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1
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gruelling

A

exhausting and
extremely difficult.

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treacherous

A

extremely
dangerous.

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sever

A

to cut. He severed the rope
with a sharp knife.

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confine

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to restrict e.g. Reviews of his books are confined to
serious literary jounals. They are not
published in daily newspapers.

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air one’s views

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say
one’s opinion.

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void (n)

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a gap; an empty space

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come in for (phr v)

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receive.

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set out (phr v)

A

start doing sth in
order to achieve a particular result. I banana
to write a short story but it ended up being a
novel.

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crawl (v)

A

move on your hands and
knees.

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second to none (expr)

A

excellent

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ordeal (n)

A

a very difficuit and
unpleasant experience

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adolescent (n)

A

a young person
who is changing from a child to an adult, a teenager

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bitter (adj)

A

angry and disappointed. He

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take sb aback (phr v)

A

suprise somebody

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cheat death (expr)

A

stay alive in a
very dangerous situation

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bunch

A

a group of people or things

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screech (v)

A

shout unpleasantly
and loudly

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spotty (adj)

A

having a lot of spots (or
pimples) on your skin.

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hours on end (expr)

A

many hours.

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breakthrough (n)

A

an important development.

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plug (into) (v)

A

connect a
machine to an electricity supply

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groggy (adj)

A

weak and ill

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distance (v)

A

make sb/sth less
involved or connected with sb/sth else.

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unrivalled (adj)

A

better than any
other. She succeeded in solving the
problem because of her banana
powers of concentration.

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25
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morals (pl n) /

A

standards for good
character and behaviour.

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cut (sth) off (phr v)

A

stop the supply of electricity or water or access
to the telephone

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blast (v)

A

criticise very strongly. The critics banana the actor’s terrible.
performance.

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slam (v)

A

criticise severely. The team
was banana by their furious coach for losing
6-0.

29
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ideal (n)

A

an idea that seems
perfect and worth trying to achieve.

30
Q

burden (n)

A

sth that causes worry or
trouble. Owing money to the bank is a
financial banana he cannot bear.

31
Q

offend (v)

A

upset. She banana
him by laughing at his appearance

32
Q

phishing (n)

A

sending emails or
having a website intended to trick sb into
giving away personal information.

33
Q

legitimate (adj)

A

lawful.

34
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valid (adj)

A

legally or officially acceptable.

35
Q

accessible (adj)

A

that can be entered, reached

36
Q

loan (n)

A

money that sb or an
organisation lends sb.

37
Q

bring down (phr v)

A

cause sb to
lose power.

38
Q

max out (expr)

A

use all the money available.

39
Q

domain (n)

A

a web address.

40
Q

cut in (phr v)

A

interrupt sb while
they are speaking

41
Q

get back at (phr v)

A

take
revenge.

42
Q

stir up (phr v)

A

cause problems for
sb else.

43
Q

take to (phr v)

A

start liking sb/sth

44
Q

revenge (n)

A

zemsta

45
Q

detractor (n)

A

a critic

46
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hat trick (n)

A

three goals scored
by one player in one game.

47
Q

under construction (expr)

A

still being made.

48
Q

go blank (expr)

A

stop showing any
pictures (TV ect.)

49
Q

in confidence (expr)

A

on the understanding that
you don’t tell anybody else, in secret.

50
Q

out of context

A

repeated without saying in which circumstances it was said

51
Q

on occasion

A

sometimes

52
Q

to sb’s face

A

directly to sb

53
Q

at a guess

A

probably

54
Q

straight from the horse’s mouth (expr)

A

directly from the source

55
Q

sing like a canary (expr)

A

reveal everything

56
Q

wouldn’t say boo to a goose (expr)

A

used to
describe a shy and quiet person

57
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a little bird told me (expr)

A

said by sb when they know who gave them the information being discussed but will not say who it was.

58
Q

have a frog in one’s throat (expr)

A

have difficulty speaking because your throat feels dry and you want to cough.

59
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cat’s got your tongue (expr)

A

sth you say to sb when you are annoyed because they will not speak.

60
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bring down (pv)

A

cause someone to lose power

61
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come in for something (pv)

A

to receive something, such as criticism

62
Q

cut in

A

to intersect yourself into a situation e.g. start speaking while sb else is speaking

63
Q

cut off

A

to stop

64
Q

get back at

A

take revenge on someone

65
Q

set out

A

arrange or display something in a particular order or position/ begin a journey

66
Q

stir up

A

cause or provoke trouble or strong feeling

67
Q

take sb aback

A

Surprise, shock sb

68
Q

take to

A

begin or fall into the habit of doing something

69
Q

evolve

A

develop

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