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Surface Refer Situation Talking Easily Hidden Immediately Obvious

query
When you refer to the s______ of a situation, you are talking about what can be seen easily rather than what is hidden or not immediately obvious .When you refer to the surface of a situation, you are talking about what can be seen easily rather than what is hidden or not immediately obvious .
Back in Britain, things appear, on the surface, simpler.
Social unrest is never far below the surface in the capital.
It's brought to the surface a much wider controversy.
word surface
full-definition
noun
The surface of something is the flat top part of it or the outside of it.
97% of all the water on the Earth's surface is salt.
...tiny little waves on the surface of the water.
The road surface has started breaking up.
Its total surface area was seven thousand square feet.
A work surface is a flat area, for example the top of a table, desk, or kitchen cupboard, on which you can work.
It can simply be left on the work surface.
Place the fish on a flat surface and sprinkle the flesh with lemon juice and pepper.
When you refer to the surface of a situation, you are talking about what can be seen easily rather than what is hidden or not immediately obvious .
Back in Britain, things appear, on the surface, simpler.
Social unrest is never far below the surface in the capital.
It's brought to the surface a much wider controversy.
adjective
Surface is used to describe the parts of the armed forces which travel by ship or by land rather than underwater or in the air.
In contrast with its surface fleet, Britain's submarine force was relatively small.
...Nato surface forces.
verb
If someone or something under water surfaces, they come up to the surface of the water.
He surfaced, gasping for air.
When something such as a piece of news, a feeling, or a problem surfaces, it becomes known or becomes obvious.
The paper says the evidence, when it surfaces, is certain to cause uproar.
The emotions will surface at some point in life.
The same old problems would surface again.
When someone surfaces, they appear after not being seen for some time, for example because they have been asleep .
There's no chance that he'll surface because he's bound to have heard by now.
What time do you surface?
inflections surfacessurfacingsurfaced
cefr-level B1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1

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