Vocab Unit x Flashcards by Stella Peterková

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a truth universally acknowledged

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stem from

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root from

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hammer into shape

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to a startling degree

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hugely

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commonly accepted

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venture so far as to say

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technophobia

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fear of tech

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arachnophobia

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fear of spiders

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agoraphobia

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fear of getting into situations where something may go wrong and you won’t be able to get yourself help

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acrophobia

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fear of heights

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claustrophobia

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fear of closed spaces

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hydrophobia

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fear of water

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grave

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calculated

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inherent

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imminent

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likely to happen soon

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averse

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reluctant

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fraught (with sth.)

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full of…, likely to result in…

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poignant

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provoking a strong emotional response

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undermining

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rich insight

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admittedly

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ultimately

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apparently

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theoretically

amazingly

put simply

obviously

traditionally

typically

realistically

frankly

generally

coincidentally

as far as...concerned

technically

logically

financially

slipped disc

splitting headache

eye strain

tennish elbow

torn ligament

writer's cramp

blandishments

flattery, lichotky

dietary supplements

get on like a house on fire

making waves

like chalk and cheese

home truths

an unpleasant fact about yourself that somebody else tells you

tactlessness

rude, without manners

stick it out

put up with sth. or someone unpleasant

assertive

able to express one's opinion with confidence

dread (sth.)

worry about

hypocrite

pokrytec

sustain relationships

at the end of my tether

desperate, no clue what to do

daunting (prospect)

unsettling

exhilarating

thrilling

catch a glimpse

make heavy weather

making sth. more difficult than it actually is

keep a weather eye

watch very carefully

spread like wildfire

painstaking search

embarked

render

provide

negligent

careless

flaring

plápolající

facilitate

umožnit

suppleness

opposite of stiffness

adamantly

firmly, e.g. adamantly opposed to

widely held assumption

adept at

expert

negotiating the hurdles

appalled

horrified, dismayed

plastered with

abhor

hate, loathe

pertinent

relevant

notions

idea

strike

affect

debunking myths

tend to sidestep

treading a fine line between ...