Vocabulary Review: Starting Again Flashcards
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This medicine gives patients a new lease on life.
a chance to continue living or to become successful or popular again.
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That poor man lives all alone in that unloved house on the corner.
not loved or cherished, neglected
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St Peter’s Church in the Grote Markt is one of many listed buildings in the city of Leuven.
a building of great historical or artistic value that has official protection to prevent it from being changed or destroyed.
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Solutions put in place today must be sustainable.
Either, able to continue over a period of time or, causing or made in a way that causes, little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time.
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We have discussed these plans on numerous occasions.
many
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He resigned as chairman of the group and as director of its affiliated companies.
connected with or controlled by a group of organization
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There’s a flea market every Saturday in the school parking lot.
usually outside, where people sell old or used items at cheap prices.
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Elaine arranged for me to go on a blind date with a colleague from her office.
a romantic social meeting between two people who have never met each other.
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I don’t know what it is about John, but women just seem to throw themselves at him.
to make it very obvious to someone that you want to have an intimate relationship with them or to plunge deeply into an activity to the exclusion of everything else.
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I’m sorry, you’ve called at an inopportune moment.
happening or done at a time that is not suitable or convenient.
