O Flashcards
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obtain
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- to get something that you want, especially through your own effort, skill or work
- if a situation, system or rule obtains, it continues to exist
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outer
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- further from the centre of something
2. relating to objects, activities etc that are part of the world, as opposed to your own thoughts and feelings
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oblige
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- if you are obliged to do something, you have to do it because the situation, the law, a duty etc makes it necessary
- to do something that someone has asked you to do
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owing
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1.if money is owing, it has not yet been paid to the person who should receive it
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one-sided
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- considering or showing only one side of a question, subject etc in a way that is unfair
- an activity or competition that is one-sided is one in which one person or side is much stronger or does much more than the other
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objective (n./a.)
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- something that you are trying hard to achieve, especially in business or politics
- a place that you are trying to reach, especially in a military attack
- based on facts, or making a decision that is based on facts rather than on your feelings or beliefs
- existing outside the mind as something real, not only as an idea