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Corporate
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reduction
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firing many workers at once
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euphemisms
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polite words that sound better than they are
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directly
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in a direct way/ to the point/ at once
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excessive
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too much
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vintage
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old, but durable, like clothes or furniture
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cozy
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comfortable, but perhaps small
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connotations
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the associations with words; not what the dictionary says
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charges
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Something you pay/ items on your bill
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bills
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pieces of paper asking for money
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payments
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Something that is paid already/ must be paid
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products
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A thing produced by labor that you buy = goods
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file a complaint
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to complain officially, often by letter
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accept
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to take someting that someone gives you
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argue
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give reasons for why you're right/ to defend your point of view
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complain
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to say you not satisfied with something
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exposed
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opposite of protected/placed out to be seen/shown to all
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protected
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secure/ guarded from theft
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revealed
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Someone told your secret/ similarilar to exposed
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unsafe
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Dangerous
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purchase
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buying something (verb)/ Something you buy (noun)
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buy
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to pay money for products or services
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sell
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to give something to someone else in return for money
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pay for
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to make a payment/ to buy/ to give money in exchange for goods or services
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victim
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a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident or of identity theft/someone who has been hurt
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sufferer
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someone who undergoes or feels pain or distress/ like victim
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criminal
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a person guilty or convicted of a crime/someone who has done something very wrong or broken the law
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target
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An object you aim to hit / supermarket's name / goal or objective
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authorized
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having official power/ allowed or permitted
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permission
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authorization granted to do something
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able
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You can do it
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payment
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something that is paid; an amount paid;compensation
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deal with
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solve a problem/ handle /~get over
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avoid
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to get out of the way/ escape/ evade/ stay away from
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control
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Manage something/ to be in charge/ to lead/ manipulate
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manage
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to supervise/ to direct the professional career of (someone, such as an entertainer or athlete)
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format
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how something is organized or laid out/ how content is arranged/ format of a race
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unique
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Different from others of its kind/ one of a kind/ there's only one if this thing, place or person
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marathon
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a 42.195 kilometer (26.2 mile) race
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get into
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be focused on/ to start/ take something up as an interest or hobby/ to get involved
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experiences
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Things you have done/ things that happen to you/ ~memories
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goal
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Something that you hope or plan on doing
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opponent
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Your rival or your compeditor/ a person who is on an opposing side in a game/ someone you play against
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terrain
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the land/ the lay of the land/ the surface of the earth or planet/ the arrangement of the land
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course
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a trail or path/ a class/ something the flows or follows a direction
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motivation
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something that supports you and gives you a reason to do what you're doing
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challenge
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something difficult to do/ something you deal with or overcome
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achieve
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to have success/to accomplish something/to meet or reach a goal
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tent
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Equipment for camping or sleeping/ portable shelter
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stage
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a step/ a part of a process/ a section of a race/ stage one, two, three, etc./~phases
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identity theft
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when hackers phish for your information and steal your passwords or credit card numbers and impersonate you, buying things with your creit or money
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