Slowka 0 33

In line 20, "men" should be amended (= changed) to "people".

to change the words of a text, especially a law or a legal document:

His departure from his usual optimism startled his staff.; The restaurant is a departure for Fabbio who has spent his career starting software companies.

a change in what is usually done or how something is usually done:

The noise of the car startled the birds and the whole flock flew up into the air. Her article on diet startled many people into changing their eating habits.

Have they assented to the terms of the contract?

They've already opened/started a book on the result of the next World Cup.

A football player who is booked twice in a game is sent off the field. My grandmother was booked for speeding last week.

a book of matches/stamps

Detectives booked him for resisting arrest.

My lawyer always goes strictly by the book.

There are 256 people on the books at the cement works.

The nurse asked if her motions were regular.

Someone proposed a motion to increase the membership fee to $500 a year.

He motioned me to sit down.

They sought to reassure people that their homes would be safe from the flood.

Legal advice should be sought before you take any further action.

If you seek advice/approval/help/permission, you ask for it:

These people are seeking/taking refuge from persecution. The climbers slept in a mountain refuge.

Religious minorities were persecuted and massacred during the ten-year regime.

There was a kink in the hose and the water wouldn’t come through.

Massage is a marvelous way to work out the kinks in tense muscles.

The system will work fine once we work out a few kinks.

She heard the wind whistling through the trees and the howl of a distant wolf. I stepped out of the building and immediately a bullet whistled past my head.

The birds were whistling in the early morning quiet.

Attacks on "political correctness" can be a dog whistle to rally white voters.

He has an extreme hatred of taxes and tolls.

When I got paid I blew it all on a night out.

The brothers almost came to blows over sharing the car.

His job has a grand title, but he's little more than a clerk. The Palace of Versailles is very grand. They always entertain their guests in grand style.

impressive and large or important:

the Grand Hotel the Grand Canyon the Grand Canal

We had grand weather on our holiday. My grandson is a grand little chap. You've done a grand job.

John's new car cost him 20 grand!

A grand staircase leads to the second floor.

The craft fair raised a grand total of £550.

Let me give you a grand tour of the house.

In the scheme of things, having lots of money isn't as important as having friends.

a society based on equity and social justice

He sold his equity in the company last year.

issue/raise equity The company is planning to raise equity of £1.1 billion to fund growth plans.

the value of the shares issued by a company.

in equity An owner with a house worth $100,000 and an $80,000 mortgage has $20,000 in equity.

an Equity card

You have to give way to traffic coming from the right.

Because of an unusually strong current, the bridge's central support gave way, tipping a coach into the river.

Neither of them will give way, so they could be arguing for a very long time. Don't give way to your fears.

to fall or turn over, or to cause something to fall or turn over: The table tipped, and all our drinks fell on the floor. Don't tip your chair back like that, you'll fall.

to lean to one side, or to cause something to lean to one side: - She tipped the umbrella to keep the sun off the picnic table.; If everyone sits on one side of the boat, it will tip (over).

The baby tipped the scales at 3.75 kg.

She tipped the contents of her purse out onto the table. He tipped his breakfast cereal into a bowl. The child picked up the box and tipped the toys out all over the floor.

We won't be able to go to the beach today - it's tipping it down.

The giraffe was killed with a spear that had been tipped with poison.

Davis is being tipped to win the championship.

A lot of waste is being tipped into the sea. The sign by the side of the road said "No tipping".

We had asparagus tips for dinner. If I stand on the tips of my toes, I can just reach the top shelf. The Keys are coral islands off the southern tip of Florida. There's paint on the tip of your nose.

a walking cane with a metal tip the filter tip of a cigarette

We need to take this old carpet to the tip.

informal This room is a complete/absolute/real tip (= is very untidy) - tidy it up at once.

share/stock tips Investors should take stock tips with a pinch of salt. The shares were looking cheap and had been strongly tipped.

asparagus spears

He came in with four shopping bags and dumped them on the table.

The tax was so unpopular that the government decided to dump it. Several old cars had been dumped near the beach. Toxic chemicals continue to be dumped into the river.

If he's so awful, why don't you just dump him?

I'm going to clean out the basement and take everything I don't want to the dump.

This town is a complete dump!

an ammunition/arms/weapons/food dump

The star was dumped by the record label after a string of failures.

The Commerce Department announced punitive tariffs against foreign paper manufacturers accused of dumping goods in the US below cost. dump on sth The producers of the goods are claiming that foreign manufacturers are dumping on the market.

As the stock rose, he dumped his shares, making $160,000.

tip truck - Australian English

The piece is a massive, unenlightening info-dump, containing paragraph after paragraph of brain-bending detail. Any writer must balance infodump with telling the reader too little.