01_En_007_21.09.09 Flashcards

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dishonourable, especially towards a woman (typically used of a man or his behaviour). «_space;Charlie was a ____ womaniser.

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caddish

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a young person, especially a man, who has very short hair or no hair and is part of a group, often a violent group «_space; Edward Norton was outstanding in American History X as a reformed neo-nazi ____.

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skinhead

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to encourage sb to do sth, usually sth wrong or stupid

Murray to School Principal. I think his brother (Derek) ____ him ____ ____ this. (righting a paper My Mein Kampf)

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put sb up to sth

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to force someone to leave a school, organization, or country: «_space;Principal Sweeney to Danie: I should _____you for this (for writing My Mein Kampf)

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expel

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fml the act of putting or keeping someone in prison or in a place used as a prison: «_space;Principal to Dannie: I want you to prepare a report on your brother, analysing the events surroungding his (Derek´s ) ____.

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incarceration

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  1. a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view. «_space;How these events (your brother Derek going to jail) helped shape your present ____concerning life in contemporary America.
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perspective

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  1. inf to hit sb, especially on the head or face: «_space;He is lucky the bell rang. I would have ____ed that boy. (Dani standing up for the beaten boy).
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clock

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an effort to bring services or information to people where they live or spend time: This is the principal at ___ High School. He´s also been doing ____ work with gangs.

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outreach

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AE / BE to send sb to jail «_space;Three years ago a local kid named Derek Vinyard gets _____ ___for
murdering a couple of black guys who were trying to jack his car

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send up AE / send down BE

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a young person, especially a man, who has very short hair or no hair and is part of a group, often a violent group «_space;Derek Vinyard was a skinhead.

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skinhead

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He was ___skinhead , right? He was more like ____ skinhead.

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He was a skinhead , right. He was more like the skinhead.

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  1. AE /AuE slang (esp of a gangster, assassin) to murder sb «_space;Decent hardworking white Americans like my Dad are getting _____ed _____ by social parasite.
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rub sb out

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  1. to raise the hammer on a gun so that it is ready to fire «_space;Derek _____ed his gun and walked towards the wounded black guy on the ground.
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cock

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  1. an uncut film or book has not had parts removed from the original, unabridged «_space;We got some ____footage here with Derek´s interview after his father was killed. Courtesy of NBC.
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uncut

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  1. a place where people secretly plan or take part in dishonest or illegal activities: eg drug ____ «_space;
    “Firefighter Dennis Vinyard was shot and killed while putting out a fire in a suspected Compton drug ____.”
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den

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The swallow flew around & around ——the field.

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ABOVE «_space;involv up -down dimen - prep path

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C2 to be as successful as other people or things in a situation «_space; Naomi Watts was chosen by Peter Jackson to recreate Fay Wray role in King Kong, where she more than ______ her _____ against the FX.

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hold sb´s own / (own) ground

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Movies,Television.a phonetic spelling ofeffects,asspecial effect(s),practical effect(s), orvisual effect(s) «_space;Naomi Watts was chosen by Peter Jackson to recreate Fay Wray role in King Kong, where she wasn´t any worse than her against the ____

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illegalordisapprovedof bysociety: «_space;Charlie T is happy to have an _____ affair with Kitty, but but he is not willing to leave his wife.

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  1. to change sth in order to make it look different or use it for a different puprose, us to improve it «_space;Walter represents the forces of British Imperialism during that era, when they were going to other countries & trying to ____ them ____ as their own.
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make sb/sth over

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  1. under the political control or authority of sth: «_space;The British living in China at at the beginning of the 20th century were not _____ ___ Chinese law.
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subject to sth

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  1. to partly close your eyes in order to see more clearly: «_space;The sun was shining straight in her eyes and made her ______.
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  1. If a person or an eye _____s, the eye looks in a different direction to the other eye, because of a weakness of the eye muscles: «_space;Lili’s left eye _____ed slightly when she was tired.
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disappr a military leader who controls a country or, more often, an area within a country «_space;After the death of the leader of the Chinese republic the vacuum was largely filled by ______s of the kind Walter meets in the film.

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a place, esp a small group of buildings or a town, that represents the authority or business interests of a government or company that is far away: After the war the exhausted European powers gradually abandoned their colonies. Hong Kong, the last ____, was handed back in 1997.
outpost
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1. [ C ] any of the four books of the Bible that contain details of the life of Jesus Christ:
gospel
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2. [ S ] the teachings of Jesus Christ (preach / spread ___) << Caritas, while a catholic organization, with the emphasis more on relieving poverty than spreading ______.
gospel, the
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an organization that tries to achieve social or political aims but is not controlled by a government << Examples of ____ are different foundations, Oxfam, Médecins Sans Frontière, Save the Children etc
NGO non-governmental organization
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to make a recording play at very high speed so that you get to the end or a later part more quickly: << If there is a scene you find particularly entertaining, you write down its number and easily ____ or rewind to it later.
fast-forward
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a house that has only one storey or has a second storey built into a sloping roof (Bengal style), may be surrounded by wide verandas
bungalow