Melissa remembers the day, back in 2004, when her father went missing while on a regular business trip to Vietnam. “He just never showed up when he was supposed to meet a client,” she recalls.
Repeated phone calls from their home in Singapore to his mobile phone in Vietnam went
Since the first supposed monster sighting at Loch Ness was recorded in the 6th century, people have been searching for logical explanations. Sturgeons, trees, and even elephant trunks have all been blamed,
badger: to try to persuade someone by asking them something several times (Synonym) pester
(Phrase)
(1) badger someone to do something
(2) badger someone into doing something
(Example)
(1) It is difficult to change someone's opinion by badgering him.
paradox: a situation that seems strange because it involves two ideas or qualities that are very different
(Collocations)
(1) apparent/ great paradox
(2) explain/ resolve a paradox
(Example)
(1) It's a paradox that in such a rich country there can be so much poverty.
voracious: (Adjective) having an extremely strong desire to do or have a lot of something
(Collocations)
(1) appetite ... voracious
(2) read voraciously
(3) voracious appetites
(4) voracious appetite
(Adverb) voraciously
