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1
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adj from a plane

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aerial

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n an attack in which large guns are fired at a place or bombs are dropped on it continuosly

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bombardment

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n something that makes you suffer

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affliction

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n the period that follows an unpleasant event or accident and the affects that it causes

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aftermath

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v to give something officially to somebody for a particular purpose

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allocate

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n a person who believes that laws and governments are not necessary

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anarchist

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n military vehicle protected by metal covers

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armoured tank

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8
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adv without needing a person to operate controls

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automatically

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9
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adj causing you to feel completely confused and unable to understand

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baffling

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10
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n strong wire with short sharp points on it

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barbed wire

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11
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to have only a little money left

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be down to something

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adj if a situation is bleak there is little or no hope for the future

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bleak

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13
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v to start suddenly

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break out

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n a happy or religious song usually one sung at Christmas

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carol

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n a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war

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casualty

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n the amount of money that somebody asks for goods and services

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charge

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17
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adj connected with people who live in the country

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civil

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n connected with peole who are not members of the armed forces of the police

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civilian

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19
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v an almost solid peace of something

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clot

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v to invent a new word or phrase that other people then begin to use

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coin

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21
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to happen

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come about

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22
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n an attempt to become famous, powerful or important again after being much less famous

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comeback

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n a person who is in charge of something

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commander

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n the practise of ordering people by law to serve in the armed forces

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conscription

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n a reduction in something

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cutback

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n serious discution of a subject in which many people take part

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debate

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n a place where large amounts of food, good or equipment are stored

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depot

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n the feeling of having lost all hope

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despair

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adj causing a lot of damage and destruction

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devastating

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adj relating to the digestion of food

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digestive

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v to spoil the appearance of a person, thing or place

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disfigure

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n a person or an organisation that makes a gift of money, clothes, food etc to charity

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donor

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n rules about what clothes people shoud wear at work

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dress code

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v to get rid of something you do not want

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dump

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v lack of difficulty

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ease

36
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n a time when people vote in order to choose comeone for a political or official job

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election

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n the act of freeing somebody especially from legal, political on social restrictions

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emancipation

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v to force somebody to leave their job

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fire

39
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to completely oppose what seems sensible or normal

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fly in the face of

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n a group of people organized and trained especially for a particular purpose

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force

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to think that you are very important in a way that annoys other people

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full of yourself

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n a amount of money that has been saved or has been made available for a particular purpose

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funds

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n a peace of healty skin or bone cut from a person’s body and used to repair another damaged part

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graft

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adj extremely unpleasant and shocking and usually dealing with death or injury

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gruesome

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something that is in the middle between two choises or two ways of doing something

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happy medium

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adj very ugly or unpleasant

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hideous

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n a person who needs other people to take care of them

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invalid

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v to free a country or a person from the control of somebody else

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liberate

49
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adv using the real or original meaning of a word or phrase

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literally

50
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v to injure somebody seriously causing permanent damage to their body

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maim

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adj having the qualities or appearance considered to me typical of men

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masculine

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n a medical student or doctor

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medic

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n a kind or forgiving attitude towards somebody that you have the power to harm or right to punish

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mercy

54
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n the act of joining two or more organisations or businesses into one

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merger

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v to damage something severely especially by violently removing part

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mutilate

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to know nothing about something or about how to do something

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not have a clue

57
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exactly at the particular time

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on the stroke of

58
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n a medical operation in which a damaged organ is replaced with one from another person

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organ transplant

59
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n the sudden start of something unpleasant especially violence or disease

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outbreak

60
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v to fail to see or notice something

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overlook

61
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n holding or showing the belief that war and violence are always wrong

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pacifist

62
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to suffer because of bad luck, a mistake or something you have done

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pay the price

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adj strange or unusual especially in a way that is unpleasant or worrying

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peculiar

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v if an unpleasant feeling a situation persists, it continuous to exist

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persist

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n medecal operation to repair injury, to have a person’s skin or to improve a person’s appearance

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plastic surgery

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n a difficult and sad situation

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plight

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n the state of being near in space or time

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proximity

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v to organise something such as system or a company in a new and different way

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restructure

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n a gun with a long barrel which you hold to your sholder to fire

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rifle

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v to enjoy food or an experience slowly in order to enjoy it as much as possible

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savour

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v to hide or protect something/somebody by placing something in front on then

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screen

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n the duty of serving as a sentry/guard

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sentry duty

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n a large change in the way something is organised

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shake-up

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n a careles mistake

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slip-up

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adj having a lot of experience of the world and knowing about fashion, culture and other thing that people think that are socially important

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sophisticated

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n a temporary problem or a difficulty

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technical hitch

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n the process of adding an amount of blood to the body of a person

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transfusion

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v to shock and upset somebody very much

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traumatize

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n a long deep hole dug in the ground for example carrying away water

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trench

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n a agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighing for an agreed period of time

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truce

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n a sudden quick movement that you cannot control in one of your muscles

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twitch

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adj not wanting to draw attention to yourself or to your abilities or status

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unassuming

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adj making you feel happier or giving you more hope

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uplifting

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n any of the tubes that carry blood from all parts of the body towards the heart

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vein

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adj necessary or essential in order for something to succeed or exist

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vital

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v to argue angrily and usually for a long time about someting

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wrangle over

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