1. Hive
If you describe a place as a hiveof activity, you approve of the fact that there is a lot of activity there or that people are busy working there.
In the morning the house was a hive of activity...
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To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position them so that they are ready to be used.
The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.
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27. Bankrupt Banknote Monetary Currency Statistics Census Necessity Necessitate Entail Indispensable Disastrous Misfortune Catastrophe Qualified Eligible Principle Dogma
If you refer to a belief or a system of beliefs as a dogma , you disapprove of it because people are expected to accept that it is true, without questioning it. Their political dogma has blinded them to the real needs of the country...
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29. Hike
1 A hike is a sudden or large increase in prices, rates, taxes, or quantities.
(INFORMAL)
...a sudden 1.75 per cent hike in Italian interest rates...
= rise, increase
2 To hike prices, rates, taxes, or quantities means to increase them suddenly or by a large amount. (INFORMAL)
It has now been forced to hike its rates by 5.25 per cent...
= raise
Hike up means the same as hike .
The insurers have started hiking up premiums by huge amounts...
Big banks were hiking their rates up.
30. Expedition
1 An expedition is an organized journey that is made for a particular purpose such as exploration.
...Byrd's 1928 expedition to Antarctica.
2 You can refer to a group of people who are going on an expedition as an expedition .
Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.
3 An expedition is a short journey or trip that you make for pleasure.
...a fishing expedition.
= trip
31. Excursion
1 You can refer to a short journey as an excursion , especially if it is made for pleasure or enjoyment.
In Bermuda, Sam's father took him on an excursion to a coral barrier.
= trip
2 An excursion is a trip or visit to an interesting place, especially one that is arranged or recommended by a holiday company or tourist organization.
Another pleasant excursion is Malaga, 18 miles away.
= outing
3 If you describe an activity as an excursioninto something, you mean that it is an attempt to develop or understand something new that you have not experienced before.
...Radio 3's latest excursion into ethnic music, dance and literature...
32. Inflict
To inflict harm or damage on someone or something means to make them suffer it. Rebels say they have inflicted heavy casualties on government forces...
The dog then attacked her, inflicting serious injuries.
33. Impose
34. Exert
1 If someone or something exerts influence, authority, or pressure, they use it in a strong or determined way, especially in order to produce a particular effect. (FORMAL)
He exerted considerable influence on the thinking of the scientific community on these issues...
2 If you exertyourself , you make a great physical or mental effort, or work hard to do something.
Do not exert yourself unnecessarily.
35. Tract
1 A tractof land is a very large area of land.
A vast tract of land is ready for development...
2 A tract is a short article expressing a strong opinion on a religious, moral, or political subject in order to try to influence people's attitudes.
She produced a feminist tract, `Comments on Birth-Control', in 1930.
= pamphlet
3 A tract is a system of organs and tubes in an animal's or person's body that has a particular function, especially the function of processing a substance in the body. (MEDICAL)
Foods are broken down in the digestive tract...
...urinary tract infections.
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1 If strain is put on an organization or system, it has to do more than it is able to do. The prison service is already under considerable strain...
The vast expansion in secondary education is putting an enormous strain on the system.
= pressure
2 To strain something means to make it do more than it is able to do.
The volume of scheduled flights is straining the air traffic control system... = stretch
3 Strain is a state of worry and tension caused by a difficult situation.
She was tired and under great strain.
...the stresses and strains of a busy and demanding career.
= stress
4 If you say that a situation is a strain, you mean that it makes you worried and tense.
I sometimes find it a strain to be responsible for the mortgage.
5 Strain is a force that pushes, pulls, or stretches something in a way that may damage it.
Place your hands under your buttocks to take some of the strain off your back... 6 Strain is an injury to a muscle in your body, caused by using the muscle too much or twisting it.
Avoid muscle strain by warming up with slow jogging.
7 If you strain a muscle, you injure it by using it too much or twisting it.
He strained his back during a practice session.
8 If you strainto do something, you make a great effort to do it when it is difficult to do.
I had to strain to hear...
They strained their eyes, but saw nothing.
9 When you strain food, you separate the liquid part of it from the solid parts. Strain the stock and put it back into the pan.
10 You can use strain to refer to a particular quality in someone's character, remarks, or work.
There was a strain of bitterness in his voice.
...this cynical strain in the book.
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59. Transcend Overtake Excess Exceed Surpass Retain Sustain Maintain Reserve Preserve Conserve Populate Reside Inhabit Dwell Terrace
1 A terrace is a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls. (BRIT) ...a terrace of stylish Victorian houses.
...3 Queensborough Terrace.
2 A terrace is a flat area of stone or grass next to a building where people can sit. 3 The terraces at a football ground are wide steps that people can stand on when they are watching a game. (BRIT)
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1 If people or animals perish , they die as a result of very harsh conditions or as the result of an accident. (WRITTEN)
Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.
2 If a substance or material perishes , it starts to fall to pieces and becomes useless. (mainly BRIT)
Their tyres are slowly perishing.
= disintegrate
3 if someone says perish the thought, they mean that they think that a suggestion or Possibility is unpleasant or ridiculous.
Me a policeman!Perish the thought!
We don’t have a computer (perish the thought )and have only bought an electric typewriter.
65. Expire
1 When something such as a contract, deadline, or visa expires , it comes to an end or is no longer valid.
He had lived illegally in the United States for five years after his visitor's visa expired. = run out
2 when someone expire, they die.
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70. Rage Fury Irritate Outrage Indignant
If you are indignant , you are shocked and angry, because you think that something is unjust or unfair.
He is indignant at suggestions that they were secret agents...
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1. Hive
If you describe a place as a hiveof activity, you approve of the fact that there is a lot of activity there or that people are busy working there.
In the morning the house was a hive of activity...
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10. Tile Outreach Sniff Routine Urgency Emergency Crisis Utilize Deploy
To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position them so that they are ready to be used.
The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.
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27. Bankrupt Banknote Monetary Currency Statistics Census Necessity Necessitate Entail Indispensable Disastrous Misfortune Catastrophe Qualified Eligible Principle Dogma
If you refer to a belief or a system of beliefs as a dogma , you disapprove of it because people are expected to accept that it is true, without questioning it. Their political dogma has blinded them to the real needs of the country...
28. Doctrine
29. Hike
1 A hike is a sudden or large increase in prices, rates, taxes, or quantities.
(INFORMAL)
...a sudden 1.75 per cent hike in Italian interest rates...
= rise, increase
2 To hike prices, rates, taxes, or quantities means to increase them suddenly or by a large amount. (INFORMAL)
It has now been forced to hike its rates by 5.25 per cent...
= raise
Hike up means the same as hike .
The insurers have started hiking up premiums by huge amounts...
Big banks were hiking their rates up.
30. Expedition
1 An expedition is an organized journey that is made for a particular purpose such as exploration.
...Byrd's 1928 expedition to Antarctica.
2 You can refer to a group of people who are going on an expedition as an expedition .
Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.
3 An expedition is a short journey or trip that you make for pleasure.
...a fishing expedition.
= trip
31. Excursion
1 You can refer to a short journey as an excursion , especially if it is made for pleasure or enjoyment.
In Bermuda, Sam's father took him on an excursion to a coral barrier.
= trip
2 An excursion is a trip or visit to an interesting place, especially one that is arranged or recommended by a holiday company or tourist organization.
Another pleasant excursion is Malaga, 18 miles away.
= outing
3 If you describe an activity as an excursioninto something, you mean that it is an attempt to develop or understand something new that you have not experienced before.
...Radio 3's latest excursion into ethnic music, dance and literature...
32. Inflict
To inflict harm or damage on someone or something means to make them suffer it. Rebels say they have inflicted heavy casualties on government forces...
The dog then attacked her, inflicting serious injuries.
33. Impose
34. Exert
1 If someone or something exerts influence, authority, or pressure, they use it in a strong or determined way, especially in order to produce a particular effect. (FORMAL)
He exerted considerable influence on the thinking of the scientific community on these issues...
2 If you exertyourself , you make a great physical or mental effort, or work hard to do something.
Do not exert yourself unnecessarily.
35. Tract
1 A tractof land is a very large area of land.
A vast tract of land is ready for development...
2 A tract is a short article expressing a strong opinion on a religious, moral, or political subject in order to try to influence people's attitudes.
She produced a feminist tract, `Comments on Birth-Control', in 1930.
= pamphlet
3 A tract is a system of organs and tubes in an animal's or person's body that has a particular function, especially the function of processing a substance in the body. (MEDICAL)
Foods are broken down in the digestive tract...
...urinary tract infections.
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43. Pamphlet Leaflet Brochure Booklet Haste Leisure Tension Strain
1 If strain is put on an organization or system, it has to do more than it is able to do. The prison service is already under considerable strain...
The vast expansion in secondary education is putting an enormous strain on the system.
= pressure
2 To strain something means to make it do more than it is able to do.
The volume of scheduled flights is straining the air traffic control system... = stretch
3 Strain is a state of worry and tension caused by a difficult situation.
She was tired and under great strain.
...the stresses and strains of a busy and demanding career.
= stress
4 If you say that a situation is a strain, you mean that it makes you worried and tense.
I sometimes find it a strain to be responsible for the mortgage.
5 Strain is a force that pushes, pulls, or stretches something in a way that may damage it.
Place your hands under your buttocks to take some of the strain off your back... 6 Strain is an injury to a muscle in your body, caused by using the muscle too much or twisting it.
Avoid muscle strain by warming up with slow jogging.
7 If you strain a muscle, you injure it by using it too much or twisting it.
He strained his back during a practice session.
8 If you strainto do something, you make a great effort to do it when it is difficult to do.
I had to strain to hear...
They strained their eyes, but saw nothing.
9 When you strain food, you separate the liquid part of it from the solid parts. Strain the stock and put it back into the pan.
10 You can use strain to refer to a particular quality in someone's character, remarks, or work.
There was a strain of bitterness in his voice.
...this cynical strain in the book.
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59. Transcend Overtake Excess Exceed Surpass Retain Sustain Maintain Reserve Preserve Conserve Populate Reside Inhabit Dwell Terrace
1 A terrace is a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls. (BRIT) ...a terrace of stylish Victorian houses.
...3 Queensborough Terrace.
2 A terrace is a flat area of stone or grass next to a building where people can sit. 3 The terraces at a football ground are wide steps that people can stand on when they are watching a game. (BRIT)
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64. Staircase Storey Layer Gasp Perish
1 If people or animals perish , they die as a result of very harsh conditions or as the result of an accident. (WRITTEN)
Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.
2 If a substance or material perishes , it starts to fall to pieces and becomes useless. (mainly BRIT)
Their tyres are slowly perishing.
= disintegrate
3 if someone says perish the thought, they mean that they think that a suggestion or Possibility is unpleasant or ridiculous.
Me a policeman!Perish the thought!
We don’t have a computer (perish the thought )and have only bought an electric typewriter.
65. Expire
1 When something such as a contract, deadline, or visa expires , it comes to an end or is no longer valid.
He had lived illegally in the United States for five years after his visitor's visa expired. = run out
2 when someone expire, they die.
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70. Rage Fury Irritate Outrage Indignant
If you are indignant , you are shocked and angry, because you think that something is unjust or unfair.
He is indignant at suggestions that they were secret agents...
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