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Collaboration

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A process of working with somebody to produce or create something, An incredible collaboration.

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Settle

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To live permanently in a country.

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Editorial

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A group of people prepare something to publish a book, a tv program or something like that. The magazine’s editorial staff.

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Aspect

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Feature of something. some aspect have been fictionalized.

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Be + fictionalized

Fictionalize something

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To write a story or make a film about a true story but change some of details or characters,… The movie is fictionalized from a true story.

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Concierge

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A person who take care of a building, check people entering and leaving the building.

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Precocious

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A child who have some special abilities at much younger age than usual. He is a precocious .

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Reduction

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The act of making something less or smaller.

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Depopulation

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The reduction a number of people who live in a place.

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Assist

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Help somebody to do something. May I assist you ?

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Assistance

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Help or support. Thanks for your assistance.

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Finalist, number + finalist

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A person who take a part in the end of a game. Three finalist.

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Excitement

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The state of feeling or showing happiness and enthusiasm. They didn’t share their excitement about this project.

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Suspend

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To officially stop or delay something in a time. The introduction of the new system has been suspended until next year.

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Abuse

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Use something in a wrong way. Alcohol/drug abuse.

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Inspector

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A person whose jobs is to visit school or factories to check that rule or that standard are acceptable.

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Criterion

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A standard or principle of something what is judged.

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Scrutinize

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Examine st/sb carefully. The statement was successfully scrutinized before publication.

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Manicure

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The care or treatment of somebody’s hand or nails. Be monitored and manicured.

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Auction

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A public sale in which a thing is sold to the person who offers the most money for them. The house is up for auction.

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Critique

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A piece of written criticism of a set of ideas or a work of art.

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Be aimed at doing something

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To try or plan to archive something

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Resemble st/sb

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Look like something/somebody

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Settler

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A person who goes to live in a new country or region. Lobsters became known as the poor man protein among European settlers.

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Ration
The act of dividing amoun of food to soldier or people who lives in a place where there is not much food available.
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Settlement
A place where people come to live and make their home. Inhabited settlement.
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Accessible
Entering a place by something. Accessible only by boat or light aircraft.
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Attended
Somebody attended a university, school or another place.
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Innovative
Innovative house.
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Perched on something
Placed in a high and dangerous place. The cabin perched on the hillside.
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Wholesale
Connected with the goods that are bought and sold with a large quantities.
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Ounce
An unit for measuring weight, equal to 28.35 grams.
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Shipment
A process of giving goods from a place to another. Daily shipment.
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Shortage
A situation in which there is not enough of the people or things that are needed. A shortage of lobsters in the US may be coming soon.
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Motorcades
A line of vehicles including one or more that famous and important people are traveling in. There was an attack on the presidential motorcade.
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Guard
A person such as a soldier, police officer who protects a place or people or prevent prisoners from escaping. Guard dog. A guard was posted outside of building.
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Watchman
A person whose jobs is to guard a building, especially at night.
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Commodity
A product that is sold and bought. The dragon fish is a very valuable commodity.
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Seek
To look for something or somebody. They sought somewhere for shelter.
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versatility
ability to adapt and be adapted in many situations or activities. the versatility of the coconut oil is the reason for its high price.
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reach something
increasing to a particular level. daytime temperature can reach 40 degree celsius.
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roughly
approximately but not exactly. the price of product will have roughly doubled.
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struggle
to try very hard to do something when it's very difficult. many social enterprise struggle to survive.
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Progression
The process of developing something. Coconut oil can slow progression of alzheimer.
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Dip
A decrease in a short period of time. After this dip coconut oil's price is once again rising rapidly.
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Clasp
A device that is in the end of a belt or a piece of a jewelry. The clasp of a Rolex watch is opened and closed thousand times.
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Dial
The face of a clock or watch. The watch with a matte dial.
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Gilt
A very thin layer of gold or something like gold that is used on a surface of decoration. This watch with a gilt dial.
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Time-consuming
Taking and needing a lot of time. The whole process is time- consuming.
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Labour-intensive
Need a lot of people to do st. The whole process is Labour-intensive.
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Overtake
To become greater in number, amount, or important than something else. Cheaper artificial vanilla overtook the market.
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Pledge
To formally promise to give or do something. Pledging to eliminate artificial flavorings from their products.
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Volatile
Changing easily from one to another. Growing vanilla is a stressful and volatile process.
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Wipe out
Destroy or remove something, somebody completely. Whole village were wiped out by earthquake.
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Sought-after
Something are wanted by many people because it has good qualify or difficult to find. A rare sought- after delicacy.

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