New vocab and structures from class 27/11/15

New vocab and structures

Apart from = except for = save (formal)

To make a living = to scrape a living (just survive) = to get by (to just survive)

To make ends meet = to have enough to reach the end of the month

To take up residence = to live in a new place/to reside in a new place

To be capable of doing something

On this basis = consequently = therefore = as a result

In as much as = in so much as

E.g. Ana is crazy, in so much as she wears different coloured shoes.

Victor is weird, in as much as he screams and shouts whenever strangers pass.

Alluring = attractive

Hurdle = obstacle/difficulty

Pressing (adjective) = urgent

Avowal = statement/assertion/claim

Stint = period

To redress something = to correct something

Forebear = ancestor/forefather

To eptiomise = to be the best example of something

To undermine = to take somebody’s authority away from them