1)
commitment / to be committed to / non-committal
film /movie THE COMMITMENTS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxc8Sm0nXpE
"Mustang Sally": lyrics
2) to disburse / noun: disbursement
3) outlook (on/for)
the outlook (for tomorrow): ~ the probable weather
4) momentous (decision/event/occasion)
cf: momentum: to gather/gain/lose momentum
5) follower
noun: a) (a huge) following
b) the following (is a summary of)/(have been chosen)
song: "A dedicated follower of fashion"
(The Kinks): www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQAR-nx4w88
6) imposition on / to impose on
7) to cease / ceaseless / unceasing / cessation / incessant
/ cease-fire
8) remediable/remedial/the remedy/to remedy
9) pamphlet/pamphleteer
10) to depict/depiction
11) to plunge
IDIOM: to take the plunge
(cf informal: “to tie the knot”)
12) utopia (etc.): Thomas Morus/Sir Thomas More (etc.): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia
13) template
14) the Welfare State: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_state
15) the aid/to aid
informal (BrE): useful expression:“what’s that in aid
of”
16) equalisation/to equalize/equaliser
17) to relieve/debt relief
18) to alleviate
19) famine/to be famished
20) charity/charitable
SAYING: “Charity begins at home.”
21) start-up resources
22) 19th-century Poor Law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Law
23) in terms of: A VERY USEFUL EXPRESSION!!!
24) abolition of/to abolish/ ~ to do away with/”abolitionist”
25) to be stuck in a time-warp cf:“Let’s
do the time warp again”: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6827163268088648679#
&
lyrics
26) a/the means to something/a means of doing something/a means to an
end/(the means test)
27) to keep at bay
28) an end to something
29) only …. followed by
INVERSION!
30) a set of proposal
31) outlined in/to outline/the outline
32) Beveridge Report: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beveridge
33) to build upon
34) consensual
but: “consenting” as in “consenting adult”(!)
35) in relation to ~ with regard to
36) thinking has barely yet accepted
37) recipient/to receive/reception/receptive/received wisdom/RP etc. informal:“(to
be at/on) at the receiving end”
38) to empower
cf:“Acer
Empowering Technology”
39) visionary: “the vision thing” www.askoxford.com/worldofwords/quotations/phrasefable/visionthing/?view=uk
40) a politics
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