Other Useful Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Intense

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Extreme/Very strong

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2
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Nonetheless

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Though/ Even so

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3
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Prohibit

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4
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Trigger

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to cause something to happen

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5
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Enormous

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Giant

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6
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Albeit

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7
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Bulk

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the majority of something

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8
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Invoke

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to summon

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9
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Overseas

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10
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Whereby

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Whereas/While

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11
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Intense

A

extreme/ Very strong

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12
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To browse around

A

walk around a shop looking at several things without intending to buy any of them

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13
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Sustainable

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causing little or no damage to the environment

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14
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Reduce carbon print

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Reduction on the emissions of environmental damaging gasses

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15
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Increases life-expectancy

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the length of a human is likely to live

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16
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Abandon

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to leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever

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17
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Accompany

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to go with someone or to exist at the same time as something

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18
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Accurate

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correct without any mistakes

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19
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Achieve

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to succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim

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20
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Acknowledge

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recognise something

21
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Acquire

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buy or get something

22
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Adjacent

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very near, next to, or touching

23
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Adjust-

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to change something to make it more suitable

24
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Advocate

A

support

25
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Aid

A

help or support

26
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Alter

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to change something

27
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Amend

A

to change the words of a text

28
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Analogy

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a comparison between things that have similar features

29
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Anticipate

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to imagine or expect that something will happen

30
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Approach

A

approximation

31
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Appropriate

A

suitable or right for a particular situation or occasion

32
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Arbitrary

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based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason

33
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Assemble

A

bring parts together in a single group

34
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Assess

A

decide the amount, value, quality, or importance of something

35
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Assign

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to give a particular job or piece of work to someone

36
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Funciton

A

different expressions classified according to the type of expression that need to be used daily to communicate

37
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Fee

A

cost, price

38
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Airfare

A

the price of a plane ticket

39
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Out of the blue

A

Something that happened unexpectedly

40
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In the red

A

To owe money, to not have money

41
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Give someone the green light

A

To give permission

42
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A white lie

A

To tell a lie that is not very serious

43
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Green with envy

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To be jealous/envious

44
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Brought up

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Raised/Developed

45
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Child’s play

A

Very easy to do

46
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Like a kid in a candy store

A

Very excited about something

47
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To follow in someone’s footsteps

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To achieve the same things that someone else did

48
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To run in the family

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Qualities that are similar in family members