Sarvarbek Doniyorov || English and IELTS (Speaking 8.0)

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Men har kuni 21:30 da #vocabchallenge hashtagi ostida post qoldiraman, va siz shu kunda o'rgangan eng kamida 3tagacha bo'lgan so'zlarni O'zbekcha tarjimasi bilan yozib qoldirasiz.

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The words and phrases that I have learnt today 📄

✅ Contentious issue - A topic that causes disagreement or debate.

✔️ Advertising to children is a contentious issue, with strong opinions on both sides of the argument.

✅ Lucrative demographic - A group of people seen as highly profitable for businesses.

✔️ Children are considered a lucrative demographic for toy manufacturers.

✅ Emotional connections - Strong feelings or bonds that brands establish with their audience.

✔️ Ads featuring beloved characters help create emotional connections with children.

✅ Cognitive development - The process of learning and acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and senses.

✔️ Educational ads aim to contribute positively to children's cognitive development.

✅ Economic contributions - The benefits an activity or sector brings to the economy.

✔️ Child-focused advertising contributes significantly to the economic contributions of the toy industry.

✅ Exploitation of vulnerability - Taking advantage of someone’s weakness or inability to resist persuasion.

✔️ Critics argue that some advertisements exploit the vulnerability of children.

✅ Materialistic values - Beliefs that prioritize possessions and physical comfort over other aspects of life.

✔️ Advertising can inadvertently promote materialistic values among young audiences.

✅ Excessive consumerism - The practice of buying more than necessary, often driven by marketing.

✔️ Exposure to constant advertising risks fostering excessive consumerism in children.

✅ Psychological impact - The effect something has on a person's mental and emotional state.

✔️ Advertisements promoting unrealistic beauty standards can have a negative psychological impact on children.

✅ Pester power - The influence children have on their parents’ purchasing decisions through persistent requests.

✔️Advertisers often design campaigns that capitalize on pester power.

✅ Ethical dimensions - Aspects of a situation that involve moral principles or values.

✔️ The ethical dimensions of advertising to children require careful consideration by marketers.

✅ Transparency - Openness and honesty about the intent and content of advertising.

✔️ Regulations demand greater transparency in ads aimed at children to prevent misleading claims.

The words and phrases that I have learnt today 📄

✅ cram - force (people or things) into a place or container that is or appears to be too small to contain them.

✔️ It's amazing how you've managed to cram everyone in.

✅ acute - (of an unpleasant or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.

✔️ An acute housing shortage.

✅ malaise - a general feeling of being ill or having no energy, or an uncomfortable feeling that something is wrong, especially with society, and that you cannot change the situation

✔️ We were discussing the roots of the current economic malaise.

✅ elbow out - to force someone or something out of a position or job.

✔️ He resigned before he was elbowed out.

✅ culprit - the cause of a problem or defect.

✔️ Children in this country are getting much too fat, and sugar and sweets are the main culprits.

✅ stifle - prevent or constrain (an activity or idea).

✔️ High taxes were stifling private enterprise.

✅ tax rebate - an amount of money that is paid back to you if you have paid too much tax.

✔️ More than 2 million taxpayers will receive checks totaling $1 billion because of the federal tax rebate program.

✅ meagre - (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.

✔️ They were forced to supplement their meagre earnings.

(very small in amount or number or not enough in amount or number: Manufacturing output rose by a meagre 0.1% in September)

✅ contract - decrease in size, number, or range.

✔️ Glass contracts as it cools.

✅ pivot - to turn or twist

✔️ Future deals will pivot on easing commercial conflicts (= they will depend on this)

✅ stomach the idea - to be able to accept or tolerate an unpleasant idea or something unpleasant

✔️ I can't stomach the idea of my sister marrying that man

✅ fall over yourself - to be very eager or enthusiastic to do something, or to try very hard to do something.

✔️ He was falling over himself to be nice to me.

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The words and phrases that I have learnt today 📄

✅ stigmatise - If someone or something is stigmatized, they are unfairly regarded by many people as being bad or having something to be ashamed of.

✔️ Children in single-parent families must not be stigmatised.

✅ spur (C2) - to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster

✔️ Her sons' passion for computer games spurred her on to set up a software business.

✅ attest - to show that something is true:

✔️ attest to sth The decline in sales attests to the fact that the product is out of date.

✅ unflattering - not flattering, or making someone look less attractive or seem worse than usual

✔️ The book portrays her in a very unflattering light.

✅ sagging - sinking or bulging downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength.

✔️ sagging cheeks/face

✅ go under the knife - have surgery

✔️ More and more women are choosing to go under the knife to improve their appearance.

✅ rev up - to become more active, or to make someone or something become more active

✔️ The hotel is revving up for the busy summer season.

✅ in the making - If something was a period of time in the making, it took that amount of time to make

✔️ The film was several years in the making.

✅ flatten out - (of an increasing quantity or rate) show a less marked rise; slow down.

✔️ Over the last two years our sales increase has flattened out.

✅ lament - express passionate grief about, mourn, complain

✔️ He was lamenting the death of his infant daughter.

✅ on offer - available to be bought or used

✔️ We were amazed at the range of products on offer.

✅ lose ground - If a political party or an idea or belief loses ground, it becomes less popular or accepted

✔️ More conservative candidates are losing ground in key battleground states.

✅ bode well - to be a sign that something good will happen in the future

✔️ The morning began with a spectacular sunrise that boded well for a dry and comfortable expedition.

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The words and phrases that I have learnt today 📄

✅ fiddle with - to make small changes to something to try to make it work

✔️ Stop fiddling about with your hair - it looks fine.

✅ wretched - unpleasant or of low quality

✔️ The people live in wretched conditions, with no running water.

✅ numerate - able to add, multiply

✔️ Our graduates are literate and numerate and have very good IT skills.

✅ take office - to begin the job or responsibility of one in a position of authority especially in the government

✔️ The former governor took office in 1998.

✅ decrepit - worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.

✔️ Most of the buildings were old and decrepit.

✅ tinker - to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it

✔️ He spends every weekend tinkering (around) with his car.

✅ stoke - to encourage bad ideas or feelings in a lot of people

✔️ He's been accused of stoking up racial hatred in the region.

✅ deference - polite submission and respect.

✔️ He addressed her with the deference due to age.

✅ fret - be constantly or visibly anxious.

✔️ She fretted about the cost of groceries.

✅ breed - produce or lead to (something) over a period of time.

✔️ Some teachers believe that early failures can later breed success.

✅ absenteeism- the practice of regularly staying away from work or school without good reason.

✔️ The high rate of absenteeism is costing the company a lot of money.

✅ meddle - interfere in something that is not one's concern.

✔️ I don't want him meddling in our affairs.

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