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= strong, intense, severe #gentle

fierce

= a thick liquid produced in parts of your body such as your nose

mucus

famous, prominent ˈ

eminent=

= originate, develop, come from

derive from

= weaken, reduce, decrease

attenuate əˈtenjueɪt

= advance, innovation, revolution, new idea, invention.

breakthrough

= color, tint, pigment.

dye

= to make someone notice you, especially because you want to speak to them or you need their help

catch sb attention

= come across = to find or discover something by chance and unexpectedly.

stumble on/across/upon something

= someone who only has a small unimportant job in a large organization

a cog in the machine/wheel.

= recognize, see, identify, notice.

perceive

= a guess that is likely to be correct because it is based on some knowledge

educated guess

= a thick black sticky liquid made by heating coal without air

coal tar

= very important, crucial, necessary

vital, central.

= the basic rules or principles on which future actions or behaviour should be based

ground rules

= artificial, man-made.

synthetic

= in order not to let someone else do better than you

not to be outdone

= enough, plenty, adequate

sufficient

= relating to things that exist outside the earth

extra-terrestrial.

= uncertain, weak, vague

tenuous

= very, completely, totally, drastically.

radically

= to do something immediately

lost no time in doing smt

= become completely involved in an activity

immersed in

= only, just, simply.

merely

= feasible, possible, successful

viable

= unthinkable, unimaginable, unbelievable

inconceivable

= stopping and starting often and for short periods

intermittently=

= if you go back to the drawing board, you start again with a completely new plan or idea, after the one you tried before has failed

go back to the drawing board

= a disease that is common in hot countries and that you get when a type of mosquito bites you

malaria

= completely ready to do something or for something to happen, when it is likely to happen soon.

poised on the brink/edge of something