rousing : enthusiastic
wedlock [U] : marriage[U]
: the situation of married people
a wedding [C]: the ceremony itself
to be married, to be single,
to be divorced, to be a widow/a
widower
a career
to be career-minded / to be family-minded
whenever : NOTION OF
REPETITION/GENERALIZATION
cf : wherever, whoever, whichever
ex : they quarrel whenever they see each other.
the pattern : (here) the situation
to work overtime [U] : to work more than
the legal number of hours.
nearly : almost
the matter : the topic, the problem
cf : What's the matter ?
to trigger someone's interest : to
make someone interested in ...
to hinder : to handicap
ex : Winter clothes hinder your movements.
a survey : a poll : an opinion poll
income : wage : salary
data [U] : information [U] a piece of data
cf : data processing (the use of computers)
achievement : success
a bracket :
1. between brackets : ( ...... )
2. a range ex : the 13-to19 age bracket : the teenagers
a score : a result >>> to score
: to reach a result
to outscore : to outperform : to succeed
better , to have better results than ...
ex : In athletics, the blacks usually outscore the whites.
among (prep.)
ex: I
was alone among a crowd of foreigners.
feeble : weak, low
a prejudice : a preconceived idea
to be prejudiced for / against
ex : Racialism is usually based on prejudice.
naked = in the nude
to overcome an obstacle
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