37-2-book

agreement	file	improvise	perform	split
aloha	forever	north	produce	therapist
beyond	free	paramedic	remain	twice
call back	get together	passenger	shelf	worth
construction	hug	patent	sneaky

improvise

pronunciation

(ipa) ˈɪmprəvaɪz 

senses

to make or do something without any preparation, using things that are available

I forgot to bring my notes, so I had to improvise.

therapist [countable]

pronunciation

(ipa) ˈθerəpəst, ˈθerəpɪst 

senses

someone who has been trained to give a particular form of treatment for physical or mental illness

a speech therapist 

examples

a sex therapist
I decided to change our therapist.
I did not learn much about remedial therapists but this may reflect the state of knowledge rather than any criticism of the author.
Individual therapists tend to approach the art in their own unique way.
On Thursday I talk to my therapist.
The therapist who will listen to your problems and give you a good perm is bound to avoid the dole.
This is particularly true of the therapist who works with people in the dying mode.
Treatment Session one Liz came back accompanied by her parents, but wanting to speak to the therapist on her own first.

paramedic [countable]

pronunciation

(ipa) ˌpærəˈmedɪk 

senses

someone who usually works in an ambulance and is trained to help ill or injured people, but is not a doctor or nurse

passenger [countable]

pronunciation

(ipa) ˈpæsɪndʒə, -sən- 

(ipa) -ər  (American English)

senses

someone who is travelling in a car, plane, train etc, but is not driving it or working on it

Rail passengers are facing even longer delays.

shelf [countable]

pronunciation

(ipa) ʃelf 

senses

a long flat board fixed to a wall or in a cupboard, used for putting things on

shelves of books
supermarket shelves

sneaky

pronunciation

(ipa) ˈsniːki 

senses

done in a clever but unfair way

a sneaky trick

construction

pronunciation

(ipa) kənˈstrʌkʃən 

senses

the process of building something such as a house, bridge, or road

a road construction project

something that has been built

a wooden construction

the way in which words are put together in a sentence

difficult grammatical constructions

hug

pronunciation

(ipa) hʌg 

senses

to put your arms around someone and hold them, because you like or love them

We hugged and said good night.

to move along the side, edge, top etc of something, staying very close to it

The road to Barcelona hugs the Mediterranean coast.

patent [countable]

pronunciation

(ipa) ˈpeɪtnt, ˈpæ- 

(ipa) ˈpæ-  (American English)

senses

an official document that gives one person or company the right to make and sell a new product, and no one else is allowed to copy it

patent [only before noun]

senses

something that is clearly not true or not sensible

patent [transitive]

senses

to get a patent for something

split

pronunciation

(ipa) splɪt 

senses

if a group of people split, or if something splits them, they disagree very strongly about something and divide into smaller groups

an issue that could split the church

to divide or separate something into different parts, or to be divided or separated in this way

to share something between different people

We went for a pizza and split the bill(shared paying for a meal).

if you split something, or if it splits, it tears or breaks into separate pieces

He split the logs in half.
One of the bags had split.

to argue about small unimportant details

Let’s stop splitting hairs and get back to the important issues.

split [countable]

senses

a long cut or hole in something

a serious disagreement that divides an organization or group

the end of a marriage or relationship – used especially in newspapers and magazines