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The word beliefs is also used by people to refer to the strictures of their religion, restrictions upon behavior, or to behaviors demanded of its adherents, rules relating to food, say, or the time an …

It means "they sacrifice the adaptability [that would be necessary to survive] if things were to change in the future". Your "sacrifice the ability to respond [by changing their own behaviors]". It is …

Yes, the Sun is being compared, but indirectly. Consider: An athlete like Lionel Messi is rare. The phrase "like Lionel Messi" applies Messi's qualities to the abstraction "an athlete". An athlete …

The risk was instantly incurred by local salmon populations upon the escape of the farmed fish. Then (i.e. after the escape and its ongoing risk became known) activists called for action. After requir …

wider community there refers to people unaffiliated with the university and living in the vicinity of the university, however that is defined by the university: in the same town, perhaps, or in certai …

The core meaning of reform refers to "change(s) in structure", and in this case the "structure" is both the system of justice and entrenched attitudes relating to race. for means "promoting, seeking" …

The collocation happily married means "in a stable marriage". The marriage is established and steady. The marriage is not "on the rocks" like a ship about to sink in a storm.

To put some of the ideas in the comments into an answer: beyond refers to that which lies on the far side of some kind of limit or barrier: The city lies beyond the mountain range. The mountain rang …

where it counts means "where it matters" or "where it will have a big effect". The boxer hit his opponent with an uppercut where it counts, in the solar plexus. So, "Where it counts, you don't real …

This answer is not to disagree with the accepted answer but to reply to the comment from OP about "although", which is about the construction. dear as it is can be paraphrased as "although it is expen …

to profess means to claim, usually with some degree of fervor, that something is true about yourself, typically something important, often very important, not a trivial fact. For example: You can pro …

for can introduce a reason or basis: He was arrested for robbing the bank. He was arrested because he robbed the bank for can also introduce a purpose: These shoes are for hiking. for can also int …

"yeah" is informal/conversation for "yes". It acknowledges the other person's remark but when delivered with a tone of sarcasm or irony indicates that what the other person has said is not possible …

community-based borders on euphemism; it is certainly jargon. It refers to drawing staff from the community; the unspoken aspects of the term that make it euphemistic are the notion that people from o …

The preposition with can introduce the reason for or cause of something. Her hair went white overnight with the extreme shock that news had given her. We soon became exhausted with the steep uphill c …