English Quiz (The Subtle Art...) Part 3

'shallow' Meaning

• behaving strangely or in an anxious (= worried and nervous) way, often because you have a mental illness

• having only a short distance from the top to the bottom; consisting of very few people or things; not completely certain or convincing; (shallow breathing)breathing in which you only take a small amount of air into your lungs with each breath; not showing serious or careful thought; (the shallows)the shallow part of an area of water; not showing serious or careful thought or real understanding

• A cogent argument, reason, etc. is clearly expressed and persuades people to believe it.; persuasive and well expressed

'cogent' Meaning

• having only a short distance from the top to the bottom; consisting of very few people or things; not completely certain or convincing; (shallow breathing)breathing in which you only take a small amount of air into your lungs with each breath; not showing serious or careful thought; (the shallows)the shallow part of an area of water; not showing serious or careful thought or real understanding

• behaving strangely or in an anxious (= worried and nervous) way, often because you have a mental illness

• A cogent argument, reason, etc. is clearly expressed and persuades people to believe it.; persuasive and well expressed

'neurotic' Meaning

• behaving strangely or in an anxious (= worried and nervous) way, often because you have a mental illness

• to attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs

• without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by; (despite yourself)If you do something despite yourself, you do it although you do not want to or although you know you should not

'bombard' Meaning

• when everything in your life at the time is all tangled up and you need to straighten everything out and gather your thoughts

• to attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs

• without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by; (despite yourself)If you do something despite yourself, you do it although you do not want to or although you know you should not

'despite' Meaning

• to attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs

• when everything in your life at the time is all tangled up and you need to straighten everything out and gather your thoughts

• without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by; (despite yourself)If you do something despite yourself, you do it although you do not want to or although you know you should not

'unpretzel' Meaning

• when everything in your life at the time is all tangled up and you need to straighten everything out and gather your thoughts

• to say officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted; to forcefully stop something that you do not want to happen; to stop or block something from happening

• to deal successfully with a difficulty or problem; to be on top of something tall