11-12 anki

There have been several instances of violence at the school. I don't usually side with the management, but in this instance I agree with what they're saying.

She argued the need for legal reform and instanced several recent cases with grossly unfair verdicts.

It may yet transpire that ministers knew more than they are admitting at the moment. As it later transpired, she had known him at school. No one is willing to predict what may transpire at the peace conference.

an effective herbal remedy for headaches. The best remedy for grief is hard work.

This mistake must be remedied immediately.

These tests are beyond the capability of an average twelve-year-old. With the new machines we finally have the capability (= power) to do the job properly.

She's a very capable woman/worker/judge. We need to get an assistant who's capable and efficient.

He's been released on parole. She hopes to be eligible for parole in three years. Reynolds was sentenced to life without parole.

This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities.

Foreign aid is badly needed to ameliorate the effects of the drought.

There are thousands of traffic fatalities (= deaths in traffic accidents) every year. The first fatalities of the war were civilians.

Several people were injured, two fatally. He was convicted of fatally stabbing a police officer. The banking system is fatally flawed. Perhaps we are fatally drawn to the dangerous and mysterious.

I have to reject the notion that greed can be a good thing. sth based on the notions of liberty

Almost everyone will have to pay a higher tax bill than the notional amount suggested by the Treasury Secretary.

We danced with wild abandon

The game was abandoned at half-time because of the poor weather conditions. They had to abandon their attempt to climb the mountain. As a baby he was abandoned by his mother. We were sinking fast, and the captain gave the order to abandon ship.

The abandonment of the island followed nuclear tests in the area. His abandonment by his mother when he was a baby affected him all his life.

We don't anticipate any trouble. They anticipate having several applicants for the job. At this stage we can't really anticipate what will happen. It's always best to anticipate a problem before it arises.

As with most pleasures, it's not so much the experience itself as the anticipation that is enjoyable. She's even decorated the spare room in anticipation of your visit. The audience waited in great anticipation, but nothing happened.

Some of the others were already making anticipatory notes on their pads.

Katherine, your skirt's trailing in the mud! As the boat moved along, he trailed his hand in the water. The delegates trailed back into the conference room for the afternoon session. After a mile or two the youngest children were trailing behind.

The dogs are trained to follow the trail left by the fox. He left a trail of muddy footprints behind him. The police admit that the robbers have left no trail for them to follow up.

Few would dispute his status as the finest artist of the period. The circumstances of her death have been hotly disputed. Health insurers dispute the doctors' statement that they don't pay enough to make up for the cost of the vaccine.

Fighting broke out along the disputed border. The referee made a controversial decision to allow a disputed goal. disputed territory

Her consciousness that she's different makes her feel uneasy.

My tooth doesn't exactly hurt, but I'm conscious of it (= I can feel it) all the time. I think she's very conscious of being the only person in the office who didn't have a university education. He's still conscious but he's very badly injured.