54. Flashcards

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mentally ill

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insane
A hospital for the criminally insane

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to leave a train, bus, or aircraft

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get off

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to punish someone because that person has done something wrong to you

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get back at someone

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an illegal act; crime

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offense

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to leave or escape from a person or place, often when it is difficult to do this

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get away
we walked to the next beach to get away from the crowds

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to give someone the money that you owe them, especially when you do not want to

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pay up
come on, pay up!

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the greatest amount, number, or level of something that is either possible or allowed

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limit
A time limit

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to make something or bring something into existence

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produce

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9
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making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong
Adjective

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suspicious
suspicious behavior

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a promise that something will be done or will happen, especially a written promise by a company to repair or change a product that develops a fault within a particular period of time

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guarantee
every child is guaranteed a place at a local school

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an amount of money given by a school, college, university, or other organization to pay for the studies of a person with great ability but little money

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scholarship

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a person or a particular group of people that something is directed at, or that something is intended for

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target

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to risk money on the result of an event or a competition, such as a horse race, in the hope of winning more money

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bet

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to spend time thinking about a possibility or making a decision

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consider

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teaching, especially when given to a small group or one person, such as in a college or university

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tuition

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something that is successful, or that is achieved after a lot of work or effort

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accomplishment
finishing the course give me a great sense of accomplishment

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a person who is very skilled in a particular job or activity

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master

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to hurry after someone or something in order to catch him, her, or it

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chase
The dog was chasing a rabbit

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to make or get something or someone ready for something that will happen in the future

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to drive a vehicle into an object or a person in another vehicle by accident

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run (something) into something/someone
he’s skidded and ran into a tree

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caring only about what you want or need without any thought for the needs or wishes of other people

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different from

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to give all of something, especially your time, effort, or love, or yourself, to something you believe in or to a person

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devote something to something/someone
she devotes most of her free time to charity work

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a long, loose piece of clothing worn especially on very formal occasions

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a person, usually a man, who has been trained to perform religious duties in the Christian Church, especially the Roman Catholic Church, or a person with particular duties in some other religions
priest
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the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, or relationship
role
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a bad use of something valuable that you have only a limited amount of
waste Meetings are a waste of time
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an attempt to do or achieve something that you have not done before
shot
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it is not important what is; it makes no difference what (is)
whatever whatever happens, I’ll still love you
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to move something you wear onto your body
put something on
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to record part of a film again, usually in a different way
reshoot
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a particular set of clothes that has to be worn by the members of the same organization or group of people
uniform
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to control or influence something directly, or to decide what will happen
determine her exam results will determine which university she goes to
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to try to do or continue doing something in a determined but often unreasonable way
persist he persists in calling me Jane, even though I’ve corrected him twice
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developed enough and ready to be eaten
ripe Ripe bananas
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to chase or follow someone in order to catch them
go after someone he ran away, but the police went after him
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the act of fighting against something that is attacking you, or refusing to accept something
resistance she didn’t put up much resistance
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to go somewhere with someone for a social event
come out would you like to come out for a drink?
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to make air, water, or earth dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants, esp. by adding harmful chemicals or waste
pollute we need a fuel that won’t pollute the environment
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to be brave enough to do something difficult or dangerous, or to be rude or silly enough to do something that you have no right to do
dare I didn’t dare tell dad that I'd scratched his car
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badly or severely
seriously seriously, injured
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a boy who other boys dislike and laugh at because they think he is weak or interested in activities girls usually like, or a person who is weak and cowardly (= not brave) informal
sissy Kevin is such a sissy
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calm, kind, or soft
gentle my mother was such a gentle, loving person
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to consider something in a particular way
treat he treated my suggestion as a joke
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to make something one of a pair, or to become one of a pair
pair A pair of socks A pair of shoes