Vocabulary 3.2
Unit 76
Out of touch Not knowing what has happened
recently
What became of Where he is and what happened to him
If i recall If i remember correctly
Think back Think about the past
Hear anything of Receive any news about
Thinking back Terugkijkend naar
Had some great times Goede tijden gehad
Reminds me of Herinnert mij aan
Takes me back to Makes me remember
A vague memory Not a very clear memory
It’s all coming back to me now I’m beginning to remember it more
clearly
What stands out in my mind What I remember more than other things
Sticks out in my mind What I remember more than other things
When I look back Wanneer ik terug kijk
Reminiscing about Thinking about pleasant things that
happened in the past
Look through rose-tinted spectacles See only the pleasant things about a
situation and not notice the things that
(rose-coloured spectacles) are unpleasant
Nostalgia A feeling of pleasure and sometimes
slight sadness at the same time as you
think about things that happened in the
past.
Regret
Remorse spijt
Shame Embarrassment and guilt about
something bad that happened
Pangs Sudden sharp feelings, especially of
painful emotion; collocates frequently
with guilt, regret, conscience, remorse
Rue I regret very much that we ever met;
collocates strongly with “the day” and
“the fact that”
Lament I feel sad that time passes
Mourn I feel sad about opportunities I had but
did not take up
Unit 77
Tally with Match or agree with (their stories tally
with)
Concurs with Share/ agree with an idea/opinion
Found herself in full accord with Be in complete agreement with
Coincide with Be the same as (your views coincide
, with mine)
Conform to Fit in with (his behaviour doesn’t conform
to the school’s expectations)
Approve of Think something is right or good
Meet with someone’s approval Be liked by that person
To agree to differ Is used when people continue to hold
different opinions but see no point in
continuing to argue about them
Dissent Opposition to the accepted way of
thinking (there is dissent in the party on
the issue)
Discord Lack of agreement or harmony (suggests
argument and rows) (the general discord
between the committee members had a
negative impact on the club)
Rift Disagreement (with different
groups/factions forming) the growing rift
in the Democratic Party over defence
policy is now public)
Split When a larger group breaks up into two
or more smaller groups because they
disagree about something
Division Similar to split but more abstract and
formal (can be countable or uncountable)
(there is a major division in the Socialist
Party over economic policy)
Controversy A lot of disagreement about a subject
usually because it affects a lot of people
(Government plans to build a new airport
in this area are bound to cause
controversy)
Reached a compromise
Compromise on He was not prepared to compromise on
the issue
Made several concessions to Accepted some of the demands of
Reached a settlement Reached a decision/ agreement
Exercise some discretion Be sensitive, use our judgement (in this
case, we should exercise some
discretion and not say anything that
would cause more conflict)
Unit 78
Advocate You argue in favour of it (he advocated
capital punishment)
Deduce You reach a conclusion by thinking
carefully about the known facts (look at
these sentences and see if you can
deduce how the imperfect tense is used)
, Infer You reach a conclusion indirectly (from
contemporary accounts of his research,
we can infer that results were slower to
come than he had anticipated)
Someone’s work complements someone It combines well with it so that each
else’s piece of work becomes more effective
Overlaps If someone’s work overlaps with
someone else’s work, it partially covers
the same material
Empirical Based on what is observed rather than
theory (someone’s work is empirical)
Ambiguous Open to different interpretations
Coherent Logically structured
Comprehensive Covering all that is relevant
Authoritative Thorough and expert
Figures are referred to as arbitrary They are based on chance or personal
choice rather than a system or data that
supports them
Deviate from the norm Figures that deviate from the norm are
different from what is typical
Distort If statistics distort the picture, they give a
false impression
Incidence If you refer to the incidence of
something, e.g. a disease, you are
talking about how often it occurs
Predominant It is the largest number (the incidence of
brown eyes, is predominant, means it is
the largest number)
In sequence They happen in a particular order
(stages in a process, happen in
sequence)
Widespread If you want to say that something
happens in many places or with many
people, you can say that it is widespread
Academic verb Everyday verb
Append Add (at the end)
Conceive Think up
Contradicts Go against
Demonstrate Show
Indicate
Denote Be a sign of, stand for
Negate Make useless, wipe out
Perceive See
Reflect upon Think about
Reside Lie, live
Trigger Cause
Utilise Use
An instance of something An example of something
Unit 76
Out of touch Not knowing what has happened
recently
What became of Where he is and what happened to him
If i recall If i remember correctly
Think back Think about the past
Hear anything of Receive any news about
Thinking back Terugkijkend naar
Had some great times Goede tijden gehad
Reminds me of Herinnert mij aan
Takes me back to Makes me remember
A vague memory Not a very clear memory
It’s all coming back to me now I’m beginning to remember it more
clearly
What stands out in my mind What I remember more than other things
Sticks out in my mind What I remember more than other things
When I look back Wanneer ik terug kijk
Reminiscing about Thinking about pleasant things that
happened in the past
Look through rose-tinted spectacles See only the pleasant things about a
situation and not notice the things that
(rose-coloured spectacles) are unpleasant
Nostalgia A feeling of pleasure and sometimes
slight sadness at the same time as you
think about things that happened in the
past.
Regret
Remorse spijt
Shame Embarrassment and guilt about
something bad that happened
Pangs Sudden sharp feelings, especially of
painful emotion; collocates frequently
with guilt, regret, conscience, remorse
Rue I regret very much that we ever met;
collocates strongly with “the day” and
“the fact that”
Lament I feel sad that time passes
Mourn I feel sad about opportunities I had but
did not take up
Unit 77
Tally with Match or agree with (their stories tally
with)
Concurs with Share/ agree with an idea/opinion
Found herself in full accord with Be in complete agreement with
Coincide with Be the same as (your views coincide
, with mine)
Conform to Fit in with (his behaviour doesn’t conform
to the school’s expectations)
Approve of Think something is right or good
Meet with someone’s approval Be liked by that person
To agree to differ Is used when people continue to hold
different opinions but see no point in
continuing to argue about them
Dissent Opposition to the accepted way of
thinking (there is dissent in the party on
the issue)
Discord Lack of agreement or harmony (suggests
argument and rows) (the general discord
between the committee members had a
negative impact on the club)
Rift Disagreement (with different
groups/factions forming) the growing rift
in the Democratic Party over defence
policy is now public)
Split When a larger group breaks up into two
or more smaller groups because they
disagree about something
Division Similar to split but more abstract and
formal (can be countable or uncountable)
(there is a major division in the Socialist
Party over economic policy)
Controversy A lot of disagreement about a subject
usually because it affects a lot of people
(Government plans to build a new airport
in this area are bound to cause
controversy)
Reached a compromise
Compromise on He was not prepared to compromise on
the issue
Made several concessions to Accepted some of the demands of
Reached a settlement Reached a decision/ agreement
Exercise some discretion Be sensitive, use our judgement (in this
case, we should exercise some
discretion and not say anything that
would cause more conflict)
Unit 78
Advocate You argue in favour of it (he advocated
capital punishment)
Deduce You reach a conclusion by thinking
carefully about the known facts (look at
these sentences and see if you can
deduce how the imperfect tense is used)
, Infer You reach a conclusion indirectly (from
contemporary accounts of his research,
we can infer that results were slower to
come than he had anticipated)
Someone’s work complements someone It combines well with it so that each
else’s piece of work becomes more effective
Overlaps If someone’s work overlaps with
someone else’s work, it partially covers
the same material
Empirical Based on what is observed rather than
theory (someone’s work is empirical)
Ambiguous Open to different interpretations
Coherent Logically structured
Comprehensive Covering all that is relevant
Authoritative Thorough and expert
Figures are referred to as arbitrary They are based on chance or personal
choice rather than a system or data that
supports them
Deviate from the norm Figures that deviate from the norm are
different from what is typical
Distort If statistics distort the picture, they give a
false impression
Incidence If you refer to the incidence of
something, e.g. a disease, you are
talking about how often it occurs
Predominant It is the largest number (the incidence of
brown eyes, is predominant, means it is
the largest number)
In sequence They happen in a particular order
(stages in a process, happen in
sequence)
Widespread If you want to say that something
happens in many places or with many
people, you can say that it is widespread
Academic verb Everyday verb
Append Add (at the end)
Conceive Think up
Contradicts Go against
Demonstrate Show
Indicate
Denote Be a sign of, stand for
Negate Make useless, wipe out
Perceive See
Reflect upon Think about
Reside Lie, live
Trigger Cause
Utilise Use
An instance of something An example of something
