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adjacent

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What side is adjacent to x, that isn’t the hypotenuse?

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proximity

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I’m sure the proximity sensor was trigged by a meteor again.

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to exploit

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Skills needed to exploit opportunities may be in short supply.

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to coincide with

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To coincide with the duration of the 10th European Development Fund (2008 to 2013) (10th EDF) and the multiannual financial framework 2007 to 2013, it should be extended until December 2013.

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a coup

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When there was a coup in Burma, now Myanmar, in 1988, they closed the universities.

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realignment

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For some patients, the jaw slides back too far while the person is sleeping, making jaw realignment the ideal approach.

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to discard

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She started the coffee and picked up an empty pop bottle from the counter to discard in the trash.

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to deploy

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The decision has been made to deploy extra troops/more powerful weapons.

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to penalize

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Conclusion: Sometimes a strict regulation is indispensable to penalize unpunctuality due to the inertia of people.

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to forego

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Mickey agreed to forego his holiday for the new project.

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to implement

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Like all other major charities, we are employing increasingly expert staff to implement and disseminate the product of expensive information technology.

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prerequisite

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Passing a written exam is a prerequisite for taking the advanced course.

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to supersede

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In the latter sense, modern usage tends to supersede “officinal” by “official.”

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a tie- a draw

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The math ended in a tie-a draw

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cumulative

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Depression is often caused by the cumulative effects of stress and overwork.

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to decrease

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Better health education should help to decrease the incidence of heart disease.

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17
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ongoing effects

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What ongoing effects did the doctor say this medicine has on people?

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aggregate

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It imposed fines totalling £328,500 on 105 solicitors, compared with 76 solicitors fined an aggregate of £216,000 the year before.

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equilibrium

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I paused in the hall to take three deep breaths to restore my equilibrium.

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to meddle

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Already some people are asking whether scientists have any right to meddle in such matters.

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contentious

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Smog and acid rain, water pollution and sewage disposal, dams and river-flows will become ever more contentious issues.

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22
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to disenchant

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It is necessary to disenchant this mysticism aesthetics of practical aesthetics

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to reestablish

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Objective To reestablish cell polarity of hepatocytes cultured in vitro

24
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to dissuade

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Doctors had tried to dissuade patients from smoking.

25
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abdication

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This time, she promise the promise, can’t again abdication second time.

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to prevail

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Your inner strength will enable you to prevail over life’s obstacles.

27
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allure

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The allure of diamonds lies at the heart of the issue.

28
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confines

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. Hypothetical thinking goes beyond the confines of everyday experience.

29
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deterrent

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The bodies of executed criminals were hung on the city gates as a deterrent.

30
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subjugation

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These are the implements of war and subjugation ; the last arguments to which kings resort.

31
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overt

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In such a day, wars are usually the overt result of hopelessly confused covert causes.

32
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to be compelled to

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The students ought not to be compelled to go back of academic titles to find out what they mean.

33
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apex

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As if this were an apex of this island, its source of gravitational pull.

34
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non-proliferation

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We must also pursue nuclear non-proliferation as vigorously as we can.

35
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penchant

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If Patsy had a penchant for a pretty frock, Hughie Gallacher had a drink problem.

36
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military junta

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The country was ruled by a military junta from 1974 until 1982.

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to intertwine with

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The town’s prosperity is inextricably intertwined with the fortunes of the factory

38
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to instigate

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bjective: To instigate both prescription and stability of galanthamine hydrobromide dispersion tablets.

39
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preponderance

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With the continuing preponderance of the agricultural population this aspiration was not then as unrealistic as it might seem today.

40
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to elicit fear

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Since the scary holiday is a good excuse for television programmers to try to elicit fear, two ancestors of “Vampire Bats” are also being shown this week.

41
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vulnerable

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Babies are weak and vulnerable in the presence of huge shapes that they can only dimly perceive.

42
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to follow suit

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Did an accumulation of arms contribute to national security or undermine it by encouraging opponents to follow suit?

43
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insurgency

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A communist group is waging a 21-year insurgency against the national government.

44
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quagmire

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Since the coup, the country has sunk deeper into a quagmire of violence and lawlessness.

45
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foreign oppressor

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Lee is a powerful figure for the Chinese because he emphasised power and resolve in the face of adversity, particularly from foreign oppressors.

46
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to ratify a treatment

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Mr Bush also wants Congress to ratify a free-trade deal with Colombia.

47
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ascendant power

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It’s useful to keep that in mind as the trope about soft power again gets earnestly bandied about, only this time with China as the newly ascendant power.

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to oust

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Last week they tried to oust him in a parliamentary vote of no confidence.

49
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massacre

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The perpetrators of the massacre must be brought to justice as war criminals.

50
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ardent

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The ardent hope for the future brought them through all the sufferings during the war.

51
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turmoil

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He shivered, his thoughts in turmoil, his pulse racing.

52
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ambivalence

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The document expressed some ambivalence over the doctrine of predestination.

53
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surveillance flights

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Iraq is blocking U - 2 surveillance flights requested by the United Nations.