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Some find it hard to ACCOMMODATE THEMSELVES to the new working conditions.
Change yourself or your behaviour to suit another person or new conditions
They paid for his flights and hotel ACCOMMODATIONS. The cost of student ACCOMMODATIONS is rising steadily/ We must address the issue of ACCOMMODATIONS FOR gifted students. (US)
A place to live or stay, esp on holiday or for students at college/ Special arrangements that are made for a person or group that has different needs to others
She may be able to reach an ACCOMMODATION with other EU members on the question of immigration. (US, FML)
An agreement between two groups who have different opinions on a subject, or the process of reaching an agreement like this
SOCCER MOM (US, IFML)
a mother who spends a lot of time takin her children t activities suchas music classes, sports, etc. It is often used t refer t a type f middle-class mother
BRAIN-DEAD/ (HUMOROUS) By the time I leave work I'm completely brain-dead. ( If SB is brain-dead, their mind is not working effectively, usually because they are very tired or very bored)
If SB is brain-dead, they hv serious & permanent damage t their brain, & need machines so as t stay alive
The most STRINGENT laws in the world are useless unless there is the will to enforce them/ (FINACNE&ECONOMICS) (Involvin nt enough money bein available fo borrowin as a result f firm controls on the amount f money in an economy)
Havin a very severe effect, o bein extremely limitin/ Already low living standards have been worsened by STRINGENT economic reforms.
IN THE ZONE (IFML)
If you are in the zone, you are happy or excited because you are doing something very skilfully and easily.
Most bats are NOCTURNAL/ He spends the NOCTURNAL hours in his observatory.
being active or happening at night rather than during the day/ Of the night, or relating to the night
In this current cold spell, many old people are dying needlessly of HYPOTHERMIA.
a serious medical condition in which a person's body temperature falls below the usual level as a result of being in severe cold for a long time
His wife said she would never TKAE HIM BACK/ That piece of music really TOOK ME BACK (TO my schooldays) (If ST takes you back, it makes you remember a period or an event)
allow a partner who previously left ur home bc f a disagreement o another relationship t come back t live w u/ ....
HOOTERS (US, SLANG)
a woman's breasts. This use of the word is considered offensive.
(IFML) A self-confessed SHOPAHOLIC, Diane loved looking for new clothes with her two daughters.
a person who enjoys shopping very much and does it a lot
A short, sexually exciting performance or film that someone pays to watch through a window in a small room/ Especially in the past, a sexually exciting picture or film, watched on a machine through a small hole
PEEPSHOW
LEXICOGRAPHER (LANGUAGE)
a person whose job is to write dictionaries
He always comes back from France LADEN WITH presents for everyone. The table, as always, was LADEN WITH food/ The banks are LADEN WITH bad loans=> Debt-LADEN banks They were accused of driving waste-LADEN trucks with no cover over them.
carrying or holding a lot of ST/ Havin a lot f ST, esp ST unpleasant suchas debt=> Used in adjectives to show that ST has or is carrying a lot of ST
The government is not RECEPTIVE TO the idea of a Freedom of Information Act/ A test of RECEPTIVE language
willing to listen to and accept new ideas & suggestions/ Relating to the ability to understand language, rather than produce it (LANGUAGE)
