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86 Cards in this Set
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Hurricane |
we have suffered hurricanes and earthquake. |
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A matter of luck - مسألة حظ |
but for some people staying alive has been a matter of luck. |
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Trapped - محاصرين |
Several others were trapped under building. |
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Anymore بعد الان |
I won't talk you anything anymore. |
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so long فترة طويلة |
How did she manage to survive for so long? |
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Survival بقاء |
there is a conflict on political survival |
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Brexit - خروج بريطانيا من الإتحاد الأوروبي |
Talks resume today (Monday) between Britain and the European Union as they try to agree a post-Brexit trade deal |
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Prospect |
Probability, Possibility (N) تنقيب /يبحث عن الذهب (V) |
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Conclude |
يستنتج، يختتم، ينهي It's unclear when the discussion might conclude. |
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Guardian |
Keeper, defender, protector. |
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Breakthrough (N) اختراق Break through (v) يخترق |
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precarious |
Unstable, Transient. |
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Tribunal |
Court, Court of law, محكمة، كرسي القضاء |
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Plot |
مؤامرة، حبكة |
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Supernatural خارق للطبيعة Haunted مسكون |
Do you like supernatural haunted house movies? |
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Clichés عبارات مبتذلة |
This movie is full of clichés |
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Mucus مخاط |
jellyfish mucus could provide the answer to plastic waste in the seas. |
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Goers رواد |
jellyfish scaring away beach goers with their sting, |
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Unheard-of |
this is for me something unheard-of when I was a little girl. |
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Excrete يفرز |
Jellyfish excretes a mucus material. |
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Predators حيوانات مفترسة overfishing صيد الجائر |
As rising sea temperatures and overfishing of their natural predators have boosted jellyfish numbers |
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Inactivate يعطل |
Vinegar inactivates the sting's venom |
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Carousel |
a rotating machine or device, in particular a conveyor system at an airport from which arriving passengers collect their luggage. |
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Seat assignment |
is the seat that the airline has chosen for you. (place you are supposed to sit on the airplane). |
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Layover ترانزيت |
Do you have a layover in your flight? |
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Say Thanks a lot, not Thank you a lot. |
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Epidemic (N, Adj) |
Coronavirus epidemic has led to an increase in misinformation, lies, and conspiracy theories on the internet. |
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Infamous |
سيء السمعة. |
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Swindler محتال |
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Pay cut |
خفض الاجور |
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Money-lending |
إقراض المال. |
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Get underway تنطلق Got underway انطلقت |
The concert got underway an hour ago. |
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Florist |
The florist is donating 50 bunches of flowers each week to volunteers. |
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Pluck up the courage |
before some children eventually pluck up the courage to take the flowers to Mum. |
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Pathogens مسببات الأمراض |
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Mains cut قطع التيار الكهربائي |
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well-respected people. out-of-date fashion. A world-famous athlete. |
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aftermath - the period of time after an event, particularly an event that has a big impact. |
In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008, many businesses had to shut down |
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vacant - empty |
Shops, warehouses and offices were left vacant when they stopped trading. |
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craze - an activity or idea that is very popular, usually for a short period of time |
Here's an article on the pop-up craze in many towns and cities in the UK. |
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bustling - full of activity and people moving around |
with the economy booming and the high streets bustling. |
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niche - belonging to a specific part of the business market |
They were originally a way for small, niche companies to rent retail space in great locations. |
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Landlords - owners of property who rent it out to other people. |
This was while landlords who owned these spaces looked for permanent tenants. |
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Stall - booth, kiosk. |
Pop-up shops might be simple market stalls. |
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Would-be wanting to be a specific type of person. |
For would-be pop-up entrepreneurs. |
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Much more اكثر بكثير Much lower اقل بكثير |
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overheads - costs that are involved in running a business that are regular and needed, like paying rent or for heating and lighting. premises - buildings that a business uses. |
There are fewer overheads, such as paying wages or heating and lighting for their premises. |
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downturn - a decline in economic and business activity |
When the economy took a downturn after 2008. |
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stopgap - a temporary solution to a problem. |
It makes sense for landlords to be able to allow people to come in and set up a temporary shop as a stopgap and use the available space. |
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reluctant (to do something) - not prepared to do something |
With banks remaining reluctant to lend money to new businesses and landlords still with lots of empty units to fill... |
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Vibrancy حيوية |
Pop-up shops add vibrancy to the high street and make it different and distinctive. |
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to haggle - to argue about a price. |
Can we haggle about the price? |
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a bargain - a very cheap price |
Can you lower it to 500 $? No, it is a bargain. |
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inn - pub where people can stay overnight. landlord - person who owns or manages a hotel or an inn. |
Joss and I now live in Jamaica Inn, where he is landlord. |
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consolation - something that you makes you feel better about a difficult situation. |
My only consolation is that I will see my aunt again after so many years. |
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lashing - when rain is lashing, it is falling very heavily, often with a lot of wind |
The rain is lashing against the window. I |
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moor(land) - large open area of land with very few trees or plants and very few buildings |
All I can see is mile upon mile of empty moorland. No trees… no houses… I wonder how many more hours we have to travel? |
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Is it much further? |
هل هو ابعد بكثير. |
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queer - (here) strange, unusual |
People say that queer things go on at Jamaica Inn. |
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coach - form of transport that is pulled by horses and was used in the past |
Suddenly I feel frightened. I want to climb back in the coach. |
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Funeral |
The funeral was yesterday. We buried her next to Papa |
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functioning - working correctly. |
The ocean keeps the entire planet functioning and going around. |
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trajectory - the way in which something develops over time. |
We cannot continue on this trajectory of millions of metric tonnes of plastic ending up in the ocean. |
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Sensation |
We’re looking for the country's next singing sensations. |
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auditions - short performances, usually by actors, musicians or dancers, to show that they are right for a particular play, film or show. contestants - competitor. |
lining up for the auditions. |
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nippy (informal) - cold |
It is a bit nippy. |
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warming up - preparing for a performance. |
And some of them have some rather unusual ways of warming up. |
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past it - (informal) too old or out-of-date to be interesting or useful. |
Do you like watching TV talent shows like The X Factor or The Voice? Or do you think they are a bit past it? |
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Computerized |
A computerized exam. |
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shake-up means a complete reorganisation |
Some people think the format needs a big shake-up. |
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Incite - يحرض Unrest - Trouble - اضطراب |
It is easy to use social media as a tool to interfere with election campaigns and incite political unrest, Murphy said. |
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Associated Press - وكالك انباء |
Janis Sarts told The Associated Press that social media manipulation hurts business markets and is a threat to national security. |
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In turn - في دوره Deepen - يعمق Weaken - يضعف |
That in turn deepens divisions and thus weakens us as a society,” he explained. |
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not-for-profit |
not-for-profit group. |
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Recession |
ركود اقتصادي. |
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Yet (Adv, Conjunction) حتى الآن. بعد. مع ذلك. |
Yet our friends are the people who stand. |
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Spleen |
طحال |
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Intestines |
امعاء |
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Trunk |
صندوق السيارة الخلفي |
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Characterized (V) |
تتميز Our company characterized by... |
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Sunroof |
فتحة السقف في السيارة |
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Lessen |
يخفف، يقلل |
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Reimburse |
يعوض We will reimburse you about these costs. |
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Meteor |
نيزك |
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Landline |
هاتف أرضي |
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Costly (Adj) |
Expensive |
