Let's Learn New Words!

Dear all,

Do you remember my note about one important article about Sierra Leone?

Anyway, I really want to share with you some useful expressions. Let it be Top-3 of such ones:

1. to persist 

• If an unpleasant feeling or situation persists, it continues to exist;
• to try to do or continue doing something in a determined but often unreasonable way;
• to continue to exist past the usual time, or to continue to do something in a determined way even when facing difficulties or opposition.

e.g. This discriminatory ban persists and has been strongly condemned by, among others, Amnesty International.

2. inadequasy 

• the fact that something is not good enough or is too small in amount;
• a lack of confidence that makes you feel unable to deal with a situation.

e.g. A recent report by the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium highlighted some of the inadequacies in current programming.

3. caesarean

• an operation in which a woman's uterus is cut open to allow a baby to be born.

e.g. I recently saw a girl in clinic with terrible complications following a caesarean section. The operation had been botched and she had an infection around her uterus. She was in terrible pain and critically unwell. This was in the children’s clinic; the girl was 14 years old.

(All examples are from the article which I mantioned before).