Common English Phrases and Word Meanings
Posted on Apr 21, 2025 in Medicine & Health
Vocabulary Definitions and Terms
- Brief
- Containing few words.
- Wealthy
- Rich.
- A fact of life
- Something that cannot be changed.
- Steel
- Strong (like).
- Layer
- Level.
- A safeguard
- Protective measure.
- To pay off
- A positive result brought about by hard work.
- Death toll
- The number of people who have died.
- Not stand a chance
- To have no possibility of achieving something.
- Beyond someone’s means
- More than one can afford.
- Withstand (withstood, withstood)
- To resist successfully.
- To crumble
- Break or fall apart into small pieces.
- To shake
- Tremble or vibrate.
- Tremor
- A shaking movement.
- Roof
- The top of a house.
- Tumble down
- Fall down, collapse.
- Local
- Of a place.
- Widely
- Extensively.
- Tyre
- Rubber around a wheel.
- A matter of life and death
- A very important matter.
- First step
- Beginning.
- Resilient
- Able to recover quickly.
- To be prone to
- To tend to.
- Discouraging
- Causing someone to lose confidence.
- To say nothing of
- In addition to and even more important.
- To afford
- To be able to pay for.
- Eventually
- Finally.
- Skyscraper
- A very high building.
- Roots
- Origins.
- Spread (spread, spread)
- To expand, extend.
- To make way for
- To make space for.
- Alike
- Similar.
- To tell apart
- To be able to see the difference between.
- Turn of the century
- To pass from one century to another.
- To give up
- Stop trying, surrender.
- Unfamiliar (with)
- Not known or recognized.
- Privacy
- The right of people not to reveal information.
- To update
- Bring up to date; modernize; renovate.
- To heat
- To make hot.
- Cool
- Pleasantly cold.
- A breath of fresh air
- Someone or something new and different that makes a situation more exciting.
- To keep (something) in mind (kept, kept)
- To remember something.
- Bottom
- The lowest part.
- Upper
- Higher than others.
- Breeze
- A light wind.
- A row
- Things in a line.
- High-rise (building)
- A building with many floors.
- Get in touch (with)
- To contact someone.
- Cultural heritage
- Legacy of traditions, etc.
- In keeping with
- Consistent with, in conformity with.
- An extended family
- Parents, children, and other relatives living together or nearby.
- Underneath
- Below.
- Career
- Profession.
- To blend
- To mix.
- All over
- Everywhere.
- To draw inspiration (from) (drew, drawn)
- Get ideas from.
