Lesson 15

50 of 175 Vocabulary

the nail that sticks out gets hammered down ②tall trees catch much wind
entrance (on the stage) ②appearance (on the scene)
street ②traffic ③counter for sets of things ④counter for methods, ways, kinds, etc.
to explain
satisfaction ②one's strong point ③regular customer
feature (e.g. newspaper)
when it comes to ... ②by ... you mean ... ③whenever ...
to harvest ②to take in ③to adopt (e.g. an idea)
to become familiar with ②to come to fit
acknowledgement
degree of recognition
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails) ②to lengthen ③to reach out ④to straighten
to be disconnected ②to miss the mark ③to be removed ④to be contrary to
to work on (someone) ②to begin to work
development ②development (of a situation, story, etc.) ③playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual)
to be popular ②to be prevalent ③to flourish
judgment ②divination ③judgment
to make a decision ②to give a judgment ③to do in one go
knee ②lap
deep ②profound ③dense ④close (relationship)
dissatisfaction
context (of a passage) ②context (of a matter, event, etc.)
Note: In order to match dictionary entries, some of the words listed here are shown in simpler forms than what you see in the book, and compound words may be split into multiple entries.