Unit 2: Personal History Flashcards

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Enjoy talking about memories

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Reminisce

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Check your information is correct

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Verify your facts

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The most difficult problem to overcome

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The biggest hurdle

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A small proportion of correct information

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A grain of truth

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Shocking personal secrets from the past

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Skeletons in the cupboard

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Set a limit for something

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Draw a line

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Separate line of your ancestry

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Branch of your roots

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Investigate to find unpleasant or damaging information

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Digging up dirt

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Make evidence more difficult or impossible to find

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Tried hard to cover

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Confuse an issue under discussion

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Tried to muddy the water over

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Not share information with people who are interested

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Keep in the dark

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Make information public which was unknown for many years

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Exposed long-buried secrets

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Ignore or avoid discussion of an issue

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Sweep under the carpet

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