Vocabulary Flashcards
(206 cards)
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When you believe something but you can not prove it
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CLAIM
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To say something in an annoyed way
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UTTER
3
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What is the term that refers to abstract ideas or concepts?
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ELEMENTS
4
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Sliding with friction
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TO SKID
5
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To skid horizontally
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TO SCRAPE
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Involuntary accident in a slippery surface
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TO SLIP
7
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When it refers to machinery parts
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COMPONENTS
8
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When you say some truths and lies
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EXPOSE/ UNCOVER
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To give the main points with no details
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OUTLINE
10
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To reveal
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UNVEILED
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To lower oneself to do an act that you believe is beneath you.
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TO DEIGN
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To be straightforward
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BLUNT
13
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Place where you storage alcohol in the basement
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CELLAR
14
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People that hate technology
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LUDDITES
15
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Extremely busy
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FRANTIC
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People that are careful with money, particularly by avoiding waste
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THRIFTY
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the substance or general meaning of a speech or text.
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GLIST
18
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Process of selling
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TO AUCTION
19
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To make an offer in an auction
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TO BID
20
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To try having the same feeling
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SYMPATHETIC
21
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A believe without evidence
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ASSUMPTION
22
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Feeling like the walls are coming inside.
When you need to arrange pants
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HEMMED
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Sneaking
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LURKING
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No space to move
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CRAMPED
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Scholarship
GRANT
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Producing something negative
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE
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Desire something
CRAVINGS
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Get rid of
DISPEL
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Doesn’t move
STAGNANT
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Unexpectedly/ suddenly
OUT OF THE BLUE
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The energy and the Noise
THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE
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Perplex/ confused
BAFFLED
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Confusing
BEWILDERING
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a very unpleasant and prolonged experience
ORDEAL
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A feeling of great respect
AWE
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More than little but not very much
SOMEWHAT
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A terrible or painful experience that continues for a period of time
ORDEAL
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Having an excessively favorable opinion of one’s abilities or appearance. Be arrogant
CONCEITED
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Cry+ great sadness
TO WAIL
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A type of shake when you are thinking about disgusting things
TO SHUDDER
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To shake of cold
SHIVER
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To shake your body because of excitement of fear
TO TREMBLE
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To act in a superior way, even when both people are equal
PATRONISE
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Work together
COLLABORATE
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The best
OPTIMUM
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Easily recover from difficult situations
RESILIENT
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Make fun of
SCOFFED
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Looking back with wisdom
RESTROSPECT
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Not clear
AMBIGUOUS
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Stops, prevents
HINDERS
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Become similar/ fit in
ASSIMILATES
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Not caring
NONCHALANT
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Didn’t realize
OBLIVIOUS
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Push away
OSTRACIZE
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Possible but not likely
PLAUSIBLE
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A document that gives you permission
PERMIT
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Sb/sth is necessary for survival
RELIANT
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Feel more certain
REASSURED
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Long, boring, monotonous + requires hard work + concentration
Is a SLOG
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Clever and funny
WITTY
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Understand what other people are feeling
EMPATHISE WITH
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Understand and feel what other people are feeling
SYMPATHISE WITH
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Capture the fascinated attention of
ENTHRAL
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The act of speaking beautifully
ELOCUENT
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Not serious, fun style conversation
BANTER
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Uncomfortable
UNEASE
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To fade/ to grow weaker
DWINDLE
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Sb yo met once but don’t know well
ACQUAINTANCE
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To have an argument
A ROW
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Turn pages very fast
FLICK
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Surprise
ASTOUND
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To put sb/sth in Danger
JEOPARDIZE
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Busy
TO BE DELUGED WITH WORK
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A very complete detail
THOROUGH
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To return sth back into it’s pieces
TO DISMANTLE
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A time that has passed a long time ago
A BYGONE
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Strong intense excitement
EXHILARATION
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Strong encouragement
EXHORTATION
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To make less angry or problematic
TO APPEASE
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Disgusted
APPALLED
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Sensation that produces nails on the blackboard
To Cringe/ cringy/ cringeworthy
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A task that is really annoying
IRKSOME
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Terrible, very very bad
APPALLING
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To make something seem less serious
DOWNPLAY
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The most as sb could
UTMOST
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Hesitation
RETICENCE
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Secret attraction
INFATUATION
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Containing resentment
PENT UP RESENTMENT
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Not too much, not too little
MILD
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To be old for sth
OUTGROWN
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Weight or responsibility
BURDEN
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Something completely negative
UTTERLY
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Stupid + Reckless
FOOLHARDY
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Method
A MEANS OF DOING
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To have a good feeling
WISHFUL THINKING
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To take by force
SEIZE
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to imagine sth
ENVISAGE
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Percentage ownership in a company
EQUITY
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To do something with absolutely no experience or knowledge, like gambling without knowing anything
PUNT
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Confused. (To be _________ by a claim)
BEMUSED
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Let me get straight to the point
So without further ago
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To understand/realise/foresee
TO GRASP THE FACT
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To be fired because you did sth bad
TO BE SACKED
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When you are too expensive or not needed in a company
To be made redundant
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Happens or exists more
Prevalent
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It just happen
INCIDENCE
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No prospect of career advancement
DEAD END JOB
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Carelessly waste
To squander
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To produce money
TO MINT MONEY
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Sb who creates fake documents
A FORGER
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Showing poor judgement or reasoning
MISGUIDED
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To give sb a false /incorrect idea
MISLEADING
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Doubts, hesitation, uncertain others
MISGIVINGS
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Don’t want to be noticed
UNASSUMING
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Nothing special
NONDESCRIPT
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I don’t care attitude
NONCHALANT
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Nothing happened in the way you wanted
DISGRUNTLED / workers/ voters/residents
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Fly attendant
STEWARDESS
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Extremely hot
SCORCHING
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To describe sb/ sth (activity/event) that is not a genuine as it is supposed to be a scam
A SHAM
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Intense feeling often uncontrollable, of joy/ happiness (similar to ecstasy)
RAPTURE
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Nonsensical speech related to psychology
PSYCHOBABBLE
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Create strong feelings of
TO EVOKE
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No loud/ be obvious
SUBTLE
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Sth common that happens everywhere
UBIQUITOUS
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Brief look
GLIMPSE INTO
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To accept that sb or sth exists
ACKNOWLEDGE
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Exists
TO BE AROUND
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To kick sb out from one’s accommodation
TO EVICT SB
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Make sb less angry
TO APPEASE SB
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To take sb back
TO RETRACT
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Undeniable
INDISPUTABLE
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More
OUTWEIGHED
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To remove a dictator/government
TO OVERTHROWN
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Out of control
OUT OF HAND
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Sb who doesn’t drink alcohol
TEETOTALER
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To look away
TO AVERT EYES/ ATTENTION/ FOCUS
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Fruit or vegetable that is ready to consume
Ripe (to ripen)
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Unpleasantly wet
SOGGY
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Stay
FLOCK
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A brief, casual romance
A FLING
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Rude
CHURLISH
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Unfriendly, cold, bad- tempered
Sulky/ sullen
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Forgetful
ABSENT MINDED
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Future possibility (large , scary, intimidating)
A DAUNTING PROSPECT
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Underrated ( great but nobody knows about it)
UNSUNG
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Amazing
ASTOUNDING
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To emphasize an astonishing amount or size
Staggering
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Very appealling
COMPELLING
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Achievement
MILESTONE
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Overwhelmingly difficult to understand. Bemusing/ bewildering
MIND - BOGGLING
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Stealing from your work
Embezzlement
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When things suddenly head in a negative direction
DOWNTURN
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To resolve the solution with no hesitation
TACKLED STH HEAD ON
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Tired
WEARY
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Sad + depressing
DREARY
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Unfashionable
DOWDY
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Get rid of kilos
TO SHED
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Daybreak
Dawn
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Spread of a disease (very quickly)
OUTBREAK
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Behaving in a proper,polite, appropiate way
GRACIOUS
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A wild animal now able tonbe controlled by people
TAME
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Difficult to understand
FATHOM (hard to fathom)
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Pieces of sth larger
DEBRIG
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Limit. And once it has been reached then sth happens
TO REACH A/THE THRESHOLD
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Drop very slowly
DWINDLE
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A guard
WARDEN
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Aridity (infertile)
BARREN
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To move sth really quickly
WHISK
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Zero
NOUGHT
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Try ti see with difficulty
TO PEER
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Sign
CUE
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To stop suddenly
TO HALT
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A Forger
COUTERFEITER
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Searching for sth really closely
PROBING
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To say sth knowing that it might not be truth
PURPORTS
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To hide sth
TO CONCEAL
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To levy
Racing money through taxes
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To walk around with any particular purpose
TO WANDER AROUND
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Hate / don’t enjoy
TO DREAD DOING STH
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To not trust sb
TO BE MISTRUSTFUL OF SB
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Gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude in a person’s mind)
INSTIL IN
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obtain (information or input into a particular task or project) by enlisting the services of a large number of people, either paid or unpaid, typically via the Internet.
CROWDSOURCE
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Giving more importance to one thing than others
WEIGHTED
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come into existence
SPRING UP
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insubstantial and easily damaged
FLIMSY
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Not damaged
UNSCATHED
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A failed attempt
BOTCHED
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Slow
Sluggish
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Control
HARNESS
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Facing
OVERLOOKING
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Passion
FERVOUR
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The main one
PREDOMINANT
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Everywhere
PERVADING
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Not having
DEPRIVATION
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Secondary effect
KNOCK ON EFFECT
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A great degree
OVERWHELMINGLY
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Not at all
BY NO MEANS
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Cause harm
DETRIMENTAL
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Promise seriously and publicly to do something
PLEDGE
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Someone or something that has a lot of influence, status or knowledge
HEVYWEIGHT
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The remote or less developed parts of a country
HINTERLAND
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Fall very fast
PLUMMET
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A major benefit, anything valuable or useful
ASSET
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Improve sth, or make it more valuable or more attractive
ENHANCE
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A force that helps sth to happen or develop more quickly
IMPETUS
