TO HINDER = to make the progress or development of something slow down or stop. [= to hamper]
- Slow broadband hinders ICT school work
- Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress
- What do you think hinders creativity?
- Political instability hinders Italy's recovery from recession [Ignazio Visco]
- Lack of confidence, not skills, hinders women [The Times]
- Stress Hormone Hinders Memory Recall [Cognitive Neuroscience Society]
- Speaking in simple sentences to your children hinders language development.
TO GET IN THE WAY = to block, hinder or interfere with someone or something, making it harder for them to do what they want or need to do. [= to hinder]
- 1) [phisical obstruction] Your bag is getting in the way, do you mind moving it?
- 2) [interference with plans or goals] Fear got in the way of her making a decision.
TO CRIPPLE = (verb) to severely weaken, damage, or make something ineffective. [= to disable]
- An exponent of one party accuses the opposing party’s policies of crippling the country. -> An exponent of one party claims that the opposing party’s policies are damaging the country.
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script from the series friends
Chandler: So, you and Rachel tonight, it's your first official date? You're nervous?
Joey: Naa, no. This is the part I'm actually good at.
Chandler: What must it be like not to be crippled by fear and self-loathing. -> What must it be like not to be paralyzed/overwhelmed by fear and self-loathing.
TO DISRUPT = to prevent something from continuing in its usual way by causing problems [= to break, to interrupt]
- By disrupting melatonin, blue light ruins sleep schedules
- Anti-War protester fined after disrupting Russian news program. A Russian TV editor protested Russia's invasion of Ukraine by interrupting a live news broadcast on Russian state television.
- Traffic was disrupted by a road block.
- Dear community member, some of you may have experienced disruptions with our services.
TO SPOIL /spɔɪl/ verb = to have a bad effect on something so that it is no longer attractive, enjoyable, useful [= ruin]
- Italian youngsters are spoilt [Bayveen, English teacher]
- I don't want to spoil your party, so I go [The Beatles]
- “If you Want to Spoil the Day of a Grouch, Give Him a Smile”
AWRY /əˈraɪ/ (adverb, adjective) = away from the expected or proper direction; amiss; wrong:
go awry = if something goes awry, it does not happen in the way that was planned [= to go wrong]- Invalid internal config; something has gone awry!
- If anything goes awry in sending the response back to the client, the servlet throws an HTTPException
TO ENDANGER /ɪnˈdeɪndʒə/ [transitive] = to put someone or something in danger of being hurt, damaged, or destroyed [= put in jeopardy]
- Trump's briefings on coronavirus are actively endangering the public's health.
TO UNDERMINE = /ˌʌndəˈmaɪn/ [transitive] = to gradually make someone or something less strong or effective [= to weaken]
- Brexit is undermining 20 years of peace in Northern Ireland, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar claims
- The recapture of Izyum will not undermine Putin’s strategy and ambitions for the Russia-Ukraine conflict, experts say
HINDRANCE /ˈhɪndrəns/ (noun) = something or someone that makes it difficult for you to do something [= obstruction, difficulty]
- There are many calculations where time zones are not required, and in some cases they can even be a hindrance.
TO FALTER = to become weaker and unable to continue in an effective way [= to hesitate in action]
- Sleep allows your active neurons to rest and glial cells to clean up the toxins that the neurons produce. The majority of people need from 7 to 9 hours of sleep, otherwise the toxins remain there. So, insufficient sleep makes your attention falter, your memory is impaired, your ability to think through problems is challenged, your insulin is turned upside down.
