Vocabularyon Unit1(“Influences”)

Vocabulary on Unit 1 (“Influences”)

influential		whereas
an impact on		nonetheless
a celebrity		oddly
notorious		by and large
notoriety		to wind up
to be in the limelight		consequently
incidentally		to put one's foot in(to) it
all the same		a loose cannon
even so		bright spark
a news anchor		a lost cause
hard-hitting		a cool customer
easy-going		an arm-chair critic
long-suffering		a fair-weather friend
fast-growing		an old chap
at the turn of the century		a walking encyclopaedia
clean-living		a couch potato
low-flying		a stay-at-home
loose-fitting		a live wire
smooth-talking		Hypocritical
slow-moving		Malicious
first draft		Frank
appearance		Obstinate
underlying		Reserved
detachment		Affectionate
to hold		Determined
to know one’s mind		self-centred
cynicism		Cautious
nihilism		Assertive
Buddhism		Timid
heroism		Agreeable
behaviourism		Lackadaisical
Putinism		Pensive
vandalism		indelible impression
to restrain		inedible food
to constrain		inimitable manner
to be prone to		unsurpassed voice
mood swings		irreversible damage
to keep one’s temper		irrevocable decision
to lose one’s temper		objectionable behaviour
to regain one’s composure		a cameo appearance
a pain in the neck		smb’s legacy
bag of bones		Excruciatingly
a waste of space		Fiercely

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