Lesson 1 Flashcards

1
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Haste

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hurry

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haste makes waste

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if you hurry in doing things you will make garbage out of it

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3
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waste

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garbage

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haste makes waste

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if you hurry in doing things you will make garbage out of it

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3
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handle

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deal with

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3
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audition

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show your ability as a test to sb

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haste makes waste

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if you hurry in doing things you will make garbage out of it

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4
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rehearsal

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time that is spent practicing a play or piece of music

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5
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haste makes waste

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if you hurry in doing things you will make garbage out of it

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5
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stressed out

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too anxious & tired to be able to relax

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haste makes waste

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if you hurry in doing things you will make garbage out of it

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6
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panic

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a sudden strong feeling of fear that unables you to think

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7
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haste makes waste

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if you hurry in doing things you will make garbage out of it

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7
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incredibly

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extremely

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haste makes waste

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if you hurry in doing things you will make garbage out of it

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8
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commute

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a journey that a person makes when they go to work

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9
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back & forth

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moving repeatedly in one direction and the the opposite

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relieve

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lessen the pain or anxiety

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stressful

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causing a lot of pressure or worry

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12
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concentrate

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focus

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13
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jogging

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running slowly

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14
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stretch

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to straighten your body to full lenght

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15
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intervals

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the period of time between two activites

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16
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prevent

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stop,avoid

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17
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statistic

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a set of numbers that prevent facts or measurements

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24
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haste makes waste

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if you hurry in doing things you will make garbage out of it

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25
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rare

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uncommon

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26
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increasingly

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more & more

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27
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let alone

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Used to say that sth is less likely to happen than another unlikely thing

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28
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outlet

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shop

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29
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proliferate

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increase

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pace

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the speed that sth happens

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31
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evidence

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facts that show sth is true

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32
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motorist

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someone who drives a car

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33
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drum

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make a continuous sound by hitting a surface

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34
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stoplights

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some lights used to control traffic

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35
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temper

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a tendency to get angry really quickly

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36
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flare

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suddenly become angry

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37
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queue

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a line of people waiting for sth

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38
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thus

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as a result of sth

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39
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expert

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sb who knows a lot about sth

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40
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symptoms

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a sign of a large problem

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41
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epidemic

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happening a lot and affecting many people

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42
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coin

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invent a new word

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43
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being

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used to give a reason for sth

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44
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prominent

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important or well known

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45
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cardiologist

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doctor who treats heart diseases

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46
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behavioral

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relating to behavior

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47
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chronic

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continual

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48
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rush

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hurry

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49
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term

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word

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50
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escalate

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make sth greater or worse

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degree

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the level or amount of sth

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intensity

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strength

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alongside

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existing toghether

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range

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include a variety of different things

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Primary

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Main,chief

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Culprit

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The cause of sth bad happening

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Prevalence

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Commonest,popularity

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Sociologist

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Someone who studies sociology

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Compressed

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Make an activity last for a shorter period of time

60
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Attachment

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Sth you send with a letter,contract,document with extra information

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Irresistible

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Strong and powerful and impossible to defeat

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Sped up

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Become faster

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Oblivious

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Not aware of sth

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Self centered

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Too interested in yourself so don’t think about othres

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Trends

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A gradual change or development that produces a particular result

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Breakdown

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A situation in which sth fails

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Nuclear family

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A family of parents and children when it is thought of as a unit in society

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Belonging

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Relationship

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Alienation

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The feeling that you don’t belong in a particular society

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Community

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The feeling of belonging to a gruop

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Sense

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Feeling

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Exacerbated

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Make a problem worse

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Interaction

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The activity of talking to others

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Ironically

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Used for saying that a situation has developed in an unexpected way

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Venues

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A place where people meet for an organized event

76
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Spouse

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Husband or wife

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Therapy

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The treatment of an illness over a fairly long period of time

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Impunity

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Freedom from any risk of being punished for doing sth wrong

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Ordinarily

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Usually

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Exposed

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Show sth that is usually hidden

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Claim

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To say that sth is true

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Entitlement

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The official right to have or do sth

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Warn

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Alert,notify

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At stake

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That can be won or lost depending on the success of a particular action

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Civilty

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Polite behavior

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Repress

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Try not to have or show emotion

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Disorder

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A mental or physical illness

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Brain-wave

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An electrical signal sent by the brain that can be recorded

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Spawned

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Cause to happen or be created

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Rash of sth

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A lot of sth

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Palpitations

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A physical condition in which your heat beats very quickly

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Immune

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Relating to the body’s immune system

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Digestive

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Connected with the digestion

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Prolonge

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Continuing for along time

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Envolve

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Develop gradually

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Flight-flight

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The ability of an animal or human to use extra energy to attack

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Wired

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Connected

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Response

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Answer

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Struggle

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To try extremely hard to achieve sth

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High tech

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Using the most modern technology

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Current

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Happening right now

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On end

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Without stopping

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Spare

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Make sth such as time or money available to sb or for sth

104
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Overload

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Too much of sth

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Hypertension

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A condition in which your blood pressure is extremely high

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Swept into

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To push sb somewhere

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Maelstrom

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A situation full of strong emotions or confusing events that make you frightened

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Extracurricular

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Not part of usual course or work or study in school

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Unprecedented

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Sth that has never happened

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Demand

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Request

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Emphasize

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To say sth in a strong way

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Ingrained

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That has existed for a long time and is therefore difficult to change

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Aware

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Knowing about

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Paradox

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A person situation or thing that has two opposite features and seems strange

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Impact

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An effect or influence

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Belief

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Feeling,trust,impression

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Chronically

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Continually

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Assign

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To give someone a particular job

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Irony

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The amusing or strange aspect of a situation that is very different from what you expected

120
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Streamline

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Improve a business by making it more modern and simple

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Ultimately

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Used for emphasizing the main point that you are talking abput

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Counter productive

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Having the opposite effect to the one, which was intended

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Intolerable

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Completely unacceptable

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Efficient

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Capable

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Multi tasking

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Doing different activities at the same time

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Let go of

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Give up an idea or an attitude or control of sth

127
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Otherwise

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Or else ,or then

128
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Ingredients

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One of the things used in making a meal