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6A Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
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to prepare something, usually something official, in writing

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draw up

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2
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to be the link between two or more people, organizations

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liaise

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3
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a list of the people employed by a company showing how much each one earns

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payroll

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4
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the fact of being certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented

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inevitability

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5
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an advanced degree in business, or a person who has this degree

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MBA abbreviation for Master of Business Administration

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6
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to put information into a computer or other piece of electronic equipment

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input

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7
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to make an effort to meet and talk to a lot of people, esp. in order to get information that can help you

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network

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8
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to discover why something does not work effectively and help to improve it

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troubleshoot

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9
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to fight or compete against someone or something

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take on someone/something

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10
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sb lost his energy

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sb’s vitality drained away

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11
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to interest sb

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spark sb’s interest

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12
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to gradually start to sleep/ can’t concentrate

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sb’s mind is drifting off

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13
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in any way

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remotely

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14
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a place where young children are cared for during the day while their parents do something else, especially work, study, or shop

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crèche

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15
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an advantage or something extra, such as money or goods, that you are given because of your job

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perk

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16
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a special court or group of people who are officially chosen, especially by the government, to examine (legal) problems of a particular type

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tribunal

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17
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a period of time that a company allows you not to come to work because a member of your family has died or is ill

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compassionate leave

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18
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a situation in which someone agrees to leave their job because their employer wants to reduce the number of employees

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voluntary redundancy

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19
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a weekly notice verb

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hand/ give

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20
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compassionate leave verb

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be granted

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21
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early retirement verb

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take

22
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the state pension verb

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live on

23
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a crackdown verb

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launch

24
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a tribunal verb

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take sb to

25
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compensation verb

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be awarded

26
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the minimum wage verb

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raise

27
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a lot of opposition verb

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face

28
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voluntary redundancy verb

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take

29
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the things needed for writing, such as paper, pens, pencils, and envelopes

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stationery

30
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an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border

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dispute

31
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to remove someone from a job, usually because they have done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a way of saving the cost of employing them

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sack

32
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not wanting to do something and therefore slow to do it

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reluctant to

33
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1-a piece of a solid substance, usually with no particular shape
2-a hard swelling found in or on the body, especially because of illness or injury

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lump

34
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chemotherapy verb

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underwent chemotherapy

35
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a period of time when you eat no food or to eat no food for a period of time

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fast

36
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a method of slowly giving someone liquid medicine or food through a tube into a vein, or a piece of equipment for doing this

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drip

37
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to close fist very tightly, often in a determined or angry way

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clench your fist

38
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to make your body or your arms and legs straight so that they are as long as possible, in order to exercise the joints after you have been in the same place or position for a long time

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stretch

39
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an act of hitting a ball when playing a sport

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stroke

40
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an act of moving your hand, another part of the body, or an object gently over something or someone, usually repeatedly and for pleasure

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stroke

41
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unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioning

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remarkable

42
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people who are healthy but see a doctor because they think that they may have a disease or medical problem

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worried well

43
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a large change in the way something is organized

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shake-up

44
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the way in which you are treated and educated when young, especially by your parents, especially in relation to the effect that this has on how you behave and make moral decisions

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upbringing

45
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to start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way

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crack down

46
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to force yourself through something that is holding you back

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break through

47
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the final period of time before an important event

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run-up

48
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an attempt to prevent the public from discovering information about a serious crime or mistake

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cover-up

49
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a period of time during which you fail to achieve anything or a vehicle that is too damaged to be worth repairing

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write-off

50
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an occasion when a building is entered illegally by a criminal or criminals, usually by damaging a window or door, especially in order to steal something

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break-in

51
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a road built around a town or village so that traffic does not need to travel through it

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bypass

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