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34 Cards in this Set
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Insight |
Deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing |
Insight into/on/about She gaved me fascinating Insights into life in Mexico. The book provides important insights about the doctor-patient relationship. |
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Be my guest |
If you say it to someone, You're giving them permission to do something |
If anybody wants to work on this, be my guest. |
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You got me! |
To admit defeat or to say that someone is right |
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I gotchu |
Understand what you're Felling Have your back and i will help you I pranked or scared you |
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Disclosure |
The act of making something known or public that was previously secret or private |
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Blazing , boiling |
Balding hot or blazing sun |
Freezing cold winters and blazing hot summers |
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Glazed facades |
Facades: the front of buildings |
A classical facade |
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Resign |
Quit , leave |
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Installment |
اقساط |
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Counter-intuitive |
The opposite of what you would expect or what seems to be obvious |
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SelfSelf-reflection |
serious thought about your own character and actions |
It's important to make time for self-reflection every day.In a rare moment of self-reflection, the president admitted that he had made the wrong decision.After some honest self-reflection, I realized that I'd be happier if I stopped comparing myself to others. |
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Disfigure |
to spoil the appearance of something or someone, especially their face, completely |
My face disfigured by an octopus |
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In the matter of speaking |
I don't like the way you drive, you're a reckless driver. In the matter of speaking. |
ان صح التعبير |
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Busyness |
a situation in which there are many things to do |
Busyness doesn't equal success. Modern life has introduced incredible busyness |
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Look after |
Look after my luggage |
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De-stress |
to relax after working hard or experiencing stress; to reduce the amount of stress that you experience |
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Attention span |
is the amount of time spent concentrating on a task before becoming distracted |
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broaden |
widen or expand |
Broaden our perspective |
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Intellectual |
relating to the ability to understand things and think intelligently → mental |
intellecually challenging tasks. intellectual development/ability/activity etc. a job that requires considerable intellectual effort. |
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promote |
Help something to develop and increase |
reading promotes creativitiy |
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Tolerant |
reading helps us to be more tolerant of peolpe form different cultures |
reading helps us to be more tolerant of peolpe form different cultures |
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debilitating |
- to make someone ill and weak He was debilitated by his illness.- to make an organization or system less effective or powerful |
in stimulating mental activities are at less risk of developing such debilitating diseases The state is debilitated by inefficiency and corruption. |
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Ambition Ambitious |
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that's ambitious ( powerful , energetic, aggressive) |
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investigated |
he investigated (explored, studied, searched) the causes if alzahimer and others types of dementia |
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cognitive impairment |
الضعف الادراكي |
reading improves memory ans slows down cognitive decline cognitive impairment |
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Rage |
a strong feeling of uncontrollable anger |
With me the rage isn't there. i don't have the rage i did when i first came up . The rage might not still be there but the passion is the as exact same as it has always been. |
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Nauseated |
feeling as if you are going to vomit: |
Lie around . Too tired to get up and so nauseated that i can't even move my head. |
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down to earth |
It means practical. I would describe someone as "down to earth" if they are serious and logical and not absent-minded. |
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Exempt |
not affected by something, or not having to do it or pay it |
If you're elderly , you have diabetes, or chronic illness. Or pregnant or breastfeeding or on your period, you're exempt Children are exempt form charges |
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Parcel |
طرد |
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Scorcher ( informal) |
Very hot |
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Partake |
Participate |
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Supper |
the last meal of the day, either a main meal, usually smaller and less formal than dinner, or a snack eaten before you go to bedI'll do my homework after supper.What's for supper?We'll have an early supper tonight. |
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Seasick |
feeling sick or wanting to vomit when you are travelling on a boat or shipto be/feel/get seasick |
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