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Rig
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V ~ arrange fraudulently
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He will not need to rig the election or buy voters
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Juicy
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Adj ~ very interesting, scandalous
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juicy gossip
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sham
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n ~ fake, pretence
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It turned out that he wasn’t a real doctor at all – he was just a sham.
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Set for life
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Set for life means that you will never have to work for a living.
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As soon as I win the lottery, I will be set for life. I'll never have to work again!
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Cash in
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~ v to get/earn a lot of money at something (~ cash in hands)
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Cash in (on sth): Her family have been accused of cashing in on her death.
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Slap something on
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I’m gonna slap my catchphrase on every piece of merchandise I can think and wait for the money to start rolling in.
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Washed-up
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Adj ~ no longer successful and unlikely to succeed again in the future
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WASHED UP? 20 Celebs That WON’T Be Making a Comeback!
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Bump sth up
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V ~ increase
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I’m doing some teaching in the evenings to bump up my income.
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Puppet
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Windup
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Adj windup toy
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short-circuit
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n ~ a failure in an electrical circuit
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drone
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n
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Where you can and can't fly a drone
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beam
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v ~ broadcast/ send out
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Live pictures of the ceremony were beamed around the world.
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Invasion
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N ~ attack/takeover
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1979 Chinese Invasion of Vietnam
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Keep tabs on sth/sb
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~ to watch someone carefully to see what they do, or to watch something carefully
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The thing is, I’ve always felt like someone’s out there keeping tabs on my life. After my grandmother passed away, Mon told me I’d safe because Nana was watching over from the heaven.
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Asparagus
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Earwax
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N When to Clean out Earwax
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Googly eyes
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Sarcastic
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Adj
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Sarcastic humor mocks or ridicules, usually by saying the opposite of what is actually meant.
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Mushy
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Adj mushy rice
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Flabby
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Adj ~ soft, loose
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He’s got soft and flabby since he gave up running.
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fall flat on face
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Poor Kathy fell flat on her face in the mud
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Anthology
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N ~ collection (poems, stories, etc)
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Pop
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N ~ occasion/object in a series
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She gives lectures and get paid $5000 a pop.
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make the cut
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~ to reach or maintain the required standard
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Lots of people were interviewed for this position, but not many of them made the cut.
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Champ
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N ~ (informal ~ champion)
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Lizard
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slip up
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v ~ make a mistake
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For a few weeks I actually faked like I couldn’t say my Rs just so I could stay in the club. But one day I let my guard down and slipped up.
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Stink
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V ~ suck
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Manny played soccer this spring, and his team stunk. They never got a single goal, and the other teams scored at least ten times a game
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Goalie
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N ~ goalkeeper
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Rip-off
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N ~ a copy of something, especially one that is less expensive or not as good as the original thing
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Top 5 Anime RIP OFFS
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Wedgie
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N
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Atomic wedgie
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Cobweb
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N ~ spider’s web
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Skimpy
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Adj ~ not large enough
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Skimpy Bikinis Are Becoming A Trend
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Bloodcurdling
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Adj ~ extremely frightening
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Curdle
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V ~ When things curdle, they turn from liquid gradually to solid, forming clumps along the way
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This is curdled blood, a very traditional Lao ingredient, but one that was thankfully absent from our cooking class.
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Cackle
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N ~ laugh loudly
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spring for something
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v ~ to pay for something for somebody else
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I’ll spring for dinner tonight.
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pit stop
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n ~ a short stop during a long trip for a rest, a meal, etc.
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Every fall, geese flying south for the winter make a pit stop in our town and stick around for a few weeks before heading back out.
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intrude
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v ~ interfere
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We should not intrude upon their private grief.
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Cosy
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Adj ~ comfortable, warm
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We stopped in a cosy little cafe for a cup of tea.
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Wag
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V
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Why Does My Dog Wag His Tail?
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Gourmet
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gourmet food is of a very high quality
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stray
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adj ~ get lost
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Save Stray Dogs from Legal Hunting
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Devise
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V ~ think up
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A new system has been devised to control traffic in the city.
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Tackle
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V ~ deal with
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I felt that he just talked round the subject and didn't tackle the main issues.
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Trail
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N ~ traces, marks, signs
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Expert
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Sleuth
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N ~ detective
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Deduction n (detective n)
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Intuition
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N ~ the ability to know something by using your feelings rather than considering the facts
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Intuition told her that he had spoken the truth.
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n ~ a short sound like that of a small object dropping into water |
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Mess with sb
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V ~ bother/interfere
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Mess With My Son
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Have the same rings to it
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~ the same; ring (n ~ sound)
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Tinkle
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N ~ an act of urinating/pee
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Entry
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N ~ written records (as in a diary or dictionary)
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When you go into the room, you make an entry. The door you go through is also an entry. If you write in your diary about all this, you make an entry in your diary.
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Cook up
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V ~ invent
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Dribble
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V
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snap out of it
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~ to make an effort to stop being unhappy or upset
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Now, come on, snap out of it. Losing that money isn’t the end of the world.
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Bonkers
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Adj ~ silly or stupid.
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But it’s gonna take me forever to decode that dream I had last night, because that one was just totally bonkers.
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Decode
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V ~ figure out/ decrypt
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When you translate a message from symbols or code into language, you decode it.
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Witchcraft
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N ~ the practice of magic, especially for evil purposes
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They used to burn women who practised witchcraft.
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Dabble
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V ~ dip into/ immerse
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She dabbled her toes in the stream; people who dabble in painting as a way of relaxing.
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dark arts
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~ dark magic
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Dangle
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V ~ if you dangle something, or if it dangles, it hangs or swings without anything stopping it
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Hang back
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V ~ to remain in a place after all the other people have left
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(in) the middle of nowhere
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~ far away from any towns and cities and where few people live
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He lives in a tiny house in the middle of nowhere.
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pat down
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stimulate
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v ~ encourage; stimulating adj
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Stimulating development
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Stumble
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V ~ to walk in a way that does not seem controlled
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We were stumbling around in the dark looking for a candle.
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Juvenile
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Adj ~ (formal) teenage
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juvenile criminals/offenders
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peel out
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v ~ to leave quickly and in a noisy way
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deception
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n ~ the act of hiding the truth (to get an advantage) (-> deceive v ~ trick/lie)
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A kid might deceive his mother into thinking he has a fever by holding the thermometer to a light bulb to increase the temperature.
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Unibrow
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N (-> eyebrows)
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Rotten
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Adj ~ decayed/very bad
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Fumigate
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Stir
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N ~ excitement
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The scandal created quite a stir at the time; no stir in the air
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Camouflage
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Outright
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Adv ~ completely/total
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They can afford to buy the house outright.
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Light on
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V ~ to see or find something by accident
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Suddenly she lit upon/on a new way of approaching the problem.
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Burp
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V
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in the meantime
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~ in the period of time between two times or two events
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I have to go to the store soon. In the meantime, I'm playing with the dog
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Photosynthesis
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good money
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~ an amount of money that you think is large
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I paid good money for those shoes, and you’ve only worn them twice.
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Pediatrician
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N ~ a doctor who deals with children
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Suction
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V ~
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Mucus
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N ~
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in over one's head
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~ having more difficulties than one can manage.
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Calculus is very hard for me. I'm in over my head.
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Corny
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Adj ~ too silly and repeated too often to be funny (Trying to be funny, but not.)
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Strum
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V
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How to Strum a Ukulele
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Swipe
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V ~
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Switch on the phone and swipe your finger across the screen to unlock it.
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Coincidence
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N ~
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People love to talk about strange coincidences––like you and your mother having the same birthday, or two unrelated families named "The Martins" living next door to each other.
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Tryout
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N ~ a test (to see what someone or something is like or whether they are suitable or effective)
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They’ve agreed to give me a tryout for a week to see if I’m up to the job.
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Woodwide
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Cut the cheese
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V ~ fart; let it rip
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Let it rip
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V ~ fart
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Farting: Why You Should Let ‘Er Rip
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Get away with
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V ~ to do something and not get punished for it.
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They have repeatedly broken the law and got away with it.
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Get/have an in
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V ~ to have influence with someone
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The only way they'll allow us to film the play is if we get an in with the director
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Never live something down
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V ~ never forget, to be unable to stop feeling embarrassed
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I'll never live down the fact that I spilt champagne down my boss's trousers.
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Ignition
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N
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How do you get a car key out of an ignition when it's stuck?
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Handful
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n ~ a few
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She invited loads of friends to her party, but only a handful of them turned up.
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in the rearview mirror
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~ in the past.
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Persevere
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V ~ be persistent, be determined (perseverance n)
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He preserved with his task until he had succeeded in collecting an armful of firewood.
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Denounce
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V ~ speak out against something/ to strongly criticize
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Parents denounce fast food restaurants making their children fat.
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piggyback on somebody/something
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V ~ takes advantage of something/somebody
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A nonsecured network could lead to a lot more than a neighbour piggybacking on your Wi-Fi for free.
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hang someone out to dry
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~ you abandon them when they are in trouble.
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When the department got into difficulties, his bosses simply hung him out to dry.
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Brass
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N ~
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strike up
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v ~ to start to play or sing a piece of music
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The musicians struck up and people began to dance.
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Pry
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V ~
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N ~
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Binder
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N ~
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Slip
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V ~ slide
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I’ll slip the letter under your door.
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off-limits
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n ~ where people are not allowed to go
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camcorder
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make-believe
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n ~ fantasy >< reality (~ make believe v)
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The children like to make believe that they live in a castle.
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Hyperventilate
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V ~ to breathe so unusually fast that you feel dizzy or panicked.
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You might hyperventilate after exercising too hard on a hot day, or because you're anxious about speaking in front of a crowd.
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Cartridge
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Printer cartridge
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Shoot
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V ~ move quickly
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He shot out of the office a minute ago – I think he was late for a meeting.
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