[4:14] Daily English Listening Practice: Blind Listening + Shadowing + Bilingual Text for Rapid Listening Improvement

verb

1. judge to be right or commendable
think well of

2. give sanction to

e.g. I approve of his educational policies

Synonym: O.K.okaysanction

noun

1. the activity of managing or exerting control over something

e.g. the control of the mob by the police was admirable

2. (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc

e.g. the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired
he had lost control of his sphincters

3. a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

e.g. the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly
I turned the controls over to her

Synonym: controller

4. discipline in personal and social activities

e.g. he was a model of polite restraint
she never lost control of herself

Synonym: restraint

5. power to direct or determine

e.g. under control

6. great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

e.g. a good command of French

Synonym: commandmastery

7. a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment

e.g. the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw

Synonym: control condition

8. the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

e.g. they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls

9. a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

10. a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another

e.g. measures for the control of disease
they instituted controls over drinking on campus

11. the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

e.g. her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her

Synonym: dominanceascendanceascendenceascendancyascendency

adj

1. causing destruction or much damage

e.g. a policy that is destructive to the economy
destructive criticism

adj

1. beyond belief or understanding

e.g. at incredible speed
the book's plot is simply incredible

Synonym: unbelievable

noun

1. (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation

Synonym: synagoguetabernacle

2. place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

3. an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes

4. the flat area on either side of the forehead

e.g. the veins in his temple throbbed