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English word |
English Definition |
English Example sentence |
| 1 |
an addict |
a person who relies on a substance in order to function
normally |
I was a coffee addict many years ago; when I didn't drink
coffee, I would get a horrible headache. |
| 2 |
an urge |
a desire to do something |
I have a real urge to eat ice cream after dinner usually. |
| 3 |
to resist an impulse |
to feel a desire and ignore it |
I resisted the impulse to buy donuts; I bought bread
instead. |
| 4 |
to gamble |
to spend money playing a special type of game in hopes of
winning money |
People like to gamble on many things: cards, horse races,
football games, et cetera. |
| 5 |
legalization |
the situation in which something becomes legal |
After the legalization of gambling in the district, many
casinos were built. |
| 6 |
to lose big time |
to lose at a game in a very extreme way |
I put a lot of money on that horse, and I lost big time. |
| 7 |
to get hooked on ~ |
to become addicted to something |
I got hooked on watching Youtube videos of cats a few years
ago. |
| 8 |
to be preoccupied |
to be unable to focus on the current situation because you are
thinking about something else |
Even at work, he was so preoccupied with thoughts of horse
racing that he couldn't do a good job. |
| 9 |
to lead to ~ |
of a bad activity, to make a worse activity more likely in the
future |
Eating candy cigarettes leads to smoking real cigarettes, some
people think. |
| 10 |
to disrupt ~ |
to beak the flow or continuity of something |
He was addicted to Line, so his messages constantly disrupted
his face-to-face conversations. |
| 11 |
to strain a relationship |
to cause problems in a relationship such that it might not
continue |
The newly-married couple had a lot of financial problems, which
strained their relationship. |
| 12 |
the track |
a circular road on which horses race |
I went down to the track and bet some money on some
horses. |
| 13 |
to go all in |
to put all of your remaining money on one bet |
I was confident I would win the poker game, so I went all
in. |
| 14 |
to beat the house |
to gamble and get more money than you spent |
Most games are rigged, so it's really hard to beat the
house. |
| 15 |
to tend to ~ |
to have a tendency toward something, to have a habit that moves
you in a certain direction |
I tend to make many small bets, rather than one giant one. |
| 16 |
to count cards |
a way to improve your card playing skills with which you keep
track of cards in your head |
He learned to count cards, so he was very hard to beat at
blackjack. |
| 17 |
to bet on ~ |
to risk losing your money in a competitive game |
I bet on the red boat in the boat race, but he lost. |
| 18 |
to make back a loss |
to regain money that you previously lost |
It took me all day playing the slots, but I finally made back
my loss and started to profit. |
| 19 |
to interfere with ~ |
to change the state of something, usually in a negative
way |
His gambling habit interfered with his mortgage payments. |
| 20 |
to be compelled to ~ |
to have no free will, to have to do something |
She was compelled to buy new shoes every week; she had a
shopping addiction. |
| 21 |
to put money on ~ |
to pay money with the hope that you can get more money,
depending on the results of a competitive game |
I put money on my favorite horse at the racetrack, and I
won! |