43. Flashcards

1
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making you smile or laugh
adjective

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funny
A funny story

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2
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not difficult

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easy

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3
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a bad young man

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punk

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4
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very strange
adjective

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weird
I had a really weird dream last night

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5
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to talk with someone in a friendly and informal way
verb

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chat
I wanted to chat to you about the party on Saturday

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6
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a sexual relationship that is short and not serious
Noun

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fling
she had a fling with someone last summer

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7
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attractive
adjective

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cute
A cute baby

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8
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If people -, they stop having a relationship or stop working together.

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break up
he’s just broken up with his girlfriend

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9
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going through or stopping at a place on the way to another place
preposition

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via
The train to Utrecht goes via Amsterdam

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10
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close to the front part of something

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in front of
he parked the car in front of the house

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11
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easy to understand or see
adjective

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obvious
an obvious choice

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12
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to prepare text, film, etc by deciding what to include and making mistakes correct
Verb

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edit

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13
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to keep someone or something safe from something dangerous or bad
verb

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protect
it’s important to protect your skin from the harmful effects of the sun

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14
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to learn something so that you remember it exactly
verb

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memorize
i’ve memorized all my friends’ birthdays

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15
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to make someone stop giving their attention to something
Verb

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distract
stop distracting me - I’m trying to finish my essay

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16
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to walk slowly about a place without any purpose
verb

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wander
they wandered aimlessly around the town

17
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to be going to do something very soon

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be about to do sth
I stopped her just as she was about to leave

18
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a special set of clothes that are worn by people who do a particular job or people who go to a particular school
noun

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uniform
A school uniform

19
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a tool for putting a special ink mark on something, or the mark made by it
Noun

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stamp
A stamp in a passport

20
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a bad use of something useful, such as time or money, when there is a limited amount of it
Noun

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waste
meetings are a waste of time

21
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the power and ability to be very active without becoming tired
Noun

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energy
I didn’t even have the energy to get out of bed

22
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to remove something, especially from a computer’s memory
Verb

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delete
all names have been deleted from the report

23
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the way in which two people or things are not the same
Noun

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difference
what’s the difference between an ape and a monkey?

24
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someone who secretly tries to discover information about a person, country, etc
Noun

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extremely surprised adjective
dumbfounded
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to stop someone or something that is moving through the air by getting hold of it verb
catch try to catch the ball she fell backwards, but he caught her in his arms
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to discover someone doing something wrong informal
catch sb red-handed he was caught red-handed trying to steal a car
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a place where people take things that they do not want Noun
dump we took our old mattress to the dump
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an arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to let you take it out when you need to Noun
account I paid the money into my account
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in the place of someone or something else adverb
instead if you don’t want pizza, we can have pasta instead Why don’t you help instead of just complaining?