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Bicycle History Flashcards

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Vote sb/sth

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Choose sb/sth for a particular title or prize

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Innovation

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New idea

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Revolutionize

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Completely change

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Revolutionary

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Change idea or method

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Mass-produced

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Produced in large number, using machines

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To mass produce sth

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Mass production

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Go into mass production

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Start to be produced

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Course

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The usual or natural way that sth happens, develops, or is done

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Expand

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Become larger

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Gene pool

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All the genes in a particular population at a particular time

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Hop (on, into, in, out of) for)

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Go or move somewhere quickly and suddenly

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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

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A husband or wife

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Vehicle

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Carriage/bus

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An alternative TO sth

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Instead of

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Attempt

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Try

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Resemble sth

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Be like

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Flap

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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

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A man who spends a lot money on clothes

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Rupture

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An occasion when sth. suddenly breaks or bursts

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Hazardous

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Risky

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Improve on/into

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Do sth better than before

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Blacksmith

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Sb who makes and repairs things made of iron

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Fix sth TO

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Attach, fasten

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Drum sth up

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Make great efforts

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Racecourse

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A track around which runners race

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Burst INTO/through

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Move quickly or suddenly in a particular direction

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Rope a place off

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Separate sth from another area using ropes

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Daunt sb

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Make sb feel afraid or less confident

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Undaunted

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Not afraid of continuing to try to do sth

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Speed (off/along/down/past sth)

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Go quickly in a particular direction

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Precursor

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Sth that existed before sth else

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Set about sth/ doing sth

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Start doing sth

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Precarious

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That will probably fall or make sb fall

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Suffragist

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A person who works to give the tight to vote to a particular group of people

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Emancipate sb

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Make sb become social free

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Previously

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Formerly

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Restrict sb

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Stop sb from moving or acting freely

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Get sb out and about

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Going from one place to another /events/

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Chaperone

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An older woman that took care for a young not married onr

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Prompt sb to do sth

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Make sb decide to do sth

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43
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Go down

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Come about = happen

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Thunder

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Shout loudly and angrily

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A loose woman

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A woman who behaves in a way that is considered sexually immoral

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Exertion

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Strong physical or mental effort

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A side effect

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An unexpected result

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Lobby FOR/AGAINST sth

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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

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Make a later event or development possible

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Progression

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A process of change and development

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Invigorate sth

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Make sth stronger

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Invigorate sb

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Energize = perk sb up

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Exertion

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Effort

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Yield to

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Give a way to (make sth possible)

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Eradicate

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Eliminate

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Brake out

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Start

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Quarrel

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Fight/ argue

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To resent

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To feel angry

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To take to

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To develop a habit

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Run into

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Strike

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Act on

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Do sth for a reason

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By far the best

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Much better

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Intriguing

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Interesting

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Go through

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Look for sth carefully

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Capsize (boat)

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Turn over

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Prerequisite

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Requirements

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Concerning

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About

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A great deal

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A lot

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Overtur

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Flip over

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Not sensible

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Not logical, stupid

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Assertive

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Confidence and firm

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Gazing

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Look gor a long time

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Set fire

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Torch

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Scrubbing

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Rub and clean

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Lay down

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Build

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Likeness

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Similarity

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Likelihood

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Probability

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Understand

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Under or bellow

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Indeed

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Really:certainly

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Rampant

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Getting worse quickly

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Tolerant OF

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Show Tolerance for

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Storyline

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Plot

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Roadwork

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Fix the road

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Nowhere near

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Definitely not

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Glimpse

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Short look

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Porthole

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Windows in planes and boats

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Virtually

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Practically/ almost

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Marked

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Striking

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Renewable energy

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W

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IS means

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Method, way

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Mold

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Мухъл

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Shape up or ship out

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Improve your performance or go home

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Merely

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Only ; and nothing more

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Appreciate

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Value; be aware ; increase in value

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Conscientious

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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

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Lose ground

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Incur

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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

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Similar to: We try to maintain our prices in line with our competitors !

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Be well off

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FOR

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Be lacking

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IN sth

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Adequate

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FOR STH

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Be short

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OF

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Be low

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On —- have very little of sth left

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Be in short supply

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Not be enough

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Plenty

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OF

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Sufficient

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Enough # insufficient

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Drought

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A long period of dry weather without any water

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Famine

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No food for many people

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Household

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All people who live together in a house

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Give or lend sb a hand WITH

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Help sb out

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Employment opportunities

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Job vacancies or openings

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Hamper

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Make difficult

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Pathetic

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Sad / sympathy

Unsuccessful

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Distinctly

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In a clear or noticeable way; exactly

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Public sector workers

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Firefighters police teachers

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Burdens

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A duty or responsibility that is hard to bear : to cary burden

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Justify

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To prove that something is true

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Fare

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Payment

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Air and rail fares

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Tickets

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Allowance

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Doze - amount of sth and also the money parents give to their child every week

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The fact of the matter

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The truth

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Lately

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Recently

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Workload

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An amount of work that a person is expected to do

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And the like

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Et ceters

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Settlement

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A payment of an obligation

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