The verb budge means to change your opinion or to move something with difficulty and it is almost always used in the negative.

Mr The adviser to the Chart Thai Pattana leader refused to budge from the amendment push, a Chart Thai Pattana source said.

Mr Kasit yesterday refused to budge on the question of diplomatic ties with Cambodia.

Evy But some of the men refused to budge from the danger zone and were left alone to fend for themselves.

Red shirts vowed to disrupt his tour, but found themselves unable to budge for most of the day as 500 blue shirts encircled them on the road and kept them hemmed in with six-wheeler trucks.

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The adjective deadpan means to be pretending to be serious usually when you are not and often when you are telling a joke or telling a lie.

The navy and the army insist with deadpan faces that they did not violate any humanitarian standards.

``My assistant still puts my pants on one leg at a time,'' McBride says, deadpan.

They handle the movie's moments of humour just as cleverly: They're always deadpan and brief, and funnier because of it.

``The national team comes first and it comes before my family,'' said Bilardo with a deadpan expression.

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The adjective ill-founded means to be not based on truth or facts.

Mr The rumours of a coup were ill-founded and intended to stir up trouble, he said.

The aim of the visit, he said, was to ease concerns among Hmong villagers over ill-founded rumours about the health of the King.

Evy Cunningham says that rumours of volunteers stealing from bodies are ill-founded.

``Comments that the government is trying to interfere in legal matters are ill-founded,'' he said.

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The noun insubordination refers to refusing to obey orders from people in authority.

Mr Maj Gen Khattiya is accused of insubordination for attacking Gen Anupong’s leadership.

The chairman said Mr Vuthiphong was fired for insubordination to the minister of information and communication technology, who looks after the TOT.

Evy Arial Sharon’s career was mixed with episodes of battlefield brilliance and acts of insubordination.

When, in California, Fremont's role changed from explorer to regular military officer, he soon ran into trouble and in 1848 was court-martialled for insubordination over the question of who had the authority to appoint him California's governor.

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The verb improvise means to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it.

Mr Until now, home cooks wanting to try the slow-cooking method have had to improvise.

``When the rains came, we improvised out there,” Merrick’s caddie said.'

Evy Some surgeons improvised, using modified kitchen spoons and forks to hold the heart steady.

```He is wooden, he is stiff, he can't improvise,” one critic complained.

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