29 August

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Like

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Sth appeals to (very much) because

I get a lot of pleasure out of

I am enthusiastic about

I am keen to do sth/keen on doing sth

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A ____ (enthusiastic) swimmer

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A keen swimmer

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Begin to like

<I've _____________ Guangzhou and now I don't want to leave.>

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<I've grown fond of Guangzhou and now I don't want to leave.>

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I've never _______ about it before, but I guess...

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I've never thought about it before, but I guess...

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It depends.

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The answer depends on how you look at the problem.

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That's not always true.

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That's one way of looking at it. However,

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As I know

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As I see it

As far as I am concerned

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I'm not sure if it's ____, but I _______ / _____ _______

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I'm not sure if it's true, but I suppose/would imagine

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I believe

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I 'm convinced

There's no other way.

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To sum up

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To wrap up

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Sound authentic

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Sound natural

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Be unfamiliar/foreign to

Alien?

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Be (very) new to

Alien implies it's disturbing.

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Disagree.

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Aren't buying.

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In addition to...,

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...aside,

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Most importantly

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Above all

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Feel __________ly about

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Feel passionately about

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Kiss ___________ly

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Kiss passionately

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...is very important

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I can't overemphasize the importance of...

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Have/have developed a ____ interest in

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Have/have developed a keen interest in

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The novelist can envision a future ___ to come.

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The novelist can envision a future ___ to come.

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不在公司

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Out of the office

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(No matter) whether... <2-3>

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No matter how (much)

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This is _________, which is too often the opposite of thinking.

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This is rhetoric, which is too often the opposite of thinking.

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What we read can affect us vitally, penetrate, stimulate and inform us, but not always in the right ___s, or at the right ____s, or about the right _____s.

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What we read can affect us vitally, penetrate, stimulate and inform us, but not always in the right ways, or at the right times, or about the right things.

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Sometimes..., other times...

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Sometimes..., at others...

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Rubbish

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Refuse

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Wildlife smuggling

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Wildlife trafficking

Illegal transport of animals

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Economic growth and nationalism have for decades been the ___ founts (/pillars) of legitimacy for the Communist Party, and as the ______ wanes, [Chinese leader Xi Jinping] will likely rely increasingly on the ______.

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Economic growth and nationalism have for decades been the two founts (/pillars) of legitimacy for the Communist Party, and as the former wanes, [Chinese leader Xi Jinping] will likely rely increasingly on the latter.

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Xi will most probably stimulate and intensify Chinese nationalism to __________ for the political harm of a slower economy

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Xi will most probably stimulate and intensify Chinese nationalism to compensate for the political harm of a slower economy

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在国际上

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Internationally

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Important; self-important

<____________ figure>

<He's a proud, haughty, ____________, turned-up-nosed peacock>

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Important; self-important

<Consequential figure>

<He's a proud, haughty, consequential, turned-up-nosed peacock>

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Chinese Foreign Policy Under a Powerful but _____ed Leader

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Chinese Foreign Policy Under a Powerful but Exposed Leader

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Take part in (a competition or exam, where you can be ranked)

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Enter for

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_________ it's better to be alone, _______ly ____ you have food.

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Sometimes it's better to be alone, specially when you have food.

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<informal> to have the opportunity to do something

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Get to do sth

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May I have a ______ of your time, please?

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May I have a moment of your time, please?

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the state will be obliged to provide healthcare __ _____.

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the state will be obliged to provide healthcare of/by right

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Because of

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By right of

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Will add a lot of _____ to your band scores

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Will add a lot of value to your band scores

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Throughout history

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Through the ages

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Deal with (something difficult)

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Negotiate

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Antonym for first thing

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Last thing (at night)

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Know (absolutely) nothing about

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Don't know the first thing about

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A very great deal of

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A world of

<Make a world of difference>

<Do you a world of good>

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It's not that...

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It's not the case that...

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used for saying that someone or something has a particular quality but you are not certain what it is

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there is something about

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a recurrent pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth.

___ and ____

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Ebb and flow

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Anywhere and everywhere

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Anyone and everyone

Anybody and everybody

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Again

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All over again

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Adequately staffed and ______ed

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Adequately staffed and resourced

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<Informal> Difficult/dangerous/frightening 令人毛骨悚然的

<_____ mountain road>

<It's _____/a _____ situation>

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Hairy

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The word can be used __ this meaning.

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The word can be used in this meaning.

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Some Chinese come over to me and ask in their ____ English: "Can I help you?"

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Some Chinese come over to me and ask in their best English: "Can I help you?"

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Something/someone/somebody/somehow/somewhere or ______

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Something/someone/somebody/somehow/somewhere or other

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__ anyone in Vietnam knows the significance of the Paracel Islands Museum, ___ Tran Duc Anh Son.

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If anyone in Vietnam knows the significance of the Paracel Islands Museum, it's Tran Duc Anh Son.

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As required

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As desired

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Hanoi's quest for the Paracels may be more ________ than practical.

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Hanoi's quest for the Paracels may be more quixotic than practical.

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tests from Beijing to see how ___ all countries will go ____ supporting "the rules-based order"

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tests from Beijing to see how far all countries will go into supporting "the rules-based order,"

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Put in context

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Contextualize

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The findings provide insight into the complex genetics _______ing human sexuality.

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The findings provide insight into the complex genetics underlying human sexuality.