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14 Cards in this Set
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a competition in which people try to win something |
to hold a singing/talent contest |
to enter/win a contest |
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connected with a particular context |
contextual information |
contextual clues to the meaning |
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to make somebody feel upset or emotionally confused |
It churns me up inside to think what might have happened. |
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the speed of something in a particular direction |
the velocity of light
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to gain/lose velocity |
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the action of keeping something rather than losing it or stopping it |
The company needs to improve its training and retention of staff. |
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to divide something into different parts |
Market researchers often segment the population on the basis of age and social class. |
The worm has a segmented body (= with different sections joined together). |
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one of four equal groups into which a set of things can be divided according to the distribution of a particular variable |
women in the fourth quartile of height (= the shortest 25% of women) |
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to happen again or a number of times |
This theme recurs several times throughout the book. |
a recurring illness/problem/nightmare, etc. |
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used to refer to something that has just been mentioned |
the foregoing discussion |
The foregoing is a description of the proposed plan. |
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to make somebody calmer or less angry by giving them what they want |
The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime. |
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(of an action, a decision, a rule, etc.) not seeming to be based on a reason, system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair |
The choice of players for the team seemed completely arbitrary. |
He makes unpredictable, arbitrary decisions. |
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the period of time when somebody holds an important job, especially a political one; the act of holding an important job |
his four-year tenure as president |
She had a long tenure of office. |
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in a way that is very steep, high and often dangerous |
The land dropped precipitously down to the rocky shore. |
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to make a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid to it |
The paint can be diluted with water to make a lighter shade. |
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