Cambridge Dictionary

2022-08-21 16:00:10 Diphthongize, verb.

Definition (with object): Change (a vowel) into a diphthong.

Examples:

1. The short vowel was not lengthened or diphthongized.
2. But at normal conversational speed its ghastly sequence of four diphthongized long vowels (in the nicely symmetrical but un-IPA Trager-Smith transcription, / ay ey iy ey /) sounds something like ah-ee-yay-ee-yee-yay-ee.
3. Stealth has a long, tense, diphthongized high vowel [i], whereas stealth has a short, lax, mid-vowel.
4. In particular, the vowel of the last syllable was a pretty good IPA [e], not diphthongized like the vowel in English babe but also not laxed and shortened like the vowel in English bed.
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2022-08-21 09:00:02 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities... some consider to be unnatural. Open / Comment

2022-08-21 09:00:02 Pathway, noun.

/ˈpɑːθweɪ/

Definition: A way of achieving a specified result; a course of action.

Examples:

1. Research has indisputably been part of the pathway to progress.
2. We know productivity is the pathway to profits.
3. They embrace and create change not as a means of survival but as a pathway to growth.
4. Before advertising limited its possibilities, television, like radio before it, was envisioned as an electronic pathway to moral enlightenment.
5. Given the series of court decisions stating that women did not qualify as attorneys under existing law, the only pathway to change was legislation.
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2022-06-23 20:00:01 Around the corner, phrase.

Definition: Very near.

Examples:

1. There's a chemist around the corner.
2. The commander was claiming that peace was just around the corner.
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2022-06-23 16:00:03 Vanguard, noun.

/ˈvanɡɑːd/

Definition: A group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas.

Examples:

1. The experimental spirit of the modernist vanguard.
2. It must regain its original role as the vanguard of the working class in its struggle for true emancipation.
3. Alpine is a small but rapidly growing town in the foothills near the edge of the Cleveland National Forest, a vanguard settlement of one of San Diego's many suburban tendrils.
4. They are the vanguard of a social revolution and will have a huge influence on the shape of society in the next two decades.
5. Student activists abandoned conservative blue collar politics and proclaimed themselves the vanguard of social change.
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2022-06-23 09:00:02 Friends (1994) - S08E20 The One With the Baby Shower



Monica: What you're doing to me now is just plain spiteful!

Mrs. Green: Spiteful?!

Monica: That’s right! Maybe it’s time you took a good hard look at a mirror young lady…old lady…lady!

Phoebe: (To Monica) Wrap it up, wrap it up, wrap it up… Open / Comment

2022-06-23 09:00:02 Wrap up, phrasal verb.

Definition (also wrap it up • British • informal • in imperative): Be quiet; stop talking or making a noise.

Examples:

1. Just wrap up, the pair of you!
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2022-06-22 20:00:01 Tomorrow is another day, phrase.

Definition: Said after a bad experience to express one's belief that the future will be better.

Examples:

1. There's always hope because tomorrow is another day.
2. Who knows, tomorrow is another day and you never know what is going to come in the door.
3. Take each day as it comes and at the end of the day, if things still aren't done, remember that tomorrow is another day.
4. This is just a phase, it will pass, now get some rest, tomorrow is another day!
5. Duncan is obviously disappointed, but tomorrow is another day for getting it right.
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2022-06-22 09:00:02 Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

... malicious, cowardly... shittily written review and you shove it right the fuck up... your wrinkly... tight ass. Open / Comment

2022-06-22 09:00:02 Tight-arse, noun.

Definition (informal): A person who spends as little money as possible; a miser.

Examples:

1. He's a notorious tight-arse and is always very hesitant about coughing up for anything.
2. When it comes to money, I’m a tight-ass who is at pains to avoid looking like one.
3. We wouldn't be able to get any free cider from him anyway. Why? Because he's a tight-arse.
4. Resenting not having any money is a waste of energy and will turn you into a tight-arse.
5. The survey found that 11% of people were "tight-arses" who spent an average £10 a year on gifts.
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