The Death Of Pop

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to cause strong feelings of love or sympathy

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tugged at many critics’ heartstrings

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an organization; company; team; military unit; etc.

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outfit

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образец

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(based on the ) template (of)

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luxurious and showing that you are rich

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sumptuous

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(доноситься - о запахе); a sound; odor; etc.; faintly perceived

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wafting (waft)

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безладовый

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fretless

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пришелся по вкусу многим критикам

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caught many a critic’s ear

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a lot of / куча

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with bags of

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немного подпорченный

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let down somewhat

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to cry in a noisy way like a child

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blubber

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вполне претендовать на звание черты; определяющей эпоху

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have much of an era-defining quality to them

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alone and unhappy; left alone and not cared for

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forlorn

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a sad poem or song; especially remembering someone who has died or something in the past

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elegy

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a newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper; or an advertisement printed on a large sheet of paper

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broadsheet

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belonging to or happening in a past time

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bygone (-ai) (a bygone era)

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прошлые выпуски газеты

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back copies

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a detailed report

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rundown on/of sth

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выступающий (в шоу)

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acts

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продолжает ощущаться и сегодня

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endures to this day

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тотемное животное; символ групповой идентичности

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tribal beast

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the period in your life when you are most active or successful

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(in one’s) prime

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unsophisticated; unfashionable; or unoriginal entertainment; especially in a remote or rustic environment

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chicken-in-a-basket

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straighforward or simple (esp of pop music)

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straight-ahead

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sort; kind

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(a man of certain) stripe

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a main product or part of something

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staple (of sth)

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решительно; абсолютно; полностью; совсем

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resolutely

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кажется; попадают в эту категорию

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tend to hit that category

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не чрезмерный

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economical

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contrary to nature; reason; or common sense; absurd / unusual in a silly or shocking way

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preposterous

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иметь неудовольствие убедиться на собственном опыте

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know/learn/find something to your cost

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a person or thing that is a well-known or typical example of a particular quality

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byword

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awkward when dealing with people and often saying or doing the wrong thing

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gauche

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impossible to correct; improve; or change

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irredeemable

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describes a person who is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in the past

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(remains) bitter (at sth)

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continuing without any possibility of being stopped

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in'exorable (ks)

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представляет собой остроумную догадку

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offers a sharp insight

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в которых было столько привлекального

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had so much going for them

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скоропись / a short; simple phrase that is used instead of a longer and more complicated phrase

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shorthand (for sth)

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a liking or sympathy for someone or something; especially because of shared characteristics / a close similarity between two things

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affinity (for-with / between)

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закатиться

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to reach its nadir (ei-ie)

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including or affecting everything; everyone; or all cases; in a large group or area

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blanket BBC coverage

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истребить

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kill off (Some drugs kill off useful bacteria in the user's body)

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отлив

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ebb

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to make yourself very comfortable or safe in a place or position

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en'sconce (oneself in sth)

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to make yourself comfortable in a place or situation; or to prepare to stay in a place or position for a long time; usually in order to achieve something or for protection / сидеть на корточках

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hunker down

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полностью; прямо (x into adulthood)

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well

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it is not a problem (idiomatic answer) / used to say that sth is not important

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no matter

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писака

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hack

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развалина (о человеке)

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wreck

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to make someone unhappy or cause them to be in a bad state or situation / be forced to be doing sth because you have no other choice

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reduce sb to sth

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и как результат (I stood up to say hello and spilled my drink in the process)

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in the process

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to have an influence on sth

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inform sth

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раскрывать с обоих точек зрения

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to cover from both angles

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to behave or speak in a false or artificial way

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put on an act

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soul music played by white people

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blue-eyed soul

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the favourite or darling of a person or group

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blue-eyed boy

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учитывая

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given

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to use something for help because no other choice is available

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fall back on sth

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to list or enumerate

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rehearse

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(Pop Music) the recordings that a musician has made in the past; as distinct from his or her current recording

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back catalogue

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to send out a beam of light; an electrical or radio signal; etc.

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beam

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in you are in x; you are with people who love you and make you feel safe

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in the bosom of sb

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very bad; as of wine; music; etc.

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execrable

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dull and boring because it has been expressed so many times before; not original

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trite

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is something unpleasant that you may suffer or experience as a result of doing your job or hobby / профессиональное заболевание

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occupational hazard

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give sb a punishment; make sb suffer bad treatment

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mete sth out to sb

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If someone X to something in the past; they talk about it again and again; often in a way that annoys other people

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hark back to sth

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approve of sth or support sth; without proving their support by what they actually do; на словах

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to pay lip service

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no longer fashionable

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passe (-ei)

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to not be able to deal with problems or difficulties in a satisfactory way

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can't cut it

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to quickly notice something that somebody has said or done; especially in order to criticize it

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pounce on/upon something

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lacking style; taste; quality; etc

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naff

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to be impossible to believe/describe

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beggar belief/description

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used during an argument or a discussion to show that you accept that somebody has answered your comment in a clever way and has gained an advantage by making a good point

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touché (ei)

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smelling damp and unpleasant because of a lack of fresh air

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musty

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распространяться на тему

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wax lyrical; eloquent; etc. (about)