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Light can be thought of as a procession of waves, made up of crests and troughs. The stress hormone can be thought of as an alarm that mobilizes the receptors.\ you may thought of it as a bad choice \ Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. \ This balance refers to what could be thought of as yin and yang within yourself

 

turn to sb/sth to ask a person or organization for help or support:

Without someone to turn to for advice, making the most appropriate choice can be difficult.

Her family lived a long way away, and she had no one to turn to. \ He felt he had no-one to turn to. \ He turned to his friend for financial support.

Whit - not a whit

​ not any amount:

There's not a whit of sense in that head of his! \ I don't care a whit for the old customs.

Has there been any patch on Hearthstone? \ Had there been a c both inside of bar(..) and inside of foo(..), the console.log(..) statement would have found and used the one in bar(..), never getting to the one in foo(..).

Why haven't we gotten involved yet.

Not half bad. Not at all; in no way.

‘the players are not half bad’ He'snot halfthe fool you think he is

not half as not nearly as:

It wasn't half as good as that other restaurant we went to.

It's not half as easy as it looks.

Implicit suggested but not communicated directly:

He interpreted her comments as an implicit criticism of the government.

Implicit in the poem's closing lines are the poet's own religious doubts. \ Some reporters thought there was an implicit threat in the president’s speech.

(esp. of trust and belief) complete and without any doubts:

implicit faith implicit trust

All her life she had implicit faith in socialism.

Implicitly He trusts her implicitly.

Inversion

Negative adverbs

In formal styles, when we use an adverb with negative meaning (e.g. never, seldom, rarely, scarcely, hardly) in front position for emphasis, we invert the subject (s) and auxiliary (aux)/modal verb:

Never [AUX] have [S] we witnessed such cruel behaviour by one child to another. (or We have never witnessed …)

Seldomdoes one hear a politician say ‘sorry’. (or One seldom hears …)

Expressions beginning with not

We also invert the subject and verb after not + a prepositional phrase or a clause in initial position:

Not for a moment did I think I would be offered the job, so I was amazed when I got it.

Not till I got home did I realise my wallet was missing.

Not only will strict mode keep your code to a safer path, and not only will it make your code more optimizable,

Not only has she been late three times, she has also done no work.

Not only do they need clothing, but they are also short of water.

 

Here and there

Inversion can happen after here, and after there when it is as an adverb of place. After here and there, we can use a main verb without an auxiliary verb or modal verb:

Here comes the bus!

Here’s your coffee.

I opened the door and there stood Michael, all covered in mud.

She looked out and there was Pamela, walking along arm in arm with Goldie.

Ponder to think carefully about something, especially for a noticeable length of time:

She sat back for a minute to ponder her next move in the game. \ She ponders the reaction she’ll receive.

[ I ] The back porch is a quiet place where I can ponder.

Simmer ˈsɪm.ər to cook something liquid, or something with liquid in it, at a temperatureslightly below boiling:

Leave the vegetables to simmer for a few minutes.

If a disagreement or negative emotion simmers, it grows slowly stronger over a period of time and could become more serious at any moment:

The strike has been simmering for weeks.

She's been simmering with resentment ever since the meeting.

Simmer noun Bring the potatoes to a simmer.

simmer down to become less angry or excited about something:

Come on kids! Simmer down and get on with your work!

Glance /ɡlɑːns/ - /ɡlæns/ noun a quick look at someone or something:

The driver gave a glance back as he moved into the passing lane.

Verb She glanced around the room to see who was there. \

She glanced around/round the room to see who was there.

He glanced up from his book as I passed.

Could you glance over/through this letter and see if it's alright?

see something at a glance know and understand almost immediately:

She could see at a glance that something was seriously wrong.

Primarily -praɪˈmer.əl.i mainly:

We're primarily concerned with keeping expenditure down.

Baseball is primarily a summer game.

The new scheme is aimed primarily at teenagers.

a course designed primarily for experts

We moved to Scotland primarily because we wanted to be nearer to my family.

This is a controversial procedure, primarily because of known side-effects.

We live in a society which views success primarily in terms of material possessions.

be up for sth - to want to do something:

We're going clubbing tonight if you're up for it. \ Are you up for that challenge?

Up to adverb - less than or equal to, but not more than, a stated value, number, level, or time:

Research suggests that up to half of those who were prescribed the drug suffered side effects.

You have up to ten minutes.

Preposition

being the responsibility of (someone):

The decision is up to you.

If it were up to me, I’d do it.

doing (something that might be bad or illegal), often secretly:

When it’s so quiet, I think the kids are up to something. Are you up to something?

up to (doing) sth good enough for a particular activity:

He wants to compete at international level, but honestly I don't think he's up to it.

strong enough for a particular activity:

It was a serious fall - it'll be a while before you feel up to walk ing again.

Naysayer neɪˌseɪ.ər someone who says something is not possible, is not good, or will fail:

He ignored the naysayers and persevered.

Set-aside