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57 Cards in this Set
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break down
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If a machine or vehicle ..., it stopsworking |
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break down |
If a system, relationship or discussion ..., it fails because there is a problem or disagreement |
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break down |
to be unable to control your feelings and to startto cry |
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workout |
to exercise inorder to improve the strength or appearance of your body |
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work out |
to be the result of a calculation |
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work out |
to happen or develop in a particular way |
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break into |
to enter a building or car by using force, in order to steal something |
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bring up |
to mention a subject or start to talk about it |
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bring up |
to look after and influence a child until he or she is grown up |
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call off |
to decide that a planned event will not take place |
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come across |
to meet, find, or discover someone or something by chance |
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come across |
to behave in a way which makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic |
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cut down |
to do less of something or use something in smaller amounts |
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face up to |
to accept and deal with a difficult part or problem |
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get away with |
to succeed in avoiding punishment for something |
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keep up |
to do whatever is necessary to stay level or equal with someone or something |
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let off |
to not punish someone who has committed a crime or done something wrong, or to not punish them severely |
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get across |
to manage to make someone understand or believe something |
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red tape |
official rules and processes that seem unnecessary and delay results |
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keep the wolf from the door |
to have just enough money to be able to eat and live |
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to give credit where credit’s due |
an expression which means that you should praise someone who deserves it, although you might dislike some things about them |
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to know something like the back of your hand |
to have very good and detailed knowledge of something |
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people person |
someone who is good at dealing with other people |
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a bitter pill to swallow |
something that is very unpleasant but must be accepted |
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affect |
influence |
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put off |
to delay doing something (procrastinate) |
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look up |
to try to find a piece of information by looking in a book or on a computer |
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delight |
a feeling of great pleasure and satisfaction |
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aware |
knowing that something exists |
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pitch |
тон |
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to immerse oneself into something |
to become completely involved in something |
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engender |
to make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist |
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to be put off |
to delay doing something, procrastinate |
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tone-deaf |
unable to hear the difference between different musical notes |
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tune |
melody |
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to hum a few notes in a tune |
свистеть |
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off the top of your head |
improvise |
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famine |
голод |
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relief |
reduction of pain |
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aid |
help (money or food) |
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on somebody one |
1) alone; 2) without anyone’s help |
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end up |
to finally be in particular place or situation |
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go on the computer |
to be online |
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burning issue |
a subject or question that must be dealt with or answered quickly |
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burning question |
a subject or question that must be dealt with or answered quickly |
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splash out on |
to spend a lot of money on something |
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bargain |
something you buy cheaply or for less than its usual price |
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domestic appliance |
a large piece of electrical equipment used in the home, especially in the kitchen |
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purchase |
to buy something / something that you buy |
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thrill |
a sudden strong feeling of excitement and pleasure, or the thing that makes you feel this |
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high street |
the main street of a town where most of the shops and businesses are |
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filthy |
extremely or unpleasantly dirty |
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enchanted |
affected by magic or seeming to be affected by magic |
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evoke |
to make someone remember something or feel an emotion |
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insensible |
unconscious |
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futile |
aving no effect or achieving nothing |
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attorney |
lawyer |
