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* An absent-minded driver can be very dangerous on the road.

absent-minded : forgetful, without concentration on what one is doing.

concentration :
1. concentrating or being concentrated,
2. mental attention,
3. something concentrated,
4 weight of a substance in a given amount of material.

concentrate :
v. 1. focus one’s attention or thought.
2. bring together to one point.
3.increase the strength of (a liquid etc) by removing water etc.
4.(as concentrated adj.) intense, strong. N. concentrated substance.

* Well done George! You are our ace salesman.

ace: the best performer, the person who does something most successfully.

* Brian is fighting against all odds to save his company.

against all odds: in spite of great opposition or disadvantage etc.

in spite of:

opposition:
n. 1. resistance, antagonism.
2. eing hostile or in conflict or disagreement.
3. contrast, antitheses.
4. group or party of opponents or competitors.; (the Opposition) chief parliamentary party opposed to that in office.
5. act of placing opposite.
6. diametrically opposite position of two celestial bodies.

resistance:
n. 1. resisting; refusal to comply.
2. power of resisting.
3. Ability to withstand disease.
4.impeding or stopping effect exerted by one thing on another.
5. Physics property of hindering the conduction of electricity, het , etc.
6. resistor.
7. secret organization resisting a regime, esp. in an occupied country.

resist:
v.1. withstand the action or effect of.
2. stop the course or progress of.
3. abstain from (pleasure, temptation, etc.).
4. strive against;try to impede; refuse to comply with (resist arrest).
5. offer opposition; refuse to comply.
N. protective coating of a resistant substance.

withstand: v. oppose, hold out against.

abstain:
v. 1 (usu. foll. by from) refrain from indulging (abstained from smoking).
2 decline to vote. [Latin teneo tent- hold]

refrain1:
v. (foll. by from) avoid doing (an action) (refrain from smoking). [Latin frenum bridle]

indulge:
v. (-ging) 1 (often foll. by in) take pleasure freely.
2 yield freely to (a desire etc.).
3 (also refl.) gratify the wishes of.
4 colloq.take alcoholic liquor. [Latin indulgeo give free rein to]

decline:
—v. (-ning) 1 deteriorate; lose strength or vigour; decrease.
2 (also absol.) politely refuse (an invitation, challenge, etc.).
3 slope or bend downwards, droop.
4 Gram. state the forms of (a noun, pronoun, or adjective).
—n. 1 gradual loss of vigour or excellence.
2 deterioration. [Latin clino bend