Glossary

**__ Autonomous :__** 1 **:** of, relating to, or marked by [|autonomy]  2 a **:** having the right or power of self-government b **:** undertaken or carried on without outside control **:** [|self-contained]  3 a **:** existing or capable of existing independently   b **:** responding, reacting, or developing independently of the whole   <span class="sense_label start">4 <span class="sense_content">**:** controlled by the [|autonomic] nervous system. **__ Background :__** ** –noun ** ** –adjective ** ** –verb (used with object) ** ** —Idiom **
 * 1. || the ground or parts, as of a scene, situated in the rear (opposed to [|foreground] ). ||
 * 2. || //Fine Arts// . || a. || the part of a painted or carved surface against which represented objects and forms are perceived or depicted: //a portrait against a purple background .// ||
 * b. || the part of an image represented as being at maximum distance from the frontal plane. ||  ||
 * 3. || one's origin, education, experience, etc., in relation to one's present character, status, etc. ||
 * 4. || the social, historical, and other antecedents or causes of an event or condition: //the background of the war.// ||
 * 5. || the complex of physical, cultural, and psychological factors that serves as the environment of an event or experience; the set of conditions against which an occurrence is perceived. ||
 * 6. || //Physics// . the totality of effects that tend to obscure a phenomenon under investigation and above which the phenomenon must be detected. ||
 * 7. || //Telecommunications// . (in an electronic device for transmitting or receiving signals) the sum of the effects, as noise or random signals, from which a phenomenon must differentiate itself in character or degree in order to be detected. ||
 * 8. || of, pertaining to, or serving as a background : // background noise.// ||
 * 9. || to supply a background to: //The passenger's idle thoughts were background ed by the drone of the plane's engines.// ||
 * 10. || to supply a background of information for: //To background themselves, reporters dug through all available files on the case.// ||
 * 11. || **in** or **into the background ,** unobtrusive; inconspicuous; out of sight or notice; in or into obscurity: //He kept his dishonest dealings in the background .// ||

Source: [] ** __catch__ __:__** –verb (used without object) –noun –adjective —Verb phrases —Idioms
 * to seize or capture, esp. after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse. ||
 * 2. || to trap or ensnare: to catch a fish. ||
 * 3. || to intercept and seize; take and hold (something thrown, falling, etc.): to catch a ball; a barrel to catch rain. ||
 * 4. || to come upon suddenly; surprise or detect, as in some action: I caught him stealing the pumpkin. ||
 * 5. || to receive, incur, or contract: to catch a cold. ||
 * 6. || to be in time to get aboard (a train, boat, etc.). ||
 * 7. || to lay hold of; grasp; clasp: He caught her arm. ||
 * 8. || to grip, hook, or entangle: The closing door caught his arm. ||
 * 9. || to allow (something) to become gripped, hooked, snagged, or entangled: He caught his coat on a nail. ||
 * 10. || to attract or arrest: The painting caught his fancy. His speech caught our attention. ||
 * 11. || to check or restrain suddenly (often used reflexively): She caught her breath in surprise. He caught himself before he said the wrong thing. ||
 * 12. || to see or attend: to catch a show. ||
 * 13. || to strike; hit: The blow caught him on the head. ||
 * 14. || to become inspired by or aware of: I caught the spirit of the occasion. ||
 * 15. || to fasten with or as if with a catch : to catch the clasp on a necklace. ||
 * 16. || to deceive: No one was caught by his sugary words. ||
 * 17. || to attract the attention of; captivate; charm: She was caught by his smile and good nature. ||
 * 18. || to grasp with the intellect; comprehend: She failed to catch his meaning. ||
 * 19. || to hear clearly: We caught snatches of their conversation. ||
 * 20. || to apprehend and record; capture: The painting caught her expression perfectly. ||
 * 21. || South Midland and Southern U.S.  to assist at the birth of: The town doctor caught more than four hundred children before he retired. ||
 * 22. || to become gripped, hooked, or entangled: Her foot caught in the net. ||
 * 23. || to overtake someone or something moving (usually fol. by up, up with, or up to ). ||
 * 24. || to take hold: The door lock doesn't catch . ||
 * 25. || Baseball . to play the position of catch er: He catch es for the Yankees. ||
 * 26. || to become lighted; take fire; ignite: The kindling caught instantly. ||
 * 27. || to become established, as a crop or plant, after germination and sprouting. ||
 * 28. || the act of catch ing. ||
 * 29. || anything that catch es, esp. a device for checking motion, as a latch on a door. ||
 * 30. || any tricky or concealed drawback: It seems so easy that there must be a catch somewhere. ||
 * 31. || a slight, momentary break or crack in the voice. ||
 * 32. || that which is caught, as a quantity of fish: The fisherman brought home a large catch . ||
 * 33. || a person or thing worth getting, esp. a person regarded as a desirable matrimonial prospect: My mother thinks Pat would be quite a catch . ||
 * 34. || a game in which a ball is thrown from one person to another: to play catch ; to have a catch . ||
 * 35. || a fragment: catch es of a song. ||
 * 36. || Music . a round, esp. one in which the words are so arranged as to produce ludicrous effects. ||
 * 37. || Sports . the catch ing and holding of a batted or thrown ball before it touches the ground. ||
 * 38. || Rowing . the first part of the stroke, consisting of the placing of the oar into the water. ||
 * 39. || Agriculture . the establishment of a crop from seed: a catch of clover. ||
 * 40. || [|catchy] ( def. 3 ) . ||
 * 41. || catch at, to grasp at eagerly; accept readily: He caught at the chance to get free tickets. ||
 * 42. || catch on, || a. || to become popular: That new song is beginning to catch on. ||
 * b. || to grasp mentally; understand: You'd think he'd catch on that he's boring us. ||
 * c. || New England . (in cooking) to scorch or burn slightly; sear: A pot roast is better if allowed to catch on. ||   ||
 * 43. || catch out,  Chiefly British . to catch or discover (a person) in deceit or an error. ||
 * 44. || catch up, || a. || to lift or snatch suddenly: Leaves were caught up in the wind. ||
 * b. || to bring or get up to date (often fol. by on or with ): to catch up on one's reading. ||
 * c. || to come up to or overtake (something or someone) (usually fol. by with ): to catch up with the leader in a race. ||
 * d. || to become involved or entangled with: caught up in the excitement of the crowd. ||
 * e. || to point out to (a person) minor errors, untruths, etc. (usually fol. by on ): We caught the teacher up on a number of factual details. ||
 * f. || Falconry . to capture for further training (a hawk that has been flown at hack). ||
 * g. || South Midland and Southern U.S.  to harness (a horse or mule). ||   ||
 * 45. || catch a crab, (in rowing) to bungle a stroke by failing to get the oar into the water at the beginning or by failing to withdraw it properly at the end. ||
 * 46. || catch a turn,  Nautical . to wind a rope around a bitt, capstan, etc., for one full turn. ||
 * 47. || catch it,  Informal . to receive a reprimand or punishment: He'll catch it from his mother for tearing his good trousers again. ||

**__ Game :__** **//–adjective//** **//–verb (used without object)//** **//–verb (used with object)//** **//—Idioms//** Source: [|www.dictionary.com] Source: [|www.Dictionary.com]
 * //noun//**
 * 1. || an amusement or pastime: //children's game s.// ||
 * 2. || the material or equipment used in playing certain game s: //a store selling toys and game s.// ||
 * 3. || a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance on the part of two or more persons who play according to a set of rules, usually for their own amusement or for that of spectators. ||
 * 4. || a single occasion of such an activity, or a definite portion of one: //the final game of the season; a rubber of three game s at bridge.// ||
 * 5. || the number of points required to win a game . ||
 * 6. || the score at a particular stage in a game : //With five minutes to play, the game was 7 to 0.// ||
 * 7. || a particular manner or style of playing a game : //Her game of chess is improving.// ||
 * 8. || anything resembling a game, as in requiring skill, endurance, or adherence to rules: //the game of diplomacy.// ||
 * 9. || a trick or strategy: //to see through someone's game .// ||
 * 10. || fun; sport of any kind; joke: //That's about enough of your game s.// ||
 * 11. || wild animals, including birds and fishes, such as are hunted for food or taken for sport or profit. ||
 * 12. || the flesh of such wild animals or other game, used as food: //a dish of game .// ||
 * 13. || any object of pursuit, attack, abuse, etc.: //The new boy at school seemed to be fair game for practical jokers.// ||
 * 14. || //Informal// . a business or profession: //He's in the real-estate game .// ||
 * 15. || //Archaic// . fighting spirit; pluck. ||
 * 16. || pertaining to or composed of animals hunted or taken as game or to their flesh. ||
 * 17. || having a fighting spirit; plucky. ||
 * 18. || //Informal// . having the required spirit or will (often fol. by //for// or an infinitive): //Who's game for a hike through the woods?// ||
 * 19. || to play game s of chance for stakes; gamble. ||
 * 20. || to squander in gaming (usually fol. by //away// ). ||
 * 21. || **die game ,** || a. || to die after a brave struggle. ||
 * b. || to remain steadfast or in good spirits at the moment of defeat: //He knew that as a candidate he didn't have a chance in the world, but he campaigned anyway and died game .// ||  ||
 * 22. || **make game of,** to make fun of; ridicule: //to make game of the weak and defenseless.// ||
 * 23. || **play game s,** to act in an evasive, deceitful, manipulative, or trifling manner in dealing with others: //Don't play game s with me—I want to know if you love me or not!// ||
 * 24. || **play the game ,** //Informal// . || a. || to act or play in accordance with the rules. ||
 * b. || to act honorably or justly: //We naively assumed that our allies would continue to play the game .// ||  ||

**__ Insulate :__**
 * 1. || to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down. ||
 * 2. || to place in an isolated situation or condition; segregate. ||

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**__ Perspectives :__** adj. Of, relating to, seen, or represented in perspective.4 Source: Dictionary.com
 * 1) A view or vista.
 * 2) A mental view or outlook: //"It is useful occasionally to look at the past to gain a perspective on the present"// //(Fabian Linden).//
 * 3) The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole: //a perspective of history; a need to view the problem in the proper perspective.//
 * 4) Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view: //the perspective of the displaced homemaker.//
 * 5) The ability to perceive things in their actual interrelations or comparative importance: //tried to keep my perspective throughout the crisis.//
 * 6) The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular vision.
 * 7) ## The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole: //a perspective of history; a need to view the problem in the proper perspective.//
 * 8) Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view: //the perspective of the displaced homemaker.//
 * 9) The ability to perceive things in their actual interrelations or comparative importance: //tried to keep my perspective throughout the crisis.//
 * 10) The technique of representing three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensional surface.

** __Poor__ :** **//adjective//** **//–noun//** **//—Idioms//** Source: www.dictionary.com
 * 1. || having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: //a poor family living on welfare.// ||
 * 2. || //Law// . dependent upon charity or public support. ||
 * 3. || (of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds. ||
 * 4. || characterized by or showing poverty. ||
 * 5. || deficient or lacking in something specified: //a region poor in mineral deposits.// ||
 * 6. || faulty or inferior, as in construction: // poor workmanship.// ||
 * 7. || deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: // poor soil.// ||
 * 8. || excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle. ||
 * 9. || of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: // poor health.// ||
 * 10. || lacking in skill, ability, or training: //a poor cook.// ||
 * 11. || deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean. ||
 * 12. || scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: //a poor audience.// ||
 * 13. || humble; modest: //They shared their poor meal with a stranger.// ||
 * 14. || unfortunate; hapless: //The poor dog was limping.// ||
 * 15. || (// used with a plural verb [[image:http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png]]//) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by //the// ): //sympathy for the poor .// ||
 * 16. || ** poor as a church mouse,** extremely poor . ||
 * 17. || ** poor as Job's turkey,** extremely poor ; impoverished. ||

**__ Pupils :__** A student under the direct supervision of a teacher or professor. //Law// A minor under the supervision of a guardian. Source: www.dictionary.com

__ ** Sketch :** __ Source: [|www.dictionary.com]
 * noun   **
 * **1.** || a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, esp. a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details. ||
 * ** 2. ** || a rough design, plan, or draft, as of a book. ||
 * ** 3. ** || a brief or hasty outline of facts, occurrences, etc.: // a sketch of his life. // ||
 * ** 4. ** || a short, usually descriptive, essay, history, or story. ||
 * ** 5. ** || a short play or slight dramatic performance, as one forming part of a vaudeville program. ||
 * –verb (used with object)   **
 * **6.** || to make a sketch of. ||
 * ** 7. ** || to set forth in a brief or general account: // He sketch ed his own part in the affair. // ||
 * ** 8. ** ||  //Metallurgy//   .  (in a steel mill or the like) to mark (a piece) for cutting.  ||
 * –verb (used without object)   **
 * **9.** || to make a sketch or sketch es. ||

**__ skyline :__** –noun Also, sky line. –verb (used with object) source: www.dictionary.com
 * 1. || the boundary line between earth and sky; the apparent horizon: A sail appeared against the skyline . ||
 * 2. || the outline of something, as the buildings of a city, against the sky: the New York skyline . ||
 * 3. || to outline (something) against the sky ||

** Survey :** <span class="verb_class">//transitive <span class="verb_class"> verb// <span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start">1 a <span class="sense_content">**:** to examine as to condition, situation, or value **:** [|appraise] <span class="sense_label">b <span class="sense_content">**:** to query (someone) in order to collect data for the analysis of some aspect of a group or area <span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start">2 <span class="sense_content">**:** to determine and delineate the form, extent, and position of (as a tract of land) by taking linear and angular measurements and by applying the principles of geometry and trigonometry <span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start">3 <span class="sense_content">**:** to view or consider comprehensively <span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start">4 <span class="sense_content">**:** [|inspect], [|scrutinize] <he // survey ////ed// us in a lordly way — Alan Harrington> <span class="verb_class">//intransitive verb// <span class="sense_content">**:** to make a survey      ||
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