc
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output
Working hard and for a long time
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toiling
A group of experts brought together to develop ideas on a particular subject and to make
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think tank
A student or recent graduate who works for a period of time at a job in order to get experience
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intern
Expressed in words; uttered
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voiced
Sharing in the knowledge of something secret or private
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privy to
People who are expert in or enthusiastic about technology, especially computing
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techis
To be someone's responsibility or decision
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be down to break
To make something start to happen or start to develop more quickly
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kick-start
Loyal and willing to give your time and energy to something that you believe in
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commited to
Continuing for a long time
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sustained
A student or recent graduate who works for a period of time at a job in order to get experienc
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intern

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