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Ms Giang Flashcards

1
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The long and (the) short of it

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Used when telling sb only the essential facts, without going into details

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Write sth off

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  1. Cancel a debt

2. Damage sth (esp. a vehicle) beyond repair

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Write sth off as sth

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Dismiss

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Thrust (n)

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  1. Gist

2. A sudden strong movement that pushes sb/sth forward

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All and sundry

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Everyone

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Sundry

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Various; several different

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Crass

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Stupid and showing no sympathy/understanding

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Instigate sb to do sth

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Make sb do sth bad

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Induce

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  1. Cause/persuade sb to do sth

2. Cause sth

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Peter out

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Gradually come to an end

eg. a campaign/conversation/strike/etc.

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(Un)intelligible (to sb)

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(In)comprehensible

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Inscrutable

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(of a person/their expression) showing little emotion and therefore hard to understand

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Clump

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A bunch/group of sth very close together, eg. grass/hair/trees/bushes

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Appendage

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A smaller/less important part of sth larger

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Do service as

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Serve as

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Guiding light/spirit(/hand/star)

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A person who influences a person/group and shows them how to do sth successfully

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Guiding principle

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An idea that influences your greatly when making a decision/considering sth

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18
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On your own terms/on sb’s terms

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According to the conditions that you/sb else decides

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19
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On your own account

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  1. For yourself

2. Because you, and not sb else, wanted and decided to

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20
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On your (own) head be it

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At your own risk

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Budge

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  1. Move slightly
  2. (make sb) change opinion on sth
    ~ budge an inch
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22
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Arouse+…

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In => feelings

From => sleep

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Bowl sb over

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  1. Run into sb and knock them down

2. Surprise/impress sb a lot

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Thoroughfare

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A main road for public use

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Unpalatable (to sb)

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Distasteful

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Excel yourself

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Acquit yourslef

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27
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Prefabricated

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Made in sections that can be put together later

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As quick as a flash

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In a flash

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29
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Subjugate

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Defeat; take control over

~ subjugation (n)

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30
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Be subjugated to

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Be considered less important than

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31
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Subsume

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Include sth in a particular group

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Dog (v)

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  1. (of a problem/bad luck/etc.) cause sb trouble for a long time
  2. Follow sb closely
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33
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Prostrate (adj)

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  1. Lying with your face down
  2. (with sth) so shocked/upset/etc. you can’t do anything
    ~ (v)
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34
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Prostration

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  1. Extreme physical weakness

2. The action of prostrating yourself

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Swarm (v)

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(disapproving) move around in a large group

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36
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Be swarming with people/things

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Be teeming with

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37
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Drag your feet

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Drag your heels

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38
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Replenish

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Make sth full again by replacing what has been used

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39
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Under suspicion+…

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OF (doing) sth

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40
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In ignorance of

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Unaware of

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Plush (adj)

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Luxurious

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42
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Escapism

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An activity etc. that helps you avoid/forget unpleasant/boring life

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43
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Farce

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  1. A comedy based on ridiculous and unlikely situations

2. A situation/event that is so badly organized that it becomes ridiculous

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44
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Farcical

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Ridiculous and not worth taking seriously

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45
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Live beyond your means

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Spend more than you earn

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46
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Days/weeks/etc. hence

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Days/weeks/etc. from now

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47
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Pull your weight

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Work as hard as everyone else

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48
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Scare sb out of their wits

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Scare sb very much

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49
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In aid of

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  1. In order to raise money for

2. Used in questions to ask why sth is happening

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50
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Not to be sneezed at

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Not to be sniffed at

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51
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Presence of mind

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Ability to react quickly in difficult/dangerous situations

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52
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A new lease … life

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OF/ON

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53
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Wafer-thin

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Very thin

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54
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Relish

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Enjoy

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55
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Wallow in sth

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Enjoy sth that gives you pleasure

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56
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Cash in (on sth)

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Gain advantage from sth, esp. in a wrong/immoral way

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57
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Bound up with sth

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Closely connected with sth

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58
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Bound up in sth

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Very busy with/interested in/involved in sth

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59
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Upmarket

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Of good quality; designed for rich people

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60
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Marketable

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Easy to sell; attractive to customers/employers

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61
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Authenticate

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Validate

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62
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Presage

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Portend

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63
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Pepper sb/sth with sth

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  1. Hit sb/sth with a series of small objects, esp. bullets

2. Include a large number of sth in sth

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64
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Reminiscence

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  1. Sb’s account of past events in their life
  2. Recollection
  3. Sth that reminds you of sth (+of)
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Lounge about/around (sth)

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Laze around

66
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Lurch

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  1. Suddenly sway; stagger

2. Your heart/stomach lurches => sudden feeling of fear/excitement

67
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Lark about/around

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Mess around

68
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Hark back to sth

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  1. Remember/talk about sth in the past

2. Remind you of/be like sth

69
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Hatch sth (up)

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Devise a plan/idea, esp. a secret one

70
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What the future may hold

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What may happen in the future

71
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Tap (into) sth

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Make use of/exploit a source of energy/knowledge/demand/etc.

72
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Wade through sth

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Deal with/read sth boring and time-consuming

73
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Effect (v)

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Make sth happen; cause; achieve

74
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Focal

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Central; very important

75
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Snap sth up

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Buy/obtain sth quickly because it’s cheap/you want it very much

76
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Parallel

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  1. Equivalent

2. Similar features

77
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Draw a parallel between

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Find similar features between

78
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Undercut

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  1. Sell goods/provide services at lower prices than your competitors
  2. Undermine
79
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Plumb the depths of sth

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Be/experience the extreme example of sth unpleasant

80
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Sound a note of caution (about)

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Warn

81
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Far-fetched

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Hard to believe

82
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Level crossing

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Railroad crossing

83
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Rummage around/through sth/etc.

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Move things around carelessly while searching for sth

84
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Ransack

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Turn (a place) upside down

85
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What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

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If one person is allowed to do sth, another person in a similar situation must be too

86
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Draw a line in the sand

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  1. Declare a boundary and imply that crossing it will bring trouble
  2. Say that a particular idea/activity will not be accepted/supported
87
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Downbeat

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  1. Dull; depressing; with few hopes for the future

2. Not showing strong feelings/enthusiasm

88
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Blue-chip

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(a company/investment) safe and likely to make a profit

89
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Fluke

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Sth that happened by chance instead of skill/planning

90
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Throwback

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Sb/sth similar to sb/sth in the past

91
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Also-ran

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A person who is not successful in a competition/election

92
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No-show

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A person who is expected but doesn’t arrive

93
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Egghead

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Sb very intelligent and is only interested in studying

94
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A good egg

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Sb you can rely on to behave well

95
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Bent on (doing) sth

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Determined to do sth (usually sth bad)

96
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Above/beyond reproach

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Not deserve any blame

97
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Make your mark (on sth)

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Become famous and successful in a particular area

98
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Leave your mark (on sb/sth)

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Have an enduring (and usually bad) effect on sb/sth

99
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Play it safe

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Be careful; avoid risks

100
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Elongate

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Become/make sth much longer

101
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Elongated

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Long and thin (usually in an abnormal way)

102
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Gripping

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Exciting and interesting

103
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Accost

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Go up to sb and speak to them, esp. in a rude/threatening way

104
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Exalt

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  1. Promote sb undeservedly
  2. Praise sb/sth very much
    ~ exaltation (n)
105
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Connive

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  1. Seem to allow sth wrong to happen (+at/in sth)

2. Conspire (with sb to do sth)

106
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Connivance

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  1. Help in doing sth wrong

2. Failure to stop sth wrong from happening

107
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Conniving

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Behaving in a way that secretly hurts others/deliberately fails to prevent others from being hurt

108
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Coalesce

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Amalgamate

~ coalescence (n)

109
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Tie-in

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A product (eg. a toy/book) that is connected with a movie/TV program/etc.

110
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Out-take

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A piece of film that is removed before release

111
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Short on sth

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Lacking/not having enough of sth

112
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Heatedly

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Angrily and/or excitedly

113
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Field glasses

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Binoculars

114
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Take over from sb/sth

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Become bigger/more important than; replace sb/sth

115
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Get bogged down in/with sth

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Be involved in sth that prevents you from making progress/getting sth else done

116
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Exterminate

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Wipe out

117
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Drag (a lake/river/etc.)

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Search the bottom of a lake/river/etc.

118
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Every bit as

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Equally as

119
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Mar

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Blight; spoil/damage sth good

120
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Old-world

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Belonging to past times

121
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Lay sth in/up

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Collect and store sth to use in the future

122
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Lay up trouble for yourself

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Do sth that will cause you trouble in the future

123
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Inward-looking

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(of a people/society) more interested in itself than in other peoples/societies

124
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Old-timer

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A veteran of a club/an organization/a place/etc.

125
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Glad of sth

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Grateful for

126
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Fish sth/sb out (of sth)

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Take/pull sth/sb out of a place

127
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On no other evidence

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Only based on the mentioned evidence

128
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Ape (v)

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Imitate/mimic

129
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Dank

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Damp, cold and unpleasant

130
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Profuse

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Produced in large amounts

Eg. apologies/thanks/bleeding

131
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Latent

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Existing but not yet very noticeable/active/fully developed

132
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In direct contrast to

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In inverse proportion to

133
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Defuse

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Preclude a potentially dangerous/difficult situation, esp. by appeasing people

134
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In concert with sb/sth

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Working together with sb/sth

135
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Jagged

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With rough, pointed and sharp edges

136
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Airily

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In a way that shows you aren’t worried/don’t treat sth as serious

137
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Unionize

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Organize people in a union

138
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Conversationalist

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Sb good at talking to others, esp. in an informal way

139
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Dentures

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False teeth

140
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Obviate

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Preclude

~ obviate the need for sth

141
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Commonality

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A feature/purpose shared by two or more people/things

142
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Holdover

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Hangover

143
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Helpmate

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A helpful helper, esp. a wife

144
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(de)humidifier

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A machine used to make the air less dry/humid

145
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Electioneering

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The activity of persuading people to vote for a party/politician

146
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Fictionalize

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Write a book/make a film about a true story but changing some details

147
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Foreknowledge

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Prescience

148
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Fossilized

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Old-fashioned; never changing

149
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Gainful

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(of work/employment) useful and paid

150
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Gadgetry

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Modern tools and devices in general

151
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Handiwork

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  1. Work done using artistic skills

2. Sth you’ve done/caused, esp. sth bad

152
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Ill-served

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Not helped/represented well

153
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Kickback

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Bribe

154
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Landbased

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Located/living on land

155
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Lazybones (sing.=pl.)

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A lazy person

156
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Lectureship

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The position of a lecturer at a university/college

157
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Loss-making

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Not making a profit

158
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Manfully

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Using a lot of effort in a brave and determined way

159
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Meltdown

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A situation where sth fails/weakens suddenly and dramatically
~ in meltdown

160
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Merchantable

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In good condition to be sold

161
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Moneyed

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Rich

162
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Monumentally

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(of negative qualities) Extremely

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