Vocabulary C1.2

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favourite

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fondest

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the edge between reality and what we don't know

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Fringe

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the top of something or the highest point

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peak

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a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet trained

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Diaper / nappy

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iron thing that you use to build

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screw

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trunk

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boot

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oxidation that made screws red

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ruste

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strong or solid

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Sturdy

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an addictive book is...

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gripping

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the rhythm at which something goes

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paced

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to have a clear and objective point of view

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clear-eyed

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having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis

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uncanny

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when ice turns to water

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melting

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to be linked with

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to be wedded to

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to waste

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fritter away

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not happen as planned

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go awry

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focus on

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revolves around

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to save for later use

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put aside

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to be independent of

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transcend

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to combine

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to fuses

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to be unable to deal with

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couldn't handle

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to come to appear in

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to find their way into

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involved in a difficult situation

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embroiled in

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tool to extract earth from the floor

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shovel

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to not see the truth

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to be in denial

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not to obey

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disobedience

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precision

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accuracy

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to remember

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bearing in mind

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expression that means you have a dinner with someone you like

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to wine and dine

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sheet you receive after a purchase

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receipt

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people who have dinner

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diners

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a time or day by which something must be done

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deadline

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something that has not been announced

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unannounced

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to make some notes

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to jot down

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to have too much work to do

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to be swamped / to be snowed under

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to be interested in

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to be fond of

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to making something going faster

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to boost

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flexible

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supple

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to bring in

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to usher

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to make something better

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to enhance

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to be really hungry

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to be starving

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hígado

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liver

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an instrument with a perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of liquids etc..

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sieve

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to be emotionally overwhelmed by something (love, music, an idea...)

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to be swept away by

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studies for an specific work

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apprenticeship

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to walk in a mountain

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to hike

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corridor for stairs

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staircase

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should

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had better

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full of vitality (for girls)

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vivacious

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to be very confused about something that happened

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to be baffled by

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which is good for families

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family - friendly

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interactive

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hands-on

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that make you understand things better

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enlightening

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/*Expression*/
when you leave a place and you don't know what to think about it

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come away wondering whether or not

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magician

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conjuror

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somebody whose job is to escape from things

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escapologish

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two metal rings joined by a short chain that lock around a prisoner's wrists

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handcuffs

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overwhelming for smells

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overpowering

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animal known by his ability to make dam streams with trees, branches...

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Beaver

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a piece or mass of solid mater without irregular shape

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lump

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serving to instruct

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instructive

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giving or capable of giving joy or pleasure

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enjoyable

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to grouch about someone or something

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complain about

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...

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have no choice but to

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...

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to be spoken to by someone

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...

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you would regret if you did not...

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...

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in my opinion the best course of action...

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to present a new idea

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to put forward something

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...

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There's no denying the fact that...

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...

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Opportunity that arise

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to take advantage of an opportunity when offered

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seize an opportunity

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...

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if I were in your position...

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list to follow in order to cook

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recipe

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motorcycle (vespino)

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mopeds

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because of

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owing to the fact that

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labyrinth

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maze

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you are in the good /bad way

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the wrong/right way round

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people who have known each other for a long time

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to go back (a long way)

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to be ill, unhappy or in a bad state

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to be in a bad way

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to say something indirectly

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to say things in a roundabout way

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to obtain what you want

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to get your own way

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starting to act and behave differently in order to follow what is correct in society

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to change your ways

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you know how something works in a place

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to know your way round

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you make your life more difficult in order to help other people

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to go out of your way

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to not surrender

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to give way on

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to make people interested in a product or something

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to drum up interest

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to encourage someone to say something

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to prompt

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to open a way to someone /something to starting to do something

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to pave the way

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to give more energy to

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invigorating

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person in charge of looking if something goes right

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chaperone

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to go from where you live to where you work

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to commute

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people who don't think of others

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thoughtless

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to make or become sharp or sharper

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sharpen

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to cover, envelope or encase, especially in paper (usually for gifts)

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to wrap

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held or kept together firmly or closely

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tight

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a person who comes from another country

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foreigners

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something that prevents bullets from going through it

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bulletproof

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when a plant produces flowers before producing fruits

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blossom

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a style of cooking

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cuisine

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to eat with such enthusiasm that you look like an animal

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to wolfdawn

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a very slight difference in appearance, meaning, sound, etc..

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nuances

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small pieces of food that have not been eaten and are usually thrown away

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scraps

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the job of dustmen

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rubbish collection

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to make progress in a process or structure (in a company for example)

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to work you way up

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a piece of equipment used for climbing up

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ladder

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to collect several things from different places or people

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to gather

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not to be worried about something

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not to be bothered

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a person whose job is to empty people's dustbins and take the rubbish away

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dustmen

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to makes someone to stop breathing by pressing their throat with the hands

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to choke

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to put a biscuit, piece of bread etc. into a liquid such as tea, coffee, soup... for a short time before eating

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to dunk

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too big and taking up too much space

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bulky

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to perform or speak without having prepared what you are going to do or say

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to wing it

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extremely dangerous

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perilous

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a large container into which people put empty bottles and other glass objects to recycle them

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bottle bank

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...

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let's agree to disagree

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not decisive

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indecisive

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something that arrived suddenly and unexpected

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unannounced

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a piece of leather or rope that is fastened to a stick, used for hitting animals or people

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a whip

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to make something appear as good as possible, on this case the time

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to make the most of your time

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adverb for development

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developmentally

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the condition of being extremely poor

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poverty

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to practise a play, piece of music etc.. in order to prepare it for public performance

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rehearse

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to have had enough, and a bit more (of something) it's upsetting you a lot

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to have it up to here with something

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that makes you very angry

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infuriating

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to challenge

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to dare

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to unburden yourself

to say something because if you don't, it hurts

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to get things off your chest

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tired

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weary

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very badly organized

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shambolic

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to make more black something

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blacken

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to speak quietly to yourself

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to mutter (under your breath)

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to provide something for a group of people

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to lay on

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to make someone crazy

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to drive someone mad

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sometimes

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every now and then

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when you have had a bad day, and you call your friend to complain about it

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to vent

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something that makes you creepy

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to freak someone / me out

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set of clothes that are good looking together

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outfit

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something unpleasant and bad

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nasty

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a short, loud, high cry, especially one produced suddenly as an expression of powerful emotion

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shriek

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to shout in a loud voice or to make a loud, deep sound

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bellow

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to say something suddenly in an angry way

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snap

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to speak with difficulty, pausing or repiting a part of a word several times

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stutter

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to make a short, low sound instead of speaking, usually because of anger or pain

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grunt

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you secretly have a sexual relationship with someone else

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to cheat on sb

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a large vehicle that is driven from one house to another to collect rubbish from the dustbins outside

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dustcart

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change money

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convert... currency into

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change diet

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vary

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change channels

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switch

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change situation

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adapt easily to new situations

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change clothes

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alter

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change life

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transform

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change place

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transfer from one place to another

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change position

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shift away from... towards...

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someone who is under 13 (+/-)

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preteen

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someone who is between 14 and 18 (+/-)

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teenager

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someone who is in midlife

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a middle-aged man/woman

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old man

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a senior citizen

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child who is under 2 years old

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toddler

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someone who have just born

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newborn

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humanity

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humankind

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to not be able to buy or do something because you don't have enough money or time

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can't afford

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for a long time

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for ages

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to speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own

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to show off / to brag

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Surprised by something /someone

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to be taken by surprise

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to be surprised and confused

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to be taken aback

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to express a negative emotion in a forceful and unfair way

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to vent

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staff (in French)

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personnel

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to sacrifice some other person, usually one who is undeserving or at least vulnerable, to make personal gain

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to throw someone under the bus

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to be shocked and upset by something

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traumatized

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the knowledge now about what you should have done in the past

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hindsight

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synchronize your mouth with a speech or some sounds

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to lipsynch

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without anything superficial

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bare

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raining a lot

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to pour down

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boring

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dull

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a model of a person dressed in old clothes and putted in a field of growing crops to frighten birds away

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scarecrow

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money that you received for an insurance

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pay out

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to give something to a number of people

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hand out

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to lower

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turn down

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to increase

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to rise up

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to leave a place and start a journey

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set out

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make something fit

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fit out

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escape from your problems

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run away

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to escape (like run away) but temporarily

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get away

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when something unexpected is revealed

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come out

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escape from prison

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break out

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when something is owed to you

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to be entitled to

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money given as a prize or after a successful insurance claim

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a payout

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a piece of paper with information on that is given to students in class

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a handout

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a reduction in economic activity

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downturn

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a riot or revolution

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uprising

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the beginning

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outset

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set of clothes that are worn together

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outfit

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a person who has left home or escape from somewhere

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a runaway

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escape

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getaway

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result

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outcome

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the sudden start of a war or a disease

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an outbreak

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the failure of something (commonly a car, a marriage or communications)

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a breakdown

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an escape from prison

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a breakout

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to have a lot of work to do or a lot of problems to deal with

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to have a lot on your plate

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to display things

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set out

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sad and depressing

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bleak / dreary

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explode

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outburst

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discovery

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breakthrough

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deprive of feeling

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numb

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to have no reasons

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you haven't got a leg to stand

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a piece of thick heavy cloth smaller than a carpet, used for covering the floor or for decoration

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rug

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to say "don't know" with the shoulders

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to shrug

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write very quickly, almost in a not understandable way

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to scribble

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a container, usually with a pointed end, that is filled with explosives

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shell

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the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it

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a siege / to be under siege

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to provide a view of, especially from above

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to overlook

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twelve

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a dozen

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expression that means "your state after a explosion"

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dazed and confused

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sudden and unexpected, and often unpleasant

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abrupt (noun: abruptness)

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to come close together in a group, or to hold your arms and legs close to your body, especially because of cold or fear

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to huddle

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adjective: a problem or a difficult that is so great that it cannot be deal with successfully

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insurmountable

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unwise, stupid, or not showing good judgment (! = sensible)

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foolish

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expression that means when you have to do something that you think it would be wiser not to do it

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against your better judgment

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to press or be pressed against something with a circular or up-and-down repeated movement

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to rub

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to be about almost to happen

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to be on the brink of

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to tell someone to be quiet (without using words)

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to hush

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to rest after have been working

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to put your feet up

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to change something unsuccessful so that it becomes successful (180°)

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to turn something around

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to join forces to achieve something

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to pull together

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to make someone to feel calm or less worried

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to soothe

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to see someone or something briefly

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to catch glimpse of

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that makes you flip

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flippant

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a language full of bad words and bad expressions

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foul language

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people who act like vandals

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loutish

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adjective: with a lot of noise

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rowdy

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to skip class for no good reason

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truancy

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someone who is chosen by s group or organization to speak officially to the public for them

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spokesman

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to show that a person is innocent

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to clear someone of something

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to place criminal charges against someone

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to charge someone with something

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to accuse yourself guilty

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to plead guilty

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to order someone to suffer confinement, death or labor for committing a crime

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to sentence someone to something

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to ask a court of appeals to change a ruling made by a lower court

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to appeal against something

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to pronounce someone guilty of something

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to convict someone of something

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to decide that someone is guilt of something

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found guilty of something

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to charge someone with a crime, a violation of rules, or doing something wrong

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to accuse someone of something

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adjective used to describe someone who makes decisions too quick

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hasty

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when your clothes are stained they have...

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smear of dirt

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to repeat something again and again

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to drill

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to repeat something again and again

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to drill

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to ask questions to obtain information about a certain thing

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to enquire

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expression: to try to have money at the end of the month

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to have difficulties making your end meets

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to lower

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to bring down

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to perform a task

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to carry out

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to wait (in line)

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to queue up

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to explain in details

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to spell out

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to follow the legal process

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to go through

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to get used to living

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to settle in

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to maintain/decorate/fix

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to do something up

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expression: something that is annoying and time consuming

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a bit of hassle

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to move someone (forcely) from where they live

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to evict

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monthly payment over the years to finish to pay your house

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mortgage

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adjective: old and dirty

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scruffy

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someone who owns a house

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landlord / landlady

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to look for a house to live

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house - hunting

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adjective: with nobody around

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isolated

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rastas

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dreadlock

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expression: wait with me until I do something

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bear with me

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to make a strange and funny face

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to pull a face

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when you do something don't carrying about anything

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ruthless

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to keep reminding somebody of what they have done wrong

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to rub in someone's face

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to have a good interaction with people

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rapport

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to tell something that is not true, specifically a joke

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to kid

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to make yourself free of sb/sth that is annoying to you or that you don't want

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to get rid of sb/sth

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something that you think is true but you cannot prove it

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to turn out

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more or less

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sort of

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thinking that you are very important in a way that annoys other people

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to be full of yourself

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very tired

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worn out

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to have it up to here with something

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fed up

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to break up a relationship

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to dump

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a lot of times (uncountable)

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umpteen

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to describe or represent someone or something

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to portrait sb/sth in a good light

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a weird habit that is also adorable

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quirky

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something difficult or unpleasant that you have to deal with or worry about

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burden