CPE Reading Flashcards

1
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hitch

A

hitch a lift/ride

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2
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tether

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to tie someone or something, especially an animal, to a post or other fixed place, with a rope or chain

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3
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contend

A

стверджувати, сперечатися, суперничати

to say that something is true or is a fact

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4
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ascribe

A

приписувати
They ascribed his illness to chemicals in his brain.
to consider something to be caused, created, or owned by someone or something

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5
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hedgerow

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живопліт a line of different types of bushes and small trees growing very close together, especially between fields or along the sides of roads in the countryside

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6
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wax lyrical/eloquent etc

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talk in a highly enthusiastic and effusive way

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7
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aloft

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in the air or in a higher position

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8
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to keel over

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to fall over suddenly

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9
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qualm

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занепокоєння, сумнів

an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing

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