Adjective > Impractical not practical: such as a : not easy to do or use : not suitable for the situation Little sports cars are impractical for large families. an attractive but completely impractical pair of shoes (=shoes that look Read More …
Adjective > Impractical not practical: such as a : not easy to do or use : not suitable for the situation Little sports cars are impractical for large families. an attractive but completely impractical pair of shoes (=shoes that look Read More …
Verb > Hang out 1 informal : to be or stay somewhere for a period of time without doing much The gang hangs out at the corner store. Our dog spends all his time hanging out (=hanging around) on the Read More …
Noun > Humanitarian (count) a person who works to make other people’s lives better She has been recognized as a great humanitarian for her efforts to end world hunger. — humanitarian adjective, always used before a noun humanitarian efforts humanitarian Read More …
Verb > Distill Sometimes the Oxford English Dictionary gets poetic. It defines our word distill as “to extract the quintessence of.” I love that: when you’re distilling something, you’re drawing out its quintessence: the parts of it that are purest, Read More …
Noun > Contrast 1 (count) : something that is different from another thing — + to Today’s weather is quite a contrast to yesterday’s. (=today’s weather is very different from yesterday’s weather) 2 : a difference between people or things Read More …
Noun > Hurdle 1 a (count) : one of a series of barriers to be jumped over in a race 1 b the hurdles : a race in which runners must jump over hurdles He won a medal in the Read More …