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1 competent
2 topple
3 intervene
4 interpret
5 cope
6 irritate
7 distort
8 hamper
9 insulate

1 competent

Someone who is competent is effective and efficient.

Examples:
1 He was a loyal, distinguished and very competent civil servant.
2 The government performed competently in the face of multiple challenges.

Extension:
incompetent: not having the ability to do a job properly.

2 topple

If someone or something topples somewhere or if you topple them, they become unsteady or unstable and fall over.
topple over = topple  ===>  The three is so badly damaged they are worried it might toppled over.
                      ===>  We lost our balance and topple over on to a table.

3 intervene

If you intervene in a situation, you become involoved in it and try to change it.
Examples:
1 I'm powerless to intervene in the matter.
2 I intervened on her behalf to try to get the decision changed.

intervention(n)

4 interpret

If you interpret something in a particular way, you decide that this is its meaning or significance.

Examples:
In ancient times people who were thought to have the ability to interpret dreams were likely to be highly respected.

5 cope

If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully.
Examples:
1 It was amazing how my mother coped with bring up three children on less than three pounds a week.
2 The problem were an annoyance, but we managed to cope.

6 irritate

If something irritate you, it keeps annoying you.

1. Their attitued irritated me.
2. Please do not be irritated by his bad manners since he is merely trying to attract attention.

7 distort

If you distort a statement, fact or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way.

distorted ==> These figures give a distorted view of the significance for the local economy.

8 hamper

If someone or something hampers you, they make it difficult for you to do what you are trying to do.

Examples:
1 The bad weather hampered the rescue operations.
2 The local business wasn't much hampered by the sudden outbreak of the epidemic

9 insulate

1 If a person or group is insulated from the rest of society or from outside influences, they are protected from they.
2 If a piece of equipment is insulated, it's covered with rubber or plastic to precent electricity passing through it and giving the person using it an electric shock.

Examples:
1 The wealthy families had further insulated them from reality with the privilige that money could buy.
2 In order to make it safe, the element is electrically insulated.

Author: visaya fan <visayafan[AT]gmail.com>

Date: 2011-07-31 17:59:27

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