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Commence

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To start.
Today the Olympic games commenced with athletics.

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Elucidate

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To explain

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Imminent

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About to happen, especually something bad or dangerous

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Eminent

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Famous and reapected, especially within a particukar proffesion
בולט, מכובד, בכיר

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Plant the seeds of doubt

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Cause soneone to have doubts about something

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Bark up the wrong tree

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To be wrong about something or the way to achieve domething
“טעית בכתובת”
תפסת את הבן אדם הלא נכון

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Beat around the bush

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To avoid getting to the point of an issue
ללכת סחור וסחור
להימנע מקלרוא לילד בשמו

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Garish

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Unpleasently bright and showy.
ססגוני, ראוותני

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Grubby

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Covered with dirt

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Creased

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Marked by lines or wrinkles

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Let something out

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להרחיב משהו, כמו מכנסיים אצל התופר

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Take something in

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,להצר פריט לבוש

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Take something up

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לקצר פריט לבוש כמו מכנסיים

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Inversion

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היפוך, הפיכה, מהפך

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Auxiliary

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עזר, מסייע

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To go stale

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התיישן, נעשה מעופש, עם עובש
מתאין גם לבגט שנהיה קשה כמו אבן. או באופן מטאפורי

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Soggy

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רטוב וספוג נוזלים באופן לא נעים

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Rancid

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בעל טעם רע שנובע משומנים ושמנים שהתקלקלו.

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Wilted

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No longer fresh or firm (of herbs or leafy vegtables).
נבל, קמל, כמש, נחלש, תש כוחו

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pallid

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pale in an unhealthy way

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swarthy

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having dark skin

שְׁחַרְחַר, שָׁחוּם

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ruddy
pronounced ready

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אֲדַמְדַּם, אַדְמוּמִי;
of healthy red colour

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self reliant

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not needing help or support from other people

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Complement

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השלים

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Emigrate
לרדת מהארץ
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Swamped
Extremely busy
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dissmisive
showing that you think something or someone is not important and not worth considering זַלְזְלָנִי, שאינו מייחס חשיבות
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competent
able to do something well
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endeavor
try hard to do or achieve something
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put off
postpone
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to set up
to setablish
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backfire
הוביל לתוצאה הפוכה מהרצוי, נִכְשַׁל
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hole punch
a device for making holes in sheets of paper
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correction fluid
white fluid used to mask errors in text
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staple remover
a device for quick removal of staples
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clipboard
a board with a clip that holds together pieces of paper
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bulletin board
a board on a wall where you can put notices
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Rebate
הֲנָחָה; הֶחְזֵר (חלקי מהתשלום על מוצר)
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Scrumptious
טעים במיוחד
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Play hardball
To act aggressively to get what you want
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Jam into
To push sonwthing into something רוס, תקע עפרון ביד של מוניקה
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Dish it out
Say something critical or offensive to soneone else. to give or say things to people without thinking about them carefully: A good doctor listens to the patient rather than just dishing out drugs. He's very keen to dish out criticism. He’s mad at me for teasing him – he can dish it out, but he can’t take it! to give or serve food to people: Jon, could you dish the carrots out for me, please?
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Moving sidewalk
מסוע לכת, דרכנוע
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Gangway The second g is silent.
שרוול למטוס, או גשר/מדרגות לאוניה.
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Gally
מטבחון במטוס או ספינה
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Armrest
משענת יד במטוס
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No show
מקרה של מושב ריק בטיסה, מישהו שלא הגיע
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Air rage
תוקפנות פתאומית של נוסעים
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Cramped seating
מושבים צפופים, בלי הרבה רווח
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Throw under the bus
Do somthing harmful to a person in irder to get what you want.
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Train of thought
 a series of thoughts or ideas that someone is having. You interrupted my train of thought. I lost my train of thought when you interrupted me.
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Drive home
make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something. “drive home a point or an argument” “I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas”
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Rock the boat
If you rock the boat, you do or say something that will upset people or cause problems: Don't rock the boat until the negotiations are finished.
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Flight of imagination
על כנפי הדמיון רעיונות לא פרקטיים ולא מציאותיים
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Itinerary
תכנית מפורטת של המקומות שאתה עומד לבקר בהם
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Get itchy feet
כשיש לך צורך חזק ופתאומי לצאת ולטייל בעולם
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Wanderlust
A strong desire to travel to different places.
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Highways and byways
Exploring both popular and unpopular places
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Off the beated track
מחוץ לנתיב התיירים השחוק
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Red eye flight
A night flight
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Board
Food provided at the place that you stay.
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Pardon my french
Sorry for using a swear word
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When in Rome
ברומא תהיה רומאי
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Sarong
בגד חוף שכורכים סביב המותן/האגן
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Buoy
מצוף בים (לא של ילדים)
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Pier
מֵזַח; רְצִיף; שׁוֹבֵר גַּלִּים; עמוד תומך (בגשר, במבנה וכדומה)
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Insect repellent
תרסיס נגד עקיצות חרקים
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Grill grate
רשת לצלייה מעל מנגל
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Kindling
זרדים וכו' אשר משמשים כדי להתחיל בערה
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Hushed (voice)
Quiet and serious
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Huskey (voice)
Sounding rough and harsh
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Mellifluous
ערֵב לָאֹזֶן, מָתוֹק, נֹפֶת צוּפִים, חלק ומתוק כדבש
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Slurred
slur something + speech to pronounce words in a way that is not clear so that they run into each other, usually because you are drunk or tiredShe had drunk too much and her speech was slurred.
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Stern
Serious and strict. נקשה, מחמיר
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tremulous
רועד, רוטט, מפוחד, נפחד
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Mundane
Ordinary and dull
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Arduous
מפרך, מייגע Involving alot of effort
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Destitute
ממש עני וללא אמצעים בסיסיים חסר כל
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Excruciating
מייסר, מייגע
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ignition
הַצָּתָה
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glove compartment
תא כפפות
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Tailgate
כשמישהו נצמד
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Break the speed limit
To drive beyond the fastest rate for a particular area
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Overtake
עקף, הדביק, השיג
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Yield
תמרור משולש לבן, לתת זכות קדימה
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יהיר, רברבו
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conceited conceited
יהיר, רברבן
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unscrupulous
חסר מצפון, למשל איש עסקים לא הגון.
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Gobble
לזלול במהירות, כמעט בלי ללעוס. תוך כדי השמעת קולות
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Guzzle
To drink alot of liquid quickly and greedily
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Savor
To eat slowly and fully and enjoy להתענג על....
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arson
הצתה של בית, מכונית
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