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the situation as it is now, or as it was before a recent change |
conservatives who want to maintain the status quo |
They wanted a return to the status quo before the war. |
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large deer that lives in North America. In Europe and Asia it is called an elk. |
A moose 🐮 |
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to sit or fall down heavily |
Exhausted, he slumped down in his chair. |
She slumped to her knees. |
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the highest stage of development or the most excellent example of something [ height] |
the acme of engineering achievement |
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a person’s continued support for a political party, religion, leader, etc. |
to switch/transfer/change allegiance |
People of various party allegiances joined the campaign. |
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to play against somebody in a game or contest; to fight against somebody |
to take somebody on at tennis |
The rebels took on the entire Roman army. |
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believing that people only do things to help themselves rather than for good or honest reasons |
a cynical view/smile |
Do you have to be so cynical about everything? |
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victory that is not worth winning because the winner has suffered or lost so much in winning it |
Political commentators believed that it was a Pyrrhic victory, which had left him considerably weakened. |
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nervous or anxious about something [ jittery] |
As the time for her driving test approached, she started to get twitchy. |
He felt twitchy about the prospect of losing his job. |
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relating to molecules (= groups of atoms that cannot be divided without a change in the chemical nature of the substance they are part of) |
molecular structure/biology |
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