Friendly-idea Flashcards

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friendly and easy to talk to - used especially about people in important positions

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approachable

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friendly and caring about other people, in a way that makes people like you and feel comfortable

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warm

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friendly to someone who has just arrived somewhere:

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welcoming

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  1. friendly and polite but formal:
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cordial

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  1. a formal word for friendly and easy to like:
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amiable

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  1. Sue was a — caring person and a wonderful nurse. .
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warm

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  1. Why don’t you talk to your manager? He seems very
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approachable

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  1. Her father was an — easy-going man.
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amiable

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  1. She was standing at the door with a smile.
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welcoming

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  1. Everyone remained but no agreement was reached.
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cordial

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to formally or officially give something to someone by putting it in their hands, especially at a formal ceremony

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present

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to give things to a large number of people, especially in the streets

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distribute

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to give money to an organization that helps people or protects something

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donate

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to give someone a lot of something, especially praise, attention, or gifts

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lavish

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  1. Einstein was given the Nobel prize for his contribution to quantum theory.
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awarded

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  1. Several agencies are helping to give aid to survivors of the disaster.
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distribute

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to hit someone with your open hand, especially because you are angry with them

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slap

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to hit something very hard

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whack

19
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to hit someone deliberately many times, especially very hard

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beat

20
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to gently hit something with your fingers, often in order to attract someone’s attention

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tap

21
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In the survey, parents were asked if they ever hit their children.

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smacked

22
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Don’t go in without hitting on the door.

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knocking

23
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  1. a good and original idea, which makes you think of doing or creating something:
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inspiration

24
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  1. a sudden new and clever idea, especially one that solves a problem:
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brainwave

25
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  1. an idea of how something is, or how something should be done:
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concept

26
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  1. the idea you have in your mind about what someone or something is like:
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impression

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  1. an idea about life or society, especially one that is a little silly or old-fashioned:
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notion

28
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  1. something that comes into your mind:
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thought

29
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  1. The business was in real trouble, when suddenly Lou had a —.
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brainwave

30
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  1. My first — of England was of a grey and rainy place.
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impression

31
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  1. the old-fashioned — that a wife is a husband’s property
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notion

32
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  1. He explained Marx’s — of an ideal society.
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concept

33
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  1. The director’s own childhood provided the — for the movie.
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inspiration

34
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  1. I’ve just had a — - it might be quicker to go by bus.
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thought