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English word pack 04 Flashcards

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to imply

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Indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit reference

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to point out

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Direct someone’s gaze or attention towards, especially by extending one’s finger

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to volunteer

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Freely offer to do something

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to conceive

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Form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind

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to presume

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Suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability

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to urge

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Try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something

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to go down

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Be recorded or remembered in a particular way

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debut

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first appearance, launch

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modest

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relatively moderate, limited, or small

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to soar

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Increase rapidly above the usual level

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dire straits

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отчаянное положение

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dire consequences

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seriously bad results

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incentive

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things that encourage or motivate people to do smth

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to spiral

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Show a continuous and dramatic increase

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to resort to

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to do smth u dont want to do because there is no option

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to admit to oneself

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Confess to oneself to be true or to be the case

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to surface

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to become truly obvious

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to turn up

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to come, appear

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to put up with

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to agree with smth eventually, Tolerate; endure

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dilution of brand

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brand weakening due to lot of factors: market, competitors, business strategy

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undisputed leader

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the only obvious leader, having no closest competitors

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to dig into

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engage in research

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huge question

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very doubtful topic or point of view

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to pitch

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Throw roughly or casually

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25
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crucial objective

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Decisive or critical objective

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harsh

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Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

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27
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to stay in step

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Move synchronously, follow precisely

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to coordinate

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Bring the different elements into a relationship that will ensure efficiency or harmony

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29
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turnoff

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A junction at which a road branches off from a main road

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to galvanise

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Shock or excite (someone), typically into taking action

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31
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panel discussion

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team discussion

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32
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assessment

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The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something

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33
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hindsight

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Understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed

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34
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to abolish

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Formally put an end to

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35
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to be deceived by

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to be told by and believe something that is not true

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36
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well-wisher

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people who express their desire for happiness and success for other people

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to coalesce

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join and grow together to form a single thing, unite

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38
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eradication

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elimination

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39
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to cherish

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to love, protect, and care for someone or something that is important to you

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unprecedented

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never happened before

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to fend sb off

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to push or send away an attacker or other unwanted person

42
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to digress

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to move away from the main subject you are writing or talking about

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to vote against

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голосовать против

44
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to corroborate

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to express your choice or opinion against so/smth

45
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at the stroke of a pen

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describes something that is done quickly and easily by someone

46
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decree

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official statement that sth must happen

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ardent

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showing strong emotions, especially in support sth

48
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to overcome

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to defeat or succeed in controlling or dealing with something

49
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to provide a clue

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to lighten some not very obvious facts

50
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exchange

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brief conversation

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diminutive

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very small

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to digest

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to read or hear new information and take the necessary time to understand it

53
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turn-taking

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communication from one to another

54
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to stand out

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to be very noticeable

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to give away

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to give something to someone without asking for payment

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wary

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not completely trusting or certain about something or someone

57
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dull-witted

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very stupid

58
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sentient

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able to experience physical and possibly emotional feelings

59
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stingy/tightfisted/penny-pincher

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unwilling to spend money

60
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thrifty

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showing a careful use of money

61
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hard up

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having very little money

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overdrawn

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having had more money taken from it than was originally in it

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extravagant

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spending too much money, or using too much of something

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chancellor

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official position of high rank in a government

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high-profile

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attracting a lot of attention in the media

66
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a diplomatic thaw

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improving relations between two countries

67
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to exile

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to send away from his own country

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forefront

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the most noticeable or important position

69
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crackdown

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a situation in which someone starts to deal with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way

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dissent

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strong difference of opinion on a particular subject, especially about an officialsuggestion or plan or a popular belief

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to round up

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gather people, animals etc.

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to breach

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to break a law, promise, agreement, or relationship

73
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draconian

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describes laws, government actions, etc. that are extremely severe

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to disrupt

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to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuingas usual or as expected

75
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to dump

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to put down or drop something in a careless way

76
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to bump

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to hit something with force

77
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to smash

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to cause something to break noisily into a lot of small pieces

78
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to soak

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to make something very wet, or (of liquid) to be absorbed inlarge amounts

79
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impersonal

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without human warmth; not friendly and without features that make people feelinterested or involved

80
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deliberate

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intentional or planned (often bad)

81
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superplume

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very large hot area near the volcano

82
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pensively

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thinking in a quiet way, often with a serious expression on your face

83
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to exert

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to use something such as authority, power, influence, etc. in order to make something happen

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swarm

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a large group of insects all moving together

85
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precursor

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something that happened or existed before another thing, especially if it eitherdeveloped into it or had an influence on it

86
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picturesqueness

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smth that is attractive in appearance, especially in an old-fashioned way

87
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spor

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a reproductive cell produced by some plants and simple organisms such asferns and mushrooms

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to tread

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to put your foot on something or to press something down with your foot

89
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to have one’s leg pulled

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to laugh at someone or say unkind things about them, either because you are joking or because you want to upset that person

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to have a leg to stand on

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do not have an excuse

91
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to stretch one’s legs

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to have a walk

92
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to be on its legs

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be able to move or ride

93
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to put ones foot down

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to use your authority to stop something happening

94
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to have one foot in a grave

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to be very old and near death

95
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to put ones feet up

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to relax, especially by sitting with your feet supported above the ground

96
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to toe the line

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to do what you are ordered or expected to do

97
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cleft

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an opening or crack, especially in a rock or the ground

98
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to be off the back of a lorry

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to get under circumstances, often illegally

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compulsory

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smth you must do because of a rule or law

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to look up to

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to respect, admire

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