[1:05] 40 Short English Passages to Master 3500 Words and Improve Listening with Immersive Learning

noun

1. steadiness of mind under stress

e.g. he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity

Synonym: composurecalmnessequanimity

2. wind moving at less than 1 knot
0 on the Beaufort scale

Synonym: calm air

noun

1. an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group

Synonym: disfavordisfavourdisapproval

2. a feeling of aversion or antipathy

e.g. my dislike of him was instinctive

adj

1. feeling or showing gratitude

e.g. a grateful heart
grateful for the tree's shade
a thankful smile

Synonym: thankful

2. affording comfort or pleasure

e.g. the grateful warmth of the fire

adj

1. feeling or showing worry or solicitude

e.g. concerned parents of youthful offenders
was concerned about the future
we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand
greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child

2. involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in

e.g. a memorandum to those concerned
an enterprise in which three men are concerned
factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics
the interested parties met to discuss the business

Synonym: interested

3. culpably involved

e.g. all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified
named three officials implicated in the plot
an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime

Synonym: implicated

adj

1. continually complaining or faultfinding

e.g. a shrewish wife
nagging parents

Synonym: shrewish