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2017-12 Flashcards

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Elaborate

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Add more information

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Cramming

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Learn lots of information in a short period of time

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Distributed practice

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Related testing over a longer period of time

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Retrieve

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Get sth back

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Neurons

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Nerve cells

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Mess around

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Behave badly

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To splash out on sth

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To spend a lot of money on sth

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Alright I give in, you can have party. Now stop going on about it.

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To give in: to agree to do sth after a long time without agreement
To go on about sth: to talk about a particular subject repeatedly

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He’s very good at taking people off.

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(to take someone off = to impersonate, mimic, copy the way someone speaks)

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Our flight finally took off after a two-hour delay.

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to take off = to leave the ground

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When he came in he took his jacket off.

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to take something off = to remove an item of clothing)

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I never thought social media would take off. I guess I couldn’t have been more wrong.

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to take off = to become successful and popular)

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He wasn’t playing well so the manager took him off after 30 minutes.

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to take someone off = to substitute a player)

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Crumbs! Is that the time? I’ve got to take off.

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to take off = to leave suddenly

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I’m not feeling very well, I think I’ll have to take the day off.

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to take a period of time off = to not go to work for a period of time

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Forgery

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The action of forging or producing a copy of a document, signature, bank note

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Artefact

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man-made objects which are of historical interest

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Try his hand at

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attempt to do (something) for the first time

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Cottage industry

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manufacturing business that someone runs from their own home

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Family heirlooms

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valuable objects which are passed down through generations of the same family

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Gift of the gab

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ability to speak with confidence

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Con

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trick or cheat (someone)

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Forte

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Strong ability

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Resentment

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anger because you have to accept something you don’t like

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Suspended sentence

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a punishment for a crime, which is delayed on condition that the person who is being punished does not commit any more crimes

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Disinfectant

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a liquid containing chemicals used for cleaning things such as kitchens and toilets

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Hilarious

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very funny, enough to make you laugh out loud

His jokes were hilarious. I laughed all night.

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Humorous

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funny enough to make you smile
The Queen showed the more humorous side to her nature when she took part in the James Bond sketch in the 2012 opening ceremony to the Olympics.

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Expression

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appearance on someone’s face showing what they think or feel

The teacher realised from the expression on the students’ faces that they hadn’t understood.

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When you don’t know

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I don’t know

Beats me

(I’ve) no idea

(I) haven’t got a clue

I don’t have the faintest idea

I don’t have the foggiest (idea)

You’ve got me there

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Synonyms: When you don’t understand

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to be confused

to be puzzled

to be scratching your head

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you use when you can’t understand a new system or concept:

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I can’t work it out.
I can’t get my head round this.
I’m having difficulty getting to grips with this.
This isn’t sinking in.

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Bustling

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Busy and full of activity

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Au pair

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Someone who lives with a family and looks after their children in return for food meals and small amount of money

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Appetising

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Looking good to eat

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Make the most of

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Enjoy and use as much as possible

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Thimble

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Small metal cups to protect fingers when using needles

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Smother

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Cover sth to stop air getting there

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High treason

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Serious Crime against your country

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Urinated

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Pass waste water from the body

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Malicious

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Designed to do harm

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Rumour

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Bad thing people say that might not be true

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Consternation

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Feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at sth unexpected

I always welcomed clover, much to the consternation of the neighbors

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Compel

Compulsion

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Force or oblige someone to do sth

A sense of duty compelled Harry to answer her questions

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Affiliate

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Officially attach or connect(a subsidiary group or a person) to an organization
The college is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin

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Collude

Collusion

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Come to a secret understanding for a harmful purpose, conspire
University leaders colluded in price-rigging

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Rudimentary

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Involving or limited to basic principles

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Antarctica

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قطب جنوب

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Glacial

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یخبندان

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Glacier

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یخچال طبیعی

رودخانه یخ

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Wall of life

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Mass of living things

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Rebelious

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Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention

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Bootleg copies

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Describes illegally produced and sold copies

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Quest

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Long and difficult search

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Anthem

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Any revolution needs an anthem

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Royalty

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1- people of royal blood or status

2- payment for musicians whose songs are played

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Sold out

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No more tickets available

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Fairy godmothers

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Female characters in fairy stories who have magical powers to help people

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Paid off

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Brought good results

But his persistence paid off

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Rundown

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In poor condition

61
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Play down

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Make sth seem less important

62
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A second bite of the cherry

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Another chance to do sth

63
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Polite requests

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Would you mind sending it to me…
Is there any chance you could send it to me…
Are you OK to send it…
I’d appreciate it if you could send it…
If you could send it that would be great…

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Foul

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Disgusting, bad smelling

65
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Fence

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Fighting with sword

66
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Superlative

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Of the highest quality or degree

A superlative piece of skill

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