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Gain

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Obtain or secure (something desired, favorable, or profitable).
- The process has gained the confidence of the industry
Increase the amount or rate of (something, typically weight or speed).
- I have gained weight over the years

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Gallant

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Brave, sprinted, noble-minded, or chivalrous
- A gallant knight
- A gallant rescue attempt
Excepcionally polite and attentive to others, especially to women. Courtly

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gang up (on/against somebody)

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(informal) to join together in a group to hurt, frighten, or oppose someone
At school the older boys ganged up on him and called him names
ll the girls in my class seemed to gang up against me.
2 Schoolchildren are quick to gang up on anyone who looks or behaves differently.
3 Why did genes gang up in cells?

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Gap

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A break or space in an object or between two objects
- He came through the gap in the hedge
An unfilled space or interval; a break in continuity.
- There are many gaps in our understanding of what happened

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Garret

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Attic. A top-floor or attic room, especially a small dismal one
- The solitary genius starving in a cold garret

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Gas station

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an establishment beside a road selling fuel for motor vehicles.

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Gaslighting

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Manipulating
Mary was gaslighting her husband into thinking that all their problems were his fault.
He realized that his partner, Mary, had gaslighted him for years after he realized his memory of events and negative experiences were quite different from what she’d told him.
Stay away from those people; they will gaslight you until you doubt your own experiences.
You’re gaslighting me into believing this whole thing was all my fault, but I know the truth.
You can’t gaslight me! I was raised by gaslighting parents; I know it when I see it.
My mother gaslit me for an extended period of years, and it took me twice as long to break free of her mind games and start living a normal life.

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Gasp/sigh

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Inhale suddenly with the mouth open, out of pain or astonishment.
“a woman gasped in horror at the sight of him”

Sigh and gasp are semantically related in sound topic. In some cases you can use “Sigh” instead the word “Gasp” as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like body.

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Gawd

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an informal way of writing the word god, when used in expressions of fear, surprise, etc.
“Gawd help us,” she cried out.
Oh gawd! You don’t believe that do you?

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Gem

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A precious or semiprecious stone, especially when cut and polished or engraved.

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Get dressed

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: to put on clothes. It’s time to get out of bed and get dressed.

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Get rid of

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take action so as to be free of (a troublesome or unwanted person or thing).
“we have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years”
It’s time to get rid of this old sweater.
I can’t seem to get rid of this cold.
He stayed on talking and talking. She finally got rid of him by saying she had to make dinner.

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Get to know

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to spend time with someone or something so that you gradually learn more about them or it:
* The first couple of meetings are for the doctor and patient to get to know each other.
* I’ll need a few weeks to get to know the system.

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Get-together

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An informal gathering. Ex: A family get-together at my parent´s house

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Get turnt

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turnt (comparative more turnt, superlative most turnt) (slang) energetic, happy, or excited, especially as a result of alcohol or drugs.

We’re all gonna get turnt tonight.It had to be the most turnt up music festival in history!

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Ghast·ly (noun)
/ˈɡastlē/

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causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre.
“she was overcome with horror at the ghastly spectacle”
extremely unwell.
“he always felt ghastly first thing in the morning”

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Gig

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A live performance by or engagement for a musician or group playing popular or jazz music.
- They relied almost entirely on live gigs to earn a livelihood
A job, especially one that is temporary or freelance and performed on an informal or on-demand basis.
- Her husband picked up food-delivery gigs.
(Of a musician or group) perform a gig or gigs.
- Two or three nights a week we were gigging.

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Giggle

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Laugh lightly in a nervous, affected, or silly manner. Ex: “they giggled at some private joke”

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Gills

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An organ (as of a fish) for obtaining oxygen from water

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Gim-me (expression for short sentence)

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Give me (not acceptable in standard use).
“just gimme the damn thing”

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Give away

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give something freely as a gift or donation.
“I gave away all my books”
2.
reveal the true identity of someone.
“his strangely shaped feet gave him away”

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Give up

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cease making an effort; resign oneself to failure.
“he wasn’t the kind of man to give up easily”

allow oneself to be taken over by an emotion or addiction.
“he gave himself up to pleasure”

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Glass

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a hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda, lime, and sometimes other ingredients and cooling rapidly. It is used to make windows, drinking containers, and other articles.
“a glass door”

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Glass-roofed

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It means that the roof is made of glass

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Glide

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To move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly. The swans glided over the surface of the lake. We watched the skiers glide down the slope. The pilot glided to a safe landing after the engine failed. The pilot glided the plane to a safe landing.

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Gnarly

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difficult, dangerous, or challenging.

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Go ahead

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  • Marked by energy and enterprise. Ex: A vigorous go-ahead company
  • Indicating that one may proceed. Ex: Go ahead signal
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Go to bed

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to lie down in one’s bed to sleep. She usually goes to bed around 11:00.

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Good afternoon

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Expressing good wishes on meeting or parting in the afternoon

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Good looking

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Attractive
- A good looking woman in her late thirties

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Goodness

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  • The quality of being morally good or virtuous
  • A belief in the basic goodness of mankind
  • As a substitution for ‘God’ expressing surprise, anger, etc
  • Goodness knows why she didn’t go herself
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Goddes

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a female deity.
“a temple to Athena Nike, goddess of victory”

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Good evening

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Expressing good wishes on meeting or parting during the evening.

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Gotcha you

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I have got you (used to express satisfaction at having captured or defeated someone or uncovered their faults).

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Grab

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To take or seize by or as if by a sudden motion or grasp

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Graph

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A diagram showing the relation between variable quantities , typically of two variables, each measured along one of a pair of axes at right angles
- He had diagrams and graphs to prove it

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Grass

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Herbage suitable or used for grazing animals

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Grater

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a device having a surface covered with holes edged by slightly raised cutting edges, used for grating cheese and other foods.
“a cheese grater”

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Green beans

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A kidney bean that is used as a snap bean the pods are colored green

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Grill

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A metal framework used for cooking food over an open fire; a gridiron

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Groaning

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  • Denoting a deep inarticulate sound conveying pain, despair, pleasure, etc.
    “he made groaning sounds and took labored breaths”
  • Denoting a low creaking sound made by an object under pressure.
    “the pillar gave a huge groaning noise and crumbled”
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Groom (noun)
//
Groom (verb)
There are more, but you can learn these first.

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A bridegroom.
* “the tradition is said to bring good luck to the bride and groom”
//
* brush and clean the coat of (a horse, dog, or other animal).
“you must be prepared to spend time grooming your dog”

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Grudge

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a persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury.
“I don’t grudge the time I spend on it”
“she seemed to have a grudge against me”
“I really grudge the £50 I had to pay for the repair”
“he’s not the sort of person to hold a grudge”

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Grumpy

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Bad-tempered and irritable

45
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Grunt

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A low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person.
“with snorts and grunts the animals were coaxed down the ramp”

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Going on

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Approaching a specified time, or amount
- I was going on fourteen when I went to my first gig

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Go into

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Take up a subject in study or as an occupation
- He went into bankruptcy law
Start discussing a subject extensively
- I don’t want to go into it; it’s Pat’s story to tell

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Get the hint

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Yo understand what someone is suggesting when he or she says something in a direct way
- When she told me how much work she had to do, I got/took the hint and left

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