Set Phrase or Descriptive Phrase? Flashcards

Develop your instinct for distinguishing between two types of phrases in English

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a morning meeting

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a morning MEETING

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a weekly meeting

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a weekly MEETING

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a sales meeting

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a SALES meeting

🔴🕳️

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back pain

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BACK pain

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chronic pain

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chronic PAIN

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a big shot

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a BIG shot

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a big event

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a big EVENT

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a fun party

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a fun PARTY

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a birthday party

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a BIRTHday party

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a wooden bowl

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a wooden BOWL

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a sugar bowl

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a SUGAR bowl

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a clean cup

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a clean CUP

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a coffee cup

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a COFFEE cup

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a swimming dolphin

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a swimming DOLPHIN

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a swimming instructor

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a SWIMMING instructor

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the running children

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the running CHILDREN

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running shoes

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RUNNING shoes

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an evolving situation

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an evolving SITUATION

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class trip

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class TRIP

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20
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communication skills

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COMMUNICATION skills

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21
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skill set

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SKILL set

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aha moment

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AHA moment

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from a compensation perspective

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from a COMPENSATION perspective

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a happy feeling

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a happy FEELING

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25
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program creation

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PROGRAM creation

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It’s an English teacher thing

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It’s an ENGLISH teacher thing

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27
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group discount

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group DISCOUNT

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28
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customer service

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customer SERVICE

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team project

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team PROJECT

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success story

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SUCCESS story

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track record

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TRACK record

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32
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father figure

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FATHER figure

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33
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customer satisfaction

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customer SATISFACTION

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research project

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RESEARCH project

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a baby blanket

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a BABY blanket

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36
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super star

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SUPER star

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37
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lizard-catching glove

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LIZARD-catching glove

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dating site

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DATING site

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39
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a relationship problem

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a RELATIONSHIP problem

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40
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cheat sheet

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CHEAT sheet

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me time

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ME time

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42
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happy hour

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HAPPY hour

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43
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the pool is my happy place

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the pool is my HAPPY place

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to-do list

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to-DO list

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gamer friends

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GAMER friends

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road trip

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ROAD trip

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couch surfing

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COUCH surfing

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speaking engagements

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SPEAKING engagements

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mind control

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MIND control

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in total shock

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in total SHOCK

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culture shock

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CULTURE shock

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Thank you page

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THANK you page

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Youtube channel

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YOUtube channel

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Facebook group

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FACEbook group

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spam folder

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SPAM folder

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flow state

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FLOW state

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treasure hunt

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TREASURE hunt

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screenshot

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SCREENshot

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a job interview

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JOB interview

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a second interview

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a second INTERVIEW

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a puppy dog

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a PUPPY dog

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a tan line

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a TAN line

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seeing-eye dog

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seeing-EYE dog

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snack cheese

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SNACK cheese

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snacking cheese

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SNACKING cheese

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HR guru

A

hR guru

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finance guru

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FINANCE guru

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fake guru

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fake guru

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the short list

A

the SHORT list

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priority list

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PRIORITY list

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hot air balloon

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hot AIR balloon

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tattle tale

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TATTLE tale

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cell structure

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CELL structure

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the sweet spot

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the SWEET spot

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the Goldilocks zone

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the GOLDILOCKS zone

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the fat cats on Wall Street

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the FAT cats on WALL street

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a pet peeve

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a pet PEEVE

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pet food

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PET food

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a game changer

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a GAME changer

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a project plan

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a PROJECT plan

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an action item

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an ACTION item

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soul mates

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SOUL mates

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love birds

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LOVE birds

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bad hair day

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bad HAIR day

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magnifying glass

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MAGNIFYING glass

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a provocative question

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a provocative QUESTION

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an interview question

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an INTERVIEW question

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gold digger

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gold digger

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our brains are prediction machines

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our brains are PREDICTION machines

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the ladies’ room

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the LADIES’ room

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the men’s department

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the MEN’S department

92
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an explosive video

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explosive VIDEO

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the assassination attempt

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the ASSASSINATION attempt

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the attempted assassination

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the attempted ASSASSINATION

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deadly crackdown

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deadly crackdown

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the rainy season

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the RAINY season

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a rainy day

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rainy DAY

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tropical storm

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tropical STORM

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ice storm

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ICE storm

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record heat

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record HEAT

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downtime

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DOWNtime

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ice breaker

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ICE breaker

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sports news

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SPORTS news

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international news

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international NEWS

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tourism industry

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TOURISM industry

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a happy feeling

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a happy FEELING

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class trip

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class TRIP

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team project

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team PROJECT