Vocabulary

focus

n. the concentration of attention or energy on something
v. direct one's attention something
phrase verbs: focus on/in focus/focus in/out of focus...
He find it hard to focus his attention on one thing for more than 5 minutes.

pursuit

n.the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
phrase verbs: pursuit focus/hot pursuit
It is not simply about concentrating on what is being said to you,it is the active pursuit of understanding.

jealousy 

n.a feeling of jealous envy
phrase verbs:excite jealousy
He acted out from jealousy.

analyse

v. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.
phrase verbs:analyse comparatively/analyse causation/drawback analyse
We should develop the student's ability to analyse and solve problems.

irritate

v.cause annoyance in;disturb,especially by minor irritations
phrase verbs:annoy irritate/allay irritate
Another person cannot annoy you or irritate you expect you permit him or she to.

fancy

n.something many people believe that is false
v.imagine; see in one;s mind
phrase verbs:take/have a fancy to;fancy oneself as/fancy doing something
If you fancy yourself as a particular kind of person or fancy yourself doing a particular
thing,you like the idea of being that king of person or doing that thing.

hesitation

n.a certain degree of unwillingness
phrase verbs:drag hesitation/doubt hesitation/without hesitation
So when a friend called to ask if I would like to cycle home from Switzerland
with him,my hesitation was brief.

isolated

adj.being or feeling set or kept apart from others
phrase verbs:isolated area/isolated storage
This is not,after all,an isolated case.

genuine

adj. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
adj.not fake or counterfeit
phrase verbs:genuine diamond/genuine partnership/genuine articles
They have no genuine autonomy.

remotely

adj.in a remote manner
phrase verbs:remotely possible/remotely operated/remotely logout
But,you can reconfigure the firewall remotely, that makes it OK.

decline

v.go down quickly/refuse to accept/go worse
phrase verbs:decline stage/in decline/on the decline
The decline in sales embarrassed our company.

consist

v.be composed or made up of
phrase verb:consist of/consist in/consist with
What will life consist of on the other plants?


condense

v.make something denser or more concentrated
phrase verbs:condense into/condense out
The only difference is they made the effort to think for themselves and condense their understanding into a list.

schedule

v.arrange or plan an event to take place at a particular time
phrase verbs:behind schedule/on schedule/according to schedule
A tight schedule means we can't delay any longer.

isolate

v.cause a person or place to be or remain alone or apart from others
phrase verbs:isolate select/isolate yourself/isolate from
Computers and networks isolate us from one another.