Issue a laugh
If you issue a statement or a warning, you make it known formally or publicly.
Last night he issued a statement denying the allegations...
Yesterday his kidnappers issued a second threat to kill him. =put out
Turbine
n.A turbine is a machine or engine which uses a stream of air, gas, water, or steam to turn a wheel and produce power.
Be blanketed with
to cover something with a thick layer
be blanketed in/with sth
The rooftops were blanketed in snow.
solar panel
n.a piece of equipment on a roof that uses light and heat energy from the sun to produce hot water and electricity
If you say that someon epockets something such as a prize or sum of money, you mean that they win or obtain it, often without needing to make much effort or in a way that seems unfair. (JOURNALISM)
He pocketed more money from this tournament than in his entire three years as a professional.
Anathema to
If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it.
Violence was anathema to them.
Incumbent
If it is incumbent upon you to do something, it is your duty or responsibility to do it. (FORMAL)
It is incumbent upon all of us to make an extra effort.
Pour into
If you pour money or supplies into an activity or organization, or if itpours in, a lot of money or supplies are given in order to do the activity or help the organization.
The Government continues to pour billions of pounds into its massive road-building programme...
Insulate
If a person or groupis insulated from the rest of society or from outside influences, they are protected from them.
They wonder if their community is no longer insulated from big city problems...
Cannibalize
If you cannibalize something, you take it to pieces and use it to make something else.
They cannibalized damaged planes for the parts.
Peg to
If a price or amount of somethingis peggedata particular level, it is fixed at that level.
Its currency is pegged to the dollar...
UK trading profits were pegged at £40 million...
Eat into
If somethingeats intoyour time or your resources, it uses them, when they should be used for other things.
Responsibilities at home and work eat into his time...
Incipient
An incipient situation or quality is one that is starting to happen or develop. (FORMAL)
...an incipient economic recovery...
Dromedary
n.a type ofcamel(= a large animal that lives in the desert) with onehump(= raised area) on its back
Take account of
If you take something into account, or take account ofsomething, you consider it when you are thinking about a situation or deciding what to do.
The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account...
Thermostat
noun[C] a device which keeps a building, engine, etc. within a usually limited temperature range by automatically switching the supply of heat on and off:
a central heating thermostat
Unabated
If something continues unabated, it continues without any reduction in intensity or amount.
The fighting has continued unabated for over 24 hours.
...his unabated enthusiasm for cinema.
Perennial
You useperennialto describe situations or states that keep occurring or which seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems or difficulties.
...the perennial urban problems of drugs and homelessness... =constant
