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remedy

rem·edy [remedy remedies remedied remedying] noun, verb   [ˈremədi]    [ˈremədi]

noun (pl. rem·edies)
1. a way of dealing with or improving an unpleasant or difficult situation
Syn:  solution
• ~ (for sth) There is no simple remedy for unemployment.

• ~ (to sth) There are a number of possible remedies to this problem.

2. a treatment or medicine to cure a disease or reduce pain that is not very serious
• a herbal remedy

• ~ for sth an excellent home remedy for sore throats

3. ~ (against sth) (law) a way of dealing with a problem, using the processes of the law
Syn:  redress
• Holding copyright provides the only legal remedy against unauthorized copying.
• What's my remedy in law in this case?  
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French remedie, from Latin remedium, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + mederi ‘heal’.  
Example Bank:
• Ginger is a popular remedy for morning sickness.
• He took a herbal remedy for his hay fever.
• One dose of the remedy is sufficient.
• She tried various remedies, but none of them worked.
• The Act created rights and remedies for consumers.
• The agreement states that he has a remedy against the subcontractor.
• The player insists that he merely took a cold remedy and not a banned substance.
• The remedies are all prepared from wild flowers.
• The remedy was given in different strengths to a group of volunteers.
• There's no easy remedy for unemployment.
• They advised him to exhaust all other remedies before applying to court.
• They will have to seek a judicial remedy for breach of contract.
• They're hoping to find a remedy for the condition.
• When the reservoir becomes blocked, the only remedy lies in cleaning the entire system.
• You have a remedy in civil law.
• Your best remedy is to go to the small claims court.
• remedies afforded to creditors by a bankruptcy order
• remedies for breach of contract
• I prefer to use herbal remedies when I have a cold.

• The best home remedy for a sore throat is honey and lemon.

caring

car·ing [caring]   [ˈkeərɪŋ]    [ˈkerɪŋ]  adjective usually before noun
kind, helpful and showing that you care about other people
• He's a very caring person.
• caring parents
• Children need a caring environment.
• (BrE) a caring profession (= a job that involves looking after or helping other people)  
Example Bank:
• He was described as ‘a good man, a caring father and a considerate neighbour’.

• She's a very caring person.

clock in

ˌclock ˈin/ˈon derived
(BrE) (NAmE ˌpunch ˈin) to record the time at which you arrive at work, especially by putting a card into a machine
• Staff should clock in on arrival.
• I clock on at 8 a.m.

Main entry: clock_derived

homesick

home·sick [homesick homesickness]   [ˈhəʊmsɪk]    [ˈhoʊmsɪk]  adjective
sad because you are away from home and you miss your family and friends
• I felt homesick for Scotland.
Derived Word: homesickness  
Example Bank:
• She felt homesick for her country.

• She was beginning to get a bit homesick.

seek

seek AW [seek seeks sought seeking]   [siːk]    [siːk]  verb (sought, sought   [sɔːt]  ;   [sɔːt]  )(formal)
1. transitive, intransitive to look for sth/sb
• ~ sth/sb Drivers are advised to seek alternative routes.

• ~ for sth/sb (BrE) They sought in vain for somewhere to shelter.

2. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to try to obtain or achieve sth
• to seek funding for a project
• Highly qualified secretary seeks employment. (= in an advertisement)
• He intends to seek custody of the children.

• We are currently seeking new ways of expanding our membership.

3. transitive to ask sb for sth
• ~ sth I think it's time we sought legal advice.

• ~ sth from sb She managed to calm him down and seek help from a neighbour.

4. intransitive ~ to do sth to try to do sth
Syn:  attempt

• They quickly sought to distance themselves from the protesters.

5. -seeking (in adjectives and nouns) looking for or trying to get the thing mentioned; the activity of doing this
• attention-seeking behaviour
• Voluntary work can provide a framework for job-seeking.
see also  heat-seeking, self-seeking
see also  hide-and-seek
Idiom: seek your fortune
Derived: seek somebody out
Verb forms:
 
Word Origin:
Old English sēcan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieken and German suchen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sagire ‘perceive by scent’.  
Thesaurus:
seek verb
1. T, I (formal)
• Police are seeking witnesses.
look • • search • • hunt • |written cast around/about for sth •
seek/look/search/hunt for sth
seek/look for/search for/cast around for a/an alternative/way
police/detectives seek/look for/search for/hunt sb/sth
2. T, I (formal)
• She is seeking work in the charity sector.
go after sth • |formal pursue •
seek/go after a job
actively/successfully seek/pursue sth
be currently seeking/pursuing sth
3. T (formal)
• She sought help from a neighbour.
ask • • appeal • • apply • • claim • • demand • |formal request • |especially journalism call for sth •
seek/ask for/appeal for/claim/request/call for sth from sb
formally seek/ask for/apply for/claim/request/call for sth 
Example Bank:
• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.
• Jobs in Paris are highly sought after.
• The developer is currently seeking funding for the project.
• They initially sought to blame others for the disaster.
• We sought in vain for a solution.
• We're seeking for alternative materials which might bring the cost down.
• people who are unemployed and actively seeking work
• the answers she sought in those books
• Employers are seeking further clarification of the proposals.
• He admired her ability to seek out bargains.
• He encouraged governments to adopt a more forceful approach in seeking to improve the environment.
• I advise you to seek assistance from the police.
• I think you should seek guidance from your lawyer on this matter.
• It is best to seek a compromise rather than a perfect solution.
• Lawyers are seeking an out-of-court settlement.
• Police are seeking witnesses to the accident.
• She fled the country and is now seeking asylum in Sweden.
• The police are seeking independent confirmation of certain details of the story.
• The research project will seek to find an answer to this question.
• The state has actively sought to develop tourism.
• They are now seeking endorsement for their ideas.
• They sought comfort in each other.
• They sought refuge in the mountain villages.

• To receive the benefit, you have to be actively seeking work.

noun
1. countable, usually singular money to buy the things that you need in life
• She earns her living as a freelance journalist.
• to make a good/decent/meagre living
• What do you do for a living?

• to scrape/scratch a living from part-time tutoring

2. uncountable a way or style of life
• everyday living
• communal living
• plain living
• Their standard of living is very low.
• The cost of living has risen sharply.

• poor living conditions/standards

3. the living plural people who are alive now
• the living and the dead

see land of the living at  land  _n.

4. countable (BrE) (especially in the past) a position in the Church as a priest and the income and house that go with this
Syn:  benefice  
Example Bank:
• He asked what I did for a living.
• He makes a good living as a builder.
• Her dream was to earn her living as a singer.
• She eked out a meagre living as an artist's model.
• Ten acres provides a decent living for a rural family.
• They were forced to scrape a living by selling things on the streets.
• Most homes for the elderly are based on communal living, with pensioners spending the daytime in a common space.
• The classes are about helping children make informed choices about healthy living.
• The prisoners' living conditions were appalling.

• We need to reconsider our daily living arrangements.

fence

fence [fence fences fenced fencing] noun, verb   [fens]    [fens] 

noun
1. a structure made of wood or wire supported with posts that is put between two areas of land as a boundary, or around a garden/yard, field, etc. to keep animals in, or to keep people and animals out

2. a structure that horses must jump over in a race or a competition

3. (informal) a criminal who buys and sells stolen goods
see the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence) at  grass  _n., mend (your) fences (with sb) at  mend  _v., on the other side of the fence at  side  _n., sit on the fence at  sit  
Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘defending, defence’): shortening of defence. Compare with fend.  
Thesaurus:
fence noun C
• Guards with dogs patrolled the perimeter fence.
railing • • wall •
a high/low fence/wall
(a) metal/wooden fence/railings
put up/build a fence/wall 
Example Bank:
• She walked over to the tall wooden privacy fence.
• The White House already is struggling to mend fences with Europe.
• The house was surrounded by a white picket fence.
• There was a cottage garden at the front and a white picket fence.
• a fence around the site
• a proposal approved by people on both sides of the political fence
• the airport perimeter fence
• the fence line separating the United States from Mexico
• Security guards with dogs patrolled the perimeter fence.

Derived: fence somebody in ▪ fence something off 

species

spe·cies   [ˈspiːʃiːz]    [ˈspiːʃiːz]  noun (pl. spe·cies)
a group into which animals, plants, etc. that are able to breed with each other and produce healthy young are divided, smaller than a genus and identified by a Latin name
• a rare species of beetle
• There are many species of dog(s).
• a conservation area for endangered species  
Word Origin:
[species] late Middle English: from Latin, literally appearance, form, beauty, from specere ‘to look’.  
Example Bank:
• Similar species of fish occur in Mongolia.
• The area is rich in different plant species.
• a native species of fish
• closely related species of beetle
• the development of the human species

• the threat posed by non-native invasive species

blinding

blind·ing [blinding]   [ˈblaɪndɪŋ]    [ˈblaɪndɪŋ]  adjective usually before noun
1. very bright; so strong that you cannot see
• a blinding flash of light

• (figurative) a blinding (= very bad) headache

2. (BrE, informal) very good or enjoyable

• We had a blinding day out in London last Saturday.

accept

ac·cept [accept accepts accepted accepting]   [əkˈsept]    [əkˈsept]  verb

 
OFFER/INVITATION
1. intransitive, transitive to take willingly sth that is offered; to say ‘yes’ to an offer, invitation, etc
• He asked me to marry him and I accepted.
• ~ sth Please accept our sincere apologies.
• It was pouring with rain so I accepted his offer of a lift.
• She's decided not to accept the job.
• Please accept this small token of my appreciation.
• ~ sth from sb He is charged with accepting bribes from a firm of suppliers.
• ~ sth for sth She said she'd accept $15 for it.

Opp:  refuse  

RECEIVE AS SUITABLE

2. transitive to receive sth as suitable or good enough
• ~ sth This machine only accepts coins.
• Will you accept a cheque?

• ~ sth for sth My article has been accepted for publication.  

AGREE

3. transitive to agree to or approve of sth
• ~ sth They accepted the court's decision.
• He accepted all the changes we proposed.
• Everything about the child's adoption was against accepted practice.
• ~ sth from sb She won't accept advice from anyone.

Opp:  reject  

RESPONSIBILITY

4. transitive ~ sth to admit that you are responsible or to blame for sth
• He accepts full responsibility for what happened.

• You have to accept the consequences of your actions.  

BELIEVE

5. transitive to believe that sth is true
• ~ sth I don't accept his version of events.
• ~ sth as sth Can we accept his account as the true version?
• ~ that… I accept that this will not be popular.
• I am not prepared to accept that this decision is final.
• it is accepted that… It is generally accepted that people are motivated by success.

• it is accepted to be, have, etc. sth The workforce is generally accepted to have the best conditions in Europe.  

DIFFICULT SITUATION

6. transitive to continue in a difficult situation without complaining, because you realize that you cannot change it
• ~ sth You just have to accept the fact that we're never going to be rich.
• Nothing will change as long as the workers continue to accept these appalling conditions.
• ~ sth as sth They accept the risks as part of the job.

• ~ that… He just refused to accept that his father was no longer there.  

WELCOME

7. transitive to make sb feel welcome and part of a group
• ~ sb It may take years to be completely accepted by the local community.
• ~ sb into sth She had never been accepted into what was essentially a man's world.
• ~ sb as sth He never really accepted her as his own child.

Opp:  reject  

ALLOW SB TO JOIN

8. transitive to allow sb to join an organization, attend an institution, use a service, etc
• ~ sb The college he applied to has accepted him.
• ~ sb into sth She was disappointed not to be accepted into the club.
• ~ sb as sth The landlord was willing to accept us as tenants.
• ~ sb to do sth She was accepted to study music.
Opp:  reject
 
Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin acceptare, frequentative of accipere ‘take something to oneself’, from ad- ‘to’ + capere ‘take’.  
Thesaurus:
accept verb
1. I, T
• She decided to accept the job.
take • • take sb/sth on • • take sth up • • take sb up on sth •
Opp: refuse, (formal) Opp: decline
accept/take/take on a job/post/position/role/responsibility
accept/take/take up an offer
accept/take up a/an invitation/suggestion
accept/take on/take on a challenge
2. T
• accept a cheque
get • • receive • • collect •
accept/get/receive/collect sth from sb
accept/get/receive/collect a/an medal/award/prize
accept/get/receive treatment/payment/help
3. T
• He accepted all the changes we proposed.
agree • • approve • • go along with sb/sth • • take sth on board • |formal consent • • acquiesce •
agree/consent/acquiesce to sth
accept/agree to/approve/go along with/consent to a plan/scheme/proposal
accept/agree to/approve/go along with/acquiesce in a decision
accept/agree to/approve/take on board a suggestion
4. T
• She accepts full responsibility for what happened.
take • • carry • • shoulder • |formal assume • • bear •
accept/take/carry/shoulder/assume/bear sth for sb/sth
accept/take/carry/shoulder/assume/bear the responsibility
accept/take/carry/shoulder/bear the blame
accept/take/bear the consequences
5. T
• He could not accept the fact that he was wrong.
face • • face up to sth • • come to terms with sth • • live with sth • • make the best of sth • • resign yourself to sth • |formal reconcile sb/yourself to sth •
accept/face/face up to/come to terms with/live with/resign yourself to/reconcile yourself to the fact that…
accept/face/come to terms with/make the best of a situation
to accept/face/face up to/come to terms with the truth/the reality of sth
6. T
• She had never felt accepted into their world.
welcome • • receive •
accept/receive sb as sth
accept/receive sb into sth
7. T
• The college he applied to has accepted him.
especially BrE enrol • |AmE usually enroll • |formal admit •
accept/enrol/admit sb into sth
accept/enrol/admit sb as sth
accept/enrol/admit a candidate/member/student  
Synonyms:
agree
accept • approve • go along with sb/sth • consent
These words all mean to say that you will do what sb wants or that you will allow sth to happen.
agree • to say that you will do what sb wants or that you will allow sth to happen: ▪ He agreed to let me go early.
accept • to be satisfied with sth that has been done, decided or suggested: ▪ They accepted the court's decision.
approve • to officially agree to a plan, suggestion or request: ▪ The committee unanimously approved the plan.
go along with sb/sth • (rather informal) to agree to sth that sb else has decided; to agree with sb else's ideas: ▪ She just goes along with everything he suggests.
consent • (rather formal) to agree to sth or give your permission for sth: ▪ She finally consented to answer our questions.
to agree/consent to sth
to agree/consent to do sth
to agree to/accept/approve/go along with/consent to a plan/proposal
to agree to/accept/approve a request  
Example Bank:
• He would not accept my advice.
• He would not accept the fact that his father was dead.
• I accepted the gift from my sister.
• I am unfortunately unable to accept your kind invitation.
• I had no choice but to accept the committee's decision.
• I was very unwilling to accept her resignation.
• She accepted a bribe from an undercover policeman.
• She graciously accepted my apology.
• Some people readily accept that they may have to pay for medical treatment.
• The college cannot accept responsibility for items lost or stolen on its premises.
• The government now accepts the need for change.
• These figures should not be accepted at face value.
• Everything about the child's adoption was against accepted practice.
• He refused to accept that his father was no longer there.
• It was true, but hard to accept.
• Most people had come to accept that war was inevitable.
• She had never been accepted into what was essentially a man's world.
• She said she'd accept $15 for it.
• She won't accept advice from anyone.
• She's decided not to accept the job.
• The company cannot accept liability for any damage caused by natural disasters.
• They accepted the court's decision.

• You just have to accept the fact that we're never going to be rich.