Monday, October 30, 2017

NA2 30/10 /17


p.21
Racing career
Rivalry /ˈraɪvəlri/
Charity work
Falls to Senna side

Felt superior
Acted unfairly


gripping /ˈgrɪpɪŋ/ UK  US  adjetivo
absorbente

Superior / inferior to any other driver
Froms his early wins
Big rivalry
You come down to Senna side
You feel sympathetic towards Senna
archive /ˈɑːkaɪv $ ˈɑːr-/
footage /ˈfʊtɪdʒ/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
cinema film showing a particular event
old footage from the First World War


biasedbiassed /ˈbaɪəst/ ●○○ AWL adjective  
1 unfairly preferring one person or group over another 
Of course I’m biased, but I thought my daughter’s paintings were the best. 
racially biased attitudes
biased against/towards/in favour of 
news reporting that was heavily biased towards the government

unbiased /ʌnˈbaɪəst/ AWL adjective 
unbiased information, advice etc is fair because the person giving it is not influenced by their own or other people’s opinions
SYN impartial
Inaccurate
Unfair
Subjective
Impartial
un‧sym‧pa‧thet‧ic /ˌʌnsɪmpəˈθetɪk/ 
adjective  
1 not kind or helpful to someone who is having problems ►see thesaurus at unkind2 not willing to support an idea, aim etc unsympathetic to/towards 
a government that’s unsympathetic to public opinion
3 an unsympathetic person in a book or play is unpleasant and difficult to like 
an unsympathetic character

take sides
to choose to support one person or group in an argument, and oppose the other one

keep a low profile
to not go to places or be careful not to do anything that will attract attention to yourself or your actions
OPP high profile
He’s not the sort of politician to keep a low profile for long.

thesaurusɪˈsɔːrəs/ noun (plural thesauruses or thesauri /-raɪ/) [countable] 

a book in which words are put into groups with other words that have similar meanings

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