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Unit 4a/4b vocabulary

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  • when something takes a more important position or status than something or someone else
    to erode
    to supercharge
    to make precedence
    to take precedence
  • Having the latest information about something and being able to do it well
    being on the ball
    being one step ahead of the game
    being one over the nest
    being up to speed
  • not perfect and likely to be wrong or make mistakes
    fallable
    fallible
  • Ordinary or not interesting or exciting, especially because of happening too regularly
    mundane
    impulse
    fallible
    reinforcement
  • a sudden or strong feeling that you must do something
    an impulse
    a shooter
    a gut
    a pusher
  • when two or more people work together to achieve the same thing
    mutuality
    prose
    collaboration
    on fire
  • Someone who is unwilling to change to give up their ideas or ways of behaving, even when there are reasons to do so
    A softcentre
    A diehard
    A topper
    A livinghard
  • if an attitude or feeling _______ something, you can feel or see its influence clearly in every part of that thing
    to take precendence
    to erode
    to permeate
    to reinforce
  • (physical) to gradually damage the surface or rock or land so that it begins to disappear (figurative) to gradually reduce the value or level of something
    to reinforce
    to permeate
    to erode
    to crouch
  • the noun of when you make something stronger, either physically or figuratively with an idea, belief or attitude
    permeation
    erosion
    dissolution
    reinforcement
  • To prevent something from happening, being expressed or continuing
    To beat up
    To bring down
    To stifle
    To reprimand
  • to bend your knees and lower yourself so that you are close to the ground and leaving leaning forward slightly
    to mutter
    to shrug
    to stub
    to crouch
  • Anything that prevents people from coming together or passing (physical) or understanding each other (figurative)
    A barrier
    A restrict
    A blocking
    A drawbridge
  • A limitation or restriction
    a constraint
    a constriction
    a binding
    an inhibition
  • the ability to decide in an independent way what to do and when to do it
    individuality
    management
    initiative
    willingness
  • think in an original or creative way
    think outside the box
    think beyond the box
    think above the box
    think further away from the box
  • a person, business or other group which pays which pays for something, often in return for advertising (but not always)
    contributor
    sponsor
    payer
    financer
  • A person who fixes things
    A solventor
    A tinkerer
    An unclogger
    A handy