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26 Cards in this Set
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A set back |
A problem that prevents or delays progress |
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Steep learning curve |
In a position in which you have to learn sth difficult |
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To learn the rope |
Finding how sth is done |
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Had a profound effect on |
Changed a person deeply |
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Go with your gut |
Act according to your personal feeling abt it |
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Work into the ground |
Work till you exhausted |
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But for |
With out // but for +n |
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Over the hill |
Can't do sth well enough because too old |
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Found myself at the crossroad |
Having to choose one thing or another |
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Regurgitate |
Reproduce without thinking |
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half baked |
Badly thought-out, not fully thought through |
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Preconceptions |
Individual thinking |
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Intolerant |
Not excepting other's opinion |
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Vested interest |
Personal interest |
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Have an axe to grind |
A strong opinion abt sth |
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Devil's advocate |
Take a deliberately contrary position in an argument to force people to justify their opinion |
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Sitting on the fence |
Being unable to commit yourself to one opinion or one side |
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Beat about the bush |
Talk a lot, but avoid directly addressing the most important point |
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Shabby |
โกโรโกโส |
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Dilapidated |
ทรุดโทรม |
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Run-down |
ทรุดโทรม |
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Tranquil |
Calm |
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Unspoilt |
Unchanged, not altered by tourism |
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Bustling |
Busy,full of ppl |
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Taking the plunge |
Decide to do sth after considering it |
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Seeing the light |
To understand sth |
