[11:40] Listening Practice for English: Practical Conversations about Doctor Visits and Jobs

noun

1. a theatrical performer

Synonym: histrionplayerthespianrole player

2. a person who acts and gets things done

e.g. he's a principal actor in this affair
when you want something done get a doer
he's a miracle worker

Synonym: doerworker

noun

1. a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)

2. an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money

Synonym: tellerbank clerk

noun

1. workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit

e.g. it takes several people to work the farm

noun

1. intense nervous anticipation

e.g. in a fever of resentment

2. a rise in the temperature of the body
frequently a symptom of infection

Synonym: febrilityfebricitypyrexiafeverishness

verb

1. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

e.g. He grew a beard
The patient developed abdominal pains
I got funny spots all over my body
Well-developed breasts

Synonym: developproducegetacquire

2. pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute
become

e.g. The weather turned nasty
She grew angry

Synonym: turn

3. become larger, greater, or bigger
expand or gain

e.g. The problem grew too large for me
Her business grew fast

4. increase in size by natural process

e.g. Corn doesn't grow here
In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees
her hair doesn't grow much anymore

5. cause to grow or develop

e.g. He grows vegetables in his backyard

6. develop and reach maturity
undergo maturation

e.g. He matured fast
The child grew fast

Synonym: maturematurate

7. become attached by or as if by the process of growth

e.g. The tree trunks had grown together

8. grow emotionally or mature

e.g. The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten
When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior

Synonym: develop

9. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

e.g. The Bordeaux region produces great red wines
They produce good ham in Parma
We grow wheat here
We raise hogs here

Synonym: raisefarmproduce

10. come into existence
take on form or shape

e.g. A new religious movement originated in that country
a love that sprang up from friendship
the idea for the book grew out of a short story
An interesting phenomenon uprose

Synonym: originateariserisedevelopuprisespring up

verb

1. introduce

e.g. Insert your ticket here

Synonym: insertencloseinclosestick input in

2. be a precursor of

e.g. The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period

Synonym: inaugurateusher in

3. put before (a body)

e.g. introduce legislation

4. cause to come to know personally

e.g. permit me to acquaint you with my son
introduce the new neighbors to the community

Synonym: presentacquaint

5. furnish with a preface or introduction

e.g. She always precedes her lectures with a joke
He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution

Synonym: precedeprefacepremise

6. bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.

Synonym: bring out

7. put or introduce into something

e.g. insert a picture into the text

Synonym: insertinfixenter

8. bring in or establish in a new place or environment

e.g. introduce a rule
introduce exotic fruits

9. bring something new to an environment

e.g. A new word processor was introduced

Synonym: innovate

10. bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment

e.g. He brought in a new judge
The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor

Synonym: bring in

noun

1. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments
performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

e.g. they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
he died while undergoing surgery

Synonym: operationsurgical operationsurgical proceduresurgical process

2. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations

e.g. great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic

Synonym: operating roomORoperating theateroperating theatre

3. a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted

e.g. he read the warning in the doctor's surgery

4. the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures

e.g. he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School

noun

1. the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid
used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form
used as an antipyretic
slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets

Synonym: acetylsalicylic acidBayerEmpirinSt. Joseph

noun

1. someone who bakes bread or cake

Synonym: bread maker

2. someone who bakes commercially

noun

1. someone who cuts or beautifies hair

Synonym: hairstyliststyliststyler

adj

1. feeling nausea
    feeling about to vomit

    Synonym: nauseatedqueasysicksickish

2. causing or able to cause nausea

    e.g. a nauseating smell
           nauseous offal
           a sickening stench

    Synonym: nauseatingnoisomequeasyloathsomeoffensivesickeningvile