2 episode - influx, retention, jeopardy, tangible, designate, dissipate, ambience, wit, auxiliary, extrinsic
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2 episode - influx, retention, jeopardy, tangible, designate, dissipate, ambience, wit, auxiliary, extrinsic
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* all the definitions and examples are taken from dictionary.cambridge.org
1) Influx - the fact of a large number of people or things arriving at the same time
Example: Turkey is expecting an influx of several thousand refugees over the next few days
2) Retention - the ability to keep or continue having something Example: 2.1 The ability of a company to keep its employees and stop them from going to work somewhere else
2.2 The retention of old technology has slowed the company's growth
3) Jeopardy ~ hazard, risk
Example: 3.1 The lives of thousands of birds are in jeopardy as a result of the oil spill
3.2 The 1.2 billion euro investment programme was being put in jeopardy by the strikes
4) Tangible - real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced Example: 4.1 We need tangible evidence if we're going to take legal action
4.2 Other tangible benefits include an increase in salary and shorter working hours
5) Designate - to choose someone officially to do a particular job
Example: Thompson has been designated (as/to be) team captain
Designate - to say officially that a place or thing has a particular character or purpose Example: This area of the park has been specially designated for children
6) Dissipate - to gradually disappear or waste
Example: 6.1 The heat gradually dissipates into the atmosphere
6.2 His anger dissipated as the situation became clear
7) Ambience - the character of a place or the quality it seems to have
Example: Despite being a busy city, Dublin has the ambience of a country town
8) Wit - the ability to use words in a clever and humorous way
Example: a woman of great intelligence and wit
9) Auxiliary - giving help or support, especially to a more important person or thing
Example: 9.1 Auxiliary staff/nurses
Auxiliary - A verb that gives grammatical information not given by the main verb of a sentence 9.2 In the sentence "she has finished her book," "has" is an auxiliary
10) Extrinsic - coming from outside, or not related to something
Example: Extrinsic forces were responsible for the breakdown of the peace talks
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