a great deal of

number of a great deal of A number of accidents always occur on rainy days. A number of books are missing from the library. I spent a great deal of my time on this work. a great deal of a good deal of She spends a good deal of money on clothes every year. a number of a large/good number of (large) numbers of Numbers of people came from all parts of the country to see the exhibition. the number of The number of books missing from the library is very large.

organization

An organization is an official group of people, for example a political party, a business, a charity, or a clubMost of these specialized schools are provided by voluntary organizations. N-UNCOUNT

The organization of an event or activity involves making all the necessary arrangements for it.

Several projects have been delayed by poor organisation. N-UNCOUNT The organization of something is the way in which its different parts are arranged or relate to each other. I am aware that the organization of the book leaves something to be desired.
commitment

; Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system.

...commitment to the ideals of Bolshevism. 2. N-COUNT ;; A commitment is something which regularly takes up some of your time because of an agreement you have made or because of responsibilities that you have.

I've got a lot of commitments...

Work commitments forced her to uproot herself and her son from Reykjavik. 3. N-COUNT ; If you make a commitment to do something, you promise that you will do it.

We made a commitment to keep working together... They made a commitment to peace.

preliminary

Preliminary activities or discussions take place at the beginning of an event, often as a form of preparation. Preliminary results show the Republican party with 11 percent of the vote... 11% Preliminary talks on the future of the bases began yesterday. 2. N-COUNT A preliminary is something that you do at the beginning of an activity,

often as a form of preparation. It had taken about ten minutes to cover the preliminaries... 10 A background check is normally a preliminary to a presidential appointment. 3. N-COUNT A preliminary is the first part of a competition to see who will go on to the main competition.

The winner of each preliminary goes through to the final.

accommodation Accommodation is used to refer to buildings or rooms where people live or

stay. The government will provide temporary accommodation for up to three thousand people... 3,000 Prices start at 1,095 per person, including flights, hotel accommodation and various excursions... 1,095

in AM, use accommodations

Accommodation is space in buildings or vehicles that is available for certain things, people, or activities.

The school occupies split-site accommodation on the main campus... Some trains carry bicycles, but accommodation is restricted so a reservation is essential. Usage Note : Be careful with the spelling of this word. 3. N-COUNT An accommodation is an agreement between different people which enables

them to exist together without trouble. His instinct would be to seek a new accommodation with the nationalists... Religions, to survive, must make accommodations with the larger political structures that nurture them. Your budget is the amount of money that you have available to spend. The budget for something is the amount of money that a person, organization, or country has available to spend on it. She will design a fantastic new kitchen for you and all within your budget... Someone had furnished the place on a tight budget... 2. N-COUNT The budget of an organization or country is its financial situation, considered

budget

as the difference between the money it receives and the money it spends. The hospital obviously needs to balance the budget each year. ...his readiness to raise taxes as part of an effort to cut the budget deficit. 3. N-PROPER In Britain, the Budget is the financial plan in which the government states how much money it intends to raise through taxes and how it intends to spend it. The Budget is also the speech in which this plan is announced. The Chancellor could use the Budget to bring in taxation reforms.

...other indirect tax changes announced in the Budget. 4. VERB If you budget certain amounts of money for particular things, you decide that

you can afford to spend those amounts on those things. The company has budgeted $10 million for advertising...

 1,000

The movie is only budgeted at $10 million... 1,000 budgeting: We have continued to exercise caution in our budgeting for the current year. 5. ADJ Budget is used in advertising to suggest that something is

being sold cheaply. Cheap flights are available from budget travel agent from 240. 240

desperately digible enthusiam N-VAR ;;; Enthusiasm is great eagerness to be involved in a particular activity

which you like and enjoy or which you think is important. The lack of enthusiasm for unification among most West Germans fills him with disappointment... Their skill, enthusiasm and running has got them in the team. 2. N-COUNT ; An enthusiasm is an activity or subject that interests you very

much and that you spend a lot of time on. Draw him out about his current enthusiasms and future plans. VERB ;;; If you strive to do something or strive for something, you make a great effort to do it or get it.

strive

The past tense is either strove or strived, and the past participle is either striven

or strived. strove strived striven strived

He strives hard to keep himself very fit... She strove to read the name on the stone pillar...

courteous

ADJ-GRADED ;;; Someone who is courteous is polite and respectful to other people.

He was a kind and courteous man... My friend's reply was courteous but firm. courteously: Then he nodded courteously to me and walked off to perform his unpleasant duty.

ingrained

ADJ-GRADED ; Ingrained habits and beliefs are difficult to change or remove.

Morals tend to be deeply ingrained... From ingrained habit he paused to straighten up the bed. , ; If someone or something withers, they become very weak.

wither

When he went into retirement, he visibly withered... Industries unable to modernize have been left to wither. 2. VERB () If a flower or plant withers, it dries up and dies.

The flowers in Isabel's room had withered... Farmers in the Midwest have watched their crops wither because of drought conditions. withered: ...a mound of withered leaves... His fridge was bare apart from three very withered tomatoes. 3 3. N-PLURAL The highest part of a horse's back, behind its neck, is referred to as its withers

shove

;; If you shove someone or something, you push them with a quick, violent movement. He shoved her out of the way...

He was then shoved face down on the pavement... 2. VERB ;;; If you shove something somewhere, you push it there quickly and

carelessly. We shoved a copy of the newsletter beneath their door... He shoved a cloth in my hand. 3. PHRASE ;; If you talk about what you think will happen if push comes to shove, you are talking about what you think will happen if a situation becomes very bad or difficult. If push comes to shove, if you should lose your case in the court, what will you do?... When push comes to shove, you are on your own.
1. the officer was overcome by the intensity of his emotions: his legs failed him and he fell. (0) 2. I was amazed at my own intensity and the overwhelming motivation that compelled me to spend a hundred dollars on a total stranger. 100 (0) 3. Sunspots increase and decrease in intensity in an 11-year cycle. . (5) 4. Two liquids of exactly the same color and intensity will transmit equal fractions of the light directed through them. (0) 5. Japan among the industrialized nations is almost certainly the uncontested champion with regard to earthquake frequency and intensity

intensity

grasp 2. 3. 4.( ) 5.

takegraspgrabgripclaspclutchsnatchseize
1. We need a government that will grasp the nettle 2. only a vague intuitive grasp of the meaning of greatness in literature (bGilbert Highet).

b 3. only a vague intuitive grasp of the meaning of greatness in literature (Gilbert Highet) ( 4. Should the diver parse, from the ravening monster's jaw he'd never hold the precious pearl, the bright pearl, in his grasp.--Jaber, Kuwait king ,

5. Inability to grasp the wider implications of a situation,an argument, take grasp grab grip grasp clasp clutch snatch seize

retrieve

1. VERB ; If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it. He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat... The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island. 2. VERB () If you manage to retrieve a situation, you succeed in bringing it back into a more acceptable state. He is the one man who could retrieve that situation. 3. VERB To retrieve information from a computer or from your memory means to get it back. If you describe someone's behaviour as uncivilized, you find it unacceptable, for example because it is very cruel or very rude.

uncivilised

in BRIT, also use uncivilised

The campaign has abounded in mutual accusations of uncivilised behaviour... I think any sport involving animals where the animals do not have a choice is barbaric and uncivilized.

embarrassed

v. ADJ-GRADED ;; A person who is embarrassed feels shy, ashamed, or guilty about something. He looked a bit embarrassed. ...an embarrassed silence.

gloomy

ADJ-GRADED If a place is gloomy, it is almost dark so that you cannot see very well. Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine... ...this huge gloomy church. 2. ADJ-GRADED If people are gloomy, they are unhappy and have no hope.

Miller is gloomy about the fate of the serious playwright in America. gloomily: He tells me gloomily that he has been called up for army service.

gracious

excellence of manners or social conduct 2. the quality of being kind and gentle

Her graciousness charmed everyone at the party

3.among her many admirable qualities are generosity and graciousness.

sponsor
1. VERB () If an organization or an individual sponsors something such as an event or someone's training, they pay some or all of the expenses connected with it, often in order to get publicity for themselves. Mercury, in association with The Independent, is sponsoring Britain's first major Pop Art exhibition for over 20 years... 20 The competition was sponsored by Ruinart Champagne... 2. VERB () In Britain, if you sponsor someone who is doing something to raise money for charity, for example trying to walk a certain distance, you agree to give them a sum of money for the charity if they succeed in doing it. Please could you sponsor me for my school's campaign for Help the Aged? 3. VERB () If you sponsor a proposal or suggestion, you officially put it forward and support it.

Eight senators sponsored legislation to stop the military funding. 8 4. VERB () When a country or an organization such as the United Nations sponsors negotiations between countries, it suggests holding the negotiations and organizes them. Given the strength of pressure on both sides, the superpowers may well have difficulties sponsoring negotiations... The protest comes on the eve of two days of talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, sponsored by the United Nations. 5. VERB ()() If one country accuses another of sponsoring attacks on it, they mean that the other country does not do anything to prevent the attacks, and may even encourage them. We have to makethe states that sponsor terrorism pay a price. 6. VERB (); If a company or organization sponsors a television programme, they pay to have a special advertisement shown at the beginning and end of the programme, and at each commercial break. Companies will now be able to sponsor programmes on ITV and Channel 4. 4 7. N-COUNT ;;;; A sponsor is a person or organization that sponsors something or someone. I understand Coca-Cola are to be named as the new sponsors of the League Cup later this week... The chief sponsor of the New York law, state Senator Emanuel Gold, says he's not giving up.