Consultants - English meaning

noun

A playing card with a single spot on it, ranked as the highest card in its suit in most card games.

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The ace of diamonds

adjective

Very good.

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An ace swimmer

verb

(in tennis and similar games) serve an ace against (an opponent).

Usage examples:

He can ace opponents with serves of no more than 62 mph

noun

A person who gives advice in a particular field.

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He started as a legal adviser to the company

noun

Someone whose job is to give advice about something, for example, to a company or government

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Adviser to sb/sth he has remained active in politics and is now a top adviser to the government., e…

noun

The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.

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He had absolute authority over his subordinates

noun

The power to control or demand obedience from others

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[ u ] the police have no legal authority in these disputes., [ u ] we have to find someone in autho…

noun

The official power to make decisions for other people or to tell them what they must do

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The executive committee can delegate authority to the chairperson., he did not have enough authorit…

noun

A person trained to give guidance on personal or psychological problems.

Usage examples:

A marriage counsellor

noun

A person who is very knowledgeable about or skilful in a particular area.

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An expert in healthcare

adjective

Having or involving a great deal of knowledge or skill in a particular area.

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He had received expert academic advice

noun

A person having a high level of knowledge or skill in a particular subject

Usage examples:

He is the administration’s foreign-policy expert for eastern europe., she’s an expert swimmer.

noun

A person who shows the way to others, especially one employed to show tourists around places of interest.

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A tour guide

verb

Show or indicate the way to (someone).

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He guided her to the front row and sat beside her

verb

Someone employed to conduct others

noun

An important or exceptionally able person.

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Their latest hotshot recruit

noun

Someone who is skillful and successful at something

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He’s a hotshot lawyer from new york.

noun

An expert or connoisseur.

Usage examples:

Fashion mavens call beige oatmeal

noun

A person with good knowledge or understanding of a subject

Usage examples:

Walter’s a baseball maven and knows hank aaron’s statistics by heart.

noun

An expert on a subject

Usage examples:

The money maven takes her own advice., a fashion/media/design maven

noun

An expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called upon to give their opinions to the public.

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Political pundits were tipping him for promotion

noun

A person who concentrates primarily on a particular subject or activity; a person highly skilled in a specific and restricted field.

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He is a specialist in psychometric testing

adjective

Possessing or involving detailed knowledge or study of a restricted topic.

Usage examples:

You may require specialist financial advice

noun

Someone who limits his or her studying or work to a particular area of knowledge, and who is an expert in that area

Usage examples:

She’s a specialist in financial management., an eye/heart/joint specialist

verb

Move quickly through the air with a whistling or buzzing sound.

Usage examples:

The missiles whizzed past

noun

A whistling or buzzing sound made by something moving fast through the air.

Usage examples:

I can add whizzes, bangs and sparkles really easily.

noun

Someone who is very good and successful at something

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A whizz at/on/with sth you don't have to be a whizz at computers in this job., a computer/financial…

noun

(in legends and fairy tales) a man who has magical powers.

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To do that he requires a rod of dragon control, and hopes to get his hands on the one the empress u…

adjective

Wonderful; excellent.

Usage examples:

How absolutely wizard!

noun

A man who is believed to have magical powers and, esp. in stories, uses them to help or harm people

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A financial wizard