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- Sid will have to scale back his plans.
- Some firms may scale back their expansion plans in the region as a result of the downturn.
## 20th, October
+ conditioning
> (n)the process by which people or animals are trained to behave in a particular way when particular things happen.
- Social conditioning makes crying more difficult for men.
- Conditioning starts as soon as boys are given guns to play with and girls are given dolls.
+ wistful
> (adj)thinking sadly about something you would like to have but cannot have, especially something that you used to have in the past
- a wistful smile
- "That's the house where I was born," she said wistfully.
- A child stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the shop window.
+ inconclusive
> (adj)not giving or having a result or decision
- The medical tests were inconclusive, and will need to be repeated.
- The evidence is inconclusive, and no arrest is warranted.
+ spontaneous
> (adj)something that is spontaneous has not been planned or organized, but happens by itself, or because you suddenly feel you want to do it.
- The crowd gave a spontaneous cheer.
- My spontaneous reaction was to run away.
+ better still
> used to say that a particular choice would be more satisfactory
- Why don't you give her a call or, better still, go and see her?
+ herd
> (n)a group of animals of one kind that live and feed together</br>
> (n)people generally, especially when thought of as being easily influenced by others
- a herd of cattle
- herds of elephants
- You have to be an individual; it's no use running with the herd.
+ hawk
> (n)a large bird that hunts and eats small birds and animals.</br>
> (v)to try to sell goods, usually by going from place to place and trying to persuade people to buy them.
- On every street corner there were traders hawking their wares.
+ deride
> (v)to make remarks or jokes that show you think someone or something is silly or useless, mock
- You shouldn't deride their efforts.
- The party was derided as totally lacking in ideas.
+ preoccupation
> (n)a state when someone thinks or worries about something a lot, with the result that they do not pat attention to other things.</br>
> (n)something that you give all your attention to
- the current preoccupation with sex and scandal
- The management's preoccupation with costs and profits resulted in a drop in quality and customer service.
- Their main preoccupation was how to feed their families.
+ superstitious
> (adj)based on or believing in superstitions(belief based on old ideas about luck and magic rather than science and reason)
- the old superstition that walking under a ladder is unlucky
- A wave of superstitious fear spread among the townpeople.
- Jean was extremely superstitious and believed the colour green brought bad luck.
+ sermon
> (n)a talk given as part of a Christian church service, usually on a religious or moral subject.
- Today's sermon was on the importance of compassion.
- deliver a sermon