P300-350 Vocabulary Flashcards

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**Boarder**

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a student who stays at a school during the night, as well as during the day

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■(of paper) having lines printed across, or (of the skin on the face) having lines because of age **He was looking worried and depressed, with tired eyes and a lined forehead**.

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take the plunge to decide to do something important or risky, especially after thinking about it for a long time: **We took the plunge and set up our own business**.

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not spoiled by anything **She has spoken about my old family, and out reputation in the county and out pride in our unsullied honor**. sully-soil

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to laugh quietly: **Holmes rubbed his hands and chuckled with delight**.

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a type of small gun. The bullets are in a case which turns around as you fire the gun, so that when you fire one bullet the next bullet is ready to be fired.

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a small gun you can use with one hand ⇨ handgun, revolver

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a convulsive movement or action is sudden, violent, and impossible to control **convulsive spasm / hold me with convulsive strength**

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a child who behaves badly but whom you still like **I was angry with my wife that night for having held me back when I might have caught the rascal**.

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if you say that an idea, thought etc never crossed your mind, you mean that you did not think of it **It didn’t cross her mind that she might be doing something illegal**.

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a feeling that makes you want to do something **My natural inclination was to say no**. **Teachers simply do not have the time or the inclination to investigate these matters**.

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a friend, especially someone who shares difficult work or danger: **The moment xxx, my comrade rushed to the table, laid out all the slips of paper containing dancing men**.

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a small hammer that the person in charge of a meeting, court of law, auction etc hits on a table in order to get people’s attention

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an attempt by a large group of people within a country to take control using force and violence SYN rebellion **The chaos on the House floor came exactly two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection**. **Insurgent**

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■to (cause to) give a sudden quick turn or set of turns in a circle **The Friday after Betty Ann arrived on the scene, Susan twirled her pencil, leaned back in her desk, and waited for the best composition of the week to be read. Hers, of course**.

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something that is latent is present but hidden, and may develop or become more noticeable in the future ⇨ dormant latent in **The virus remains latent in the body for many years**.

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■a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others ***He felt like an impostor among all those intelligent people, as if he had no right to be there**.

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extremely annoying: **You have this exasperating habit of never looking at me**!

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to raise, lift, or pull something up, especially using ropes: **Later in that day, the guys could come to the pool and hoist girls on their shoulder for water fights**.

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■a long narrow bar of wood or metal which people can hold on to for support, especially when going up or down stairs

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the best and most important product, building etc that a company owns or produces **The firm has just opened a flagship store in Las Vegas**.

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FALL (also trip up) to hit something with your foot by accident so that you fall or almost fall SYN stumble **He tripped and fell**.

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full of anxiety or worry SYN tense **the effect of social media use on Children is a fraught area of research**.

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to look at someone in an angry way ⇨ frown: **Mum scowled at him and refused to say anything.**

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1. to notice or understand something by thinking about it carefully discern what/where/why etc **Without more information about other aspects of the students’ lives, “it is challenging to discern how specific differences in brain development are to social media checking.”** 2. to be able to see something by looking carefully SYN perceive: **We could just discern a town in the distance**.

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1. the usual or normal situation, way of doing something etc be/become the norm **Short term contracts are now the norm with some big companies**. 3. the norm the normal or average standard above/below the norm **28% of children tested below the norm**.

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■the effect that an action or decision will have on something else in the future We don’t necessarily know the long-term implications yet.

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■If you prick up your ears, or if your ears prick up, you suddenly begin to listen very carefully because you have heard something interesting **But there was a delay in that answering telegram, and two days of impatience followed, during which Holmes pricked up his ears at every ring of the bell**.

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the base on which a pillar or statue stands: **save that a long inscription had appeared that morning upon the pedestal of the sun-dial**. put/place somebody on a pedestal to admire someone so much that you treat them or talk about them as though they are perfect: **Women are both put on a pedestal and treated like second-class citizens**.

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a sound, word, or short sentence that you say suddenly and loudly because you are surprised, angry, or excited exclamation of **Then suddenly sprang to his feet with an exclamation of surprise and dismay**.

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someone who looks haggard has lines on their face and dark marks around their eyes, especially because they are ill, worried, or tired: **his face was haggard with anxiety**.

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extremely unhappy and without hope: **Seldom have I seen him so utterly despondent**.

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very sad **The music suited her melancholy mood**. formal a feeling of sadness for no particular reason ⇨ depression **But now this sudden realization of his worst fears left him in a blank melancholy**. ▪ sadness ▪ unhappiness ▪ sorrow ▪ misery ▪ despair ▪ grief ▪ heartache a strong feeling of great sadness, especially because you miss someone you love: She remembered the heartache of the first Christmas spent away from her sons. ▪ depression ▪ despondency formal a feeling of being very unhappy and without hope: She felt useless, and this contributed to her despondency. ▪ melancholy literary a feeling of sadness, that you feel even though there is no particular reason for it: Modigliani expressed his melancholy through his painting.

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a piece of land with trees growing on it olive/lemon/palm etc grove **He owns an orange grove near Tel Aviv.**

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SHOOT [transitive] formal to fire a gun or shoot an arrow etc: **Certainly the bullet had been discharged at very close quarters**.

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■to cover or decorate with flat, usually rectangular pieces of wood, metal, cloth, etc. ***The walls of the dining hall were paneled in oak**.

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covered or decorated with flat pieces of wood panelled with/in **The old hall, oak-paneled and high-windowed had been turned into a court of investigation**.

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arouse from **They had to be aroused from their sleep by the sound of an explosion, which had been followed a minute later by a second one**.

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1. wearing a particular kind of clothing clad in **She felt hot, despite being clad only in a thin cotton dress**. 2. snow-clad/ivy-clad etc covered in a particular thing: **an armor-clad ship**

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a piece of clothing like a long loose coat that you wear inside the house, usually over night clothes

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1. done in a hurry, especially with bad results SYN hurried: **He soon regretted his hasty decision**. 2. be hasty to do something too soon, without careful enough thought: **Let’s not be hasty – sit down for a moment**.

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a tube containing explosive powder and a bullet that you put in a gun SYN shell **But there are still four cartridges in the revolver**.

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■a frame with a piece of glass in it which is used to make windows and doors

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AIR cold air that moves through a room and that you can feel SYN draught British English **Draft in the room was necessary for that**. ▪ **wind** air moving in a current, especially strongly or quickly: A cold wind was blowing from the east. | Strong winds caused damage to many buildings. ▪ **breeze** a gentle pleasant wind: The trees were moving gently in the breeze. | A slight breeze ruffled her hair. ▪ **draft** a current of cool air which blows into a room, especially one that makes you feel uncomfortable: There’s a bit of a draught in here – can you close the door?

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1. if something such as wood splinters, or if you splinter it, it breaks into thin sharp pieces **From the splintering of the wood** 2. to separate into smaller groups or parts, or to make a group or organization do this, especially because of a disagreement splinter into **The once-powerful Communist Party has splintered into hundreds of pieces**.

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a shape, object, or container with circular ends and long straight sides ⇨ tube: **The gases are stored in cylinders**. ■ types of shapes ▪ square a shape with four straight sides that are equal in length and four angles of 90 degrees ▪ circle a round shape that is like an O ▪ semicircle half a circle ▪ triangle a shape with three straight sides and three angles ▪ rectangle a shape with four straight sides and four angles of 90 degrees ▪ oval a shape like a circle, but that is longer than it is wide ▪ cylinder an object in the shape of a tube ▪ cube a solid object with six equal square sides ▪ pyramid a shape with a square base and four triangular sides that meet in a point at the top ▪ sphere a shape like a ball

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■*obvious, without any attempt to be hidden* ***There were instances of brazen cheating in the exams**. **Then, with a cry of satisfaction, he bent forward and picked up a little brazen cylinder**.

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to ask someone questions about something that they have just said, to see if they are telling the truth, especially in a court of law **He broke down under cross-examination**.

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formal to send something somewhere, especially in order to sell it **It was consigned to Mr. Abe Slaney, Elrige’s Farm, East Ruston, Norfolk**.

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to lift a part of your body, or hold a part of your body at an angle: **His eyebrows always cocked upward when he was in deep conversation**.

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■If a goose or a car horn honks, it makes a short, loud sound.

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1. [intransitive and transitive] to make a signal to someone with your hand, to show that you want them to come towards you or to follow you: beckon (to) somebody to do something **She beckoned to the waitress to bring more wine**. 2. [intransitive and transitive] if something such as a place or opportunity beckons, it appears so attractive that you want to have it: **I remember walking down the street of our small village, car honking, the warm lights from stores beckoning strollers to come in from the cold**.

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■a shortened form of a word or combination of words which is often used instead of the full form in spoken English **I had every reason to suppose that his Abe Slaney was an American, since Abe is an American contraction, and since a letter from America had been the starting-point of all the trouble**.

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behavior that seems strange, funny, silly, or annoying: **Holmes drawn his chair up to the table and spread out in front of him the various papers upon which were recorded the antics of the dancing men.** ▪ behavior the way someone behaves ▪ conduct formal the way someone behaves in public or in their job – used mainly in official or legal contexts: Bates was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct (=noisy and violent). ▪ manner the way someone behaves when they are talking to or dealing with other people, which is shown in their expression, their voice etc: She had a pleasant friendly manner. ▪ demeanor the way someone looks and behaves, which shows you something about their character or feelings: She maintained a calm demeanour at all times. | Wenger’s demeanour suggested that he was not happy with the situation. ▪ antics someone’s behaviour – used when you think it is silly, funny, strange, or annoying:

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a dishonest person or a criminal **The most dangerous crook in Chicago**.

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■(of a person or their skin) dark **a swarthy face/complexion**

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a pair of metal rings joined by a chain. Handcuffs are used for holding a prisoner’s wrists together in handcuffs **He was brought into the court in handcuffs**.

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1. a deft movement is skillful, and often quick: **He sketched her with quick, deft strokes**. 2. skillful at doing something SYN adept: **his deft chairmanship of the company**

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if you are hoarse, or if your voice is hoarse, you speak in a low rough voice, for example because your throat is sore: **you will make yourself hoarse if you shouting like this.**

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PUT QUICKLY ■*to put a person or thing somewhere quickly or suddenly* **In an instant Holmes clapped a pistol to his head and Martin slipped the handcuffs over his wrists**.

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■calmness and control ***I didn't want to lose my composure in front of her**.

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to follow close behind someone **You dogged her and followed her and made her life a misery to her in order to induce her to abandon the husband whom she loved and respected in order to fly with you, whom she feared and hated**.

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■very determined to do something, even if it is very difficult ***Her ambition and dogged determination ensured that she rose to the top of her profession**.

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when you give something to someone or do something for them because you have done something wrong to them in the past **Offenders must make reparation for their crimes through community service**.

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to persuade someone to do something that they do not want to do by talking to them in a kind, gentle, and patient way: **I tried all I could to coax Elsie away**.

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to persuade someone to do something that they do not want to do by talking to them in a kind, gentle, and patient way: **I tried all I could to coax Elsie away**.

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someone or something that is used to *trick someone into going* somewhere or doing something, so that you can catch them, attack them etc: **It was the note with which Holmes had decoyed him**.

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a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again **a wealthy widow**

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REASON grounds [plural] *a good reason for doing, believing, or saying something* **There are strong grounds for believing his statement**. **Did the police have reasonable grounds to arrest him**?

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quixotic ideas or plans are not practical and are based on unreasonable hopes of improving the world **This is a vast, exciting, and perhaps quixotic project**.

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■to trouble someone with something difficult or unpleasant **Experts are debating whether we should burden young children with mental computation, or encouraging calculators to relieve children of hard work and free their minds to understand math concepts**.

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a group of people with their own particular set of beliefs and practices, especially within or separated from a larger religious group ⇨ sectional **a religious sect that contends that space travelers created the human race XXX**.

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*to argue or state that something is true* SYN insist **Some astronomers contend that the universe may be younger than previously thought**. ▪ claim to say that something is true, even though it has not been proved: He claims that he didn’t see anything. | She claims to be a descendant of Charles Dickens. ▪ allege to claim that someone did something wrong or illegal, although you do not give any proof: It is alleged that he murdered his wife. ▪ maintain to repeatedly say that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you: He continued to maintain his innocence, even after he was sent to prison. ▪ insist to say very firmly that something is true: She insists that Tom was there, although he denies it. ▪ assert formal to state that something is true – used especially in formal writing when reporting someone’s opinion: They assert that children work better on their own. ▪ contend formal to claim that something is true, especially when other people disagree with you: Lawyers contend that his back problems were due to an existing injury, not the accident.

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to turn over the earth using a plough so that seeds can be planted: **In those days the land was plowed by oxen**.

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a flow of electricity through a wire **an electrical current**

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INTO SMALL PIECES (also grind up) to break something such as corn or coffee beans into small pieces or powder, either in a machine or between two hard surfaces: **the grinding of teeth and secretion of saliva start to break down the physical and chemical composition of food**.

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a painting that is painted on a wall, either inside or outside a building

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a way of expressing your ideas, especially as a writer or an artist medium for **the novel as a medium for satire**

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expressing an opinion, idea etc in a clear, *strong way to show* its importance **The writer wants an emphatic conclusion for the passage that reiterates a main point of the argument**. Emphasis

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a situation in which there are very few of something that people want or need dearth of **a dearth of job opportunities**

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formal a rule or principle that is generally considered to be true **her axiom that nursing was the ideal profession for women created social and professional xxxx**.

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rude and unfriendly, because you think you are better than other people **Margie could be real snooty sometimes. Nobody took her too seriously when she got into her rich-kid, old-money mood**.

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not very attractive **Actually, Margie was as insecure and as homely as the rest of us, and her life was about as exciting as the metric system, but we all knew Margie**.

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a clever and funny remark or reply

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PREPARE FOOD ■to cook or prepare food or drink **Her mother fixed a plate of cookies and kept coming into the room to see if I wanted more Coke or anything**.

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to laugh quietly and in a way that is not nice at something which is not supposed to be funny **She waited for me to snicker an undercover laugh**.

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a mental illness in which someone becomes extremely anxious and tired and cannot deal with the things they usually do **Colin came close to having a nervous breakdown last year**.

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■to (cause something to) break suddenly into very small pieces ***His leg was shattered in the accident**. ■to end or severely *damage something* **Sticks and stones only break bones. Words can shatter the soul**.

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a very offensive word for someone who you think is very stupid SYN idiot: **Don’t leave it there, you moron**!

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an ingenious plan, idea, or object works well and is the result of clever thinking and new ideas **Many fish have ingenious ways of protecting their eggs from predators**.

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except **She answered all the questions save one**.

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a hard mineral substance that is used in making electronic watches and clocks **quartz crystals / a quartz watch**.

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an old object or custom that reminds people of the past or that has lived on from a past time **Everything in the house seemed old and untouched, like relics of an ancient time**.

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a ship or large boat: **a fishing vessel**

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*maiden flight/voyage* the first journey that a plane or ship makes **a revolutionary new undersea vessel will be lowered gently into the bay for its maiden voyage**.

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something that is proportional to something else is in the correct or most suitable relationship to it in size, amount, importance etc **The punishment should be proportional to the crime**.

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a public entertainment or performance to celebrate a special occasion gala dinner/performance/night etc **a charity gala evening**

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the condition of feeling that you have had enough of something, for example food **physical feelings of hunger and satiety**

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*to make something go away, especially a belief, idea, or feeling* **We want to dispel the myth that you cannot eat well in Britain**.

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an extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement which usually only lasts for a short time: **They were in a state of euphoria for days after they won the prize**.

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to hate someone or something very much SYN detest: **I absolutely loathe shopping**.

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to direct something into a particular place or situation ***If she could only channel all that energy into something useful**.

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BOOK ■one in a set of related books **Now 'Realms Of Strife', his second volume of memoirs, is available too**.

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1. CHANGE/DIFFERENCE a radical change or difference is very big and important OPP slight: **a radical reform of the tax system** 2. OPINIONS radical ideas are very new and different, and are against what most people think or believe ⇨ conservative: **I was shocked by her radical views**.

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*stock excuse/question/remark etc* (of an idea, expression or action) usual or typical, and used or done so many times that it is no longer original **Research has demonstrated that people have the tendency to see themselves in vague, stock descriptions of personality**

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to give something such as an area of land or a right to a country or person, especially when you are forced to **Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1842**.

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very strict and cruel draconian measures/controls/penalties etc **When the Chinese government abruptly eased its draconian Covid-19 policies in December, I felt an uncanny combination of abject horror and relief**.

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a/some semblance of something a situation, condition etc that is close to or similar to a particular one, usually a good one **Mr. Putin has been isolated and highly dependent on China to maintain a semblance of diplomatic and financial stability**.

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to be unwilling to do something SYN reluctant **Sarah was loath to tell her mother what had happened**.

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■to leave a possession with a pawnbroker, for which they give money but which they can also sell if the money is not paid back within a particular time ***Of all items pawned, jewelry is the most common**.

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1. a congenital medical condition or disease has affected someone since they were born **congenital abnormalities** 2. a congenital quality is one that has always been part of your character and is unlikely to change: **He’s a congenital liar**.

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REMOVE ■to pull something, especially with a sudden movement, in order to remove it **Go to the marketplace, he said, and purchase a chicken and have it killed. Then on your way home, pluck its feathers and drop them one by one along the road**.

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unwilling to express your emotions or talk about your problems ⇨ shy: **Abbie, shy and reserved, started ninth grade in the big-city high school in the center of town**.

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someone who is retiring does not want to be with other people, especially people they do not know **As a child, Elizabeth was very shy and retiring**.

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1. an activity that a lot of people are doing: **The keep-fit bandwagon started rolling in the mid-80s**. 2. climb/jump/get on the bandwagon to start doing or saying something that a lot of people are already doing or saying – used to show disapproval: **I don’t want to look as if I’m jumping on a green bandwagon**.

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■a set of wires, covered by plastic, that carries electricity, telephone signals, etc. ***overhead power cables**

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■to fix something on a wall, in a frame etc., so that it can be viewed or used ***The children's work has been mounted on cards and put up on the walls of the classroom**.

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■filled with meaning or importance which has not yet been expressed or understood ***There followed a pregnant pause in which both knew what the other was thinking but neither knew what to say**.

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a person who has been given a very high honor because of their ability in a subject of study ***a Nobel laureate**

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*giving strong loyal support to another person, organization, belief etc* staunch supporter/ally/advocate **one of Bush’s staunchest supporters**

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OF A LAW when a new law is discussed and accepted by a parliament or Congress **Johnson established her legacy by using her political leverage to influence the passage of nearly two hundred environmental laws**.

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a scathing remark criticizes someone or something very severely **a scathing attack on the government’s planned tax increases**

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the crime of deliberately damaging things, especially public property **In the late nineteenth century, unchecked vandalism and plundering of ethnic artifacts brought many Native American ruins and cultural sites to the brink of permanent destruction**.

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doing something as much as possible SYN keen **This is excellent news for avid readers: for the majority, it would be impossible to learn all the original languages of great poetic literature**. ▪ enthusiastic feeling or showing a lot of interest or excitement about something: He’s really enthusiastic about his new job. ▪ eager wanting to do something or know about something very soon: He was eager to hear every detail of her day. | She was always eager for her turn on the catwalk. ▪ keen eager to work or learn: She hasn’t much experience but she’s very keen. | John was a keen student who worked very hard. ▪ zealous doing something in a very enthusiastic way, especially supporting something or making sure that people obey rules : She was a zealous supporter of the revolution. ▪ avid [only before noun] written used when you want to emphasize that someone does something a lot or is very interested in something: an avid golfer | She was an avid reader all her life. | I’ve become an avid collector of his work.

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to continue to exist or be effective for a longer time than something else: **The queen outlasted all her children**.

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to move a rake across a surface in order to make the soil level, gather dead leaves etc **In the fall, we raked the leaves into piles and took turns jumping, never afraid because we knew that the multicolored bed would break our fall**.

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■describes someone who studies a lot and knows a lot about what they study **It was the desire to be scholarly that brought about a wave of Latin terms which appeared in the 16th century when the humanist movement brought new impetus to learning throughout Europe**.

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a short trip that a group of people take for pleasure **a long outing in the late summer sun**

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■including or affecting everything, everyone, or all cases, in a large group or area ***a blanket ban**

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a woman who dances in ballets

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to tell someone you trust about personal things that you do not want other people to know **He confided to his friends that he didn’t have much hope for his marriage**.

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almost **Virtually all the children come to school by bus**.

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to attack a place for a long time using large weapons, bombs etc: **I had been in action, bombarding the Normandy coast**.

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RISK ■something or someone that causes you a lot of trouble, often when they should be helping you ***Sue always manages to upset somebody when we go out - she's a real liability**.

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if a group of people huddle together, they stay very close to each other, especially because they are cold or frightened **We lay huddled together for warmth**.

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to expect that someone or something will always be there when you need them and never think how important or useful they are: **Didn’t they lose faith in me, or resent the fact that I had taken their friendship for granted?**

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a situation in which there is a lot of angry disagreement between two people or groups **She had stayed in her room to avoid another confrontation**.

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the time when day is just starting to become night SYN dusk at twilight **romantic walks along the beach at twilight**

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a combination of several musical notes that are played at the same time and sound pleasant together

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1. wield power/influence/authority etc to have a lot of power or influence, and to use it: **The Church wields immense power in Ireland**. 2. to hold a weapon or tool that you are going to use: **She had her car windows smashed by a gang wielding baseball bats.**

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■When a bird pecks, it bites, hits or picks up something small with its beak ***The birds learn to peck holes in the foil milk bottle tops**.

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to have a very strong desire to have something that someone else has **The Michelin Awards are coveted by restaurants all over the world**.

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an amount of money that is given to someone by the government as a reward for doing something, especially catching or killing a criminal **A bounty for $10000 dollars has been offered for the capture of his murderer.**

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a difficult or unpleasant situation in which you do not know what to do, or in which you have to make a difficult choice: **the country’s economic predicament**

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1. formal to accept or agree to something that you have been opposing for a long time SYN give in **Helen finally capitulated and let her son have a car**. 2. formal to accept defeat by your enemies in a war SYN surrender

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friendly conversation in which people make a lot of jokes with, and amusing remarks about, each other friendly/good-natured/light-hearted banter **Nick and Chris came over, and silence replaced our usual banter**.

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unpleasantly wet and soft **The soggy cardboard could not just be left out in the yard to rot away**. **The sandwiches have gone all soggy. / I hate it when cereal goes soggy.**

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an area of thick hard skin the calluses on his hands

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a chemical that is added to food to make it taste better

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BODY if a part of your body is raw, the skin there is red and painful **I lay on the floor, furiously kicking my legs and screaming until my throat felt raw**. WEATHER very cold **She shivered in the raw morning air**.

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foster mother/father/parents the people who foster a child: **It is sometimes difficult to find suitable foster parents**.

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a sudden short period when someone, especially a child, behaves very angrily and unreasonably have/throw a tantrum **Throwing a tantrum was the only way I knew to express to my feelings**.

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if children act up, they behave badly **Because I act up, eventually my current foster mom sent me back to the adoption agency**.

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a piece of equipment that you jump up and down on as a sport. It consists of a metal frame with a piece of strong cloth stretched tightly over it. **When I got mad, she made me jump on a trampoline**.

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very clean and tidy OPP messy **He wore an immaculate dark blue suit**.

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someone who is good at gymnastics and competes against other people in gymnastics competitions

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a girl who likes playing the same games as boys

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the use of scientific tests to solve crimes **Bacterial fingerprint could someday be used in forensics**.

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connected with or caused by a fungus: **a fungal infection**

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in prison **He will be eligible for release after little more than three months if he behaves behind bars**.

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to pull with one or more short, quick pulls **It is so wonderful to come home and not even have a chance to take off my coat before she is tugging at me to come play with her**.

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a jewel, stone etc that hangs from a thin chain that you wear around your neck ⇨ necklace **She was wearing a crystal pendant**.

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to have a short circuit or cause a short circuit in something: **Her brain short circuited when he threw it.**

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to be something that you do well or are skilled at **His forte, and first love, was foreign policy**.

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1. resounding success/victory/defeat etc a very great or complete success, victory etc: **The show was a resounding success / failure**. 2. [only before noun] a resounding noise is so loud that it seems to continue for a few seconds: **Supports gave the team three sounding cheers**.

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to make a very loud unpleasant noise: **The loudspeakers blared across the square**.

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a very loud noise made by a large group of people or animals: **He shouted over the rising clamor of voices**. ▪ racket/din ▪ noise ▪ roar ▪ commotion ▪ clamor

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n. - a loud unpleasant noise that continues for a long time din of **The din of the engines was deafening**.

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din something into somebody to make someone learn and remember something by saying it to them many times: **Respect for our elders was dinned into us at school**.

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very loud a deafening roar ▪ thunderous thunderous applause from the audience. ▪ deafening ▪ **ear-splitting** so loud that your ears feel uncomfortable: He played the music at ear-splitting volume. ▪ **piercing** extremely loud, high, and unpleasant to hear: a piercing scream

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IDEA - 1. an idea, subject, or image that is regularly repeated and developed in a book, film, work of art etc: **The theme of creation is a recurrent motif in Celtic mythology**. 2. a small picture or pattern used to decorate something plain **Bronze Gui with beast-mask motif**.

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a magic bird that is born from a fire, according to ancient stories

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■too strong **There's an overpowering smell of garlic in the kitchen**. What could be the reason of his overpowering terror?

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BED literary to go to bed **It had been a long day, so I retired early**.

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■a small area surrounded by a fence, especially one in which animals are kept ***a sheep/pig pen / like the sheep in the pen**

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1. to look at something quickly and secretly, especially through a hole or opening peep into/through/out etc **With a boy’s curiosity I have peeped through the keyhole, but I was never about to see more than such a collection of old trunks and bundles as would be expected in such a room.**

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without more/further ado without delaying or wasting any time: **So without further ado, let me introduce my former friend**.

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a high rank in the army, Marines, or the US air force, or someone who has this rank **XXXX remained outside, and the colonel ushered me in**.

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someone who is conceited thinks they are very clever, skilful, beautiful etc – used to show disapproval SYN vain: **You’re the most conceited selfish person I’ve ever known**.

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someone who is vain is too proud of their good looks, abilities, or position – used to show disapproval SYN conceited **Men can be just as vain as women**.

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a feeling of dislike for someone because you cannot forget that they harmed you in the past grudge against **Is there anyone who might have had a grudge against her**? **She’ been holding a grudge over this video for 10 years**.

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if a famous person does something incognito, they do it without letting people know who they are ⇨ disguise **That night, Lenin travelled incognito to the party headquarters**.

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determination and courage SYN **guts** **It takes true grit to stand up to a bully**.

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1. very much or a lot SYN considerably **The deer population has increased substantially in recent years**. 2. used to say that in many ways something is true, the same, different etc SYN essentially **There are one or two minor differences, but they’re substantially the same text**.

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living on or relating to land rather than water **Now scientists have a clearer view of our predatory role, across a number of terrestrial and marine ecosystems**.

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weak or ill for a long time, especially because you are old: **Her grandmother is elderly and infirm**.

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the formal rules for polite behaviour in society or in a particular group: **strict rules of professional etiquette**

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1. to change direction veer off **They then veer off toward higher latitudes, in many cases changing direction toward the east before xxx**. 2. if opinions, ideas, attitudes etc veer in a particular direction, they gradually change and become quite different **The conversation veered back to politics**.

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■made of or producing a mass of very small bubbles ***foamy beer** ***foamy shampoo**

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■If something unpleasant is rife, it is very common or frequent **The deepening recession has also taken its toll in the south of the country, where unemployment is rife**.

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■If something takes its/their/a toll, it causes suffering, deaths or damage. **Road noise takes toll on migrating birds**.

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if something does the trick, it solves a problem or provides what is needed to get a good result: **Mistakes. – We all make them. Sometimes, if we’re lucky, an eraser will do the trick, and we can rub it across the page and wipe away the dust**.

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to laugh quickly, quietly, and in a high voice, because something is funny or because you are nervous or embarrassed **If you can’t stop giggling you’ll have to leave the room**.

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a viable idea, plan, or method can work successfully viable alternative/proposition/option etc **The committee came forward with one viable solution.**

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not restricted by laws or rules to develop new ways of thinking, **unfettered by priestly tradition**.

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a situation in which one state or country controls others **By 545 bc, Cyrus had extended Persian hegemony to the coast of Asia minor**.

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■a piece of advice that is also a warning to someone about their behavior ***The most common parental admonition must surely be "Don't stay out late"**.

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to be good, important, or serious enough for praise or attention SYN deserve **The results have been encouraging enough to merit further investigation**.

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to be unable to decide what action to take: **He cannot continue to waffle on this issue**.

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extremely impressive in a way that makes you feel great respect **a truly awe-inspiring achievement**

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with a lot of experience and skill **crack troops**

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to change your attitude and become less strict or cruel towards someone SYN give in **At last her father relented and came to visit her**. **The security guard relented and let them through**.

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1. strict, cruel, or determined, without ever stopping **her relentless determination to succeed** 2. something bad that is relentless continues without ever stopping or getting less severe SYN **endless** **a family facing relentless financial problems**

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