Exam 3 senior year Flashcards
(204 cards)
1
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a rebel
A
insurgent
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insurgent
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a rebel
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to _______ a bomb(er)
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employ / sta znavi ha hrvatskome?
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new democracy, democracy in the beginning
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fledgling democracy
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fledgling democracy
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new democracy, democracy in the beginning
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biti razoruzan
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to be disarmed
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advance vs.
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withdraw
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withdraw vs.
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advance
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arm vs.
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disarm
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civilian vs.
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military
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defeat vs.
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victory
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enemies vs.
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allies
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allies vs.
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enemies
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occupy vs.
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liberate
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liberate vs.
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occupy
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release
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capture
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to do something too soon
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to jump the gun
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to say something shocking, unexpected
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to drop a bombshell
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Decide to do something and try hard to get it
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To set your sights on something
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Stopping friendly and become friends again
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To bury a hatchet
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refuse to change mind
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Stick to your guns
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try to unfeasible, That’s not going to ever be achieved
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Find a losing battle
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Remind of something unpleasant in the past
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Open up old wounds
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have no place to return, you do something that makes impossible to return to previous situation
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burn your boats/bridges
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prodrijeti
make a breakthrough
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napasti
launch an attack
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___ an attack
launch
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______ a stalemate
break (zaustaviti situaciju u kojoj nitko ne pobjeđuje)
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situation in which none could win
stalemate
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____ orders
give
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to ____ ____ resistance
put up
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opirati se
to put up resistance
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pretrpjeti gubitak
suffer a setback
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nanjesti gubitke
inflict losses
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nadoknaditi gubitke
to call up reinforcements
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to ___ ___ reinforcements
call up
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stop, potucen do nogu
grind to halt
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pobijediti
claim victory
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request, pledge
plea
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zapaliti
to commit act of arson
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arson
crime of intentionally and maliciously setting fire to buildings, wildland areas, vehicles or other property with the intent to cause damage
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protest glađu
hunger strike
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nezamjenjiv, other people cannot do without you
indispensable
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do what someone is trying to force you to do
give in to pressure/bow to pressure
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arms factory
armament factory
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cannot be hurt
Invulnerability
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shiver
shudder
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cause sbd to feel afraid
to FAZE sbd
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calm
placid
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hit violently, whip
lashing out
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apply as remedy
administer
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bodlja
BARB
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walk on
TREAD, TROD, TRODDEN
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come in large groups
Come in DROVES
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stay very close to
hover
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dangerously
perilously
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Not restrained, not tied
Irrepressable
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Hold gently in your arms or hands
Cradle
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Impossible to hold back, control -
????
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Lively
Ebullient
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aggressively, tactless
???
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Unrestrained, neobuzdan
Irrepressibly
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Poison
Venom
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criticize, judge
Condemn
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1) a person who enjoys seeing the pain or distress of others
| 2) person who gains sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity
voyeuristic
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Person who likes to stalk others
pipi Tom
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1) self-confident in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way
| 2) strong, energetic, or irreverent
brash
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1) isolation, detachment
| 2) loss or lack of sympathy; estrangement
alienation
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constantly argue
lock horns
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unwilling, disinclined, unenthusiastic, resistant
reluctant
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be frightened/scared
Be intimidated
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compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something
vie (vying)
| "rival mobs vying for control of the liquor business"
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Conflict
Friction
| "This often led to friction between the free burghers and the tenants of the Bishop."
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Make it alright again
To patch it up
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Unnatural discussion
Animated discussion
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With heat of the moment, emotions
Heated arguments
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Strangely
Oddly
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Exhausting
Draining
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Fortune-teller
clairvoyant
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Set goals, to decide to achieve something
Set somebody's sights,
| "She's set her sights on winning."
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confusing
baffling
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reveal, solve, resolve, puzzle out,
unravelling
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recover, get well, regain one's strength/health
recuperate
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repetition
REHASH
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FALI MI OVDIJE NEKOLIKO NJIH
???
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____ a purpose
SERVE
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strana u knjizi 59
3. zadatak
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Two meanings of word BACK
1. repeating "your secretary read The letter back to her boss"
2. looking into the past "the building dates back to 1650"
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Two means of DOWN
1. Record in writing "I jotted down the phone number"
| 2. reducing "wait until coffee cools down"
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Two meanings of OFF
1. departing "thieves made off with 1 million in cash"
| 2. ending "he broke off his engagement"
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Two meanings of ON
1. continuing "my boss droned on for ages at the meeting"
| 2. attacking "pick on someone your own size"
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Two meanings of OUT
1. disappearing "dinosaurs died out"
| 2. solving, searching "I could just make out the ship on the horizon"
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Two meetings of OVER
1. visiting "let's pop over to Jamie's"
| 2. considering, examining "always look over your work before you hand it in"
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Two meanings of UP
1. approach "don't creep up on me like that"
| 2. improve "I'm going to brush up my Spanish"
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muddled form
confusing form
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1) to approach slowly, imperceptibly,
| 2) to move slowly with the body close to the ground
creep (up)
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Continue
Keep on
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Play back (put (old ideas or material) into a new form without significant change or improvement)
Rehash
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Run away
MAKE OFF
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shvatiti ___ a problem
sort out
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Approach
Come up to
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Ban, stop production...?
PHAZE OUT????
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in the period Immediately following some destructive event
In the aftermath of
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Troubled, not secure or settled
Uneasy
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Having the supreme power (suveren)
Sovereign/soveran
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____ a decision about something
make
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Eurosceptic vs.
Europhile
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____ control over
have
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unutranja politika
Domestic affairs
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Delegate powers
???
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Decision-making powers
....
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Propose a new legislation
???, zahtjevati new law(s), body of law
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___ a law
pass
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___ an elections
hold
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___ peace and stability
deliver
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____ control
exercise
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despair _
OF (lose hope, give up)
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rebel _
AGAINST
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a key _ success
TO
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suspicious _
OF
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cope _
WITH ( uhvatiti se u koštac s, boriti se s)
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be despaired of
lose hope of
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commission
committee, board
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delegate
pass on, choose, authorize
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law(s), body of laws, rules, regulations, acts
legislation
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tangible
touchable, real, substantial, concrete; visible, noticeable; actual,
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error
lapse
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holes in memory
lapses in memory
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a big impact
profound effect
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period in teenage years when their body grows and fast rate
growth spurt
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weaken
impair
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moment
spurt
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Very large number
Plethora
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Regulate
Control
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Stop
cease
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Vigilant
TO BE ALERT : watchful, observant, attentive, keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties
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Hormonal uproar
Hormonal upheaval
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Carry-OUT
Conduct research
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Be born OUT
Be verified, confirmed
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Revelation
Something that was made known that was unknown before
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Nocturnal
Happens at night
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thy hard
Endeavor
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ACCUSE _
OF
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ADMIT
TO
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BOAST
WITH (hvaliti se s)
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CONFESS
TO
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INSIST
ON
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CONGRATULATE
ON
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INSIST
ON
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BLAME
FOR
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WARN
OF
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THREATEN
TO
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RETALIATE
AGAINST
| Take revange against sbd/sth
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Coalition
The alliance for combined action
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Violation
ZNAM.
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Suicide bombers
Samoubilaci
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Troops
Tripe
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Zalupiti vratima
Slammed doors
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Ogranicenja do kad smijes ostat vani
Curfew
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Animated debate
?
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Disrupt political meetings
Interrupt by causing disturbance or a problem
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Discriminate ______ sbd
Against
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In tune with (surroundings)
Usklađen s okolišem
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Fatal
Deathly
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_____ fame
Acquire
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Lash out
strike out in defense or attack—physically or verbally.
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Tread (up) on someone
to walk or step on someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on. Step is more common than tread.)
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_____ heart massage
Administer
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In large numbers
In droves
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Untethered
Release or free from tether
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Tether
Rope with which animal is Tied to restraint its movement
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Snapping
Make a sudden, Audible bite
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Wit
Dosjetljiv, pametan
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____ my ambition
Fulfill
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Determined ton+ ___
Bare inf
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Pin my hopes ON + ____
Noun/gerund (to hope that something or someone will help you achieve what you want)
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Achieve my goal of +
Ing
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Foreseeable future
A
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Recuperate
Recover from illness/exhaustion
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___ benefits
Bring
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____ control
Exercise
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Boast with
Hvale to se s
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It's ___ that
Likely
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I can see ____ Gerund
Myself
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Set my _____ on (+ noun)
Sights
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Assuming that I ____ my ambition
fulfill
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If my plans _____ to nothing
come
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I'm determined to (Base form)
.
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I'll ______ it everything I've got
give
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_____ my dream off G around
Realize
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I am (not) _____ my hopes on
pinning
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I may ____ towards that
work
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I don't see that happening in the ______ future
foreseeable
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I will be in a better ____ to base form
position
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Enquire ____
About(ask for information from someone)
Or
After
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Threten ___
With
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_____ casualties
inflict
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recover from ilness
recuperate
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to be verified, confirmed
Be born OUT
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Confusing form
Muddled form
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___ control _____
Exercise--- over
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To be verified
To be born out
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Talk in a monotonous voice
Drone ON
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vb (tr, adverb)
1. (often foll by with) to bring to a satisfactory conclusion; complete, esp agreeably: we rounded off the evening with a brandy.
2. to make round or less jagged
3. Polish up
Round off
