to launch | to start | |
to impress | to fix sth in sb's mind | |
with hindsight | to notice sth aftes it happened | |
to submit | to hand in | |
on daily basis | every day | |
to own up | to confess | |
to gabble | to talk quickly | |
to enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act | |
uniform system | system which remains the same | |
to hollow out | to make sth worthless | |
intrinsic | belonging naturally, native | |
scapegoat | a person who is blamed for everything | |
to conceive | to imagine | |
to earmark | to decide that sth will be used for a particular purpose | |
to gear up | to provide/ to make ready for effective operation | |
to muse | to ponder | |
futility | an instance of being useless | |
random | happening by chance, haphazard | |
readily | easily, willingly | |
to decipher | to decode/ to be able to understand, read | |
bottleneck | anything that slows down the progress of sth | |
to dispatch | to send/ to forward | |
to be in keeping with | to be in harmony | |
to wind up | to cause sb to get excited | |
to career down | to move quickly in an uncontrolable way | |
ruffled | disturbed slightly | |
to yap | to talk noisly and foolishly about sth | |
whopping lie | huge lie | |
in terms of | as regards | |
to blur | to make sth unclear | |
to untangle | to loose from tangles ex. a knot | |
ambient | surrounding | |
receipt | proof of purchase | |
to prod | to push or poke, to stimulate | |
to prance | to walk in a proud way, to show off | |
casual | occuring without regularity | |
to account for | to explain | |
strolling players | actors who travel and play | |
to defy | to disobey | |
to fend for oneself | to take care of oneself | |
transient | lasting for a short period of time | |
to be tardy | to be late | |
back to square one | back to the beginning | |
to blight | to frustrate hopes or plans | |
to intimidate | to make sb fearful of timid | |
furtive | sly and secretive, stealthy | |
to fall into disuse | not to be used any longer | |
prevalent | existing or happening generally, common | |
adjunct | sth added to sth else, usually bigger | |
to give rise to sth | to cause | |
far cry from sth | sth that is a very different experience, situation | |
well-heeled | rich, wealthy | |
conduct | a way of behaving | |
indigenous | intrinsic | |
short-lived | transient | |
in close proximity | nearness in space or time | |
conceit | too much pride of yourself | |
to deprieve | to prevent sb from having or doing sth (esp. important) | |