nice words

We are looking for exponential growth in our investment. There has been an exponential increase in the world population this century.

This director and composer have worked in tandem on several films. they rode tandem on the horseback.

a verbose explanation/report/speech/style He was a notoriously verbose after-dinner speaker. The introduction is rather hard going, being extremely verbose.

She seemed rather aloof when in fact she was just shy. Whatever is happening in the office, she always remains aloof. She kept herself aloof from her husband's business. RESERVED

birds flap their wings. She's totally unflappable - you have to be when working in such a high-pressure environment.

His first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics.

He's getting a bit cantankerous in his old age.

It was plucky of you to chase after the burglar.

It is inevitable that some unwanted mistakes may creep in during the editing process. Doubts began to creep into my mind about the likely success of the project.

The war has uprooted nearly two thirds of the country's population. The Displaced folk had to be looking for the refuge in the contiguous countries.

The children's excitement is mounting as Christmas gets nearer. Don't let your problems mount and overwhelm you. Queen Elizabeth II mounted the throne (= became queen) in 1952. to mount an attack/campaign/challenge/protest

You have no faith in the essential decency of the white man's culture. Decency and simplicity is of no use in this world. Let us have the decency, as we do tonight, not to blame the weather.

The waiter smiled contemptuously at anyone who didn't know which wine to order. He was very contemptuous of "popular" writers, whom he described as having no talent.

a remotely situated farmhouse. He isn’t even remotely like his brother. a remotely operated car

I have to confess I'm a sucker for musicals.

He was as well the grand prince of Lithuania. She organised a dinner in grand style. This is a grand figure of the fashion industry.

We acted impulsively, that I cannot deny. But what would you do if you were in our shoes?

You can't trudge through this snow. It's too deep. Their trudge was for nothing, they didn't survive the storm.

I'm afraid we will have to spend north of $1000 trip

I saw the ball hurtling towards me and ducked (down). Duck your head or you'll bang it on the doorframe. The boys were splashing around and ducking each other in the pool. When he saw them coming, he ducked into a doorway.

The tape recording purports to be of a conversation between the princess and a secret admirer. They purport to represent the wishes of the majority of parents at the school. I didn't read it all but I think the purport of the letter was that he'll stay.

He yearns for the advent of long-awaited winter. Despite his great commercial success he still yearns for critical approval.

I have to say that stories of superheroes almost always underwhelm me. His speeches never fail to underwhelm (= they are never impressive or exciting). The food was good but unfortunately we found the rest of the experience distinctly underwhelming.

Who planned the party – I bet you had a hand in it, didn't you? tinker

Later that year, the substance of their secret conversation appeared in a newspaper article. There is no substance in/to the allegation. Did you grasp the substance of this film? The substance has come to light.

She had no qualms about lying to the police. Unfortunately, he said, there are people who have no qualms about bringing in replacement workers for strikers.

The girl had been molested frequently by her stepfather from the age of eight. United Nations premises were looted and personnel were molested by demonstrators. leave somebody unmolested

Sundry distant relatives, most of whom I hardly recognized, turned up for my brother's wedding. The hotel sent a bill for food, drinks, room service, newspapers and other sundry items.

I found a sequestered spot in the park and lay down with my book.

Our verb mount, meaning "ascend, get up onto", comes from the same Latin root as mountain, and we keep those images in mind when using surmount, since climbing up or over a mountain is a symbol of achievement. The word almost always refers to human effort

I took a canteen of water for the journey.

The report will be ready by the end of the month, I'll see to it

The apple pie is amazing. You have outdone yourself.

I'll come and rescue you on the double.

Your father compels respect... She didn't want to help them but conscience compelled her to. I felt compelled to tell her the truth. Your father compels respect.

There is a real element of serendipity in archaeology.

He trusts in divine providence.

Intensive care beds are running out, and blood plasma is needed urgently.

COALESCE implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity.

They believe it is the duty of women to live for others in complete abnegation of themselves. It is a heart-warming tale of courage and abnegation. To ignore these issues would be a serious abnegation of responsibility. to abnegate responsibility/guilt

She went to see a clairvoyant who said he could communicate with her dead husband. One of her aunts is clairvoyant. People are claiming to have had clairvoyant visions of the murder or murderer.

We walked along the beach, past the rows of supine bodies soaking up the l. The photograph showed a man lying prone on the pavement, a puddle of blood around his head. There seemed nothing to do but stand supinely and await my end

We should arrive at ten o'clock, barring any unexpected delays.

I put a beggar off who asked me for some money to buy a wine.

members of a now defunct communist organization. I think this TV is defunct!

In fact, the great selling point may be the staff. It's now a major selling point for a new phone?

This sentence implies a riddle. This policy implied even further implementation of coercive measures attempting to curb any possible dissensions.

The sales forecast is predicated on the assumption that the economy will grow by four percent.

Jim said he sneezed at school.

Unions claim that the management continues to maintain an intransigent position. intransigence

We all have our little foibles.

The supplicant hand seemed not to be a part of him. I don't accept at all that we are a supplicant nation.

If the system did indeed turn out to be important, did it not behove him to take a little more care over the process?

I can't convince him, maybe you will reason with him. I wanted to invite her to the cinema today but I couldn't reason with her.

Then unlatch the door and move to the other side.

My mother tasked me with baking a cake.

The company fielded a group of experts to take part in the conference. The President fielded questions on the conflict in Africa.

But he has been chafing in the relationship for the last few years.

Each had 20 to 25 members from all walks of life. People from all walks of life live in this area.

The two tables were set square. He is squarely to blame for this.

What really grinds my gears is when people talk behind your back.

He got my goat and then boldly asked me for a favour.

He regards the sort of books I read as very lowbrow. I like a lowbrow action movie once in a while.

We all know that small business is the lifeblood of the economy

The economy will be front and center in his address tomorrow. For now, her career is front and center. Bonnie has been a front-and-center presence in the series.

The upshot of the discussions is that there will be no layoffs.

outsized trousers/shoes. Companies can't just ramp up their production capacity and expect to earn outsized profits.

No wonder she overextended herself - she spends money like water. The family struggled to make ends meet because of overextending their mortgage

His grammar explanations are terribly convoluted. Her book is full of long, convoluted sentences.

He was ambling along the beach. She ambled down the street, stopping occasionally to look in the shop windows.

His essays are models of clarity and brevity. Brevity is, in almost everything, a virtue.

Some of these statements are misleading and some are downright mendacious

He takes care of things in his own inimitable manner.