7→in the normal course of events Colocaciones–Significado 1: something that happens, especially something important, interesting or unusualadjectivesa big/major event(=important)Getting married is a major event in anyone’s life.an important/significant eventIt’s natural to be nervous before suc...
• It's in the nature of elections that campaigning sometimes gets quite tough.• But one can not be specific about the number of questions without knowing the nature of the project topic.• The choice of methods for a particular study will depend on the nature of the task and the ...
When we think about something that contradicts our values, our emotions will tell us that it is bad.When wethink about something that could hurt us, our emotions will tell us that this is not a good idea. Just by imaginingwhat might happen, our emotions are still caused and thus let us...
but it would be betraying my principles.abandon your principles(=stop believing in them or trying to act by them)It has been said that he abandoned his basic political principles while he was in power.phrasesbe against somebody’s principlesIt’s against my principles to eat meat.as a matter...
•And as you teach all subjects in theJuniorSchool, you will be able to let Artenlivenall your work.•Jason has agirlfriend, and herenergetic,cheerfulpresencehasenlivenedourhousehold.•Charges,countercharges, andlawsuitsenlivenedthebattle.•The prolonged competition could serve toenliventhe...
(=used when you want someone to wait a short time while you do or say something)Just a moment; let me put these away first.We have to be ready to leaveat a moment’s notice(=very quickly).►vertesauroentime3→at the moment4→for the moment5→the moment (that) somebody does ...
(=what someone thought something would be like, before they saw it or experienced it)The office was not what he had imagined.be bigger/smaller/worse etc than you had imaginedThe job interview proved to be much worse than I had imagined it would be.let us imagine …(=used to encourage ...
central to•Most of the foodscentral toPortuguesecookingarecommonin ourkitchens. -central/sentrəl/suffix[in nouns]informalfull of a particular type of thing or personIt was mosquito-central down by the river.In the 1990s, London’s docklands became yuppie-central(=full of rich young people...
(=a definite one)It's now time to come to a clear decision on this.a final decision(=one that will not be changed)The council will make a final decision in four months.a snap decision(=one that you make extremely quickly)Police officers often have to make snap decisions on how to ...
Del Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishca‧pit‧u‧late/kəˈpɪtʃəleɪt/verb[intransitive]1formaltoacceptoragreeto something that you have beenopposingfor a long timeSYNgive inHelen finally capitulated and let her son have a car.2formalto acceptdefeatby yourenemiesin a...