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an avid reader/football fan/stamp collector inizia ad imparare
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very enthusiastic (for people) avid very interested and enthusiastic an avid reader
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very obvious, done without shame or embarrassment (used to describe bad things) blatant very obvious, with no attempt to be honest or behave well
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breathtaking view/ scenery Fo ra child of his age, his knowledge of the subject was breathtaking. inizia ad imparare
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very beautiful, surprising or impressive breathtaking very beautiful or surprising breathtaking views
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It was a gripping tale of murder and intrigue. inizia ad imparare
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very exciting; for films and books If something is gripping, it is so interesting that it holds your attention completely. a gripping story
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shocking, making you feel very upset (not used to describe people) harrowing making you feel extremely frightened or upset a harrowing experience
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They seem to have a very lax attitude towards security. inizia ad imparare
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not strict or not careful enough (for safety measures, security, morals, discipline, laws, etc) lax not careful enough or not well controlled
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He asked the judge to pass a lenient sentence. inizia ad imparare
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not strict; used to describe people in a position to punish (parents, teachers, etc) The judge was lenient and let him off with a fine. A lenient punishment is not severe.
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a meteoric career The band's rise to fame was meteoric. inizia ad imparare
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very sudden and very quick (generally used with the noun rise) He was unprepared for his meteoric rise to fame. meteoric If the development of something is meteoric, it happens very quickly or causes great success.
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misleading making someone believe something that is untrue inizia ad imparare
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misleading: *** giving the wrong idea or impression misleading information/ advertisements/comments, etc misleading information/statements
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piercing: * loud and high-pitched (for noises) She let out a piercing scream of terror inizia ad imparare
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prolific: *** producing a large number of works (for artists, composers and writers)
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sporadic: *** happening at irregular intervals sporadic fighting/shots/violence/ outbreaks inizia ad imparare
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staunch: * very loyal staunch supporter/friend/ally/ Democrat, etc
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weeping: * (i) too general and therefore not valid (for statements and generalisations) (ii) large and affecting everyone (for changes and reforms) inizia ad imparare
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'Women are bad drivers' is a sweeping generalisation that is all too common these days. He proposed sweeping changes! to the country's electoral system.
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watertlght: impossible to prove inizia ad imparare
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wrong or argue against watertight arguments/court case/alibi
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dreary: *** boring and depressing a dreary day/life/town Her apartment was dreary and depressing. inizia ad imparare
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dull: *** boring, without life, excitement or colour dull afternoon/people/colour/ weather
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He had a mundane job in a local bank inizia ad imparare
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ordinary, boring, giving little satisfaction; often used to describe jobs mundane ordinary, or not interesting a mundane task/life
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tedious: ***boring, andoftenfrustrating inizia ad imparare
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atrocious: *** extremely bad inizia ad imparare
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strocious film/mess/game, etc
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dreadful weather/mistakes/acting
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lousy: *** (informal) very bad inizia ad imparare
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lousy day/hotel/teacher/singer
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flawless: *** perfect, with no faults flawless complexion/performance inizia ad imparare
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with no mistakes or bad characteristics a flawless complexion
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perfect and with no mistakes She speaks impeccable English
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unblemished: * sth that has not been spoilt or harmed inizia ad imparare
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unblemished record/reputation/ character
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arduous: *** tirinciand involving a lot of effort inizia ad imparare
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Gruelling activities are very difficult and make you very tired. a gruelling bicycle race
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tiring and lasting a long time inizia ad imparare
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gruelling schedUle/day/race
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strenuou: * needing a lot of physical effort inizia ad imparare
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strenuous activity/trip/effort/
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bedraggled: *** untidy, dirty and wet (for people inizia ad imparare
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The two bedraggled children trudged into the house,
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dishevelled clothes/hair/ appearance/man
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scruffy jeans I don't like to look scruffy. inizia ad imparare
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untidy (for people/places) old and wom out (for clothes
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astute good at judging situations and making decisions which give you an advantage astutepolitician/decision inizia ad imparare
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clever at understanding i people and situations
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clever and good at using deception to achieve success inizia ad imparare
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clever at getting what you want, especially by deceiving people
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clever and showing good judgement of other people and situations inizia ad imparare
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good at judging situations and making decisions which give you an advantage a shrewd businessman a shrewd investment shrewd businessman/ investment
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wily: * clever, experienced at j deceiving people and not easily i deceived (for people/behaviour wily - good at getting what you want, especially by deceiving people inizia ad imparare
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wily businessman/manoeuvring
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conventional ordinary, normal! conventional people/opinions/ ideas inizia ad imparare
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mainstream: *** ordinary, ~ conventional, neither strange nor 1 extreme 1 mains~rea. m belie~s/ideas /! orqenteetlonsloottuc
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middle-of-the-road pop music They adopted a sensible, middle-of-the-road policy on defence spending. inizia ad imparare
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used to describe a person, organization, opinion, or type of entertainment that is not extreme and is acceptable to or liked by most people:
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He gave a fairly run-of-the-mill speech. inizia ad imparare
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ordinary and not special or exciting in any way
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