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29 Cards in this Set
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'background (n) |
a person's education, family and experience of life |
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be good at 'something (vp) |
to be able to do something well |
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'charity (n) |
an official organisation that gives money, food or help to people who need it |
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de'mand (n) |
a need for something to be sold or supplied |
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'diary (n) |
a book containing spaces for all the days and months of the year, in which you write meetings and other things that you must remember |
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'elderly 'people (np) |
people who are old |
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en'courage (v) |
to make someone more likely to do something, or make something more likely to happen |
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ex'periance (n) |
something that happens to you that affects how you feel |
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fall a'sleep (pv) |
to start sleeping |
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fa'miliar (adj) |
easy to recognise because of being seen, met, heard, etc. before |
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flood (n) |
when a lot of water covers an area of land that is usually dry |
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'generous (adj) |
giving other people a lot of money, presents or time in a kind way |
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get to the top (vp) |
to be very successful in a job or activity |
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'graduate n) |
someone who has studies for and received a degree from a university |
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i'dentify (v) |
to find a particular thing or all the things of a particular group |
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'image (n) |
the way that other people think someone or something is |
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in con'clusion (np) |
finally (used to introduce the last part of a speech or piece of writing) |
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keen on ('doing) 'something (vp) |
very interested in something or wanting (to do) something very much |
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key to su'ccess (np) |
the most important thing that will help you achieve success |
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'natural a'bility (np) |
a skill or quality that someone is born with |
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plans (n plural) |
drawings from which something is made or build |
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presen'fation (n) |
a talk giving information about something |
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'quality of life (np) |
the level of enjoyment, comfort and health in someone's life |
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'seminar (n) |
a meeting of a group of people with a teacher or expert for training, discussion, or study of a subject |
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try hard (vp) |
to do everything you can to do your best at something |
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unex'pected (adj) |
Something that is unexpected surprises you because you did not know it was going to happen. |
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'vital 'element (np) |
a necessary part of something |
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'wealthy (adj) |
rich |
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'well-paid job (np) |
a job in which you earn a lot of money |
