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Unit 1 Part 1 Flashcards

1
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Attempt to do one thing rather than a wider range of things, to concentrate on sth

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Channel one’s efforts into sth

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2
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Try not to think about sth

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Block out a thought

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3
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The ability to see what is likely to happen in the future and to take appropriate action

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Foresight

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4
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The skill of being careful to say or do things that will not offend people

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Diplomacy

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5
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The ability to make sb believe that sth is true

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Persuasion

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6
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The feeling of pride and loyalty that exists among the members of a team and makes them want their team to do well or the best

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Team spirit

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7
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Decide on what one hopes to achieve

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Set a goal

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8
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Make efforts to achieve sth, often over a long period of time

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Pursue a goal

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9
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A feeling based on emotion rather than reason

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Gut instinct

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10
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Try to do sth new or difficult, sth that requires effort

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Push beyond one’s limits

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11
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Decide on what the meaning or significance of sth is

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Interpret

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12
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A long spear used in sports competition

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Javelin

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13
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Move somewhere with great difficulty, trying desperately to find things to hold on to

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Claw one’s way

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14
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Have a chance of winning sth

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Be in contention for sth

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15
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Likely, possible

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Potential

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16
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An obstacle, difficulty

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Hurdle

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17
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Sb who suffers from diabetes

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Diabetic

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18
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Weak or

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Low

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19
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Sth that encourages sb to do things

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Spur

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20
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Make it impossible for sb to do sth

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Prevent sb from doing sth

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21
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Anything that makes it difficult for sb to do sth

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Obstacle

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22
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(Of a problem) that cannot be dealt with successfully

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Insurmountable

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23
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Keep trying very hard to do sth even though it’s difficult

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Plug away at sth

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24
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Move on very slowly or carefully

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Inch

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25
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Put a line through an item on a list to show that it’s been completed or dealt with

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Mark off

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26
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One’s wish, desire

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Will

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27
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Become an adult

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Mature

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28
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Here: a drop, reduction

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Dip

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29
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Judge the importance of sth considering it in a relation to everything else

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Put sth into perspective

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30
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Continue to do sth although it is difficult

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Keep at sth

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31
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On the way

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En route

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32
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Forget what one intended to do or say and instead start doing or saying different things

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Get side-tracked

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33
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Deal with sth in a very determined or efficient way

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Tackle

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34
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The feeling that is produced in a situation when people are anxious

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Tension

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35
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Depend on

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Ride on

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36
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Able to state one’s needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice

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Assertive

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37
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Intended to cause changes rather than just recreating to change

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Proactive

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38
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Improve, increase

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Boost

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39
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A tiny amount or proportion of sth

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Fraction

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40
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The amount of work that has to be done

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Workload

41
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Give all one’s attention to sth

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Concentrate on sth

42
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Sth that turns sb’s attention to sth

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Distraction

43
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Having a harmful or damaging effect on sth

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Detrimental

44
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Confidence in one’s own abilities or judgement

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Self-belief

45
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Concentrate on sth

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Focus on sth

46
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Descriptions (in poems or songs) and the pictures they create in one’s mind

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Imagery

47
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Formation of a mental picture of sth

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Visualisation

48
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Take from one place to another

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Transfer

49
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Read or think of a list of items quickly

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Run through

50
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One of the ways in which a number of things can be ordered or arranged

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Permutation

51
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Making sb feel very tense or worried

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Nerve-racking

52
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Not to realise how large or great sth is

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Underestimate

53
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Form an incorrect idea or opinion

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Misjudge

54
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An obstacle that prevents sb from doing sth

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Barrier

55
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Self-confidence

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Self-assurance

56
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Successfully deal with a problem

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Overcome

57
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No longer to pay attention to sth

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Lose sight of sth

58
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Do sth or be better at sth than sb else

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Surpass

59
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In a way that produces the intended result

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Effectively

60
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A party you give for your friends when you’ve just moved to a new house

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House warming

61
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The time when a worker leaves his job and stops working completely

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Retirement

62
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A date which is remembered or celebrated because a special event happened on that date in a previous year

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Anniversary

63
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Happening soon

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Forthcoming

64
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Really meaning what one says

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Sincere

65
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Having warm feelings towards sb, wishing to thank sb

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Gratitude

66
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Management, a group of people who control a company or organisation

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Board

67
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Person who has the second position of importance in an organisation

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Vice-president

68
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A goal, an aim, sth that sb is trying to achieve

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Objective

69
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A decision to try very hard to do sth

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Resolution

70
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A nation’s official song which is played or sung on public occasions

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National anthem

71
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Make great effort to do or get sth

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Strive for sth

72
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Show or state admiration for sb in a formal way

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Salute

73
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Success in a struggle, war or competition

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Victory

74
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Important development or achievement

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Breakthrough

75
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Officially join an institution or a course and pay a fee

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Enrol

76
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Obtain sth or learn sth through daily life

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Acquire

77
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Able to make money

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Profitable

78
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Moral beliefs and rules about right and wrong

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Ethics

79
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Having a lot of power to affect what happens

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Influential

80
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Sb you have met and known slightly but not well

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Acquaintance

81
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Doing well financially

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Prosperity

82
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Sb’s status or rank in society

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Social background

83
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Relating to or involving money

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Financial

84
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Support or money received from sb

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Backing

85
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Education that is fully developed in all aspects

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Well-rounded education

86
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Eagerness to be more successful than others

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Competitive spirit

87
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Give part of work, responsibilities or power to sb else

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Delegate

88
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Reach an agreement after both parties have given up sth they originally wanted

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Compromise

89
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Ability to be strong and not easily affected

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Persistence

90
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Ability to attract, influence and inspire people by one’s personal qualities

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Charisma

91
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Being very harsh or cruel

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Ruthlessness

92
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Take hold of sth, take advantage of sth

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Seize

93
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Leave without finishing sth that was started

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Drop out of

94
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buddyzm

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Buddhism

95
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Wide

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Broad

96
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Messy, untidy, not neat

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Unkempt

97
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Arranged but intended to appear natural

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Choreographed

98
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Formally announce that one is leaving a post or position

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Resign

99
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Having special effects created on computer

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Computer-animated

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