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Beginner (A/N)

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Apprentice(someone working for some1 while studying )/ novice(how don’t have the knowledge yet to do sth)

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Blame someone for sth

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to hold some1 responsible for sth

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Be satisfied with sth

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be contented with sth

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bad(/low quality) (D.A)

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Dreadful(conditions, weather, news. suffering,, music, service) , Appaling(weather, condition, injury)

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Be responsible for something(seglyuk)

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-Onus(óunösz) is on someone to do something–“ánusz”

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Boring

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Dull
“My father is so dull, I can’t help paying attention to other things”
“a dull day-cloudy day”

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Be familiar with sth

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Be fully acquainted with sth
“It’s essential you be fully acquainted with the facts of the case.”

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be so irritated

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Such was one’s annoyance that..we simply walked out.

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Be a good fit

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Be a good match for a job
-suits me down to the ground

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Be solved

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-be tackled
-be dealt with

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Be of paramount importance

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be of immense value

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Become interested

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Latch onto something
e.g. The folk had already been latch onto the speech for the time we arrived.

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(One) is wondering

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must be wondering

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Because of

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On the ground of/that
e.g. Many of the students, including me, have been left gasping on the ground of the tardy arrival of the exam results,
-Bence lost his job on the grounds of his inefficiency.

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Being managed by

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sth has taken over the management of
e.g. The national supermarket chain has taken over the management of the local shop.

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Being criticised

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Come in for criticism
e.g.The government came in for criticism because of their anti-democratic leadership.

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Be good at something

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Excels in/at
1Levi excels in irony

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