Semestral Flashcards

1
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Persuade

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To make someone to do something by giving good reasons for doing it

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Ambitious

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Needing exceptional effort and resources to be carried out successfully

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3
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Average

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Normal amount or quality for a group of things or people

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4
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Come up with

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Suggest or give an idea or suggest.

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5
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Determine

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Find out or confirm information.

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Set out

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To start trying to do something

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7
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Statistics.

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Numerical facts that are gathered through analyzing information.

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8
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Trait

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Particular characteristic that a🚶has.

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Typical.

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Showing the most usual characteristic of a🚶or thing.

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10
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Simple past:

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For actions completed in the past at a SPECIFIC TIME.

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11
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Past continuous:

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For ongoing past actions that may or may not be completed.

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12
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Present perfect:

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🔹For actions begun in the past and continuing up to now.

🔹Actions in the past that relate to the present. Use time expressions

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13
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Present perfect continuous:

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To emphasize the length of an event.

✔️She has been waiting for an hour.

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14
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Accessible

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Easy to reach or get into.

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15
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Adventurous.

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Willing to take risks and have new experiences.

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16
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Breathtaking

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Very beautiful or amazing.📸🖼🏔

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17
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Charm.

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The quality of being pleasant and attractive.

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18
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Convenience.

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Suitability.

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19
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Destination.

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The place you’re going to.

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20
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Diverse

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Varied or different.

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21
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Get away.

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To go away on vacation.

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22
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Luxurious

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Comfortable and expensive.

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23
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Picturesque.

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Attractive.

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24
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Remote

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Far away

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25
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Spot.

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Place

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26
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Tranquil

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Calm and peaceful.

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27
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Purpose…

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Infinitive

🔹Last year I went overseas to study English.

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28
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It + be + adjective + ….

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Infinitive.

👉It was great to experience life in a small town.

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29
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Too + adjective +…

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Infinitive.

👉At first it was too hard to communicate in English.

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30
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……….as subjects.

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Gerund

✔️ Learning English was essential.

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31
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Adjective + preposition +….

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Gerund

👉Mexico is famous for having many traditions and being pluricultural.

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32
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Verb + preposition +…

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Gerund

👉 I look forward to going back next year.

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33
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Troubadour.

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Traveling musician.

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34
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Make it.

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To be successful in life.

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35
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Snap a picture

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Take a photo.

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36
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Battlefield.

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A place where a fight between armies was occurred.

37
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Landmark.

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Well-known building or place.

38
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Outsider

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A stranger.

39
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Particular.

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Someone difficult to please.

40
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Rush.

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Go rapidly.🏃

41
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Solitude.

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The state of being or living alone.

42
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Consume.

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Use in large amounts.

43
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Entire.

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The whole thing.

44
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Generate.

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Lame or produce.

45
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Project.

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To predict.

46
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Rely on.

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Depends on.

47
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Reverse.

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To cause something to move in the opposite direction.

48
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Run out.

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To use something up completely.

49
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Supply.

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To give an amount.

50
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Sustainable.

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Good for environment.

51
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Invading

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Entering to a country by force

52
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Definite plans…

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Going.
👉 I’m going to take the TOEFL next Saturday.
‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’

53
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Predictions…

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Will & Going.
👉By 2080, there are going to be 8 billion people on Earth.
‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’

54
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Promises.

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Will

👉I’ll call you tonight after I get home, I won’t forget.

55
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Ongoing future actions…

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Will be + ing

👉Within 10 years, Germany will be using less oil and more renewable resources.

56
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Tear watt

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A measurement of electrical power.

57
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Convert.

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Change.

58
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Method.

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A way of doing something.

59
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Transmit.

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Send from one place to another place.

60
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Contribute.

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To be one of the causes of something.

61
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Cut back on

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To reduce the amount of something.

62
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Cut back

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To decrease.

63
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Give up.

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To quit doing something.

64
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Roadblock.

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A situation or condition that prevents further progress. Obstacle.

65
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Audience.

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Group of people watching a performance.

66
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Commercial.

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Related to the buying and selling of goods.

67
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Convince.

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Persuade someone.

68
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Emerge.

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To come out and be recognized or noticed.

69
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Hard-core

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Very committed.

70
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Inspired (by)

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Encouraged or motivated by.

71
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Launch

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To start.

72
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Mainstream.

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Most typical or conventional.

73
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Verb + object +…

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Infinitive

74
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Persuade verbs..

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Advise, cause, convince.
👉Verb + object + inf.
🔹She advise me to take the job.

75
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Want verbs.

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Expect, need.
👉Verb + (object) + inf.
🔹She expects me to apply.
🔹I need to find a job.

76
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Believe verbs.

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Consider, recognize.
👉Verb + object + infinitive of be.
🔹We consider him to be the best singer.

77
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Plan verbs.

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Arrange.
👉Verb + for + object + infinitive.
🔹They arrange for me to have an interview.

78
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Verbs: have, let and make.

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👉Verb + object + base form verb.

🔹His music makes me feel happy.

79
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Audition.

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Short performance given by a person to demonstrate.

80
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Promote.

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To encourage the popularity or sale of something.

81
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Realize.

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To understand something.

82
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Demo.

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A brief recording.

83
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Logo.

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A special design used by a company or group.

84
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Fingers.

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Touches.

85
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Wolof.

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One of many recognized regional languages is Senegal.

86
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Encounter.

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To meet.

87
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Enthusiasm.

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A feeling of energetic interest in something .

88
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Found-raising

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A way of schools and other arabization a to raise money for a particular purpose.