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adept

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good at doing something difficult

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adjust sth

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to change the way you behave or

think in order to suit a new situation

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adventurous

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willing to try new and often

difficult things

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anecdote

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a short story that you tell someone

about something that happened to you or someone else

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at heart

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used to say what someone is really like

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attention span

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the length of time that you can

keep your thoughts and interest fixed on something

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bad-temperedness

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when someone gets angry

easily

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bark

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if a dog barks, it makes loud, short sounds

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be accustomed to sth/doing sth

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to have
experienced something often enough for it to seem
normal to you

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be familiar with sth

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to know about something

or have experienced it many times before

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be glued to sth

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to be watching something,

especially a screen, with all your attention

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be intent on doing sth

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to be determined to do

or achieve something

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be well on the way to + v–ing

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to be making

good progress towards a particular goal

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browse

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to look at information on the Internet

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catch your eye

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if something catches your eye, you

notice it because it is attractive, interesting or unusual

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characteristics

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typical or obvious qualities

that make one person or thing different from another

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come to terms with sth

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to accept and deal with a

difficult situation

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commonplace

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happening often or existing in

large numbers, and so not considered special or unusual

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contemplate sth v

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to consider something for

a long time or in a serious way

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deal with sth

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to take action in order to achieve

something or to solve a problem

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determine sth

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to control what

will happen

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diagnosis

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when a doctor

says what is wrong with someone who is ill

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digital technology

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the use of an
electronic system that changes sounds or images into
signals in the form of numbers before it stores or sends
them

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discriminate

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to notice and/or act on a

difference between two or more things

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disturbing
unpleasant in a way that makes you | feel anxious or upset
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disorder
a disease or mental problem
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download sth
to copy computer programs, music or other information electronically using the Internet
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dream sth up
to think of a new idea or plan
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endow sb/sth with sth
l to give someone | a particular quality or characteristic
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exchange ideas
if people exchange ideas, they | tell each other their ideas
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exert control over sb/sth
to use control in order to make someone do something or to make something happen
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express an idea
to say or write an idea
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eye-catching
attractive, interesting, or different | enough to be noticed
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feel lost without sb/sth
unable to live or work | without someone/something
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fight a losing battle
to try hard to do something | when there is no chance that you will succeed
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filter sth
to focus on information you want and | ignore information you do not need
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genome
the complete set of genetic material of | a human, animal, plant or other living thing
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have an aptitude for sth
to have a natural skill | or an ability to do something well
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have a flair for sth
to have a natural ability to do | something well
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hereditary
passed to a child from its parents | before birth
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inability
when you are unable to do | something
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innovation
a new idea or method that is being tried for the first time, or the use of such an idea or method
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intrapersonal
thinking about your own thoughts | and feelings and trying to understand them
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a link between sth and sth
a relationship or | connection between two things
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lose your appetite
to lose the desire to eat
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make choices
to choose between two or more | things
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make an effort to do sth
to try to do something, | putting energy and time into it
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mindless violence
violence that has no purpose, that is done without thought, often for its own sake
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multitask
to do more than one thing at the | same time
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nag sb
to keep criticising or giving advice | to someone in an annoying way
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the next step
the next stage in a process
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online community
a group of people who | discuss a subject on the Internet
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panic
to suddenly feel so worried or frightened that you cannot think or behave calmly, or to make someone feel this way
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parameter
a limit that controls the way that | you can do something
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pay attention to sth
to watch, listen to or think | about something carefully or with interest
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peer group
a group of people of about the | same age, social position, etc.
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representative
someone who speaks or does | something officially on behalf of another person
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science fiction
stories about life in the future | or in other parts of the universe
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sift sth
to carefully look at every part of | something in order to find something
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sensitive
able to notice or measure very small | changes
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shop online
to buy things from an Internet | website
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solve a problem
to find an answer to a problem
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stressful
making you feel anxious and unable to | relax
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traffic jam
a line of cars, trucks, etc. that are | moving slowly or not moving at all
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upload sth
to copy computer programs or information electronically, usually from a small computer to a larger one or to the Internet
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willpower
the ability to make yourself do difficult things or to stop yourself from doing enjoyable things that are bad for you
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work with your hands
to do practical work with | your hands

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