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1
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Outrageous

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Shocking and morally unacceptable

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To be smitten with someone

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To find someone SO attractive

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3
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Cagey

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Unwilling to give information

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4
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Preposterous

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Very silly or stupid

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5
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Squawking

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Graznar
High pitched voice

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Wake

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Velatorio

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At the back of your mind

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you intend to do it, but are not actively thinking about it

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Bring to mind

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to make you remember something

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Broaden the mind

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to increase the range of one’s knowledge, understanding, or experience.

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Change your mind

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adopt a different opinion or plan.

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Cross your mind

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think about something for a short time:

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Get something out of your mind

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to make yourself stop thinking about something

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Give someone a piece of your mind

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Tell someone very clearly that you think they have behaved badly.

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14
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Have half a mind to do something

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that you may decide to do something

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Have a lot on your mind

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to be worrying about something

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Have a mind of your own

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if it seems to be controlling the way it behaves or moves, independently of the person using it.

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17
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Last thing on your mind

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something that a person is not thinking about at all

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18
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Make up your mind

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make a decision

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19
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Mind over matter

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the power of the mind to control and influence the body and the physical world generally:

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20
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Mind your business

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rudely telling someone not to ask about something that does not concern them

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21
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My mind went blank

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you cannot remember a particular thing, or you cannot remember anything

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22
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One-track mind

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to think about one particular thing and nothing else

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23
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Out of sight, out of mind

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said to emphasize that when something or someone cannot be seen, it is easy to forget it

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24
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Slip your mind

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Forget something

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25
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Speak your mind

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say what you think about something very directly

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26
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Be mindful

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paying close attention to or being especially conscious of something

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27
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Change hands

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For an object to be passed or sold from one owner to another

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28
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Tip your hand

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Reveal a secret

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29
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Give your right arm

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You want something so bad and would do anything to obtain it.

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30
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Break someone’s heart

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Make someone who loves you very sad

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31
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Have a change of heart

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Change your opinion about something

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32
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Heart to heart

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Serious conversation between two people in which they honestly talk about their feelings.

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33
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Know / learn by heart

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Learn something perfectly

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34
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Wear your heart on your sleeve

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Openly show your feelings or emotions

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35
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Pick someone’s brain

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Ask someone who knows a lot about a subject for an opinion or information

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36
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Beat someone’s brains out

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to hit someone repeatedly with great force

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37
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Brain drain

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situation in which large numbers of educated and skilled people leave their own country

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38
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Brainstorm

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to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly, before considering some of them

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39
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Wrap your head around something

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to understand something, especially something strange or out of the ordinary

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40
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Head over heels

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completely in love with another person

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41
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What’s his face

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used to refer to someone whose name the speaker does not know or cannot remember

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42
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Over your head

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too difficult or strange for you to understand

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43
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By a hair’s breadths

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very close

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44
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Get someone’s hair

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To annoy or hinder someone

45
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Let your hair down

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to allow yourself to behave much more freely than usual and enjoy yourself

46
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Shake leg

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used to tell someone to hurry or act more quickly

47
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To cost an arm and leg

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to be extremely expensive

48
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Stand on your own two feet

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to do things for yourself without wanting or needing anyone else to help you

49
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Long overdue

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it should have happened before now.

50
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Blabber

A

talk foolishly or excessively.

51
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Dribble

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to have liquid slowly coming out of your mouth

52
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Gaudy

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unpleasantly bright in colour or decoration

53
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Shoo-in

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something that is certain to happen

54
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Make a move on someone

A

try to start a romantic or sexual relationship with someone

55
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Wacky

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unusual in a pleasing and exciting or silly way

56
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Squalor

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the condition of being extremely dirty and unpleasant

57
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Put up with some

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to be willing to accept someone or something that is unpleasant or not desirable

58
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Chap

A

Man

59
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Get fixed up

A

to find a romantic partner for someone

60
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Pull your leg

A

to try to persuade someone to believe something that is not true, as a joke

61
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Come crawling back

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go to someone for help or approval in a way that shows you are weak or sorry for what you have done

62
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Been there, done that

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63
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Dramatic license

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64
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Zinger

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funny or clever remark

65
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Commute

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travel regularly a distance between work and home

66
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My treat

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I’ll pay

67
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We way back

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Long ago

68
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Rubbery

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Feeling like a rubber

69
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For old times sake

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in order to experience again something one did in the past

70
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Famished

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extremely hungry.

71
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Lowlife

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Person of low social status

72
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Sleaze

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Immoral or corrupt

73
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Schmooze

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to talk informally with someone

74
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Backers

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a person who gives support to someone or something with money or words

75
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Dead ringer

A

someone or something that looks very similar to someone or something else

76
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Bury the hatchet

A

they become friendly again after a quarrel or disagreement

77
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Idiosyncratic

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Unusual

78
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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a very short time

79
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Lace

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Fine cloth with patterns of small holes

80
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Knot

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Fastening made by tying string or rope

81
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Natural fibres

A

Thin pieces of natural material

82
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Billowing

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Filled with aire and blowing in the wind

83
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See something in one’s mind eye

A

imagine it and have a clear picture of it in your mind

84
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Put your mind to something

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to decide you are going to do something and to put a lot of effort into doing it

85
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Bear in mind

A

remember a fact or circumstance and take it into account

86
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Be in two minds

A

to be unable to decide about something

87
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Have something on mind

A

to be worrying about something

88
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Blow one’s mind

A

find something very exciting and unusual

89
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One’s mind wanders

A

thoughts do not remain focused on the task at hand but range widely and spontaneously across other topics

90
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Give a piece of mind

A

To express one’s opinion strongly

91
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Keep an open mind

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have a willingness to listen to or accept new ideas

92
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Ease someone’s mind

A

make someone stop worrying

93
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Collaboration

A

Working together with other people

94
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Facilitation

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Process of making a task more easy

95
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Assumption

A

Idea or belief we imagine to be true without proof

96
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Executive admin

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Assistant to a top manager

97
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Iterative

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A way of developing an idea where things are continually changed and developed.

98
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Bond as a group

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develop a close connection or strong relationship with someone

99
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Feel a part of things

A

feeling like they belong to a certain group or community

100
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Pull your weight

A

do one’s fair share of work

101
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Do your fair share

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you have or do an amount that seems reasonable to you, or to other people.

102
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Be a team player

A

someone who is good at working closely with other people

103
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Have a sense of belonging

A

sense of identity and belonging

104
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Go the extra mile

A

to make more effort than is expected of you

105
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Share the load

A

Distributing the workload

106
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Downcycling

A

Turning waste material into something that is of lower quality

107
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Upcycling

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Turning waste material into something of higher quality

108
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Recycling

A

Using something again after it has already been used

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