* downtime: a period of inactivity or
unavailability
ex>
My surgeon recommended that I take some downtime to let everything heal.
Note>
When downtime was first used in the
mid-twentieth century, it referred to periods when large, stationary machinery –
including early computers – were unavailable for use. The term was only later
applied to people.
* caught up in: deeply involved with
ex>
The researchers got caught up in trying to show that a small-scale
fusion reaction was possible.
* recession: a period of economic decline
ex>
Until the recession of the early 1980’s, it seemed that good jobs were
always available.
* trust in oneself: to be confident in
one’s feelings, perceptions, and abilities
ex>
Terry says his success came from his mother teaching him to trust in himself.
* make connections: to show or perceive
how things are related
ex>
The detective had the remarkable ability to make connections between
separate events.
* a vehicle for: a thing used to express
or facilitate something
ex>
The politician was accused of using his position as a vehicle for
personal gain.
Note>
Vehicle is also used to describe
transportation machines, like cars or trucks. Its broad definition is “a means
of conveying something,” and it came from the same Latin root as the word
wagon, which is a wheeled cart for carrying things.
* relative:
상대적인, 비교상의
The
noun form of this word is also used to describe a family member, as a synonym
for “relation.” A synonym for the adjective form of relative is the phrase “in
relation to.”
ex>
Relative to how I was a few days ago, I’m doing great, thanks.
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