How To Win 3🏆

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to talk to a group of people about a religious subject, usually in a church

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Don't preach at your children

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to become stiff or to make something become stiff

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He stiffened his legs and refused to leave

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giving you new information about a subject or making it easier to understand:

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The book is full of illuminating detail on the causes of the war.

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A poverty-stricken person or place is suffering from the effects of being extremely poor:

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Some beggars are neither poverty-stricken nor homeless.

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almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such as worry:

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Where on earth have you been? We've been frantic with worry.

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to risk money by guessing the result of something

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I'll wager you £5 that they'll get there first.

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an act of showing that you strongly disagree with something, often by standing somewhere and shouting, carrying signs, etc.

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There was a protest against the war.

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to send someone away from a place as a punishmen

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He's normal reaction would have been to banish the child to his room

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someone’s mood or the particular way someone thinks or feels about something:

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That music puts me in a romantic frame of mind

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in a way that does not give attention to a risk or possible difficulty:

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Mankind is heedlessly destroying the planet.

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to increase in number or amount over a period of time:

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Little benefit will accrue to the city (= it will receive little benefit) from the new transport links.

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to destroy something completely

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Whole villages were wiped out in the fighting.

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to enter or leave a place in a way that shows that you are angry[storm in/into/out]

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He stormed out of the house, slamming the door as he went.

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Suppose i had stormed into his office.......

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to make several quick explosive sounds

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The car sputtered once or twice and then stopped.

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Witnesses reported hearing engines sputtering before the plane crashed.

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to admit that you were wrong or that you have been defeated:

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Eventually, Roberto backed down and apologized.

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Local residents have forced the local council to back down from/on its plans to build a nightclub on their street.

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to accept that you have been defeated and agree to stop competing or fightingيَستَسلم

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You’ll never guess the answer – do you give in?

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to break or act against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated with respect:

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They were charged with violating federal law

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If a vehicle sets down a passenger, it stops so that the passenger can get out

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The taxi set us down a long way from our hotel, and we had to walk.

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small pieces of dead skin in a person's hair.

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How to treat dandruff

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a young person who is too confident and shows no respect towards other, especially older, people:

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I'm not going to have some young whippersnapper tell me what to do!

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something that protects you from dangerous or unpleasant situations:

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My savings were to be a bulwark against unemployment.

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(esp. of something unpleasant or unsuccessful) complete:

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Her new business proved to be an unmitigated disaster.

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done or acting quickly and without waiting

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A prompt reply

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felt or done by two or more people or groups in the same way

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Being rich and being a Socialist are not mutually exclusive (= they can exist together at the same time).

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rudeness and the quality of being unable to understand that your behaviour or what you say is not acceptable to other people:

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Considering that he never even bothers to visit my parents, I'm amazed that Tim has the gall to ask them for money!

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to commit a crime or a violent or harmful act:

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In this country, half of all violent crime is perpetrated by people who have been drinking alcohol.

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nonsense or boring and unnecessary information:

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You don't believe the drivel you read on the internet, do you?

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You're talking drivel as usual!

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to use time or energy for a particular person or something

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She devotes most of her free time to charity work.

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to cause something, especially a problem or difficulty:

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Nuclear weapons pose a threat to everyone.

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He doesn't really know a thing about the theatre - he's just posing!

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too crowded or blocked:

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Congested roads are normal on holiday weekends.

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to ask someone for money, information, or help:

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to solicit donations for a charity

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If a problem arises, it starts to happen

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The whole problem arose from a lack of communication.

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Quick

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The bank was expeditious in replying to my letter

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to allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a law court:

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Patients were discharged from the hospital because the beds were needed by other people.

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More than half of all prisoners discharged are reconvicted within two years.

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to advise someone to do something:

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Her teacher admonished her to work harder for her exams.

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the power to give someone an important job or advantages in exchange for help or support:

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The charity enjoys the patronage of many prominent local business people

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something that makes you move slowly or makes you late

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There were several hold-ups on the motorway.

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Sorry I’m late – I got held up in traffic.

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a regular sound of something hitting something else or of a loud noise:

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The city received heavy poundings from the air every night last week.

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paid too little for the work you do:

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They're ridiculously underpaid, especially given that the work is so dangerous.

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Medical staff claimed that they were underpaid.

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in a way that lasts forever or for a very long time:

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I'd be eternally grateful if you could arrange it.

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land or buildings

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We’re planning to buy some real-estate in the city.

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He's a real-estate operator

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In a quick or rush manner

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I asked him hurriedly to come along

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to give a particular job or piece of work to someone:

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UN troops were assigned the task of rebuilding the hospital.

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Have you assigned a day for the interviews yet?

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an area that an animal or person thinks belongs to them

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Cats like to protect their territory.

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the fact of dealing with or directing attention to something:

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These books give very good grammar coverage (= they deal with grammar very well).

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interested in your own advantage in everything that you do:

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A lot of people feel that politicians are just self-seeking opportunists

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to understand the meaning, especially of other people's actions and statements, in a particular

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Any changes to the plan would be construed as indecision.

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If you hold someone or something back, you stop him, her, or it from coming or moving forward:

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She felt that having children would hold her back ( stop her from developing )

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the act of strongly encouraging or trying to persuade someone to do something:

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The book is essentially an exhortation to religious tolerance

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buildings, equipment, or services that are provided for a particular purposeتَسْهيلات

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childcare/exercise facilities

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Liking something very much

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He’s very keen on travel

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to keep asking someone to do something

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She keeps nagging me to clean my room.

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to make someone angry or annoyed so that they react in the way that you want

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They tried to goad us into attacking the police.

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to hit someone hard, especially with the flat part of the hand or with something held in the hand:

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She walloped him across the back of the head.

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to try to stop a problemيُعالِج / يَتَعامَل مَعَ

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We must find new ways to tackle crime

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to hit a child with the hand, usually several times on the bottom as a punishment

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Spanking him

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being active or happening at night rather than during the day:

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Most bats are nocturnal

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He spends the nocturnal hours in his observator

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a very wrong and unfair action or situation:

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They fought long and hard against the iniquities of apartheid.

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to change a system, organization, or law in order to improve it

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Efforts have been made to reform the education system.

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to say that you do not agree with a plan

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Carlos objected to the proposal.

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approval or agreement, often given by an official group; praise:

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Kids need their fathers’ approbation

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the act of persuading someone gently to do something, by being kind and patient, or by appearing to be:

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After some coaxing, she agreed to sing for him

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to move somewhere slowly:

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Guests were drifting out onto the terrace.

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الضرورة الغالبة

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dominant necessity