Vocabulary 5.4

conscious (adj): noticing or realizing something
I became conscious of someone watching me.


implicit (adj): suggested or understood without being stated directly
Her words contained an implicit threat.


manipulate (v): to make someone think and behave exactly as you want them to, by skilfully deceiving or influencing them
He was one of those men who manipulated people.


release (v): to let someone go free, after having kept them somewhere

Police arrested several men, who were later released.

retain (v): to keep something or continue to have something

You have the right to retain possession of the goods.