intensify

APEC must build on these successes

and give a new dimension to its intensified cooperation

in the future.

interpret

Poetry helps us to interpret life.

means

Traditionally,

it is what the language means,

but not what people mean by the language,

that counts.

monitor

The plane arrivals and departures are shown

on large monitors.

persist

You can never expect to master the heart

that persists in leaving.

plunge

The news plunged us into despair.

popularity

Western music is steadily gaining in popularity.

position

He's got a good position with an oil company.

previous

Aren't you rather previous in assuming I am going to pay?

priority

I have priority over you in my claim.

privilege

Age has its privileges in America,

and one of the more prominent of them

is the senior citizen discount.

recreation

Karaoke is many young people's favorite recreation.

regardless

I protested,

but she carried on regardless.

reserve

These seats are reserved for old and sick people.

resolve

He resolved on an early start.

reverse

Writing is reversed in a mirror.

sacrifice

The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices.

salary

Computers engineers in IBM have very good salaries.

secretary

The secretary made a note of the proceedings.

sense

You become a prisoner in a sense

when you become addicted to any substance,

including caffeine.

stable

Markets are flourishing and prices are stable.

stock

Do we have any of these items in stock?

sustain

The optimism that helped sustain Iraqis

during the first few years of the war

has dissolved into widespread fear,

anger and distress.

trend

There is an undesirable trend nowadays

to make films showing violence.

abnormal

They do not think such an abnormal phenomenon will last long.

abolish

Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in the United States.

accelerate

Does your heartbeat accelerate

when you see the person of your heart?

accommodation

The accommodations at this hotel are first-class.

accordance

Russiapresident Putin stressed

that the energy tariffs should be raised gradually

and in accordance with the growth in people's income.

agenda

The question of salary increase is high on the agenda.

alert

Although he's over eighty his mind is still remarkably alert.

ambition

When he was young,

Liu Bang filled himself with ambition to become powerful.

ambitious

Chinalaunched its second manned space mission,

sending two astronauts into orbit as it opened a new chapter in its ambitious drive

to become a global space power.

appearance

He is making his first appearance at a local theatre.