Category: Vocabulary

“Groundbreaking” – What does it mean?

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Other examples from the web:

  • We all commended the new US vision on reaching a framework agreement as groundbreaking and forward-looking.
  • The transformation of this elementary teacher, as a result of this groundbreaking work, has occurred at both the personal and transformative levels.
  • The decisions taken at the Spring European Council for an integrated energy and climate protection policy are groundbreaking.

Words from the example sentences you may not know:

FORWARD-LOOKING = planning for the future; progressive; modern.

TO OCCUR = to happen; to take place.

TO INTEGRATE =  to combine to form/create something; unify.

We all commended the new US vision on reaching a framework agreement as groundbreaking and forward-looking.

“To boast” – What does it mean?

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Examples from the web:

  • It is a fact that countries with high taxes cannot boast of any visible success in the fight against alcoholism.
  • “I’ve sold more paintings than you ever will,” the artist boasted.
  • The city boasts a fine cathedral.
  • He boasts that he can speak six languages.
  • In comparison to other European countries, Poland can boast of significant achievements in the field of environmental protection.

“Crowd” – What does it mean?

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Examples from the web:

– The circus act never failed to attract crowds of curious people.
– The restaurant attracts a theatre crowd.
– The crowd from the office.
– The opening night crowd.
– It took some two hours before the crowd was fully dispersed.
– All the old crowd from my university days were there.
– You can learn to stand out from the crowd.
– When the song finished the crowd went wild. 
– He disappeared into the crowd.