Words & Expressions

1. salvage/ˈsælvɪdʒ/, a. to save something from an accident or bad situation in which other things have already been  damaged, destroyed or lost. b. to make sure that you do not lose something completely, or to make sure that something does not fail completely.=save

a.Divers hope to salvage some of the ship’s cargo.

b.He fought to salvage the company’s reputation.

salvage something from something

They managed to salvage only a few of their belongings from the fire.

2. bullion/ˈbʊljən/,bars of gold, silver, or pt. of an officially approved quality, valued by weight rather than what they would be worth as coins

eg.The price of gold bullion remains a sensitive index of confidence in the international market.

3. sunken/ˈsʌŋkən/, [only before noun] having fallen to the bottom of the sea, a lake or a river.

eg. the wrecks of sunken ships/sunken treasure

sunken cheeks/eyes etc, cheeks or eyes that have fallen inwards, especially because of age or illness=hollow

Her eyes looked dull and sunken.

4. be under the impression (that), to believe that something is true when it is not

eg. I’m sorry, I was under the impression that you were the manager.

5. piece something together, a. to use all the information you have about a situation in order to discover the truth about it. b. to put all the separate parts of an object into the correct order or position.

a. Police are trying to piece together his movements before the murder.

   Her early life has been pieced together from several different sources.

b. He slowly pieced together the torn fragments of a letter.

6. come to light/be brought to light, if new information comes to light, it becomes known

eg. This evidence did not come to light until after the trial.

      The mistake was only brought to light some years later.

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