Intermediate BBC Flashcards
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Consolation
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Comfort received by a person after a loss or dissapointment
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Lashing
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When rain is lashing, it is failing very heavily often with a lot of wind
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Moor(land)
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Large open area of land with very few trees or plants and very few buildings
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Queer
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Strange, unusual
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Inn
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Pub where people can stay overnight
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Coach
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Form of transport that is pulled by horses and was used in the past
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Past it
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(informal) too old or out-of-date to be interesting or useful
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Shake-up
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A complete reorganization
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Temperamental
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Having a mood that can change quickly and unreasonably
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Auditions
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Short performances, usually by actors, musicians or dancers, to show that they are right for a particular play, film or show.
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Contestant
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Someone who takes part in a compitition
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Nippy (informal)
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Cold
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Knock the judges socks off (idiom)
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Really impress the judges
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Stardom
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The state or status of being a famous or exceptionally talented performer in the world of entertainment or sports
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Versatile
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Able to change easily
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Timbre
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The quality of the music sound
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Ear for (something)
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Able to recognize, appreciate and produce sounds, especially music
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On a par with (sth)
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At the same level as (sth)
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Quality pleasures
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Things that a person likes, even though they are not considered to be very good or fashionable
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Curl
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Sth having a spiral or inwardly curved form especially a lock of hair
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Whimper
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A low feeble sound expressive of fear or pain
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Stains
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Dark marks
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Pet hates
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Minor or small things or habits that a person finds particularly annoying, usually more than for other people
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Curse
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Evil influence
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Bare
Basic with very little equipment
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Creep
Move very carefully and secretly so that nobody sees you
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Wodge
A large amount of sth
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Make do
Manage in a situation even if you don't have a lot of resources or help
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Pale
Light in color or having little color
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Content
Happy
| Instead children were content to play with things they found
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Child mortality
Number of children between 1 month and five years of age who die
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The rat race
The competitive and stressful world of work
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Suffocate
Die because you cannot breathe
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Posh
Elegant or stylishly luxurious
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Wardrobe
A large, tall cabinet in which cloths may be hung or stored
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Root around
Look around
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Transforms
Changes
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Scarcity
Not having enough
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Decidedly
Absolutely
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Mental illness caused by stressful or frightening events
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Correlation
Connection
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Grave
Death (here)
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Heather
A wild plant with small purple flowers that grows on hills and in wild places
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Chronic fatigue
Illness where you feel tired
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Marsh
Area of soft wet land
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Abudance
Having enough or too much
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Be damned
Slang expression meaning you do not care about sth at all
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Bear
Continue to accept a bad or difficult situation
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Break up
End a relationship
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Break down
(Of a car or vehicle) To stop working
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Mortality
Death
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To break out
To escape from prison
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To break in
To use force to enter a place
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To break off
To separate sth from sth else
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To see (sth/sb) off
To go to a place that someone is leaving to say goodbye
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To touch down
After flying to touch a ground again
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To set off
To begin a journey
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Dump
Suddenly end a relationship
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Put (sth) up
Make ( sth) available
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Auction
A public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder
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Overwhelmed
Very impressed
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Look up
Improve, Going well
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Jilted
Rejected by a lover or partner
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Pull out
Not complete sth that was promissed
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Blossom
(Here) develop in a pleasing or promising way
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Thoroughly
Very much
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Not on the cards (idiom)
Not possible or likely
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Desperate
Having a great need or desire for sth
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Desperate
Ready to behave in a dangerous or violent way, to escape from a very bad situation
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Magistrate
A person who decides in a law court if someone is guilty of a minor crime
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Disgrace
In very bad situation
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To lead by example
To behave in a way that you would expect others to
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Unstuck
Doesn't work, fails
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Open-plan offices
Offices that have large rooms with few or no dividing walls to make smaller rooms
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Downside
Disadvantages
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Disruptive
Causing trouble so that others cannot continue what they are doing
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Draw
Attraction that lots of people are interested in
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Get away with
Escape punishment for
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Irritate
Make someone annoyed, impatient, or angry
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Gripe
Complaint
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Personal hygiene
Keeping your body clean
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Etiquette
A set of rules that control behaviour in certain situations and by certain group
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Inane
Stupid and boring
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Irrelevent
Not important
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Dignity
State of keeping your respect
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Storm out
Leave a room quickly and angrily
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Sacks
Large strong bags which are used to store things
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Pony
Small horse
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Drown
Die under water because you cant breathe
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Chills me to the bone
Frightens me very much
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Detox
Removing harmful substances from your body by eating particular foods
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Dyslexia
Condition that makes reading and spelling difficult
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Dyspepsia
Medical condition that means the body does not digest food properly causing pain and discomfort
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Riddle
Puzzle
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Breeding
The mating and production of offspring by animals
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Species
A group of animals or plants that are similar to each other
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Spot (verb)
See after looking hard
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Dating
Finding out the age of
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Volcanic ash
The powder left after rock and gasses are found out of a mountain
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Monumental
Very large amount of time
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Crumbs
Very small pieces of food from bread or biscuits
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Lure
To tempt someone to go to a place they may not wish to go
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Wreck
A ship that is destroyed at sea
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Soaked
Very wet
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Wrecker
A person who makes a ship crash onto rocks in order to steal the goods it's carrying
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Smokeless
Not producing any smoke
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Car-free
Cars are not allowed
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Carefree
Without worries or anxiety
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Smoke-free
In which no one is smoking or smoking is not allowed
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Grovelling
Giving someone too much respect in order to please them
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Pride ourselves
Feel good about our standards
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Excelled at
Was good at
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Grand Slam
One of the four biggest tournaments in tennis: Australian Open, French Open, US Open and Wimbledon
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Commentator
Someone who describes a sports events on TV or radio
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Gutsy
Brave and determined
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Nonetheless
Nevertheless; in spite of that
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Conviction
(Here) determination
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Move sideways
To move into a new job at the same level
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Internship
Period of time spent doing a job to get experience often with little or no pay
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Haunt
Stay in your mind and make you upset
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Misty
With a tiny fog
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Tide
Daily change in the level of the sea which makes the water move higher or lower on the shore
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Pounce
Jump quickly onto someone or sth
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Beast
An animal especially a large or dangerous four-footed one
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Moth
An insect like a butterfly that flies at night and is attracted to light
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Fainted
Become unconscious
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Sensible
Acting with good judgement
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Hardly
Barely, only a liitle
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Lately
Recently
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Highly
Favourably
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Urinal
A type of toilet for men which is fixed to a wall
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Appalled
Very shocked by sth you don't agree
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Vulgar
Rude and upsetting
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Playful
Not serious; funny
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Interact
Move and Communicate with
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Spiralling
Going downwards in a curve
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Goggles
Special glasses to protect the eyes
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Funfair
Entertainment area with rides and games
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Profound
With deep meaning
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Clinking of cups
The sound of glasses touching each other
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Chaotic
Confused and without order
| It's a chaotic scene
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Outlines
The main edges of sth
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Deranged
Mad
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Flamboyantly
In a confident and bright way
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Garish
Bright in an unpleasant way
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Ruffled
Not smooth
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Droopy
Hanging low
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Slumber
Sleep
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Creepy
Scary and strange
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Mischievous
Behaving in a slightly bad way
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Plough (us plow)
To prepare a field for planning by cutting long straight lines
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Through like
Thorough like
Plough like
Like true
Like Edinburgh
Like now
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Stabbed
Hurt with a knife
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Shiver
To Shake from fear
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Congregation
A group of people who pray in a church or other religious place
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Startle
To surprise someone
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Lame
Unable to work properly (anımal)
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Blacksmith
A person who makes and repairs horseshoes
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Pants
Means trousers in American english and underwear in UK english
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Cushion
A bag of cloth stuffed with a mass of soft material used as a comfortable support for sitting or leaning on
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Loanwords
Words from one language used in another language
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Cognates
Words in different languages that have the same origion
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False friends
Words which look similar or the same in two languages but have different meanings
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Sacked
Removed from your job
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Accounted for
Give a satisfactory record of
| I had to account for every penny I spent
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Sinister
Related to evil things that might happen
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Welfare benefits
Payments that people receive from the state to help raise their standard of living
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Obstinate
Not wanting to do sth even though it may be the right thing to do
