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1
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a forma

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account for

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din cauza…

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on account of..

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a actiona din rea/buna credinta

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act in good/bad faith

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a incepe sa te org

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get your act together

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5
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segment de varsta

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age bracket

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a crede cv pt ca ai incredere in sursa

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have something on good authority

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7
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poama rea

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bad apple

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a gasi un echilibru

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strike a balance

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de necrezut

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beyond belief

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10
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nebun/dupa colt

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round the bend

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curba, intorsatura brusca

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tight/sharp bend

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mai degraba, mai bine

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better yet

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13
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a ii placea

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to be big on

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14
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dragut din partea ta

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big of you

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15
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nu se mai cumpara

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the bottom drops/falls out of (the market)

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16
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concluzie

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bottom line

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a cere un sfat de la cineva cu experiennta

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pick someone’s brain

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18
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a gandi intens

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rack your brains

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19
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zidar

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bricklayer

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20
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unde cerebrale

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brainwave

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21
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a spune adevarul

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make a clean breast of it

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22
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curat luna

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clear as bell

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23
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murdar

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clear as mud

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24
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a se intampla cum ai sperat

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come true

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a si urma cursul

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run its course

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26
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in timp util

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in due course

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27
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fara consecinta

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of no/little consequence

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28
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a muri(2)

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go dead, drop dead

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29
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pornit impotriva

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dead set against

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30
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chiar in centru

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dead center

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31
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oale si ulcele

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dead and gone

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32
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drept inainte

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drept inainte

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33
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a da o lovitura pt

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deal a blow to

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34
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a face o intelegere

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strike a deal

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35
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in virtutea

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by dint of

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36
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a ridica o statuie

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erect a statue

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37
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mult..

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a fat load of..

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38
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co autor

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feature writer

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39
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a o lua incet, precaut

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feel your way

40
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pieptane cu dinti rari

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fine-toothed comb

41
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a oferi

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grant sth..

42
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presupunere vaga

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rough guess

43
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dupa program(2)

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after hours, out of hours

44
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gospodina

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houseproud

45
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a te baga in fata la coada

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jump the queue

46
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a te pripi

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jump the gun

47
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la curent

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in the know

48
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practical knowledge and ability

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know how

49
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interesant

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larger than life

50
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to forcefully make known what you think should happen

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lay down the law

51
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cand vrei tu

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at your leisure

52
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litera de lege

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the letter of the law

53
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accepta

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live and let live

54
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a se certa cu..

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lock horns with

55
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in sfarsit

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at long last

56
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asta e soarta ta

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that s your lot

57
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a reactiona repede/incet sau cv

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be quick/slow off the mark

58
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a iti trece prin minte

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cross/slip your mind

59
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ingust la minte

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one track mind

60
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to show by your actions and not just your words that you support or believe in something

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put your money where your mouth is

61
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a se grabi

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get a move on

62
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sanse mari

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long odds

63
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someone who is very experienced and skilled in a particular area of activity:

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old hand

64
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demodat

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old hat

65
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to hide an unpleasant situation

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paper over sth

66
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the job, often done by children, of taking newspapers to people’s homes

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paper round

67
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to pay for yourself rather than allowing someone else to pay

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pay your way

68
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said to emphasize that thinking and writing have more influence on people and events than the use of force or violence

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the pen is mightier than the sword

69
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a person who has an office job that is not interesting

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pen pusher

70
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an unpleasant or violent competition for power

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power struggle

71
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to accept that something is true without making sure that it is

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take sth as read

72
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If you say something on the record, you state it publicly

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on the record

73
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If someone says something off the record, they do not want it to be publicly reported

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off the record

74
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a practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something

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rule of thumb

75
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a avea ultimul cuv

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have the final say

76
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actionar

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shareholder

77
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stock index

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share index

78
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an act of dividing something between several people

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share-out

79
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to have to do the least enjoyable of a range of duties, often because you have been chosen to do it

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get the short straw

80
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only a short time before something happens

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at short notice

81
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the shortlist for a first novel prize

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shortlist

82
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very disappointed

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sick as a parrot

83
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to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of people working for it, or to become smaller in this way

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downsize

84
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to say something that you should not have said

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speak/talk out of turn

85
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sunbathe

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sun yourself

86
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a sugera pt a se discuta

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to table

87
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perioada de timp

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time frame

88
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from the knowledge you have in your memory

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off the top of your head

89
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If you go weak at the knees, you lose your strength and feel you are going to fall over, usually because of seeing or talking about either someone you are very attracted to or because of something unpleasant or frightening

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weak at the knees

90
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If someone is or feels under the weather, they feel ill

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under the weather

91
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preia controlul

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take the wheel

92
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in control

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behind the wheel

93
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rafala de vant

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gust of wind

94
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from the start of something

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from the word go

95
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to operate very well

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work a treat

96
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tired or in poor condition because of a lot of work or use

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the worse for wear

97
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a year that happens every four years and has an extra day on 29 February

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leap year

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