The doctor arrived in the nick of time.

= only just in time
سربزنگاه

stingy

He is raking in dollars, but he is stingy.

hedonic

hedonic
/hiˈdɒn ɪk/

تفننی

I must have dropped off during the show, because I don't remember how it ended.

whenever

Yes, LTE Advanced, whenever it gets here would be very awesome, but will not arrive in its true form before 2015.

contiguous

= touching

sharing a common border

مجاور

very serious

He's a very serious professor.
He's an earnest professor.


earnest = very serious
 

Orcas on the blink

Orcas (are) on the blink (of death)


= on the edge or border

They beefed up the offer with another thousand dollars.

to add strength or substance to something

He's a big shot.

کله گندس

I did it in less than half the time.

inflict

The strikes inflicted serious damage on the economy.

= to impose sth bad

detrimental

Strikes were detrimental to the economy.

= damaging

propensity

He seems to have a propensity for breaking things.

= tendency

in foreseeable future

8K resolution is arriving in foreseeable future.

cede vs seed

cede
/sid/
Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1842.

seed
/sid/


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cession
/ˈsɛʃ ən/
act of ceding

session
/ˈsɛʃ ən/

Life is unfair, politics is worse.

content

it's better to be content with what you have than to risk losing everything by seeking to get more.

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

A deceitful person can't keep friends for long.

Long

Every now and then I long for a piece of chocolate.
Every so often I long for a piece of chocolate.
Every once in a while I long for a piece of chocolate.
From time to time I long for a piece of chocolate.

insatiable

insatiable thirst for technology
insatiable hunger for knowledge

I feel queasy.

It was so worth the wait.

As soon as possible

Please send the draft at your earliest convenience.

Sluggish

Economic recovery has so far been sluggish.


= slow-moving or inactive

They didn't make it too far down the process.