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•    adyenturous = (positive) enthusiastic about doing new things or exploring new places

She'd alwctys dreamt o fan adyenturous life in the tropics. reckless = (negative) liable to do dangerous things without considering the consequences (reckless driying, act)

imperyious = not being afTected or influenced by someone's actions [imperyious to criticism, suggestions) foolhardy = extremely risky

It is foolhardy not to wear a helmet on a moforbike. instinctiye = resulting from instinct [an instinctiye act; but not an instinctiye person)

*    grind = tedious, physical work Factory work is a grind

NB: used in expression "back to the grind" = return to work after a break

labour = physical work usu used with the adjective$ "physical" or "manuał"

drudgery = tedious, physical work usu unrewarding and

of an unskilled naturę (cleaning)

toil = tiring physical work (usu used as a verb)

He toiied in the fields al! day.

control = keep sth within limits by force (contro! children/public spending)

stunt = keep sth/sb from growing properly (a stunted plant, stunted growthj

curb = limit or control usu emotions (curb temper) temper = make sth less strong or extreme (temper your voicej

remember = keep a fact/event in one's long-term

memory (remember your childhood/to do sth)

recollect = (no passive voice) bring sth to mind ^for a short

period (recollect doing sth/sb's name/face)

reminisce = to think with fondness about past events

She was reminiscing about her wedding day.

remind = tell sb to do sth so that they don't forget

Remind me to pay you back the £ 10.

memorise = commit sth (usu a poem, grammar rule,etc)

to memory (memorise facts and figures)

hard-up = (informal) short of money (hard-up students)

wealthy = possessing a lot of money and materiał

possessions

tight = (i nformal derog) not willing to spend money comfortable = (informal] not poor but not wealthy

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• strut = (often derog] to walk in a pro ud way, with even steps

scamper = (esp children and animals) to run quickly, usu playfully

slither = to move in a sliding way like a snake

slink = to move secretfy and quietly esp when afraid or

ashamed

•    diminish (tr/intr) = to (make sth or sb) smaller, quieter, less important etc

dwindle = (intr) to gradually become smaller in number or amount

Supplies are dwindling.

shrink = (tr/intr) to become or make smaller in size due to water or heat

Meat shrinks while being cooked.

reduce = (tr/intr) to make or become less in number, size,

degree (reduce the yolume, reduce the price]

•    clothed = wearing clothes She was warmly clothed.

to be dad (in) = (archaic) to be dressed in wearing = dressed in (sth)

to be dressed = to be wearing sth usu for a particular occasion

retract = to take back offlcially a statement or announcement

The politician had to retract the statement to avoid a scandai.

extract = to take or puli sth from a place/remove sth [extract a tooth); to obtain sth by using industrial or chemical processes (to extract coal); to select some information from a larger amount or source of information (a speech, a text, archives, a selection of poems)

puli out = (of troops] to withdraw from an area; (informal) to exfract (a tooth)

renounce = to officially give up a claim, rank or title;

refuse to associate with or acknowledge sth/sb

sting = to cause pain to sb where a sharp part of an

animal or insect, usu covered with poison, is pushed into

one's skin [bees sting, jellyfish sting)

bite = to wound with the teeth (a dog bites)

stab = to wound by striking with a knife or dagger

prick = to cause pain by piercing with a sharp point (a

pinprick]

refuse = not to agree to do sth

deny = to say that one knows nothing about sth (deny all knowledge of sth)

reject = to tum down an offer, inyitation

revoke = cancel or withdraw sth (reyoke a license, a law,

a document)

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