English Listening Practice: Parking Lot Rental Scenario in a Phone Conversation

verb

1. judge or regard
look upon
judge

e.g. I think he is very smart
I believe her to be very smart
I think that he is her boyfriend
The racist conceives such people to be inferior

Synonym: thinkbelieveconceive

2. deem to be

e.g. She views this quite differently from me
I consider her to be shallow
I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do

Synonym: seereckonviewregard

3. regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem

e.g. Please consider your family

4. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

e.g. Take the case of China
Consider the following case

Synonym: takedeallook at

5. think about carefully
weigh

e.g. They considered the possibility of a strike
Turn the proposal over in your mind

Synonym: debatemootturn overdeliberate

6. show consideration for
take into account

e.g. You must consider her age
The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient

Synonym: countweigh

7. look at carefully
study mentally

e.g. view a problem

Synonym: viewlook at

8. look at attentively

Synonym: regard

9. give careful consideration to

e.g. consider the possibility of moving

Synonym: study

noun

1. a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them

e.g. the president submitted the annual budget to Congress

2. a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose

e.g. the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year

verb

1. discuss the terms of an arrangement

e.g. They negotiated the sale of the house

Synonym: negociatetalk terms

2. succeed in passing through, around, or over

e.g. The hiker negociated the high mountain pass

Synonym: negociate

noun

1. the act of propelling with force

Synonym: launching

2. a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck

noun

1. explosive device that explodes on contact
designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel

2. excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted