Handout 13 Flashcards

1
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The title written at the top of piece of writing

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Heading

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2
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A close relationship between two things

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Correlation

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3
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The state of being famous

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Renown

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4
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An occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying it directly

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Implication

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5
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Loving sb or sth so much that u don’t think or behave sensibly

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Besotted by/with

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Useful, helpful and favorable

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Beneficial

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7
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Be in the minority

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Be part of very small group

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8
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A period of time associated with particular events or qualities

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Era

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9
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Behave in a way that shows that you know which people are more important than you

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Know your place

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10
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Poverty-stricken

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Impoverish

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11
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Show business

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Showbiz

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12
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A company that sells shares in itself to the public

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Public corporation

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13
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Saturated with

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Filled with sth completely

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14
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Exposure

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Publicity

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15
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Classic

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Very typical

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16
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Ubiquitous

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Very common, seems to be everywhere

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17
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Sought-after

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Wanted by many, because it’s very good

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18
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Throng

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A crowd

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19
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Proliferation

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Sudden increase, large number of

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20
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To mirror sth

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To have features similar to

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21
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To stage

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Organize

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22
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Gut-wrenching

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Disappointed, not as you expect it

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Dominate

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Control

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Just about

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Almost, very nearly

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Sheer

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Emphasizes the size

26
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Invade

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Get involved in an unwanted way нахлувам

27
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Disillusioned

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Unpleasant

28
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To seek sth

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Try to find way to achieve sth

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Untold

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So big, that couldn’t be described

30
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Accumulate

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To collect (debts, fortune)

31
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Command

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Deserve and get

32
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Bring together

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Make people work together

33
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Self-made millionaire

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Rich due to their own efforts

34
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Supreme

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Greatest possible

35
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Spontaneous

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Happening without being forced

36
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Disquiet

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Feeling of worry and unhappiness

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Credibility

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The quality of deserving to be believed and trusted

38
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Authenticity

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The quality of being real genuine true

39
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Convey

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Make sth known to sb

Communicate it

40
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Glamour

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Attractive, related to fame and wealth

41
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The stuff of

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Sth that a particular type of thing is made of or based on. Basis

42
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Ultimate

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Greatest

43
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Ultimately

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After everything else… result

44
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Satiate

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Give so much, so to never want anymore

45
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Hence

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That’s why

46
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Bruise

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Hematoma; injury

47
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That is that

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Finish/end

48
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An area of life

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Particular subject

49
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However badly or however well

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No matter how badly/well

50
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Unify

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Join

51
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Capable of

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Able to

52
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Reach bursting point

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Become sooo full

53
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For all but sb/sth

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For everybody except…

54
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Fair play

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Playing according to the rules

55
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Be bound up with sth

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Be closely connected

56
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Hatred

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Hate

57
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Boastful people

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Who talk too proudly about themselves

58
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Disregard

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Ignore