- Commensurate (with something): /kəˈmenʃərət/ (formal) matching something in size, importance, quality, etc. Acorde. E.g. Salary will be commensurate with experience.
- Impervious to something: /ɪmˈpɜːviəs/ not affected or influenced by something. Inmune, insensible. E.g. impervious to criticism/pain.
- Liable:
- liable (for something) legally responsible for paying the cost of something. E.g. You will be liable for any damage caused. The court ruled he could not be held personally liable for his wife's debts.
- liable to do something: likely to do something. We're all liable to make mistakes when we're tired. The bridge is liable to collapse at any moment.
- liable to something: likely to be affected by something. Prone. E.g. You are more liable to injury if you exercise infrequently.
- liable to something: likely to be punished by law for something. E.g. Offenders are liable to fines of up to $500. Advertisers pretending to be private individuals will be liable to prosecution.
- liable for/to something| liable to do something: having to do something by law. People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax. At 60, he was no longer liable for conscription.
- Baffle: to confuse somebody completely; to be too difficult or strange for somebody to understand or explain. E.g. baffle somebody: His behaviour baffles me. Be baffled (as to) why, how, where, etc: I'm baffled as to why she hasn't called. I'm baffled why she hasn't called.
- Plague: 1. Plague somebody/something: to cause pain or trouble to somebody/something over a period of time. Trouble. E.g. to be plagued by doubt. Financial problems are plaguing the company. The team has been plagued by injury this season. 2 Plague somebody: to annoy somebody or create problems, especially by asking for something, demanding attention, etc. Hound. Acosar. E.g. Rock stars have to get used to being plagued by autograph hunters.
· Confide in somebody: to tell somebody secrets and personal information because you feel you can trust them. E.g. It is important to have someone you can confide in. She used to confide in him whenever she had a problem.
· Engrossed (in/with something): /ɪnˈɡrəʊst/ so interested or involved in something that you give it all your attention. Absorto. E.g. She was engrossed in conversation.
· Implicate somebody (in something): to show or suggest that somebody is involved in something bad or criminal. Incriminate. E.g. He tried to avoid saying anything that would implicate him further.
· Acquaint somebody/yourself with something: /əˈkweɪnt/ (formal) to make somebody/yourself familiar with or aware of something. E.g. Please acquaint me with the facts of the case. You will first need to acquaint yourself with the filing system.
· Cluttered (up) (with somebody/something): covered with, or full of, a lot of things or people, in a way that is untidy. E.g. a cluttered room/desk. (Figurative) a cluttered mind. The inside of the apartment was cluttered with pictures, dried flowers, books and maps.
· Ingratiate yourself (with somebody) /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪt /(disapproving) to do things in order to make somebody like you, especially somebody who will be useful to you. Congraciarse. E.g. The first part of his plan was to ingratiate himself with the members of the committee.
· Plead: to ask somebody for something in a very strong and serious way. Plead (with somebody) (to do something): E.g. She pleaded with him not to go. Plead (with somebody) (for something). E.g. I was forced to plead for my child's life. Pleading eyes.
· Tamper with something: to make changes to something without permission, especially in order to damage it. Interfere with. Alterar. E.g. Someone had obviously tampered with the brakes of my car.
· Bar somebody (from something/from doing something): to ban or prevent somebody from doing something. E.g. The players are barred from drinking alcohol the night before a match.
· Refrain: to stop yourself from doing something, especially something that you want to do. Abstenerse. E.g. refrain (from something): Please refrain from smoking. They appealed to the protesters to refrain from violence. Refrain (from doing something) He has refrained from criticizing the government in public.
· Blame: to think or say that somebody/something is responsible for something bad. E.g. blame somebody/something (for something) She doesn't blame anyone for her father's death. A dropped cigarette is being blamed for the fire. Blame something on somebody/something Police are blaming the accident on dangerous driving.
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