seize

Word: **seize**

Original Sentence: Attending her son's hospital appointment in London's East End in February last year, 41-year-old Nayyer Hussain **seized** the chance to visit A&E herself.

Definition: **seize a chance/ an opportunity/ the initiative** to quickly and eagerly do something when you have the chance to

Resource: Reader's Digest, October 2006, //The Women's Health Theat Doctors Ignore, pp80//