PTE

continuing or recurring for a long time, especially despite attempts to stop it

a formal email phrase directing the recipient's attention to an attached document or other file

with exact detail or careful accuracy about what is meant or measured

Used to present something as a reasonable assumption based on what is known, rather than as confirmed fact.

before the time, event, or activity named afterward

Involving a difficulty that requires attention or makes success uncertain.

movement through a series of stages or levels

to make an activity or condition last longer

a conjunction introducing a condition that must hold for something to apply

To offer an idea, explanation, or proposal for others to consider.

To bring a question or unresolved issue to someone's attention for consideration.

To come to a shared general agreement within a group.

to change a system or practice with the intention of improving it

to keep something rather than lose it or give it up

possible to undo or restore to a previous state under the relevant conditions

to become smaller in size or extent, or cause something to become smaller

The quality of involving few parts or little complication.

at the same time rather than one after another

at some unspecified future time, with the speaker treating the outcome as inevitable

small in number and spread apart, or containing little information or detail

to have a particular situation or event as an origin or cause

to stop an activity temporarily, with the possibility of continuing it later

To adopt or state a particular view on an issue.

used to acknowledge the preceding point before adding a contrasting qualification

Based on ideas or principles rather than their practical application.

A level at which or beyond which a particular change or response begins.

as a result of this; used to introduce a consequence or inference

to a larger degree than the case or factor used for comparison

to a smaller degree than the case or factor used for comparison