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□ Government initiatives to help young people have been inadequate. □ There’s talk of a new peace initiative. 2 N‑SING In a fight or contest, if you have the initiative , you are in a better position than your opponents to decide what to do next. □ We have the initiative; we intend to keep it. 3 N‑UNCOUNT If you have initiative , you have the ability to decide what to do next and to do it, without needing other people to tell you what to do.

□ She was disappointed by his lack of initiative. 4 PHRASE If you take the initiative in a situation, you are the first person to act, and are therefore able to control the situation. □ We must take the initiative in the struggle to end the war. ini|tia|tor / I n I ʃie I tə r / (initiators ) N‑COUNT The initiator of a plan or process is the person who was responsible for thinking of it or starting it.

□ [+ of ] …one of the major initiators of the tumultuous changes in Eastern Europe. in|ject / I ndʒe kt/ (injects , injecting , injected ) 1 VERB To inject someone with a substance such as a medicine means to put it into their body using a device with a needle called a syringe.

□ [be V – ed + with ] His son was injected with strong drugs. □ [V n + into ] The technique consists of injecting healthy cells into the weakened muscles. □ [V pron-refl] He needs to inject himself once a month. [Also V n, V n + with ] 2 VERB If you inject a new, exciting, or interesting quality into a situation, you add it.

□ [V n + into ] She kept trying to inject a little fun into their relationship. 3 VERB If you inject money or resources into a business or organization, you provide more money or resources for it. [BUSINESS ] □ [V n + into ] He has injected £5.6 billion into the health service. in|jec|tion / I ndʒe kʃ ə n/ (injections ) 1 N‑COUNT If you have an injection , a doctor or nurse puts a medicine into your body using a device with a needle called a syringe.

□ They gave me an injection to help me sleep. 2 N‑COUNT An injection of money or resources into an organization is the act of providing it with more money or resources, to help it become more efficient or profitable. [BUSINESS ] □ [+ of ] An injection of cash is needed to fund some of these projects.

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This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

Book Information

• Unique ID: 38addb431f207516
• File Extension: .pdf
• File Size: 31,333,121 bytes (29.882 MB)
• Title: –
• Author: Unknown
• ISBN: 9780008281595
• Pages: 6982
• Language: English (en)

Reading & Word Statistics

• Estimated Reading Time: 13117.23 minutes
• Total Words: 2,623,446
• Total Characters: 13,850,841
• Average Words per Page: 375.74
• Average Characters per Page: 1983.79

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