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Factory

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A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine
- A clothing factory

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Faint

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*adjective,faint·er, faint·est.
lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.:
*a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
*feeble or slight:
faint resistance; faint praise; a faint resemblance.
*to lose consciousness temporarily.
*a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
to fall into a faint.

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Fair

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Impartial and just, without favoritism or discrimination.
- The group has achieved fair and equal representation for all its members

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Fairly

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With justice.
- He could not fairly be accused of wasting police time.
To quite a high degree.
- I was fairly certain she had nothing to do with the affair.

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Fall

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move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control, from a higher to a lower level.
“five inches of snow fell through the night”

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Fan

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an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation.
* “a couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning”
* “the room has a ceiling fan”

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Fancy adjective, verb and noun

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Elaborate in structure or decoration.
- the furniture was very fancy.
Feel a desire or liking for.
- do you fancy a drink?.
- I fancy the same boy
A feeling of liking or attraction, typically one that is superficial or transient.
- This does not mean that the law should change with every passing fancy.

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Family ties

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Familial Ties means that between parents, grandparents, legal guardians or other relatives and a Minor (whether related by blood or marriage). These can be as simple as having regular meals together, or taking holidays as a family.

These have strong family ties at home; many are furious about the new restrictions. Both have strong family ties and a spiritual sense of life”. They’ve lost their strong family ties, they’ve lost their strong culture. They prided themselves on their reputation as hard workers with strong family ties.

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Fancy her

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“I fancy her” means like, am attracted to. Its more used in the UK

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Fast - moving

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rapid in movement or action.
* “a fast-moving train switching tracks at high speed”
* “a taut, fast-moving detective story”
* “We presented a continuous, fast-moving stream of single-digit numbers on a computer screen.”

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fasten your seatbelt

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To secure, to lock (a seat belt) verb. Ladies and gentlemen, the plane is experiencing some minor turbulence at the moment, so please fasten your seat belts. Pronunciation examples.

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Fasting

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fasting, abstinence from food or drink or both for health, ritualistic, religious, or ethical purposes. The abstention may be complete or partial, lengthy, of short duration, or intermittent.

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Fate

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The development of events beyond a person’s control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power.
“fate decided his course for him”

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faucet

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a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled; a tap.
* “please turn the hot water faucet on”
* “remember to turn the faucet off when you’re finished”
* “Outside, turn the hose faucet and the gate valve for the sprinkler system on.”
* “The 2 main faucet types most commonly used are compression faucets and mixing faucets.”

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Feast

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a large meal, typically one in celebration of something.
“a wedding feast”

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Feature

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A distinctive attribute or aspect of something.
- Safety features like dual air bags
A newspaper or magazine article or a broadcast program devoted to the treatment of a particular topic, typically at length
- A feature on Detroit’s downtown fishery
Have as a prominent attribute or aspect
- The hotel features a large lounge, a sauna, and a coin-operated solarium
- It’s a first-rate picture featuring a top-notch cast
- There is one deleted scene featuring actor Bill Hickey in an expanded role
- There is a film of it, featuring Annette Bening as Sarah Turner

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feat (noun)
/fēt/

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an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength.
“the new printing presses were considerable feats of engineering”
“it was no mean feat, getting her to agree to come”
“it was the first time such a feat had been accomplished”
“she had three books in the best-seller lists at one time - a remarkable feat”
“the bridge was a feat of engineering”

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Fed up

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Annoyed or upset at a situation or treatment.
“he was fed up with doing all the work”

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Fella / dude / buddy / pal

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Expression is. Very informal way to say fellow. General term for a man or boy. Ex: Hey, fella, what´s new with you?

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Fertilizer

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a chemical or natural substance added to soil or land to increase its fertility.
“a nitrogenous fertilizer”

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Field

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An open land area free of woods and buildings

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Field trip

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A trip made by students or research workers to study something at first hand.
“a field trip to the power plant was organized”

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Fig

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An oblong or pearl-shaped syconium fruit of a tree (genus ficus) of the mulberry family

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Fight back

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counterattack or retaliate in a fight, struggle, or contest.
“Cameron fought back as hard as he could”

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Figure out

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Solve a problem or discover the answer to a question.
“he was trying to figure out why the camera wasn’t working”

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Filthy

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Disgustingly dirty. Ex: a filthy hospital with no sanitation

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Find out

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Discover a fact or piece of information.
- He hadn’t time to find out what was bothering her

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Find, thank you

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Answer how are you formal

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Fine day

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Suddenly on some unspecified or unremarkable day.

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fire engine

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a vehicle carrying firefighters and equipment for fighting large fires.

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Firecracker

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an outstanding, exciting, or attractive person or thing. firecrackers are devices that contain pyrotechnic and cause an explosion when used
“the book was hardly a literary firecracker”
“What a firecracker she is!”
“They suddenly heard a loud cheering, and possibly a firecracker.”
“the book was hardly a literary firecracker”
“I have a beautiful, wonderful, firecracker of a daughter.”

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Fisherman jumper/fisherman sweater

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The fisherman’s rib pattern makes a fabric with a ribbed appearance which has more depth and softness than a standard rib and makes for its distinctive design. The fisherman’s rib stitch is a reversible pattern which is what creates a great chunky knitted jumper for men.
Thick woolly jumpers were created by fishermen’s wives and girlfriends to keep men warm at sea whist they were left at shore. Knitting was seen as a communal activity between women

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Fishing ground

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An area in a body of water where fishes congregate and fishing is usually good.

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Fishy

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Seeming dishonest or false

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Flapping

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(Of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly.
“a pheasant flapped its wings”

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Flare (noun)
/fler/

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*A sudden brief burst of bright flame or light.
“the flare of the match lit up his face”
*A gradual widening, especially of a skirt or pants.
“as you knit, add a flare or curve a hem”

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Flip chart

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a large pad of paper bound so that each page can be turned over at the top to reveal the next, used on a stand at presentations.

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Floor it

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To hit the acceleration pedal (or, in the US, gas pedal) to such extremities that it is parallel to the floor of a car. i.e. Hit maximum speed as quickly as physically possible.

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Flow

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(of a fluid, gas, or electricity) move along or out steadily and continuously in a current or stream.
“from here the river flows north”

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Fly off

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To go away quickly or suddenly; hurry off.
. The jolt caused her glasses to fly off.
2. This substance will fly off.
3. Can’t you fly off with the rest of the team?
4. Calm down, Terry - there’s no need to fly off the handle.
5. He seems to fly off the handle about the slightest thing these days.

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Flying solo

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To work alone, to labor in solitude, to work with nobody else.

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fog

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a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth’s surface which obscures or restricts visibility (to a greater extent than mist; strictly, reducing visibility to below 1 km).
“the collision occurred in thick fog”

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Fond, formal

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Having an affection or liking. “I’m very fond of Mike” She still has fond feelings for him. She has fond [=cherished, warm] memories of their time together. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. He wished them a fond farewell.

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Food stamps

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A coupon that is sold at little cost or given to low-income persons and is redeemable for food

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Foolproof

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So simple, plain, or reliable as to leave no opportunity for error, misuse, or failure

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Football

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a form of team game played in North America with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron.
“he started playing football when he was 5”
2.
a ball used in football, either oval (as in American football) or round (as in soccer), typically made of leather or plastic and filled with compressed air.

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Forms to say bye informal

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Good bye
Ok, bye
Bye
So long! Se you later (or for separate)
See you
See you soon
See you tomorrow
See you at noon ( hasta el medio día)
Till next time (hasta la proxima)
Have a nice day (que pases un lindo día)

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Forms to say bye formal

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Have a nice day
Good bye

49
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Foxy

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Sexually attractive

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Freak out

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Suddenly feel extremely surprised, upset, angry, or confused

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Freezing

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The freezing point of water.
“the temperature was well above freezing”

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Frequency words

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Always
Usually / generally
Often / frequently
Sometimes / occasionally
Rarely (formal) / seldom / hardly ever (informal)
Never/not ever

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Frizzy

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Formed of a mass of small, tight curls or tufts.
-Frizzy red hair”

54
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From this moment on

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“From that moment on, I knew that I wanted to pursue a career in graphic design.”.

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Fully

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Completely or entirely; to the furthest extent.
- I fully understand the fears of the workers.
No less or fewer than (used to emphasize an amount).
no less or fewer than (used to emphasize an amount).
“fully 65 percent of all funerals are by cremation”

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Furious

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Angry

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Fussy

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easily upset : IRRITABLE
2 : overly decorative
//a fussy wallpaper pattern
3a : requiring or giving close attention to details
//fussy bookkeeping procedures
b : revealing a sometimes extreme concern for niceties : FASTIDIOUS, PICKY

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Fuzz

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Make or become blurred or indistinct.
“snow fuzzes the outlines of the signs”

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Fall over

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(Of a person) lose one’s balance and collapse
- I felt so dizzy I fell over
Be excessively eager to do something
- Critics fell over over themselves to compliment him

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For some

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Used to say that there is no ordinary or usual reason for something
- For some reason, the courtains were shut

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Fringe

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The border or router edges of an area or group
- The southern fringes of the city
A decorative border of hanging threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material
- The beaded fringe on f her dress

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Furthest, superlative of far

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At or by the greatest distance (used to indicate how far one thing or person is or becomes distant from another).
- The furthest west I’ve ever gotten is the Grand Canyon.

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Feral

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Especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication.
- A feral cat
- The plot charts a downward spiral that takes the characters into a nearly feral state.
- Max, with his feral sensitivity, was the first to hear someone approaching from the street.

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Further

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At , to or by a greater distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing or person is or becomes distant from another
- For some time I had wanted to move further from London
Over a greater expanse of space or time, for a longer way
- We had walked further than I realized
More distant in space than something else of the same kind
- Two men were standing at the further end of the clearing

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Fragility

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The quality of being easily broken or damaged
- Osteoporosis is characterized by bone fragility
The quality of being delicate or vulnerable
- A film about the fragility of relationships

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Flick

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A sudden sharp movement
- The flick of a switch
Propel (something) with a sudden sharp movement, especially of the fingers
- Emily flicked some ash off her sleeve
- We slack-jawed at the TV screen while flicking between MTV, MTV Base and VH1 every ten seconds

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Find out

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Discover a fact or piece of information
- He hadn’t time to find what was bothering her
Detect a person’s immoral or offensive actions
- She would always find him out if he tried to lie

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Fad

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A practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal: craze
- It’s just a passing fad
- The fad for wearing charity led to an increase in donations

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