A feeling of fear gripped the crowd.
Britain was still gripped by recession.
He desperately tried to wriggle out of hisshorts.
Don’t try and wriggle out of doing yourhomework.
The bear came lolloping towards her.
The group has made strides to expandinternationally.
His flippant remarks only made the judgeangrier.
an overriding concern for fairness
An army withdrawal is a precondition forpeace talks.
The farm had been modernized andmechanized.
This assumption is often implicit in theway a person addresses a woman.
They were booted out of the club forfighting.
The Internet is becoming a commercialpowerhouse.
China has been described as an ‘emergingeconomic powerhouse’.
Had the plan worked it would have provedhighly lucrative.
The age barrier appeared insurmountable.
They were now faced with seeminglyinsurmountable technical problems.
He believes that unemployment is sociallydivisive
Global GDP is 10 times bigger than it wasin 1950 and that increase has brought prosperity to billions of people, but theglobal economy has also become incredibly divisive, with the vast share ofreturns to wealth now accruing to a fraction of the global one percent.
The interest has continued to accrue.
accrue (to somebody) (from something)
There are economic benefits accruing to thecountry from tourism.
Progress on this goal isn't going to bemeasured with the metric of money. We need a dashboard of indicators.
The hotel fell far short of theirexpectations.
The department may overshoot its cash limitthis year.
His views are out of kilter with worldopinion.
Long flights throw my sleeping pattern outof kilter for days.
She moved to London after the breakdown ofher marriage.
We cause climate breakdown, we acidify theoceans, a hole in the ozone layer, pushing ourselves beyond the planetaryboundaries of the life-supporting systems that have for the last 11,000 yearsmade earth such a benevolent home to humanity.
If you want the best sound, I’d say thesweet spot is about three metres from your speakers.
So this double-sided challenge to meet theneeds of all within the means of the planet, it invites a new shape ofprogress, no longer this ever-rising line of growth, but a sweet spot forhumanity, thriving in dynamic balance between the foundation and the ceiling.
we've already overshot at least four ofthese planetary boundaries, risking irreversible impact of climate breakdownand ecosystem collapse.
If you turn this argument around, you’llsee that it’s equally valid.
