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Setback

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Noun : Smth that delays or prevents a process from developing.
Used with to experience/to suffer

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Brainwave/brainchild

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Sudden idea

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Intake

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Amount eaten

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Adage

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Proverb/quote

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Retain

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Keep

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Cram

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To try to learn a lot of information in a short time

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Verify

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To confirm

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Blank

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Adj: my mind seemed to go blank in an exam room

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Set someone’s mind on

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To focus on something

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Speak his/her mind

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To honestly say what you think of

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Jot down

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To write something down on a piece of paper

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Inferior/inferiority

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Not good, lower position, not better

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13
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Global litter

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Musor

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14
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Frustrated

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Bang your head against a brick wall

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Nervous

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Butterflies in your stomach

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16
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Happy

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Be over the moon

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Depressed

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To be down in the dumps

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Angry

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Blood boils

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Mad

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Screw loose

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Embarassed

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Don’t know where to put yourself

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Shocked

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Don’t know what has hit you

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Disappointed

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Cut up

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Calm

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Keep their hair on

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Hungry/starving

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Could eat a horse