. the right to buy or sell sth. in the future
- With cash, stock options and the promise of vast resources, Microsoft has attracted faculty elites to its research center.
2. sth. you can choose to do
- Analysts say that the launch of the euro offers a new and attractive option.
- She has the option of entering graduate school or starting her professional career.
3. They didn’t leave him many options— either he paid or they’d beat him up.
4. I’d prefer not to work but I don’t have much choice.5. I’m afraid I have no alterative but to ask you to leave.
- He looked very smart, very gentlemanly, and all that.
- Mary likes to eat fruit — strawberries and all that.
- Our apartments are perfect in every detail — hot and cold water, private baths, special hall service for every floor, elevators, and all that.
pick out:
1. choose
- She picked out a bottle of wine that she particularly liked.
- I’m going to pick out a few books for my friend in Shanghai.
2. distinguish from surrounding persons, objects, etc.
- At once I picked out my elder sister in the crowd.
discreetly: adv. carefully and sensibly; considerately; not too obviously
- His utterances were discreetly academic.
- A detective was sent discreetly to make inquiries about Miss Hutton’s financial situation.
- The industrial areas were discreetly apart, concealed from residential and recreational portions of the town.
inquiry: n. request for help or information; investigation
- I am making some inquiries about the train schedule.
- I suggest that you make a careful inquiry into the damage once again.
- I advise you make thorough inquiry about the enterprise before you embark on it.
replacement: n. person or thing that replaces another
- A good deal of old equipment needed junking and replacement.
- Robot hands are a replacement for human hands, and wheels from a car are a replacement for human feet.