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be helpful for enlarging ones vocabulary in English
broaden one's horizons
- expand one's range of interests, activities, and knowledge.
We're trying to see what's up there at the very hottest massive stars that are the
most rapidly rotating and see what planets are like around there. All of this
goes to show that Mother Nature is way more imaginative than we are. And
anytime you find something this weird, it broadens your horizons of what
nature can possibly be like.
bombard verb
- to attack a place for a long time using large weapons, bombs etc
- to do something too often or too much, for example criticizing or questioning
someone, or giving too much information
The office was bombarded by telephone calls.
derive verb
- to develop or come from something else
compile verb
- make a book, list, record etc, using different pieces of information, music etc
- to put a set of instructions into a computer in a form that it can understand and
use
formulate verb
- to develop something such as a plan or a set of rules, and decide all the details
of how it will be done
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authorization noun
- official permission to do something, or the document giving this permission
institution noun
- a large organization that has a particular kind of work or purpose
- financial/educational/research etc institution
intonation noun
- the way in which the level of your voice changes in order to add meaning to
what you are saying, for example by going up at the end of a question

transmission noun
- the process of sending out electronic signals, messages etc, using radio,
television, or other similar equipment



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anatomy noun
- the scientific study of the structure of human or animal bodies
counterproductive adjective
- achieving the opposite result to the one that you want
In an interview with Reuters last week Tsai said Taiwans ability to attend the
WHA would be a key indicator of the development of cross-Taiwan Strait
relations, and urged China to avoid counterproductive policies.

renounce verb
- if you renounce an official position, title, right etc, you publicly say that you
will not keep it anymore( = give up)
- to publicly say or show that you no longer believe in something, or will no
longer behave in a particular way( = reject)
endorse verb
- to express formal support or approval for someone or something
endorse a proposal/an idea/a candidate etc
Chinas efforts to pressure foreign governments to renounce diplomatic
recognition of Taiwan have intensified over Tsais refusal to publicly endorse
Beijings view that the self-governed island and the mainland are part of a
single Chinese nation.
If you create a blindspot by excluding Taiwan from all of these organizations,
it puts lives at risk, not only in Taiwan but in China, regionally and globally
because germs and communicable diseases do not care one iota about Chinas
claims over Taiwan

appeal verb
- to make a serious public request for help, money, information etc
appeal for
Church and community leaders have appealed for calm.
appeal to
Farmers have appealed to the government for help.
appeal to somebody to do something
The police have appealed to anyone with information to come forward and talk
to them.