Sight Words by Hatice Oncel

knee-jerk / knee-jerk reaction/response, etc. / a quick reaction that does not allow you time to consider something carefully / knee-jerk reaction/response, etc. / a quick reaction that does not allow you time to consider something carefully

impressionable / describes someone, usually a young person, who is very easily influenced by the people around them and by what they are told, and who sometimes copies other people's behaviour / He's at that impressionable age when he's very easily led by other children. / describes someone, usually a young person, who is very easily influenced by the people around them and by what they are told, and who sometimes copies other people's behaviour / He's at that impressionable age when he's very easily led by other children.

vulnerable / able to be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt, influenced or attacked / I felt very vulnerable, standing there without any clothes on. / able to be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt, influenced or attacked / I felt very vulnerable, standing there without any clothes on.

sue for libel / a piece of writing which contains bad and false things about a person / She threatened to sue the magazine for libel. / a piece of writing which contains bad and false things about a person / She threatened to sue the magazine for libel.

mitigating factors- circumstance / making something less harmful, unpleasant or bad / Are there any mitigating circumstances/factors which might help explain her appalling behaviour? / making something less harmful, unpleasant or bad / Are there any mitigating circumstances/factors which might help explain her appalling behaviour?

to work his way up

hiatus / a short pause in which nothing happens or is said, or a space where something is missing / The company expects to resume production of the vehicle again after a two-month hiatus / a short pause in which nothing happens or is said, or a space where something is missing / The company expects to resume production of the vehicle again after a two-month hiatus

explicit scenes of nudity showing or talking about sex

pragmatic / solving problems in a realistic way which suits the present conditions rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas or rules / In business, the pragmatic approach to problems is often more successful than an idealistic one. / solving problems in a realistic way which suits the present conditions rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas or rules / In business, the pragmatic approach to problems is often more successful than an idealistic one.

alleged / said or thought by some people to be the stated bad or illegal thing, although you have no proof / It took 15 years for the alleged criminals (= people thought to be criminals) to prove their innocence / said or thought by some people to be the stated bad or illegal thing, although you have no proof / It took 15 years for the alleged criminals (= people thought to be criminals) to prove their innocence

realm of sth Realm of my knowledge / an area of interest or activity / Her interests are in the realm of practical politics Realm of my knowledge / an area of interest or activity / Her interests are in the realm of practical politics

correspondence courses a course of study in which you study at home, receiving and sending off work by post, , etc.

to back off / to stop being involved in a situation, usually in order to allow other people to deal with it themselves / She started to criticize me, then she suddenly backed off. / to stop being involved in a situation, usually in order to allow other people to deal with it themselves / She started to criticize me, then she suddenly backed off.

to immerse / to become completely involved in something / She got some books out of the library and immersed herself in Jewish history and culture. / to become completely involved in something / She got some books out of the library and immersed herself in Jewish history and culture.

to be buzz about st / to be busy and full of energy / The place was buzzing (with excitement). / Reporters were buzzing around, trying to get the full story / to be busy and full of energy / The place was buzzing (with excitement). / Reporters were buzzing around, trying to get the full story

to be touted as sth to advertise, make known or praise something or someone repeatedly, especially as a way of encouraging their sale, popularity or development He is being widely touted as the next leader of the Social Democratic party. to advertise, make known or praise something or someone repeatedly, especially as a way of encouraging their sale, popularity or development He is being widely touted as the next leader of the Social Democratic party.

heady experience / having a powerful effect, making you feel slightly drunk or excited / a heady wine/perfume / having a powerful effect, making you feel slightly drunk or excited / a heady wine/perfume

no free ride / an opportunity or advantage that someone gets without having done anything to deserve it / Just because he was the boss's son didn't mean Tim got a free ridethout the ordinary effort or cost / an opportunity or advantage that someone gets without having done anything to deserve it / Just because he was the boss's son didn't mean Tim got a free ridethout the ordinary effort or cost

be out of body experience The dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your body

rub shoulders with sb to spend time with famous people He's Hollywood's most popular hairdresser and regularly rubs shoulders with top movie stars.

You are busted you got caught doing something you were not supposed to, it could also mean failure, broken or literally busted(like a busted balloon).