foul play

illegal activity
bad practice
murder

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• The teacher was wondering why his students got high scores during the test. He was suspecting it was a foul play.
• The police are considering foul play behind the murder.

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delineate [di-lin-ee-eyt]

v. to trace or sketch
to describe precisely
word form: delineated, delineating

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The politician had a clear, delineated platform of government.

She was delineating the state boundary in a big map.

The president delineated his objectives and company goals for the next 5 years.

She was complaining and delineating her unseen performance when the boss suddenly arrived.

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I work for / I work as

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I work for+company
I work as a+position

One night, my student said, “I work for real estate developer.” This one is wrong.

I work+ for+ company

Wrong: I work for real estate developer.
Correct: I work for a real estate company.
Correct: I work for Acerhomes Development Corporation.

I work+ as+ a/an+ position

Wrong: I work as real estate developer.
Correct: I work as a real estate developer. (add an article)
Correct: I work as a sales agent.
Correct: I work as an engineer.

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fiasco [fee-as-koh]

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n. a complete failure
word form: pl- fiascos, fiascoes

• You were responsible for last month’s fiasco so we suggest that you get off from this project.
• Knowing that my brother can’t sing well, my mother hid the microphone to avoid a fiasco.
• The event became a total fiasco when the wild animal was released accidentally from its cage.

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