Higher level Flashcards
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question
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enquiry
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lay down
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dictate
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pick up
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acquire
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speak badly of
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disparage
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drunk
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inebriated
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to make an apology
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to issue an apology
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counter-argument
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rebuttal
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in the middle of
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amid, amidst
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to keep expectations
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to live up to expectations
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to select
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to shortlist
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deceived
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short-changed
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to harm
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to scathe
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fame
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limelight
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praised
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lauded
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linked
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interwoven
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agreement
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consensus
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interesting
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compelling
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completely
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utterly
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extremely bad
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abysmal
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total agreement
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unanimous
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highly-skilled
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virtuoso
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too intense
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frenetic
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unmatched
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unparalleled
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innovative
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groundbreaking
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ending
finale
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not very good
mediocre
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lonely
bereft
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to express
to convey
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to criticise
to rave
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to dig
to delve
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fail to impress
to underwhelm
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bad situation
plight
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distressing
harrowing
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happy
buoyant
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regretful
apologetic
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interesting
engaging
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to try to impress
to be pretentious
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new, different
refreshing
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difficult experience
ordeal
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to discourage
to deter
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thrilled
rapt
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to want
to yearn
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to tempt
to tantalise
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lovable
endearing
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dull
prosaic, pedestrian, lustreless
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bland
vapid
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fascinating
riveting, spellbinding, enrapturing, gripping
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tedious
wearisome
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captivating
enthralling
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clichéd
bromidic
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interesting
absorbing
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to make an agreement
to come to terms with
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disability
impairment
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negative
adverse
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not knowing
unbeknownst
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in abundance
profusely
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improvised
impromptu
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after your death
upon your death
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serious
acute
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quick (plot, novel)
fast-moving
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full of drama
action-packed
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funny
hilarious
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exciting
thrilling
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moving, touching
heart-warming
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a portrayal of
a depiction of
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clever
witty
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careful
skilful
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in my opinion…
to my mind…
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regarding that
as far as (…) is concerned…
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not fair
not cricket
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silly
empty-headed
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happy
good-humoured, buoyant
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thief of wallets
pickpocket
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a difficult situation
predicament, ordeal
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safari park
game reserve
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health
welfare
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young people
adolescents
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true character
inherent characteristics
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mercy
leniency
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forever
for good
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get information, answers
elicit
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obsessively fond of sb
infatuated
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advanced
cutting edge
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strong liking
penchant
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hasty, brief
cursory
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inventive - naive
ingenious - ingenuous
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serious
grave, acute
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docilely
tamely
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revive
rekindle
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fascinated
mesmerized
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absurd, ridiculous
farcical
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picky
selective
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careful
thorough, skilful
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fantastical, imaginative
fanciful, whimsical
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think up
conceive
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puzzle, riddle
brainteaser
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to compare
to liken
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meticulous
painstaking
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casual
fortuitous
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aggressively
viciously
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renovation, improvement
revamp
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joke
hoax
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reduction
depletion
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to generate, to provoke
to trigger
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to make it happen
to set off
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to exaggerate
to overstate
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realistic
feasible
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to minimise importance
to downplay
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activity
hustle and bustle
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to avoid
to avert
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late
belatedly
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clever
shrewd, witty
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integrative, panoramic
holistic
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to give
to yield
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difficult achievement (proeza)
prowess
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skilfully
stealthily
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dead body (carroña)
carrion
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to look for in the rubbish
to scavenge
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to confirm
to corroborate, to bear out
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to put obstacles
to hinder
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to disappear
to vanish
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to kick out
to banish
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to kill selectively
to cull
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to move awkwardly
to lumber
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to be bitter and very bad-tempered (hiel)
gall
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to consider
to deem
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enemy
foe
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a purchase
a buyout
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doubt
hesitate
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think
figure
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or
alternatively
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open
unlock
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nice
thoughtful
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with six years old
at the age of six
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to ignore
to downplay
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to worsen
to aggravate
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to ease
to alleviate, to mitigate
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to compromise
to jeopardize
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to compensate
to counteract
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to limit, to restrict
to curb
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to decrease, to make smaller
to diminish
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to stop
to halt
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to identify
to pinpoint
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to avoid
to sidestep, to overlook, to avert
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to increase
to snowball
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cold, grey
bleak
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grey
grim
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undeniable
unchallenged
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innegable
undisputed
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to exaggerate
to overstate
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to tax
to levy
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to confirm
to bear out
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to simplify
to streamline
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efficient
streamlined
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very important
vital
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effort, attempt
endeavour
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to accept
to acquiesce
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acceptance, consent
acquiescence
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war
warfare
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to establish
to ascertain
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disadvantage
drawback
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to begin, to carry out
to undertake
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to hire
to recruit
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to multiply for six
sixfold (adj. adv.)
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to limit
to narrow
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old
long-lived
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rough
rugged
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too big
oversized
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to tremble
to wobble
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very tiny
minuscule, infinitesimal
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too huge
colossal
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to give up
to surrender
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short (fugaz)
fleeting, transient
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prolonged
protracted
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lasting
enduring
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promise
pledge
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to win / loss
to defeat / defeat
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move away, leave, retract
withdraw
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become opposed to, divided
polarise
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outgoing
extroverted
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loud
raucous
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intimidating
daunting
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to say
to utter
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information
intelligence
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next day
morrow
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la gran mayoría
the vast majority
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to explain, to represent
to account for
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to announce
to herald
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obsolescencia programada
built-in obsolescence
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lifetime
lifespan, time span
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to substitute
to supersede
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nearby
neighbouring
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equivalent
tantamount
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falling apart
crumbling
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to break a law, rule, promise
in breach of
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to meditate
to ponder
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disappointed
discouraged
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to calm down
to mollify
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to want something very badly
to claw for something
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to admire and want to have something
to have your eyes / heart on something
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impressively
strikingly
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being on time (punctuality)
timeliness
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to tell the difference between, to see, to perceive
to discern
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deceiving
deception
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to return land to natural state
to rewild
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to cover temporarily with panels
to board up
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honestly
above board
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to make an auction offer
to bid
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to bargain for
to haggle over
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to hang limply
to droop
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to decrease
to slump
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to slow down, to fall
to sag
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to fall fast, to drop
to plunge
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absorbed, focused
engrossed
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to sharpen
to whet
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nominated, marked out
designated
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half-asleep
dozing
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in a mocking way
derisively
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doggedly, in a determined way
unrelentingly
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to season with pepper
to pepper
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impartial
fair-minded
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self-satisfied, lazy
complacent
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disagreeable
abrasive
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figurative: search all over
to scour
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coming soon
impending
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to be side by side
to be abreast of
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to leap, to spring
to pounce
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fig: seize opportunity
to pounce on
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unrestricted
untethered
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brief, concise
succinct
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to attribute
to by-line
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being married
hitched
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to rush forward
to hurtle
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relevant
newsworthy
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young tree
sapling
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repercussion
knock-on effects
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to encourage
to prompt
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to satisfy, to extinguish
to quench
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avid, desirous
eager
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achievement
attainment
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high incidence
prevalence
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confused
puzzled
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to convince
to prevail on / upon
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to attract
to lure
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to remember the past
to reminisce
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from this time on
henceforth
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to cause
to bring about
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to remember
to cast your mind back
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to treat badly
to pick on (sb)
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surprised
taken aback
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thin
slender
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distant (sb)
aloof
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attractive
alluring
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dissuasive
deterrent
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to apply
to exert
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canal (water)
waterways
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to weaken
to undermine
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con desparpajo, con seguridad
confidently
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to personify
to epitomise
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hesitant, unwilling
reluctant
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very probably
in all likelihood
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to have a very beneficial effect
to work wonders
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maximum, greatest
utmost
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to do as final option
to resort to doing sth
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to reply sharply
to retort
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in a solid or steady way
sturdily
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brevity, concision
terseness
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not colourful
drab
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poor, depleted
impoverished
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to reprimand
to chastise
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prime, greatest time
heyday
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(ocean) current
tide
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highest importance
paramountcy
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to decline
to wane
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to calm
to appease, to mollify
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complaint
grievance
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hateful, evil
heinous
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a criminal
an outlaw
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excused, excluded
exempt
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until now
hitherto
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to suppress
to quell
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lack of development, slowness to learn (atraso, retraso)
backwardness
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violent unrest, difficult change
upheaval
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premature
untimely
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to obtain
to derive
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art enthusiast, amateur
dilettante
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again
anew
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to grab
to seize
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to twist together (entrelazar)
to entwine
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direct, frank
outspoken
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firm (person)
adamant
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to achieve
to strive
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habitual gesture or trait
mannerism
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inheritance: property
heritage
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charming
quaint
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firmly established
deep-rooted
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bride’s money, goods
dowry
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trace
vestige
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obstinate, stubborn
opinionated
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bottom of a river (lecho)
riverbed
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to remove, to take out
to scoop out
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flood
deluged
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harmless
innocuous
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up / down
upwards / downwards
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wonderfully
superbly
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imposible to dispute (irrefutable)
unassailable
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whim (capricho)
vagary
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give abilities, qualities (dotar u otorgar algo a)
to endow sb with sth
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to constrain, to repress
to inhibit
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about to
on the verge of (doing)
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each
apiece
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by that means
thereby
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model, example
paragon
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noticeable
conspicuous
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to imagine, to conceive
to envision
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to promote
to foster
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aerial attack (bombardeo, intense campaign)
blitz
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engagement, promise to marry
betrothal
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as good as, practically
virtually
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to postpone
to defer
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to abstain from, to do without
to forgo
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to go against, to challenge
to defy
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to dress formally (ataviar)
to attire
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formal clothes (vestimenta, atuendo)
attire
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fig: impress (inculcar, infundir)
to instill sth in sb
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excess
surfeit
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tentatively, cautiously
gingerly
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consider equal
to equate
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to summarise
to outline
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not energetic, slow-moving
sluggish
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continuo
continuum
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most private, furthest inside, deepest
innermost
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diagonal, slanting
oblique
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vulgar, tacky
gaudy
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exaggerated
overdone
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fake
feigned
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reliquia
heirloom
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to distribute, to assign
to allot
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on a large scale, in general
wholesale
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to fall abruptly (caer en picado)
to plummet
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to estimate, to value
to appraise
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impertérrito
undaunted
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to accompany, to show the way
to usher
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with bad hair (despeinado, desaliñado)
disheveled
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misery
pittance
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to sell door to door
to peddle
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to attempt
to stymie
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proliferar
to proliferate
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the new one
newcomer
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desfalco, malversación
embezzlement
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to hold back
to stifle
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fake
bogus, feigned
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to reduce to the essentials (reducir a la mínima expresión)
to pare down
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fig: access, means of communication
pipeline
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extra charge
surcharge
356
fig: temporary measure
stopgap
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not being made use of
untapped
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scope, limit
purview
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fig: stifling influence (absolute control)
stranglehold
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ground pet food
kibble
361
cloudy (liquid), dark (ideas, arguments)
murky
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to solicit blatantly
to tout
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openly, conspicuously, impertinently
blatantly
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freeze rapidly
flash-frozen
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fig: outdo, surpass
to trump
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lever, layer
tier
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expensive, luxury, posh
upmarket
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ancestry, line of descendants
lineage
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foamy, bubbly / frivolous
frothy
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mixture
blend
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fig: sharp, cutting (sarcastic)
pungent
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fig: subtle suggestion
undercurrent
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to reply sharply
to retort
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ability
flair for sth
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fig: impeccable reputation (sin mancillar)
untarnished
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existing for a long time
age-long
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always existing
ever-present
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well-established, long-term
long-standing
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having left or died a long time ago
long-gone
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long-established custom
time-honoured
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to treat as unimportant
to make light of
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dejection
despondency
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very occasionally, only once
one-off
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your own, of the company/place
in-house
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to approve of, to support
to endorse
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specialised target
niche
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to lead
to conduit
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to go up rapidly
to rocket
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to require
to command
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values
ethos
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prominent publicly
high-profile
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ranking
tier
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tool to force sb/sth (fig: palanca)
lever
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model, example, reference
beacon, paragon
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closeness
relatability
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unfailing
infallible
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emerging
nascent
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fig: to cause controversy of offence
to ruffle feathers
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to bring unwanted result (salir el tiro por la culata)
to backfire
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fig: to stain reputation (mancillar)
to tarnish
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fig: to lead to action, to prompt
to spur
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obligation, responsibility
onus
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out of control
rampant
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out of tune
out of step
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to join
to jump on board
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financial support, living
livelihood
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baja por fallecimiento de un pariente
compassionate leave
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mistake
slip-up
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to tell off
to lash out at sb
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competition
rivalry
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option
course of action
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around
on the scene
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to struggle, to fight
to flounder
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to get stranded on land (ship) (encallar)
to run aground
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leading
foremost
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awful
dreadful
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since, given that
inasmuch as
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a lot of
plenty of
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hecho y derecho
full-fledged
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unexplored
uncharted
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to fight
to grapple with
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injustice
bigotry
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disempowerment
disenfranchisement
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cosechar elogios
to garner praise
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previous period (vísperas)
run-up
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warning
caveat
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innovation (pioneering activity)
trailblazing
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regardless of
irrespective of
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rare
few and far between
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very important
momentous
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bitter (person)
acrimonious
