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bio·pic noun

BrE /ˈbaɪəʊpɪk/ ; NAmE /ˈbaɪoʊpɪk/

 a film/movie about the life of a particular person a political biopic about President Kennedy

afresh adverb

BrE /əˈfreʃ/ ; NAmE /əˈfreʃ/

 (formal)

again, especially from the beginning or with new ideas It was a chance to start afresh.

fas·cin·at·ing adjective

BrE /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/ ; NAmE /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/

rag noun

BrE /ræɡ/ ; NAmE /ræɡ/

1 [countable, uncountable] a piece of old, often torn, cloth used especially for cleaning things I wiped the window with a damp rag.

 Use a piece of old rag.

SEE ALSO glad rags

2 [countable] (informal, usually disapproving) a newspaper that you believe to be of low quality the local rag

3 [countable] a piece of ragtime music

4 (British English) [uncountable, countable] an event or a series of events organized by students each year to raise money for charity rag week

riches noun

BrE /ˈrɪtʃɪz/ ; NAmE /ˈrɪtʃɪz/

 [plural]

large amounts of money and valuable or beautiful possessions a career that brought him fame and riches

 material riches

 She was a famous model whose looks were her riches.

 all the riches of the world’s oceans

Idioms

an embarrassment of ˈriches

so many good things that it is difficult to choose just one Stratford has an embarrassment of riches, really, what with three theatres and lovely countryside, too.

(from) ˌrags to ˈriches

from being extremely poor to being very rich a rags-to-riches story

 Hers was a classic tale of rags to riches.

hardship noun

BrE /ˈhɑːdʃɪp/ ; NAmE /ˈhɑːrdʃɪp/

 [uncountable, countable]

 a situation that is difficult and unpleasant because you do not have enough money, food, clothes, etc economic/financial, etc. hardship

 People suffered many hardships during that long winter.

 The two men endured great hardship during their trek across Antarctica.

 It was no hardship to walk home on such a lovely evening.

Goog-looking -> gorgeous-looking

It doesn’t hurt

sin·cere adjective

BrE /sɪnˈsɪə(r)/ ; NAmE /sɪnˈsɪr/

re·late verb

BrE /rɪˈleɪt/ ; NAmE /rɪˈleɪt/

+ VERB FORMS

1  show or make a connection between two or more things

SYNONYM connect

 relate something I found it difficult to relate the two ideas in my mind.

 relate A to B In the future, pay increases will be related to productivity.

2  (formal) to give a spoken or written report of something; to tell a story relate something She relates her childhood experiences in the first chapters.

 relate something to somebody He related the facts of the case to journalists.

 relate how, what, etc… She related how he had run away from home as a boy.

 relate that… The story relates that an angel appeared and told him to sing.

+ WORD ORIGIN

+ EXTRA EXAMPLES

Phrasal Verbs

reˈlate to something/somebody

1  to be connected with something/somebody; to refer to something/somebody We shall discuss the problem as it relates to our specific case.

 The second paragraph relates to the situation in Scotland.

2  to be able to understand and have sympathy with somebody/something

SYNONYM empathize

 Many adults can't relate to children.

 Our product needs an image that people can relate to.

Oppressed -> struggle

stand·ard noun

BrE /ˈstændəd/ ; NAmE /ˈstændərd/

level of quality

1  [countable, uncountable] standard (of something) a level of quality, especially one that people think is acceptable a fall in academic standards

 We aim to maintain high standards of customer care.

 The standard of this year's applications is very low.

 He failed to reach the required standard, and did not qualify for the race.

 Her work is not up to standard (= of a good enough standard).

 Who sets the standard for water quality?

 A number of Britain's beaches fail to meet European standards on cleanliness.

 In the shanty towns there are very poor living standards.

keep verb

BrE /kiːp/ ; NAmE /kiːp/

 ˌkeep ˈup (with somebody/something)

to move, make progress or increase at the same rate as somebody/something

Slow down—I can't keep up!

I can't keep up with all the changes.

Wages are not keeping up with inflation.

 ˌkeep ˈup with somebody

to continue to be in contact with somebody How many of your old school friends do you keep up with?

 ˌkeep ˈup with something

1  to learn about or be aware of the news, current events, etc She likes to keep up with the latest fashions.

2  to continue to pay or do something regularly If you do not keep up with the payments you could lose your home.

It didn’t live up to the standard

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Melbourne

BrE /ˈmelbən/ ; NAmE /ˈmelbərn/

Ethnic, first-generation, long-standing, extended, deep-rooted, close-knit, social, rich.

ˌnuclear ˈfamily noun

BrE  ; NAmE 

(specialist)

 a family that consists of father, mother and children, when it is thought of as a unit in society Not everybody nowadays lives in the conventional nuclear family.

COMPARE extended family

home·sick adjective

BrE /ˈhəʊmsɪk/ ; NAmE /ˈhoʊmsɪk/

 sad because you are away from home and you miss your family and friends I felt homesick for Scotland.

 She felt homesick for her country.

 She was beginning to get a bit homesick.