Many people have been waiting for some
sign that our country is ready for such change. How will we know when it’s
beginning to take hold?
* take hold: to gain footing; become
established
ex> Once the swine flu took hold
in the big city, there was nothing the doctors could do to stop it.
You recognize that he represents a clean break from the politics of
partisanship and bitter division.
* a clean break: a complete and
permanent separation from something or someone
ex> When the newspaper shifted over
to an online format, they made a clean break from printed papers.
ex> If you want to give up smoking or
drinking, it’s best to make a clean break from the habit.
There are times in the history of our
nation when our very way of life depends upon awakening to the challenge of a
present danger, shaking off complacency to rise, clear-eyed and
alert, to the necessity of embracing
change.
* shake off: to be rid of something
ex> I can’t seem to shake off
the feeling that someone is following me.
* complacent / complacency: contented or
unconcerned
ex> People who become complacent
in their jobs cease to advance in their career.
* embrace: to willingly adopt a cause or
idea
ex> You must fully embrace the
classical genre if you want to understand it better.
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