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sanctuary |
an area for birds or animals where they are protected and cannot be hunted SYN refugebird/wildlife etc sanctuary |
a sanctuary for tigers |
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fetch |
(especially BrE) to go and get something or someone and bring them back |
Quick! Go and fetch a doctor |
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exquisite |
extremely beautiful and very delicately made or very sensitive and delicate in the way you behave or do things |
She has exquisite taste in art. |
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sew something ↔ up |
to close or repair something by sewing it Could you sew up this hole in my trousers? |
Could you sew up this hole in my trousers? |
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desperate |
willing to do anything to change a very bad situation, and not caring about danger or 2- a desperate situation is very bad or serious.a desperate shortage of doctors |
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debt |
2) [U] when you owe money to someone OPP creditin debt (to somebody) |
Nearly half the students said they were in debt. |
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unload |
) [T] to remove a load from a vehicle, ship etcunload something from somethingThe driver unloaded some boxes from the back of the truck. |
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doubt |
1) to think that something may not be true or that it is unlikelyKim never doubted his story |
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impress |
1) [not in progressive] to make someone feel admiration and respectSteve borrowed his dad’s sports car to impress his girlfriend |
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proposal |
a plan or suggestion which is made formally to an official person or group, or the act of making it → proposeproposal forthe government’s proposals for regulation of the industry |
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