Banish= exile: the children were banished from the dining room, he was banished to

Australia where he died years later.

Exile(v): the partys exiled leaders
Expel(1): She was expelled from school at 15.
Olympic athletes expelled for drug-taking
Expel(2): Foreign journalists are being expelled.
Thousands of Jews had been expelled from the city.

Ostracize: SYNONYM shun

He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike.
The regime risks being ostracized by the international community.
Discard(n)
see: social outcast, leper, pariah, isolated, misfit
See: send sb to the coventry
See: leaveRRIVE: exclusion. see: flotsam
Buster: myth buster, crime-buster. See nerd-fighter.
De trop: She deliberately tried to exclude David from the conversation and show
him how de trop he was.

Expulsion(1): These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the
country.
Troops are engaged in the expulsion of enemy forces from the area.
Expulsion(2): The headteacher threatened the three girls with expulsion.
The club faces expulsion from the football league.

Exile(1n): to be/live in exile

to be forced/sent into exile
to go into exile
a place of exile
He returned after 40 years of exile.
Exile(2n): political exiles
a tax exile (= a rich person who moves to another country where taxes are lower)
Emigre: SYNONYM exile
the son of Russian migrs

Flotsam
Jetsam: the beach was wide and full of interesting jetsam and flotsam.
Offload: they should stop offloading nuclear waste into the the sea, they were
desperate to offload the kids for few hours, it's nice to have someone whom you can
offload your problem onto.
Unload(3): they want to unload their shares at the right price, he has unloaded his
depreciating stock on his unsuspecting wife. See: rob sb off with sth.
Dump(v,1): too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea, the dead body was just
dumped on the roadside.
Jettison:'to jettison fuel. See: bail out, ditch.
Dump(v,2): he's got no right to dump his problems on me. See: walk out on sth.
Lay sth on sb: stop laying guilt trip on me.
Dump(v,3): we want to dump these goods in Iraq.
Axe(v): other less profitable services are to be axed this year.
Divest: the company is divesting itself of some of its assets. See: relieve sb of
sth. See: FlexibilityControl: rid yourself of sth. See here: throw sth off.
Bin(v): do you need these letters or shall we bin them?
Junk(v): all the old computers were junked, his proposals were junked before even
considered. See: ValueWorth: brush aside.
Trash(v,3): these are my old toys trash them if you like.
Throw sth away= throw sth out: I don't need that you can throw it away, the old
chair should be thrown away.
Fling sth out= throw sth out.
Weed sth out: most applicants get weeded out before the interview stage.
Cast sth out: He claimed to have the power to cast out demons.
See: force: sling sth out and much more,
Sweep sth away: any doubts had long since swept away.
Chuck sth away= chuck sth out: you can chuck away these old clothes.
Chuck(4): that's no good just chuck.
Wish sth away.
Clear sth away: he cleared away and made coffee, it's time your toys were cleared
away.
Clearance: forest clearance, slum clearance, sale clearance, landscape gardeners
have begun clearance of the overgrown land to make way for the new park. See here:
dump, unload.
See: obstacle: clear(v)
Clear out: to have a clear out, a staff clear-out is being planned at the party
headquarters. See: StopProceed: #jobs.
Shed(v): this is the best way to shed some extra pounds, the factory plans to shed
so,e jobs, the museum is trying to shed its stuffy image. See here: cast off.
Go(v26): he's useless he'll have to go, this old sofa will have to go.
Disposal: bomb disposal units, toxic wastage disposal, sewage disposal system.
Removal(2): the removal of trade barriers, stain removal.

Jettison(3)= discard: he was jettisoned as the team coach after the defeat.
Throw sth overboard: he has thrown all his friends overboard once he was promoted.
Want rid of sth: are you saying you want rid of me? See: relief sb of sth.
Be/ get shot of sth: I'd be glad to get shot of this banger.
Get rid of sth: get rid of visitor/ headache/ old furniture.
Dispose of sth: the difficulties of disposing of nuclear wastage, the dispose of
nuclear property.
Remove(3): she has had the tumor removed, to remove problem/ obstacles, we couldn't
remove the stain from the tablecloth.

Eliminate: credit cards eliminate the need for huge cash, the police have
eliminated two suspects from their investigation, the diet claims to eliminate
toxins from the body. See: preclude.
Stamp sth out= eliminate: to stamp out racism.
See: clean sth up: at: measure.
Witch-hunt.
Free(v)= rid: this diet claims to free the body from toxins, the police is
determined to free streets from crimes, the center aims at freeing people from
dependency on drugs.
Purge(v,2): we need to purge our sport/ ourselves from cheating, nothing can purge
the guilt from her mind.
Flush(v4): drinking a lot of water helps flushing toxins out of your body, they
flushed the drugs down the toilet, gallons of toxins were flushed into sea.
Shake(10): he couldn't shake the feeling that something wrong was going on, I can't
seem to shake off this cold. See here: throw off.

Let sth go = let go of sth: it's time to let go of the past.

Cast sth off: the city is still trying to cast off its dull image. See: LinkDeal:
dissociate. See: separation: divorce.
Throw sth off: to throw off a cold/ your worries/ your pursuers.
Work sth off: she worked off her anger by going for a walk. See: work up/ give
appetite. See: channel(v)
Slough sth off: responsibilities that are difficult to slough off.
Abandon(4): the party abandoned its leaders after the war, by 1930 he abandoned his
Marxist beliefs.
Jettison(3)= abandon: we abandoned the plan. See: declare: renounce.
Ditch: the new program has been ditched, he ditched his girlfriend.
Scrap(v): they had to scrap the plans of the new school, the oldest aircraft was
scrapped.
Cast sth aside= discard: casting aside modesty she outlined the reasons of her
success, he cast the newspaper aside impatiently. See: dispense with, do away with.
Dispense with sth= do away with sth: debit cards dispense the need for huge cash.
Throw sth aside: he threw away the life of luxury.
Make no apology for sth
Be glad to see the back of sth: was I glad to see the back of her, I can't wait to
see the back if that old car. See: I won't miss it, good riddance, hear the end of
sth.

Let sth go: he let the garden go.

Abandonment: their childhood abandonment by their mother.

Shit happens. More acceptable: bad things happen.

Just on of those things: it's not your fault it's just one of those things.
These things are sent to try us.

Take the bad with the good. See: lump it. See: HelpWorsen: the best of all possible
worlds etc.
Take the rough with the smooth
Suck it up. see: swallow at: feeling2
Deal with it: that's that way, deal with it.
Make the best of things/it/ a bad job
Take sth as it comes | take sb as they come: she takes life as it comes. see:
quietism
Take sb as you find them.
Take sth on the chin: in this business you'll have to learn to take criticism on
the chin.
Take sth in (your) stride: it's going to be tough but I'm sure you'll take it all
in your stride.
That's your problem,
You made that bed and you will lie on it.
Let sb stew in their own juice.
Your reap what you sow. see: sow the seeds of your own destruction, self destruct,
sign the death warrant, nemesis(3)
Reap the harvest
Face the music: the others all ran off leaving me to face the music. see:
fireworks. throw sb under the bus, throw sb to the wolves,
Take your lumps: we made mistakes but we took our lumps.
It's your funeral.
On your own head be it: you can tell him if you want but on your own head be it.
See: that's your look out. Only have yourself to blame.
A day of reckoning.
You can't get away from sth. See here: slough off.
Kick sth into the long grass/ into touch. See: handling difficult situation:
#escape.
Store sth up (not deal with a problem and leave it to cause more later). = lay up.
Stoic: her stoic acceptance of death, stoical endurance, they received the news
stoically.
Accept(6): you'll just have to accept the fact that you're never going to be rich,
nothing can change as long as the workers continue to accept these appalling
conditions, they accept the risks as part of their job, he can't accept that his
father is no longer there. See: handling: bear, stand, tolerate etc. see: impatient
to criticism. Can't take criticism. At: capacity: take, stand etc. at: handling:
take, bear, stick etc.
Face(v3): it's not easy to face the truth, she has to face the fact that her life
changed forever, face facts she's no coming, let's face it we're not going to win.
Resign yourself to sth : she resigned herself to her fate, we have to resign
ourselves to losing some money on the sale. see: abandon herself to despair.
Resigned: a resigned sigh, she was resigned to never seeing her father again.
Resignation: they accepted their defeat with resignation. See: stoicism.
Reconcile(3)= resign yourself to sth: he couldn't reconcile himself to the prospect
of losing her.
Kiss sth goodbye | kiss goodbye to sth: you can kiss goodbye to your promotion
chances.

A bad end | a sticky end: He'll come to a sticky end one of these days if he
carries on like that.
End in tears: this is going to end in tears. See: burn your fingers.
Burn your fingers | Get your fingers burnt: He got his fingers badly burnt
dabbling in the stock market.
See: he will end up dead. landed in court. see: a dose of your own medicine.
Once too often: You've tried that trick once too often. see: tempt fate.

Contend with sth: nurses often have to contend with violent or drunken patients.
Deal with sb= handle: she's used to deal with all sorts of people.
Handle: to handle the crisis/ department/ 500 calls a day, I can handle it, nothing
I can't handle.
Play(17): he played the situation carefully for maximum advantage.
Bring sb up against sth.
Contact(3): In her job she often comes into contact with (= meets) lawyers.
Children should be brought into contact with poetry at an early age.
Face to face with sth: at an early age she was brought face to face with the
horrors of war.
Receive: we received a warm welcome, the emergency cases will receive attention
immediately, to receive severe injuries.

Expendable= dispensable: they look on music and art lessons as expendables.

Throw money at sth: it's inappropriate to throw money at these issues.

Light touch: she handles the issue with a light touch.
Play it cool.
Approach(n): she took the wrong approach in dealing, the school adopted a new
approach to discipline.

Mop sth up: forces are combing the area to mop up any remaining pockets of
resistance. see: measure: clean sth up
Chase sth up: to chase up late comments. see: reopen, uncover.
Field(v4): they had to field 400 calls.
Take(19): the dentist can't take any more patients.
Take up: a low take up of government benefits, the take up of a foreign language
courses had been disappointing.
Uptake: there has been huge uptake of free training.
Confront= face put to sth: she knew she had to confront her fears.
Tackle(5): he tackled a masked intruder in his home.
Face up to sth: she had to face up to the fact the she'll never be able to walk
again, you've to face up to your responsibilities.
Square up to sth
Hold your ground: it's not easy to stand your ground in front of man holding a gun.

Do(19): the hairdresser said she could do me at three.

Treat(3): the problem is treated in more details in the next chapter. See:
amenable.
Treatment(3): Shakespeare's treatment of madness in his novel.
Deal with sth(2): her poems deal with death.
Chase sth up/ down: my job was to chase up late replies.
See about sth: I've to see about lunch, we'll see about that, I've to see about
fixing that roof.
See to sth: will you see to the arrangements for the next meeting? Don't worry I'll
see to it, we'll have to see to that door. See: SynchManage.
Attend to sth: I've got some urgent business to attend to.
Sorted: we will have / get it soon sorted, it's time you got yourself sorted.
Sort(2v): I'm really busy can you sort it?
Sort sth out: you load up the car and I sort out the kids.
Sort sb out: wait until I put my hands on him I'll sort him out.
Sit down and do sth: this is a problem we should sit down and deal with it.
Manage(7): it's like trying to manage an unruly child, can you manage that
suitcase?
Dispatch(3): he dispatched the young player in straight sets.
Dispose of sth: that seems to have dispose of most of their arguments.
Dealt with sth: have you dealt with this letter yet?
Do sth with sth: what have you been done with yourselves, what have you done with
my umbrella, I don't know what to do with all the leftovers.
Get over sth= overcome: she can't get over her shyness, I think the problem can be
got over without much difficulty.
Get around sth= overcome: a clever lawyer can get around this clause.
Keep/get/ bring sth under control: please keep your dog under control, it took
hours to bring the fire under control.
Be under control: don't worry everything is under control.
Do justice to sth: you can't do justice to such a complex issue in two pages, I
couldn't do justice to the meal she'd cooked.

Rise to sth: luckily my mom rose to the occasion, he was determined to rise to the
challenge.
Enter into sth: let's not enter into the details now.
Get into sth.
Be on the case: we've two agents on the case.

In hand(3): please confine your comments to the subject in hand.

Incur: she incurred the wrath of her father by marrying without his consent. See:
consign.

Rest(v,3): the matter can't rest here I intend to sue, and there the matter rested
until an interested journalist uncovered/ reopened it.

#Regret
Rue= regret: he ruled the day they bought such a large house.
Regret(1): if you don't do it now you'll only regret it, the decision could be one
that lives to regret, I don't regret a thing, she regretted the words once they
were out of her mouth, he bitterly regretted ever having motioning it, he deeply
regretted what he said, I regret that I haven't got to meet him.
Regret(2): the airline regrets any inconvenience, I regret that I'm unable to
accept your invitation, we regret to inform you that your application wasn't
accepted, it's to be regretted that so many people leave school without
qualification.
Begrudge: I begrudge every second I spent helping him, I begrudge paying so much
for it.

Expiate: He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.

Atone= make amend: to atone for a crime, a desire to atone, to make an atonement
for my sins, the day of atonement.
Penance: an act of penance
penance for something to do penance for your sins.
Salve(v): he took them presents to salve his conscience.
Cleanse(2): she felt cleansed of her son's after confession.
Clear(11): I've a clear conscience now.
Repent: God welcomes sinner who repent, he came to repent his hasty decision, she'd
repented of what she'd done.
See: Return: make up for, reparation etc. see: BadlyAffect: compensate.
Put/ wear on/ etc sackcloth and ashes.
Repentance= contrition= remorse: he shows no sign of repentance, the book speaks of
need for repentance and atonement.
Repentant= remorseful= contrite= penitent: she wasn't in the least repentant, her
words left us suitably repentant.
Regretful= rueful: a regretful look.
Chasten: he felt suitably chastened and apologized, they gave him a chastening
lecture, it was a chastening experience.
Penitence: he expressed suitable penitence for what he did.
Penitential: to be in penitential mood.
Contrite: his expression was of contrite, he looked so contrite, a look of
contrition.
Apologetic: he was apologetic about/ for sth.
Shamefaced= sheepish: a shamefaced smile, she smiled rather shamefacedly.
Shame on you
Compunction: she lied without compunction, he felt no compunction about it, she has
no compunction about it.
Scruple: I overcame my moral scruples. compromise my principle.
He had no scruples about spying on her.
She is totally without scruple.
Scruple(v): not scruple to do sth. see: misgiving.
Sorry(2): I'm sorry that I'd lost my temper, I'm sorry about the damage, sorry for
doing that.
Regretfully= regrettably: regretfully there's no space in this article to discuss
the issue, regretfully the museum was forced to close. See: unfortunately.
Unfortunate: SYNONYM regrettable
She described the decision as unfortunate.
It was unfortunate that he couldn't speak English.
You're putting me in a most unfortunate position.
Regrettable: It is regrettable that the police were not informed sooner.
The loss of jobs is highly regrettable.
a regrettable incident
See p: lamentable and more at: bad sitaution.
Unfortunately: SYNONYM regrettably
Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend the meeting.
I can't make it, unfortunately.
Unfortunately for him, the police had been informed and were waiting outside.
It won't be finished for a few weeks. Unfortunately!
OPPOSITE fortunately
Regrettably: Regrettably, crime has been increasing in this area.
This fine restaurant has, regrettably, gone out of business.
There is regrettably little evidence to support this argument.
Unhappily: SYNONYM unfortunately
Unhappily, such good luck is rare.
His wife, unhappily, died five years ago.
Unluckily: He was injured in the first game and unluckily missed the final.
Luckily or unluckily, depending on how you look at it, we cant choose what sex
our baby will be.
OPPOSITE luckily
Sorry(3): I'm sorry that I'd lost contact with her, you'll be sorry if I catch you,
I'm really sorry to be leaving the college.
Im sorry.
Shame(1): his face burned with shame, she hung her face in shame, he couldn't live
with shame other people know the truth, I'd die of shame if other people find the
truth, to my shame I refused to listen to her story.m
Shame(2): have you no shame? The child is without shame
Beat your breast.
Eat humble pie | eat crow,

Conscience(2): I've a terrible conscience about it, I was suddenly seized by pang
of conscience.
Conscious-stricken
Conscious pricks you: her conscious pricked her as she lied to her sister.
On your conscious: it's still on my conscious that I didn't warn him, I'll write
and apologize I've had it on my conscience for weeks.

Shaming: a shaming defeat by an inexperienced team.

Tough(7): It was tough on her being dropped from the team like that.
(ironic) I can't get it finished in time. Tough!(= I don't feel sorry about
it.). see: tough luck
Too bad(1): If sometimes they're the wrong decisions, too bad.
Too bad(2): Too bad every day can't be as good as this.
More's the pith: Was the bicycle insured? No, more's the pity!
Sadly: Sadly, after eight years of marriage they had grown apart.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 9th edition Oxford University Press, 2015

That's life
Hard cheese
My heart bleeds for you
Sickening(3): She's off to the Bahamas for a month. How sickening!
Apologia: his book was seen as an apologia of the war.