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Contend something
Contend for something

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  1. Spitting factual things
  2. = compete in/for something
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Prompting

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= Initiating = Establishing = Start/begin something

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out-of-pocket expenses

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= extravagant, overpay, expensive

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grumble about

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= unfair, annoyed, complain

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5
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insurmountable

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= imperishable issues

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6
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exclusive

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for specific/limited usages, purposes,…

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edifice

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a long-ago initiated system (ex: national education ministry)

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coined something

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= set something up, set in stone

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disparage/disparaging

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= disregard = underestimate

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despise

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= strongly dislike something = detest

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verb + -ing form/noun

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admit, adore, advocate, appreciate, avoid, can’t help, carry on, compare, consider, contemplate, delay, deny, detest, discuss, dislike, end up, endure, enjoy, escape, face, fancy, feel like, finish, foresee, give up, include, involve, justify, keep on, mention, mind, miss, postpone, practise, put off, recommend, resent, resist, risk, suggest, take up, insist on, looking forward to

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verb + object + ing form

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catch, feel, find, glimpse, observe, overhear, see, smell, watch

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verb + to infinitive

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afford, agree, aim, appear, apply, arange, aspire, attempt, beg, cease, choose, claim, come, dare, decide, demand, deserve, desire, expect, fail, happen, help, hesitate, hope, learn, manage, need, neglect, ofer, opt, plan, prepare, pretend, promise, refuse, resolve, rush, seem, strive, tend, undertake, volunteer, vote, wait, want, work, yearn

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verb + object + to infinitive

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advise, allow, ask, assign, asist, authorise, beg, cause, challenge, choose, command, compel, convince, dare, decide, defy, desire, employ, empower, enable, encourage, expect, force, free, help, hire, inspire, instruct, intend, invite, lead, motivate, move, need, nominate, order, permit, persuade, pick, prepare, prompt, qualify, raise, recommend, recruit, remind, request, select, send, signal, teach tell, tempt, trust, want, warn

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verb + object + bare infinitive

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help, let, make, feel, hear, notice, overhear, sê, watch

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verb + object + to infinite/ing form (without meaning change)

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begin, bother, can’t bear/stand, continue, hate, intend, love, prefer, start

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verb + to infinitive/ ing form with change in meaning

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consider/imagine, forget, go on, like, mean , regret, remember, stop, try

16
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Vacancy

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= occupation, employed, recruited, job