25/11/2023

Cards (16)

  • prescribe = (of a doctor) to tell somebody to take a particular medicine or have a particular treatment
    Valium is usually ____ to treat anxiety.
  • prohibit = to officially stop people from doing something

    Soviet citizens were ___ from travelling abroad.
  • edible = fit or suitable to be eaten; not poisonous
    • The food at the hotel was barely ___
  • inferiority complex = a feeling that one's abilities are inferior to those of others
  • likelihood = the probability of an event occurring given the probability of the outcome of a random experiment
    • In all ___ (= very probably) the meeting will be cancelled.
  • innate = genetically determined, not learned
    • Is a tendency towards violence an ___ characteristic?
  • coax = to persuade, encourage, or tempt (someone) to do something
    She ___ the horse into coming a little closer.
  • praise = to give a person or thing a good opinion of, to make someone feel proud of themselves
    • We have nothing but ___ for the way they handled the investigation.
  • nurture = the influence of the environment on behaviour, including the effects of socialisation
    • children ___ by loving parents
  • impediment = (formal) something that delays or stops the progress of something; (becoming old-fashioned) a problem, for example a stammer, that makes it more difficult for somebody to speak, hear, etc.
    • The level of inflation is a serious ___ to economic recovery.
    • a speech ___
  • intervention = action taken to improve or help a situation, especially to prevent or reduce a problem (maybe be not asked)
    • calls for government ___ to save the steel industry
    • Most patients make a recovery without further ___
  • dispute = an argument between two people, groups or countries; discussion about a subject on which people disagree
    • industrial/pay ___
    •  ___ between A and B 
    •  ___ over/about something 
    •  in/under ___
    •  beyond ___  (= it could no longer be argued about).
    •  open to ___(= can be disagreed with).
  • delude = deceive, mislead, misinform, mislead (заблуждаться, обманывать)
    He's ___ himself if he thinks it's going to be easy.
  • self-esteem = a feeling of being happy with your own character and abilities
    • Some children suffer from low ___ and expect to do badly.
  • strive = to try to do something, especially with great effort or determination (стремиться, прилагать усилия)
     We encourage all members to ___ for the highest standards.
  • proposal = a suggestion for a new law, policy, or action that is made by someone who wants to make it happen (предложение, заявка)
    The ___ for a new high-speed railway met with strong opposition