B2 accepting things as they are in fact and not making decisions based on unlikely hopes for the future:
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- Manufacturers and shops circumnavigate gun laws by providing realistic models which are unable to discharge missiles.
- The prediction of 4 million unemployed now looks horrifyingly realistic.
- Her plans are not realistic - they'll never be more than a pipe dream.
- You should try to restrain your ambitions and be more realistic.
- A good artist can produce a very realistic effect using only light and shade.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- legitimacy
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- sensible
- wise
- wisely
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