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Sage |
A wise person, esp. An old man |
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Underlying |
Real, but not immediately obvious |
The investigation focused on the underlying causes of the fire |
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Propensity |
Negative tendency or inclination. The fact that sb is likely to behave in a particular way, especially a bad way |
She's inherited from her her father a propensity to talk too much |
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Sulk n.v |
To be silent and refuse to smile bc they are angry about sth |
Pout |
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Fragile |
Easily broken or damaged. Weak in poor health, physically or mentally. |
Be careful those eggs are fragile. He looked rather fragile after his operation. |
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We hope against hope |
To hope sth happens, although u know it's impossible. |
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Ailing |
Experiencing difficulty and problems. |
Ted asked me if i could help him fix his ailing car. |
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Disproprtionately |
Too large or small in relation to sth else |
The burden of price increases in borne disproportionately by the poor |
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Rage |
Extreme angre |
He flew into a fit of rage over the smallest mistake |
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At sea |
Confused |
I'm all at sea about the education system |
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Penniless |
having no money |
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Bereft |
Not having sth or feeling great loss |
After his mother death, he felt bereft |
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Reassert |
To do sth to show u still have power. Or to say again that sth is true |
It's time for Congress to reassert its authority on the issue. He reasserted his calm that he was the candidate who would bring change |
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Mimic |
To copy the way in which a particular person speaks and moves, in order to make people laugh |
She was mimicking the various people in our office |
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Aggrieved |
Unhappy and angry bc of unfair treatment |
He felt aggrieved at not being chosen for the team |
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Jeer |
To tease. To laugh or shout at sb |
"Angry bc u don't like the truth" he jeered |
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Taunt or taunted( n.v.adj) |
To intentinally annoy and upset sb by making remarks to them |
Children used to taunt him bb he was fat and wore glasses |
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Viciousness. Vicious |
The quality of being violent and causing pain |
It was a racist attack of shoking viciousness |
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Poignant |
Sharp feeling of sadness |
He felt poignant after his father had died |
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Strenuous. Arduous |
Using a lot of physical or mental effort |
He rarely does anything more strenuous than changing the channels on the tv |
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Fatigued |
Exhausted |
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Precisely |
Exactly |
U shoud rest. I am gonna do precisely that |
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Puzzling |
Difficult to understand |
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Impulses |
Strong sudden wish to do sth |
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Threshold |
The level of stating to experience sth, or the floor of an entrance to a building |
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Throw up |
Vomit |
I threw up after dinner |
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Turn sb's stomach |
To make sb feel sick, bc they are angrey or upset about sth |
Just the Kwar3 smell makes my stomach turn. The amount of money she spends on designer clithes really turne my stomach |
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Go cold |
No feeling |
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Suffocating/ed |
Preventing or sth makes you feel hot |
خانقة I've got to open the window - it's sufficating here. The book tells a story of a woman escaping from suffocating marriage |
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Adverse |
Harmful or likely to cause problems |
Her policies may have adverse effects on the economy |
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Stunt(v) |
To prevent the growth or development of sth from reaching its limit |
Mo has been stunted from being physically fascinating bc of his desease. |
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Underdeveloped |
Having little or no modern industry, few modern services, and a fragile economy. |
He has turned in the underdevloped region that crimes exist |
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Anecdote |
A short, often funny story, especially about sth sb has done |
He told us two amusimg anecdotes about his years as a policeman |
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Anecdotal |
Not based on facts, but on reports or things sb saw |
There is only anecdotal evidence that he travels a lot |
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Sense of self |
Idk |
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Blurry.Blur (n,v) |
Sth you cannot see, remeber or understand clearly |
-Everything is a blur when i take off my glasses. -As she drifted into sleep, the doctor's face began to blur and fade.
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Resent (v) |
Angry bc you have been forced to accept sb or sth you don't like. |
She bitterly resented her father's new wife. |
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Rebellious |
They oppose the ideas of the people in authority and plan to change the system. |
Some rebllious in 2011 flew in Tahrir square and overthrew the president |
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Act out |
To behave badly bc you're not happy and upset, often in ways the you're not aware |
-I act out when someone resent me. -these kids act out bc their lives is a mess |
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Watchful |
Cautious or vigilant |
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Hands-off/on |
Sb has a hands-off of organizing ir dealing with sth allows people to make decisions about how things should be done and avoids becoming involved |
Paul has a hands-off style of management |
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Smother |
To kill sb or sth by covering their face so that they cannot breathe |
-Tjey threaned to smother the animals with plastic bags. - the flame was being extinguished by smothering with blankets. |
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Malicious |
Harmful |
-Malicious gossip - malicious look in his eyes |
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Under- deliver |
Fail to fulfill |
Most of students in high school fell umder- deliver |
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Pity (n) |
Feeling of sorrow or compation |
The girl stood gazing(looking) in/with pity at the old lion in the cage |
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Inclination.inclined |
Tendency.want |
I am inclined to go with them |
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Victimize |
To treat sb in an intentionally unfair way, especially bc of their race, sex or beliefs |
In the first semester, i was being victimized bc of my beliefs |
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Ridiculed. Ridicule(n) |
Unkind words or actions that make somebody look stupid |
She was treated with scorn and ridicule by her collegues when she applied for the job |
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Indulge |
-To allow yourself or another person to have sth enjoyable -or to spoil |
- we indulged in binge-watching football matches after high school - my aunt indulges me dreadfully |
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Shrug off |
-To get rid of -to trwat sth as it's not important or not a problem |
-Look, you're a father and you can't simply shrug off your responsibilty for your children -overtime, i am trying to shrug off my anger when i wake up |
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Killjoy (n) |
A person doesn't like other people enjoying themselves |
You are a killjoy **** off |
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Dempen |
-To make feeling or excitment less strong -to make sth slightly wet |
-During walking in the rain, my clothes were being dampened - I didn't want to dampen your spirits |
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Wallowing.wallow |
To lie or roll around slowly in deep, wet earth, sand, or water |
-I used to wallow in childhood when i was angry يتمرغ |
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Caught up in |
So involved in an activity that you don't notice other things |
I was so caught up in study, that i didn't realize what was happening with my sister |
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Wallflower(n) |
A shy person,espeecially a girl or a woman. |
Sooner or later someone would take pity on the poor wallflower and ask her to dance |
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Spectrum |
A group or range of ideas or opinions or ألوان الطيف |
A wide spectrum of opinion was represented at the meeting |
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Assume |
-To pretend to be sb you are'nt. -to accept sth with no proof - to begin to have a responsibilty |
-The new president assumes office at midnight tonight. -we don't assume he's innocemt simply since he says he is. - john assumed the identity of Marcos |
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Conjure |
To make sth by majic |
In an instant, the magician had conjured a dove from his hat |
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Encounter |
A meeting, to meet by unexpectedly, to experience difficulties |
In their last encounter with Italy, England won 3-2 |
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Solitude |
Being alone |
I am looking forward to beimg in a solitude apart from chaos and hustle. |
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Aversion |
A strong feeling of dislike |
I got an aversion towards him when i knew he had an affair. He Sank in my estimation. |
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Sank in sb's estimation. |
To start to dislike sb |
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Bingeing. Binge |
To sth in an extreme way such to eat, drink, spend money too much |
I tend to binge on Pasta when i get hungry |
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Reserved |
To keep your thoughts or feelings |
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Ample |
Abundant |
-There is ample evidence that the lawyer knew what she was doing - she has ample bosom - His ample girth was clear evidence of his passion for food |
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Forewarn(v) |
To tell that someone that sth us gonna happen |
They had been forwarned that the endol of year financial results would be poor |
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Ambiverts, extroverts and introverts |
Are nouns or adjectives |
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Thereof( adverb) |
Of or about the thing just mentioned |
-Refer to the regulation and in particular Articles 99 and 100 tbereof - You have debt and you have to pay back anything thereof |
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Acknowledge |
Recognize sth |
She acknowledged having been at fault |
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Drained |
Tired |
This movie left me emotionally drained |
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Thrive |
Grow, develop or to become successful |
His business thrived in the years of the war |
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Ruminate |
-To think carefully for a long priod - to eat for some animals |
She ru.inated for weeks about wheather to tell or not |
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Introspective |
Considering your own ideas, thoughts and feelings instead of talking to other people about them. |
She is famous for introspective songs about failed relations. |
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Introspect |
Try |
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Compass |
بوصلة |
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Rebound. Rebounder |
-Sth doesn't have the effect you hoped for but has an unpleasant effect on you instead -the rebounder of exercise |
His continual demands for sympathy rebounded on him beacause his friends finally stopped listening. |
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Suppress |
-To end sth by force - to keep sth hidden |
- He could barely suppress a smile - Hungaria was suppressed by the Soviet Union |
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Ironic |
Strange, humorous or funny bc sth has a different result from what is expected |
It is ironic tha altough may items are now cheaper to make, fewer people can afford to buy them. |
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Stage fright |
Nervous bc you are about to talk to a large group of people |
I have a stage fright when i give a presentation |
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Desperately/ disperate |
-Extremely or very much - pessimistic |
For year, they had desperately wanted a child |
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Attempt |
To try to do sth, especially difficult |
- He attempted a joke, but no one laughed - The team's quarterback attemptedonly 12 passes during the entire game |
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Withstand(v) |
To b strong enough, or not be changed or damaged by sth powerful |
A bridge designed to withstand earthquakes |
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Urinate |
Pee, wee |
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Aside(adverb) |
Exept for,to one side, a remark that sb makes in a quiet voice bc they don't want everyone to bear it. |
-She pulled curatin aside -i gave her a plate of food but he pushed it aside -I hardly watch tv, aside matches -a whispered aside |
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Dull |
Tedious |
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Cut it out |
Stop doing that |
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There is nobody here by that name |
Not "with" |
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I am afraid |
To show disagreement or bad news politely |
I am afraid, i don't agree with you at all |
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Accumulate |
To cram |
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Worm out |
To find an excuse not to do sth that you'd previously agreed to do |
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Nippy |
A bit cold |
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Spitting |
Raining a liitle bit |
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Friendlies |
Friendlies matches |
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Spiritual |
× Material |
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Contractor |
Worker in building |
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Cinchy and depolrable |
So bad |
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Beat |
My heart beats when i see a dog |
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Beat |
My heart beats when i see a dog |
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Beat |
My heart beats when i see a dog |
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Wink |
I cannot get a wink of sleep if there is noise |
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Tap |
حنفية |
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Rusty. Do over |
Do over is to repeat |
My English is rusty. May u do that over? |
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As a courtsy |
Court is to flirt |
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Run over |
I was in a panic when i saw a van running over a man |
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Switch over |
Switch over this channel guys |
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Switch off |
After a long time of overworking, he switcged off for two hours |
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Put sth in practice |
I put speaking the language in practice and i have not started yet |
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Gas up |
To gas the car up |
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Take a peak |
Idk |
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Slirp |
To make noise when drinking |
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Pass down |
heir |
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May i ask u a favor |
ممكن خدمة |
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Get through |
Skip |
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Faucet |
حنفية |
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Sink/ basin |
الحوض |
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Hook |
خطافة او شماعه |
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Plug socket/ outlet |
قبس |
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10 out of 10 |
عشرة من عشرة |
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On spot |
Immedietly |
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Doorstep |
العتبة |
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Pay cut |
خصم |
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I am in a rush |
مستعجل |
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Nagging |
Complaining |
Women are nagging |
