collateral (adj) /kəˈlæt.ər.əl/
connected but less important, or of the same family although not directly related:
collateral senses of a word
a collateral branch of the family
personnel (n) /ˌpɜː.sənˈel/
the department of a company or organization that deals with its employees when they first join, when they need training, or when they have any problems:
Personnel will help you find somewhere to live
to consolidate /kənˈsɒl.ɪ.deɪt/
- to become, or cause sth to become, stronger, and more certain:
The success of their major product consolidated the firm’s position in the market.
- to combine several things, especially businesses, so that they become more effective, or to be combined in this way:
The two firms consolidated to form a single company.
to prevail /prɪˈveɪl/
to get control or influence:
I am sure that common sense will prevail in the end
to embrace /ɪmˈbreɪs/
[ACCEPT] to accept sth enthusiastically:
This was an opportunity that he would embrace.
foreseeable (adj) /fɔːˈsiː.ə.bəl/
in/for the foreseeable future
as far into the future as you can imagine or plan for:
I’ll be living here for the foreseeable future.
He asked me if there was any point the foreseeable future whe I’d like to have children.
breakthrough (CN) /ˈbreɪk.θruː/
an important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem:
An major breakthough in negotiations has been achieved.
to interface /ˈɪn.tə.feɪs
to communicate with someone, especially in a work-related situation:
We use email to interface with our customers.
tradeoff (n) /ˈtreɪdˌɔf/
a balancing of two opposing situations or qualitites, both of which are desired:
The tradeoff in a democracy is between individual liberty an orderly society
defensible (adj) /dɪˈfen.sə.bəl/
able to be protected from attack, or able to be supported by argument:
A city built on an island is easily defensible.
High petrol taxes are defensible on ecological grounds.
abstract (adj) /ˈæb.strækt/
[GENERAL] an abstract argument or discussion is general and not based on particular examples:
This debate is becoming too abstract - let’s have some hard facts.
the abstract = general ideas
to leave out sth/so
to fail to include sth or someone; omit:
You left out the best parts of the story.
normative (adj) /ˈnɔː.mə.tɪv/
relating to rules, or making people obey rules, especially rules of behaviour
prescriptive (adj) /prɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/ [formal mainly disapproving]
saying exactly what must happen, especially by giving an instruction or making a rule:
Most teachers think the government’s guidelines on homework are too prescriptive.
descriptive (adj) /dɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/
A descriptive area of study is one that is based on saying what its subject is really like, rather than on developing theories about it:
descriptive linguistics/sociology/statistics
bald (adj) /bɔːld/
with little or no hair on the head
hunch (CN) /hʌntʃ/
an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof:
[+that] I had a hunch that you’d be here.
Sometimes you have to be prepared to act on/follow a hunch.
to encounter /ɪnˈkaʊn.tər/
to experience sth, especially sth unpleasant
to allocate (v) /ˈæl.ə.keɪt/
to give sth to so as their share of a total amount, to use in a particular way:
The government is allocating $10 million for health education.
allocation (UN) /ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the allocation of resources/funds/time