Bicycle History Flashcards
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Vote sb/sth
A
Choose sb/sth for a particular title or prize
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Innovation
A
New idea
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Revolutionize
A
Completely change
4
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Revolutionary
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Change idea or method
5
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Mass-produced
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Produced in large number, using machines
6
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To mass produce sth
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Mass production
7
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Go into mass production
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Start to be produced
8
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Course
A
The usual or natural way that sth happens, develops, or is done
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Expand
A
Become larger
10
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Gene pool
A
All the genes in a particular population at a particular time
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Hop (on, into, in, out of) for)
A
Go or move somewhere quickly and suddenly
12
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Pedal (off/away)
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Ride a bicycle or another machine that has pedals
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Mate
A
A husband or wife
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Vehicle
A
Carriage/bus
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An alternative TO sth
A
Instead of
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Attempt
A
Try
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Resemble sth
A
Be like
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Flap
A
Move up and down
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The hight of fashion
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Be all the rage
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Dandy
A
A man who spends a lot money on clothes
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Rupture
A
An occasion when sth. suddenly breaks or bursts
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Hazardous
A
Risky
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Improve on/into
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Do sth better than before
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Blacksmith
A
Sb who makes and repairs things made of iron
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Fix sth TO
Attach, fasten
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Drum sth up
Make great efforts
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Racecourse
A track around which runners race
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Burst INTO/through
Move quickly or suddenly in a particular direction
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Rope a place off
Separate sth from another area using ropes
30
Daunt sb
Make sb feel afraid or less confident
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Undaunted
Not afraid of continuing to try to do sth
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Speed (off/along/down/past sth)
Go quickly in a particular direction
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Precursor
Sth that existed before sth else
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Set about sth/ doing sth
Start doing sth
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Precarious
That will probably fall or make sb fall
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Suffragist
A person who works to give the tight to vote to a particular group of people
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Emancipate sb
Make sb become social free
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Previously
Formerly
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Restrict sb
Stop sb from moving or acting freely
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Get sb out and about
Going from one place to another /events/
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Chaperone
An older woman that took care for a young not married onr
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Prompt sb to do sth
Make sb decide to do sth
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Go down
Come about = happen
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Thunder
Shout loudly and angrily
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A loose woman
A woman who behaves in a way that is considered sexually immoral
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Exertion
Strong physical or mental effort
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A side effect
An unexpected result
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Lobby FOR/AGAINST sth
Try to persuade the government or sb with polit power to change a law or make it more favorable to u
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Pave the way for sb
Make a later event or development possible
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Progression
A process of change and development
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Invigorate sth
Make sth stronger
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Invigorate sb
Energize = perk sb up
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Exertion
Effort
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Yield to
Give a way to (make sth possible)
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Eradicate
Eliminate
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Brake out
Start
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Quarrel
Fight/ argue
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To resent
To feel angry
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To take to
To develop a habit
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Run into
Strike
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Act on
Do sth for a reason
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By far the best
Much better
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Intriguing
Interesting
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Go through
Look for sth carefully
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Capsize (boat)
Turn over
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Prerequisite
Requirements
67
Concerning
About
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A great deal
A lot
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Overtur
Flip over
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Not sensible
Not logical, stupid
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Assertive
Confidence and firm
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Gazing
Look gor a long time
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Set fire
Torch
74
Scrubbing
Rub and clean
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Lay down
Build
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Likeness
Similarity
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Likelihood
Probability
78
Understand
Under or bellow
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Indeed
Really:certainly
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Rampant
Getting worse quickly
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Tolerant OF
Show Tolerance for
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Storyline
Plot
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Roadwork
Fix the road
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Nowhere near
Definitely not
85
Glimpse
Short look
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Porthole
Windows in planes and boats
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Virtually
Practically/ almost
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Marked
Striking
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Renewable energy
W
90
IS means
Method, way
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Mold
Мухъл
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Shape up or ship out
Improve your performance or go home
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Merely
Only ; and nothing more
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Appreciate
Value; be aware ; increase in value
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Conscientious
Feeling a moral responsibility to do your work carefully and to be fair to others
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to become less popular or to be given less support
Lose ground
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Incur
To experience sth bad as a result of actions you've taken ---- we incurred heavy expenses to repair sth
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In line with sth
Similar to: We try to maintain our prices in line with our competitors !
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Be well off
FOR
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Be lacking
IN sth
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Adequate
FOR STH
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Be short
OF
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Be low
On ---- have very little of sth left
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Be in short supply
Not be enough
105
Plenty
OF
106
Sufficient
Enough # insufficient
107
Drought
A long period of dry weather without any water
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Famine
No food for many people
109
Household
All people who live together in a house
110
Give or lend sb a hand WITH
Help sb out
111
Employment opportunities
Job vacancies or openings
112
Hamper
Make difficult
113
Pathetic
Sad / sympathy
| Unsuccessful
114
Distinctly
In a clear or noticeable way; exactly
115
Public sector workers
Firefighters police teachers
116
Burdens
A duty or responsibility that is hard to bear : to cary burden
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Justify
To prove that something is true
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Fare
Payment
119
Air and rail fares
Tickets
120
Allowance
Doze - amount of sth and also the money parents give to their child every week
121
The fact of the matter
The truth
122
Lately
Recently
123
Workload
An amount of work that a person is expected to do
124
And the like
Et ceters
125
Settlement
A payment of an obligation
