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APPRECIATE [transitive] used to thank someone in a polite way or to say that you are grateful for something they have done:

Thanks ever so much for your help, I really appreciate it.

I appreciate your concern, but honestly, I'm fine.

I'd appreciate it if you let me get on with my job.

WORD CHOICE: 

clothes, clothing, garment, cloth

Clothes are things that you wear, for example shirts and dresses• I need some new clothes. • Do you ever wear your sister's clothes?!! Clothes is always plural and has no singular form• He was wearing nice clothes (NOT a nice clothe/clothes).Use clothing to talk about a particular type of clothes or when talking about making or selling clothes• Special protective clothing is worn.• a clothing manufacturer!! This word is not used much in ordinary spoken language• I went shopping for summer clothes (NOT clothing).In formal English, you can use garment or piece / item / article of clothing to refer to one thing you wear• a long velvet garment• a discarded article of clothing

But it is more usual to name the particular thing you mean• He was wearing a long coat (NOT long garment).Cloth is the material that clothes are made from• a suit made from fine woollen cloth

Good riddance (to somebody)

Spoken a rude way of saying you are glad someone has left:

She was awful. Good riddance to her, I say!

Food poisoning [uncountable]

A stomach illness caused by eating food that contains harmful bacteria, so that you vomit

WORD FOCUS: doctor

Similar words:   physician especially AmE, GP (general practitioner)    British English, consultant, registrar

A doctor who does operations:    surgeon

A doctor who treats mental illnesses:    psychiatrist, psychotherapist, shrink    informal

A doctor who treats people's teeth:       dentist, orthodontist

A doctor who treats animals:        vet, veterinarian         especially AmE

Someone who is training to be a doctor:        medical student, intern American English

The place where you go to see your doctor:  surgery     British English, office         American English

Accident and emergency [countable] British English

The room or department in a hospital where people go if they have an accident or suddenly become ill [= A & E; = emergency room AmE]

prin‧ci‧ple

1

moral rule

 [uncountable and countable] a moral rule or belief about what is right and wrong, that influences how you behave:

Schools try to teach children a set of principles.

He prided himself on his high moral principles (=strong ideas about how it is right or wrong to behave)

He's got no principles at all!

He refused to give me any more money as a matter of principle.

against somebody's principles

It's against my principles to accept gifts from clients.

man/woman of principle (=a man or woman with strong moral ideas)

He considered himself to be a man of principle.

Morcilla: sustantivo femenino blood sausage (AmE), black pudding (BrE)

throw somebody/something ↔ out 

phrasal verb

1 to get rid of something that you do not want or need:

We usually throw out all our old magazines.

Stool [countable]

1 a seat that has three or four legs, but no back or arms:

A bar stool

Claim

1

Truth

 [Transitive] to state that something is true, even though it has not been proved

Claim (that)

The product claims 'to make you thin without dieting'.

Claim to do/be something

No responsible therapist will claim to cure your insomnia.

I don't claim to be a feminist, but I'd like to see more women in top jobs.

IQ [countable]

Intelligence quotient

Your level of intelligence, measured by a special test, with 100 being the average result:

An IQ of 130

Lobby past tense and past participle lobbied, present participle lobbying, third person singular lobbies [intransitive and transitive]

To try to persuade the government or someone with political power that a law or situation should be changed

Lobby for/against

The group is lobbying for a reduction in defence spending.

Lobby somebody to do something

We've been lobbying our state representative to support the new health plan.

Ad‧mi‧ra‧ble formal

Having many good qualities that you respect and admire:

An admirable achievement

radical ¹ / ˈrædɪkəl/

phobia / ˈfəʊbiə/

irrational /ɪˈræʃnʲəl / || /ɪˈræʃənlʲ/

principle / ˈprɪnsəpəl/

eco-friendly / ˌiːkəʊˈfrendli/

fundamental / ˈfʌndəˈmentlʲ/

efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/

friendly ¹ / ˈfrendli/

consume /kənˈsuːm / ||/kənˈsjuːm/

raw ¹ /rɔː/

destruction /dɪˈstrʌkʃən/

fiber, (BrE) fibre / ˈfaɪbər / || / ˈfaɪbə(r)/

wheatgerm / ˈhwiːtdʒɜːrm / || / ˈwiːtdʒɜːm/

comfortable / ˈkʌmftərbəl / || / ˈkʌmftəbəl/

cheerful / ˈtʃɪrfəl / || / ˈtʃɪəfəl/

physically / ˈfɪzɪkli/

figure ¹ / ˈfɪɡjər / ||/ ˈfɪɡə(r)/