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28 Cards in this Set
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boast
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- smth good means to have it
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centre on
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the main idea or subject/ the novel -s on the livesof two artists
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coarse
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rude and not refined: - language
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commentator
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someone who gives a description of an event as it is happening
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conquer
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to defeat: love -s all/ struggling to - his drug addiction
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endorse
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if famous person - smth, they say publicly that they think it is good: agreed to - the book
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envisage
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you can imagine it happening in the future: cant - him ever getting a job/ never -d the impact she would have предвидеть, предугадывать, предусматривать, представлять себе
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forum
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place where people can discuss subjects and give their opinions
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halt
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to stop smth/ - the spread of the disease/ - the search
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heart-wrenching
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makes you feel very sad
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hectic
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extremely busy: we live in - times/ a - day/ a - socual life/ a - lifestyle беспокойный, активный
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insight
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understanding of a difficult subject or situation: her writing was full od -/ the work displays limited -/ gives us an - into her life проницательность, способность проникновения в суть
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instigate
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to start smth
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minimal
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there is only very small amount of it
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narrator
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the person who tells the story
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overload
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if there is an - of smth, there is too much
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portrayal
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the way in which it is shown or described: a vivid - of love; the - of the president
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protagonist
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one of the characters in a film or a book,or one of the people taking part in an event главный герой; главное действующее лицо
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ranking
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positing on a list which shows the best things of its kind расположение; размещение, расстановка2) ранжирование, классификация
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revolve around
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to have that thing as the most important part вращаться вокруг her life - the children/ their lives - around food
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royalty
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amount of money that is paid to an author or composer depending on how many of their books/songs are sold
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sparse
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a very small amount of it
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spawn
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to cause it to start, offspring, потомство начинать, рождать (в большом количестве)
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surge
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sudden large increase in smth. the - in the popularity of book clubs
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tale
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a story (an uplifting -, folk -s
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trace
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if you - the development of smth you study or describe it
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track
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follow it so that you can find where it is
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vivid
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very clear and real
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