Vocabulary IDEAS and BELIEFS (upper intermediate and advanced) Lesson 19


source: MrSkypelessons    2015年9月2日
http://www.skype-lessons.com/blog/

to adhere to (an adherent of)
to believe in
to assume (make an assumption)
to deduce
to convert to
fanatics / radicals
reactionaries
bigots
prejudices
postulates / tenets
to exaggerate

give/lend/add credence to
give s.o the benefit of the doubt
(im)plausible
(ir)rational
(il)logical
(in)credible
(un)likely

to dissuade
to discriminate against

to put (get) across
to put forward an idea
to talk s.o round / into / out of
to weigh s.t up
to point out
to take in
to run ideas by s.o

to side with / against
to come out in favour of
to come out against
to stand for / against
to stand up for / up against
to stick by
to cheer on
to egg on

to defer to the experts
to cave in to demands / public opinion