المفردات

· dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards

I hate Mexican food

· make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

don't drill here, there's a gas pipe

· maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

bear a grudge

· not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way

the hinge is insecure

· without mercy or pity

an act of ruthless ferocity

· relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs

suburban population

· by that means or because of that

He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth

· something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative

no mortal being can influence the absolute

· of or relating to the science of acoustics

acoustic properties of a hall

· move or proceed at an angle

he angled his way into the room

· the act of grasping

he released his clasp on my arm

· take into your hands deliberately

The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter

· act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes

He complied with my instructions

· find or declare guilty

The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced

· marked by complexity and richness of detail

an elaborate lace pattern

· add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation

· exceedingly; extremely

she plays fabulously well

· marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

rabid isolationist

· a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)

· marked by extreme and violent energy

a ferocious beating

· moody and melancholic

a dark scowl

· exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception

an insightful parent

· set up or lay the groundwork for

establish a new department

· an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered

he paid his bill and left