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31 Cards in this Set
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Driving license |
An official document π that shows you are qualified to drive |
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Birth certificate |
an official document π showing where and when you were born |
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Spare part |
a part for a car or machine to replace an old or broken part |
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Passer by |
a person walking πΆββοΈ past a place by chance |
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Long weekend |
a short holiday from Friday to Sunday, or Saturday to Monday |
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Life expectancy |
the number of years that a person is likely to live |
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Short cut / shortcut |
a path or route that is quicker than the normal way |
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Fancy dress π |
Clothes that you wear to a party π to make your appear a different character |
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Nursery rhyme |
a short and usually very old song or poem for young children πΆ |
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fruit/slot machine |
a machine into which you put money π° in the hope of winning more back |
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Next of kin |
your closest living relative (often used on official documents π ) |
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Last-minute |
Happening at the last possible moment |
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Built up |
A built-up area has a lot of houses π and not many open spaces |
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Panic-stricken |
Extremely anxious about sth |
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Thick-skinned |
not easily upset by unkind or critical comments |
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Off-putting |
( of behavior) irritating π or unattractive |
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Tongue-tied |
unable to speak easily because of nerves π³ or shyness π |
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Worn out |
1( of a person) exhausted from work or exercise |
2( of a thing) no longer useful because it has been used so much |
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Hard-wearing |
( of a product) remaining in good condition for a long time |
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Never-ending |
(Especially of sth unpleasant) seeming to last forever βΎ) |
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Bad-tempered |
often angry and easily annoyed |
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Let down |
a disappointment let down v. |
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Drop out |
Leave school π«, college, a course, etc, without finishing your studies dropout n |
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Turnout |
the number of people who attend an event turn out v |
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shake-up |
Large changes made in an organization to improve it shake sth up v |
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Break down |
(of a vehicle π or machine) stop π working breakdown n |
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Hold sth/sb up |
delay sth/sb hold-up n |
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Tailback |
a long line of traffic, moving very slowly, tail back v |
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Write-off |
a vehicle π that is so badly damaged that it is not worth repairing write sth off v |
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Break-up |
the ending of a relationship or association break up v |
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setback |
a problem that delays or prevents progress, or make a situation worse for sb set sth/sb back v |
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