Sep 21 (2) Pat's words 2021_06_11

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to boggle
My mind boggles at the amount of money they spend on food. It boggles the imagination, doesn't it?
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to (cause something or someone to) have difficulty imagining or understanding something:
petty
Prisoners complain that they are subjected to too many petty rules and restrictions.
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not important and not worth giving attention to
PR Photosynthesis
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Photosynthesis
PR Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania
PR Exacerbation
Exposure to mould has been associated with exacerbation of asthma. This is not a new problem, but the exacerbation of an old one.
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the process of making something that is already bad even worse
PR Marijuana
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Marijuana
abominable
The prisoners are forced to live in abominable conditions. The weather's been abominable all week.
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very bad or unpleasant
serendipity
The lottery is something one wins by serendipity not by design... When it comes to capturing the perfect picture, it is all about serendipity... The paparazzi relied on serendipity to figure out which hotel entrance the celebrity would use.
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the fact of finding interesting or valuable things by chance
referral
The doctor gave him a referral to (= arranged for him to see) the consultant.
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the act of directing someone to a different place or person for information, help, or action, often to a person or group with more knowledge or power:
iffy
Simon's still kind of iffy about going to Colombia.
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not certain or decided:
clammy
My hands felt all clammy. It was a hot, clammy day.
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sticky and slightly wet in an unpleasant way:
Whiskey neat
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whiskey served without any mixer, additional flavor
malice
There certainly wasn't any malice in her comments. formal I bear him no malice (= do not want to harm or upset him).
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the wish to harm or upset other people:
stagger
After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and call for help.
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to walk or move with difficulty as if you are going to fall
dreary
a dreary little town She had spent another dreary day in the office.
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boring and making you feel unhappy
to be spoiled for choice
Customers are spoiled for choice when buying a new car
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to be given a lot of choices (chiefly British)
frivolous
I think he sees her as a frivolous young woman.
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behaving in a silly way and not taking anything seriously
right of way
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Easement of * is an easement or a privilege by which one person or a particular class of persons is allowed to pass over another's land, usually through one particular path or line.
to the nth degree
They'd decked out the house to the nth degree
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extremely: as much as possible
backfire on someone
I hope this plan doesn’t backfire on me. My plan to convince my parents that I'm responsible enough to have a car promptly backfired on me when I came home after curfew.
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To not proceed as one had planned or hoped.

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