I. noun
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improve/remedy a situation
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They are doing what they can to improve the situation.
redress/remedy a grievance formal (= do something to make a problem better )
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Governments which have not redressed genuine grievances often pay a heavy price later on.
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■ ADJECTIVE
alternative
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Courts have a discretion, in special circumstances, to award an alternative remedy to damages for breach of contract.
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By contrast, the gross margin on an alternative remedy is typically 30 percent, Toth said.
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After all, some of these so-called alternative remedies have been practised successfully for hundreds of years.
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But it is clear that the mere existence of an alternative remedy does not oust judicial review.
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In practice, the preference for alternative remedies makes judicial review of little importance except in cases where there is no alternative.
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The alternative remedy for the purchaser is to claim damages.
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This principle was extended to civil servants who had the alternative remedy of taking their complaints to an industrial tribunal.
cold
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But Neath are backing the player's insistence that he merely took a cold remedy .
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About the uselessness of most of these cold remedies .
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Obvious examples include caffeine and ephedrine, the latter being readily available to the public in over-the-counter cold remedies .
effective
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This method is infinitely more economical of tubes than the classical method and seems to produce effective remedies .
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Thanks to stabilisers, and effective modern remedies for seasickness, real discomfort is rare.
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Until the late 1950s it was practically the only effective remedy for a most distressing disorder.
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Few other effective remedies are available to counteract these tumours.
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An injunction, on the other hand, is becoming increasingly popular as an effective remedy for breach of contract.
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The only effective remedy is to install hardened valve seats or a replacement cylinder head, both expensive options.
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A number of factors may make such a course an appropriate means of achieving the most effective remedy .
herbal
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Louisa's parents were country folk and believed very much in herbal remedies .
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These could include anything from acupuncture, herbal remedies and nutritional supplements to, yes, a petition to a higher power.
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Health Typical Geminian nervousness re-emerges this week, but can be helped with a soothing massage and herbal remedies .
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The caf lounge area has cushy chairs and plenty of caffeinated and herbal remedies to nurture patrons of the arts.
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In addition to his herbal remedies , Chris has also experienced success in treating white spot - using daphnia.
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And many doctors now enthusiastically prescribe the herbal remedy .
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Dosing Don't be tempted to overdose the fish - it's better to use less when treating with herbal remedies .
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At the beginning of the popular health system many people had an ambivalent attitude to traditional herbal remedies .
homoeopathic
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Despite these difficulties, however, a number of workers have successfully demonstrated effects of homoeopathic remedies under experimental conditions.
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So often we hear about a Homoeopathic remedy for colds or flu or arthritis etc.
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The Bach flower remedies and the homoeopathic remedies complement each other and can be used together in the same treatment plan.
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Studies of homoeopathic remedies in relation to prostaglandin metabolism may therefore yield interesting and fruitful results.
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These anomalous properties of water may turn out to be of considerable importance in the preparation of homoeopathic remedies .
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My first practical experience in the use of homoeopathic remedies was in the treatment of a child with croup.
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Any substance can be converted into a homoeopathic remedy and used in this way.
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There is therefore no reason to suppose that the homoeopathic remedies are any different.
natural
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The effects of diarrhoeal disease can be conquered with one of the simplest and cheapest natural remedies known to science.
traditional
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One of the traditional remedies of racehorse trainers was firing.
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At the beginning of the popular health system many people had an ambivalent attitude to traditional herbal remedies .
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Meanwhile, if you prefer, there's Nytol Herbal a traditional remedy to promote calmness and natural sleep.
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Although they often used traditional remedies , they also associated them with their own poverty and neglect.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
folk medicine/remedy
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And as in folk medicine generally, if you believe it will help, it probably will.
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GUHgl-MUHgl n. A folk remedy for sore throats and colds.
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I tried some herbal remedies such as drinking camomile tea, but none of them worked.
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If you find it hard to live on your present salary, the best remedy would be to change jobs.
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One remedy for racial attacks would be to educate our children more about social issues.
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Salt water is a good home remedy for a sore throat.
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The best remedy would be to install a separate meter.
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And many cruise fans swear by various over-the-counter remedies.
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However, for 14 years this government's thinking on fiscal policy has concentrated on short-term remedies.
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Rescission is one remedy available for misrepresentation under the Misrepresentation Act 1967, s1.
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Symbolic gestures and tokenism are inadequate remedies.
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The caf lounge area has cushy chairs and plenty of caffeinated and herbal remedies to nurture patrons of the arts.
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The descent to the Main Cliff and Upper tier remains serious, but no workable remedy has been found so far.
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There are a number of possible remedies to this problem.
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Very likely physicians would not recommend the exercise of that or of any other trade as a remedy for ill health.
II. verb
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■ NOUN
attempt
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For over a millennium believers have chipped off pieces in a faithful attempt to remedy their deficiencies.
defect
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The cost of remedying the defect is economic loss and neither party owes a duty of care to P2 in that respect.
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Are you puzzled by the fact that Congress does little to remedy those defects in the bureaucracy against which it constantly rails?
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The new law remedies this defect , to a certain extent.
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To remedy these defects a new student management system was designed and introduced in stages from 1980-81.
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Those ordinances and Cromwell's later reforms of 1539-40 attempted to remedy the defects .
deficiency
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Many provisions of the Sale of Goods Act were designed to remedy such deficiencies in the contract.
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Congress should remedy both of those deficiencies .
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Attempts to remedy the deficiencies in these statistics suffer from a number of problems and difficulties themselves.
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For over a millennium believers have chipped off pieces in a faithful attempt to remedy their deficiencies .
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Are there adequate and appropriate resources to remedy any deficiencies which are exposed?
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The research to be undertaken will attempt to remedy this deficiency .
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Processes were scrutinized to remedy deficiencies internal to physical geography.
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The inevitable reduction in the amount of time likely to be given to singing challenges the Church to remedy this deficiency .
problem
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Some of its politicians were backward-looking in that their major objectives were to remedy inter-war problems .
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Sound organizational training is designed to remedy a specific performance problem or knowledge discrepancy.
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Deals seem to promise to remedy several sets of problems .
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Legislators are the elected officials who pass laws or amend existing ones in order to remedy problems or to promote certain activities.
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The description should outline the steps taken to remedy the reported problem , or indicate how the suggestion was handled.
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Let us begin to look at what is being done to remedy these problems .
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Three general principles can be applied to remedy either of these problems , any one of which will work alone.
situation
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Should not the Government act with similar urgency to remedy that situation ?
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To remedy the situation , the water must be heavily chlorinated.
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It appears that a few extra hours of uninterrupted sleep can remedy the situation .
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Two courses of action to remedy the situation are therefore being attempted.
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Please could you look into this matter and see what can be done to remedy the situation .
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Many tried and failed to introduce legislation to remedy the situation .
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If your tap water is of doubtful quality then you must be prepared to remedy the situation or use rain water instead.
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Companies in this situation have been quick to remedy the situation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Equal rights for women were necessary to remedy the injustices done to them over the centuries.
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There have been several tragic rail accidents. The government must act quickly to remedy this situation.
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A proper footpath could remedy this because users would be more likely to keep to it.
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Many tried and failed to introduce legislation to remedy the situation.
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Not until the years of fast industrialization and construction were these defects to be remedied.
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The only remedy for an impaired water heater is to replace it.
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These kinds of organizations attempt to remedy a history of deception with even more deception, fooling no one but themselves.
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This is easily remedied, but a new olive may be required.
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Transportation experts are the best judges of how to remedy the traffic dislocation growing out of the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989.