Round-the-clock (adj.) – happening or done all day and all night: He's very sick and needs round-the-clock care. Pour

Article 4 Wordlist

1. 
   Round-the-clock (adj.) – happening or done all day and all night:
   

He's very sick and needs round-the-clock care.

2. 
   Pour (v.) – B1 to (cause to) flow quickly and in large amounts:
   

The government has been pouring money into inefficient state-owned industries and the country can no longer afford it.

3. 
   Quirk (n.) – an unusual habit or part of someone's personality, or something that is strange and unexpected:
   

You have to get used to other people's quirks and foibles.

4. 
   Come into focus / bring sth/sb into focus idiom – if something comes into focus, or you bring it into focus, people start to talk about it and pay attention to it: 
   

These issues have recently come into clear/sharp focus (=people have started to talk about them a lot).

5. 
   Bolster (v.) – to support or improve something or make it stronger:
   

She tried to bolster my confidence/morale (= encourage me and make me feel stronger) by telling me that I had a special talent.

6. 
   Paths cross (idiom) – If two people's paths cross, they meet:
   

It was a pleasure meeting you - I hope our paths cross again.

7. 
   Seek sth/sb out (phrasal verb) – FORMAL to look for someone or something, especially for a long time until you find them:
   

While he was at the library, Steve decided to seek out some information on accommodation in the area.

8. 
   Groom (v.) – to clean an animal, often by brushing its fur:
   

Polly spends hours in the stables grooming her pony.

9. 
   Essentially (adv.) – B2 relating to the most important characteristics or ideas of something:
   

It's essentially a dictionary but it differs in one or two respects.

10. 
    Break into sth (ph.v.) – to suddenly begin to do something:
    

He felt so happy that he broke into song (= suddenly began to sing).

11. 
    Hierarchy (n.) – C2 a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance:
    

Some monkeys have a very complex social hierarchy.

12. 
    Conventional wisdom (phrase) – what most people think:
    

Conventional/Received/Popular wisdom has it (= most people think) that women are more emotional than men, but in my experience it often isn't the case.

13. 
    Gregarious (adj.) – (of people) liking to be with other people, or (especially of animals) living in groups:
    

Emma's a gregarious, outgoing sort of person.

14. 
    Captive (n.) – a person or animal whose ability to move or act freely is limited by being closed in a space; a prisoner, especially a person held by the enemy during a war:
    

When the town was recaptured, we found soldiers who had been captives for several years.

15. 
    Kin (n.) – family and relations
    
16. 
    Enclosure (n.) – an area surrounded by fences or walls:
    

the members' enclosure

17. 
    Stillborn (adj.) – born dead:
    

The child was stillborn.

18. 
    In part (ph.) – C2 partly, or to some degree:
    

The deadline for applications is being extended, in part because of the postal strike.

19. 
    Console (v.) - to make someone who is sad or disappointed feel better by giving them comfort or sympathy:
    

He tried to console her, but she kept saying it was all her own fault.

20. 
    Gain footing (ph.) - entrance into a new position or relationship:
    

to gain a footing in society.