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Unit 3 Flashcards

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1
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innocent as a child

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Naive (Elena)

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an adult who trust people too much

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Gullible (Elena)

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able to be trusted

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Reliable (Elena)

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showing agreement and giving encouragement

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Supportive ( Elena)

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believing that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere

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Cynical (Elena)

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6
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someone who is willing to accept someone else’s beliefs or way of life

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tolerant (paula)

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someone who have doubts about something that other people think is true or right

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sceptical (paula)

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someone you can trust to do what you expected

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trustworthy (paula)

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9
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aim to do

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set out (paula)

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10
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keep doing

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stick at (paula)

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11
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Not pay for doing something bad

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Get away with (Silvia)

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12
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Take revenge or repay a loan

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Pay back (Silvia)

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13
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See in public doing something

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Going around (Silvia)

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14
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Do something planned

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Carry out (Silvia)

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15
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Ask for

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Called for (Silvia)

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16
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Tolerate or accept

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Put up with (Balza)

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17
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Invent

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Make up (Balza)

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18
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To “say goodbye”

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See off(Balza)

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19
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Check something

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Go over(Balza)

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20
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To invent an explanation for something

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Make up (Jimena)

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21
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To depend or rely on

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Count on(Balza)

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22
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To accept something you do not like in a patient way

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Put up with (Jimena)

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23
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Something you do not believe it is correct because it does not match other information you know

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Add up (Jimena)

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24
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To go somewhere like an airport to say goodbye to them

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See off (Jimena)

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25
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To escape with something, especially something stolen

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Make off with (Jimena)

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26
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Happen, take place

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Come about (Jose)

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toavoid(duty, a task, etc.) bysneaking

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Get away from (Jose)

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28
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to be lessactiveandrelaxmore

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Slow down (Jose)

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29
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a dishonest scheme, a fraud

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Scam (Jose)

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30
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make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features

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Embellish (Jose)

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31
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to escape with something, especially something stolen.

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Get away with (Amaya)

32
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Stop doing smth (maybe do it again in the future)

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Give up (Javier Caña)

33
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The first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise

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Dawn (Amaya)

34
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Stop doing smth (with intencion of never do it again)

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Give in (Javier Caña)

35
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to depend on someone to do what you want or expect them to do for you.

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Count on (Amaya)

36
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To tolerate smth (for example someone’s attitude)

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Put up with (Javier Caña)

37
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strong hostility

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Animosity (Amaya)

38
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a tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle

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Axe (Amaya)

39
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The first time in the day when the sun appears

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Dawn(Javier Caña)

40
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Not habitated

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Uninhabitated (Javier Caña)

41
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To make more effective

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Reinforced (Miguel)

42
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To make more beautiful by decorating

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Embellish (Miguel)

43
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spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.

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Pervasive (Miguel)

44
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A false argument

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Fallacy (Miguel)

45
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Money

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Currency (Miguel)

46
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Something not normal, ie: an issue or problem.

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Anomaly (Julian)

47
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Appear or come out

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Emerge (Julian)

48
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when a volcano becomes active or something suddenly occurs.

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Erupt (Julian)

49
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Rot or decompose

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Decay (Julian)

50
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Political Advertising

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Propaganda (Julian)

51
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Causing dismay or horror

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appalling (Sara)

52
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A dead body, usually of a human being

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corpse (Sara)

53
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having a pleasantly soft, rounded body or shape

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plump (Sara)

54
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A travel or passage or a journey, esp. a long journey by water to a distant place

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voyage (Sara)

55
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To support or bear up from below;

bear the weight of

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sustain (Sara)

56
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Contiunuing for a long time

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Sustained (María)

57
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A piece of clothing

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Garment (María)

58
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To improve the quality of something by adding something else

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Enrich (María)

59
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Something very bad

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Appalling (María)

60
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Present or noticeable in every part of a thing or place

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Pervasive (María)

61
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take care of

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look after (Antonio)

62
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continuing for a extended period or without interruption

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sustained (Antonio)

63
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a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle

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barrel (Antonio)

64
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make something more attractive by the addition of decorative details

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embellised (antonio)

65
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refers to deviation from fact or form for artistic purposes

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artistic licence (antonio)

66
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When a bad smell starts to disapear

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Go off (Francisco )

67
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Turn on a machine

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Go off(Francisco)

68
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When you are ill and your body wants to have free the stomach

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Throw up (Francisco)

69
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Strange things

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Anomalies (Francisco)

70
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Getting bigger and bigger

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Increase (Francisco)

71
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something that has been or may be inherited by legal descent or succession.

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heritage(kaixuan)

72
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a woman advocate of female suffrage.

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suffragette(kaixuan)

73
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subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.

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sensationalist(kaixuan)

74
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past; gone by; earlier; former:

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bygone(kaixuan)

75
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Cause something or someone to be questioned.

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cast doubt on(kaixuan)

English vocab Gateway C1 (9 decks)

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