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mind you
(also mind) British English used when saying something that is almost the
opposite of what you have just said, or that explains or emphasizes it
He looks very young in this photo. Mind you, it was
taken years ago.
I love hot weather, but not too hot, mind.
I don’t say I wanna live there, mind you.
u name it
bleak-> cold and without any pleasant or comfortable features
sparse-> existing only in small amounts
monotonous
cloudless
snow-capped
rustic /ˈrʌstɪk/
night-time
rolling
lush-> plants that are lush grow many leaves and look healthy
and strong
rich
open
idyllic /ɪˈdɪlɪk, aɪ- $ aɪ-/
ex‧panse /ɪkˈspæns/ noun [countable] a very large area of water, sky, land etc
expanse of
an expanse of blue sky
vast/wide/large etc
expanse the vast expanse of the ocean
blot noun [countable]
The new power station is a blot on the landscape.
3 something that spoils the good opinion that people
have of someone or somethingblot on
The increase in juvenile crime is a blot on our time.
I don’t go in for the chocolate box vista
plough (also plow American English) /plaʊ/ noun
[countable]
1 a piece of farm equipment used to turn over the
earth so that seeds can be planted
2 → under the plough
Wilderness /ˈwɪldənəs $ -dər-/ ●●○ noun [countable
usually singular]
1 a large area of land that has never been developed
or farmed
the Alaskan
wilderness
p. 143
be instrumental in (doing) something
formal to be important in making something
happen
He was instrumental in developing links with European
organizations.
Intensifying but to a limited degree with a gradation
Fairly -> quite -> pretty -> rather
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