Vocabulary December 12th

 Great NEW Vocabulary

GROUNDSWELL OF (increase of, growth of)   STEADFAST, UNWAVERING (strong in determination)   STARK (obvious)   RANDOM (aleatorio, al azar)   INSIGHTFUL, MINDFUL   INTANGIBLE   UNDENIABLE   HEFTY (very heavy)   STURDY (robust)   KNACKERED (broken, too old to use)   to BAIL (quit, abandon)   to THRIVE   to HONE   to GAZE   GOOSEBUMPS   to DITHER   OVERSTATEMENT   UNDERSTATEMENT   to DWELL (to remain for a time, to live as a resident, to speak or write insistently about sth)   To STRIVE (devote serious effort or energy)

WE HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME (we are connected to “the game” VISCERALLY, we have invested our SKIN, we lost our SKIN to be where we are in the “game”)   LEARN THE ROPES (learn the basics)   PICK UP THE SLACK (to improve a situation by doing something that someone else has not done or not completed. EX: With our best player injured, other players have to pick up the slack.)   TAKE AWAY THE CLUTTER (organize all the big mess)   A SAFE BET (a sure thing, a sure investment)   TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND (to have the advantage)   A SLIPPERY SLOPE (a difficult path to high achievements, where you may fall or get injured)   CHANGE OF TIDES   JOT DOWN   UNFOLD/UNRAVEL   THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX   BE AHEAD OF THE PACK (to corner the market) GO DOWN THE DRAIN (to jeopardize)

AT STAKE WE KNOW WHAT’S AT STAKE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER   COPE AND BEHAVE IN FAILURE   GO ASTRAY (go away from our objectives, plans)   LIKE A PHOENIX RISING FROM THE ASHES   POOL YOUR STRENGTHS (join, put together)   FROM THE OUTSET (from the beginning)   It BELATES our progress (stop, block from advancing)   I’D HAZARD A GUESS   I RECKON   What do you RECKON?   BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY   It is UNPRECEDENTED   If you are a GLOBAL PLAYER   ERSTWHILE   DIFFICULT STRAITS (dire situations)   FATHOM   RULE OUT (take out as a possibility)