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black sheep

the black sheep (of the family)

someone who is thought to be a bad person by the rest of their family.

 My father was the black sheep - he ran away at 16 to become an actor and his parents never forgave him.

sea‧soned 

/ˈsiːzənd/ adjective

1. [only before noun] used to describe someone who has a lot of experience of a particular thing

seasoned traveller/observer etc

 Artie was by then a seasoned musician with six albums to his credit.

disarm

• [transitive] disarm somebody to make somebody feel less angry or critical
  • ● He disarmed her immediately by apologizing profusely.
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  • ● The best way to disarm your critics is to make them laugh.
  • 3. [transitive] to make someone feel less angry or disapproving of you, and more friendly ⇒ :
    to make someone like you, especially when they had not expected to:
    His frankness completely disarmed her. 
  • His tact and political skills disarmed his critics.

resourceful

good at finding ways of dealing with practical problems:

 a woman who is energetic and resourceful

He is very clever and endlessly resourceful.

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Solidify

 [transitive] to make an agreement, plan, attitude etc more definite and less likely to change Synonym : strengthen:

 The two countries signed a treaty to solidify their alliance.

ˈsoul mate noun [countable]

someone you have a very close relationship with because you share or understand the same emotions and interests

Medicine

4. give somebody a dose/taste of their own medicine 

to treat someone as badly as they have treated you

5. take your medicine (like a man) 

to accept an unpleasant situation or a punishment that you deserve, without complaining

Mastery

complete control or power over someone or something ⇒ master mastery of/over humankind’s mastery over the environment

lighten

تلطیف کردن

دیکشنری تحلیلگران

3. [intransitive and transitive] if you lighten something such as a mood or atmosphere, or if it lightens, it becomes less sad or serious
lighten the atmosphere/mood/conversation
Nora didn’t respond to my attempts to lighten the conversation.

4. [intransitive] if someone’s face or expression lightens, they begin to look more cheerful:
His whole face would lighten when anyone mentioned Nancy.

move with the times

to change the way you think and behave, as society changes

vegetate

دیکشنری تحلیلگران

to live without doing much physical or mental activity and to feel bored as a result:

• (of a person) to spend time doing very little and feeling bored
• to live in a way that lacks physical and mental activity:
  A report has shown that children spend too much time vegetating in front of the TV.
  
  vegetative /ˈvedʒ.ɪ.te.tɪv/ US /-ə.teɪ.ţɪv/
  adjective SPECIALIZED
  alive but showing no brain activity

► To grow or sprout as a plant does.
► To grow in size or spread abnormally.
► To exist in a state of physical or mental inactivity or insensibility.
► To engage in relaxing or passive activities, such as watching television

to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind
he never really lived his life--he merely

the ghost at the feast

the ghost/spectre at the feast

[British, literary]

something or someone that spoils your enjoyment by making you remember something unpleasant.

John was the spectre at the feast, always reminding her of her broken promise

دیکشنری تحلیلگران

eat alive
eat (someone) alive
to criticize someone very angrily.
If we get our facts wrong we'll be eaten alive by the press.

dive in ( dive)

to start doing something eagerly:

Harvey dived in with several questions.

self-effacing written not wanting to talk about yourself or to attract attention:

Her husband was a quiet, self-effacing man who

spent much of his time in his study

efface yourself: to behave in a quiet way so that people do not notice or look at you