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Unit 51 - Words Flashcards

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Make 5 sentences with word below

Depressed

adjective (SAD)

/dɪˈprest/

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  • I become depressed when my laptop broken
  • You can’t sit around feeling depressed all day
  • I felt depressed
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Make 5 sentences with word below

Awkward

adjective (EMBARRASSING)

/ˈɑː.kwɚd/ | making you feel embarrassed so that you are not sure what to do or say

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I wanted to say something but I felt awkward
I felt kind of awkward and uncomfortable because I didn’t know anyone.
You must have felt awkward in front of all those people at the sales meeting
I hoped he would stop asking awkward questions

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Make 5 sentences with word below

Embarrassed

adjective - feeling ashamed or shy

/ɪmˈber.əst/

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He looked embarrassed to be back here

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Hugging

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I felt like hugging him but I didn’t say anything
Poor Bobbi. I really feel like hugging her right now

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Fantastic

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The actors are fantastic

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Delighted

very pleased and happy

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Why does Peter look so delighted?
Her screams of delighted laughted filled the air.

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immigrant

someone who enters another country to live there permanently

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I’m an immigrant
an illegal immigrant

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senior citizens

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She lives in a nice building with a lot of senior citizens

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feature

verb [T] (SHOW)

to show or advertise someone or something as the most important or most obvious part:

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The Rich Get Richer is a reality show that features rich and famous people

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assembe / disassemble

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appliances

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effective / ineffective

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Thanks for your presentation at the meeting. It was really effective.

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responsible / irresponsible

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I don’t want to be irresponsible.
The boss fired her because she was so irresponsible.

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complete / incomplete

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regular / irregular

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replaceable / irreplaceable

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connect / disconnect

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honest / dishonest

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resonable / unresonable

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usual / unsual

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apart

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You mean you want to take something apart?

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patio

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We have lots of patio umbrellas

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reliable / unreliable

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dish washer

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acquaintance

someone you know, but who is not a close friend

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I stay there for a month every summer, I’ve made some nice acquaintances.

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settle down

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I’m pretty sure He wants to settle down here.

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got to know

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I met Kevin several years ago, but I really got to know him in class last year.

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got engaged

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She and I got engaged last year.

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stay in

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Let’s stay in. It will be fun to cook together.

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crowded

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But it’s going to be really crowded

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occupie

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It was occupied before

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pick up

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Do you want me to pick you up?

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elder

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Do you always talk to your elders like that?

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adopt

to take someone else’s child into your home and legally ecome its parent

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Did anyone adopt you?
Sally was adopted when she was four

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foster parents

the people who foster a child

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Do you have any foster parents?
It is sometimes difficult to find suitable foster parents

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orphanage

a large house where children who are orphans live and are taken care of

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Nope. I live in the orphanage down the street.
That large building down the street is an orphanage.
He was raised in an orphanage

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orphan

a child whose parents are both dead

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The children who live there are orphans

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interest / disinterest

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like / dislike

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active / inactive

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It’s strange, but if you are more inactive, you will have less energy.

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sane / insane

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exact / inexact

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believable / unbelievable

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important / unimportant

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important / unimportant

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reliable / unreliable

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grateful

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Being grateful for what you have

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air

to express your opinions publicly

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off-air

In radio or television, when a programme goes off-air or when something happens off-air, it is not broadcast.

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The argument continued off air.

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air rifle

a gun that uses air pressure to fire a small bullet

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air raid

an attack in which ombs are dropped on a place by planes

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air

the mixture of gases around the Earth, that we breathe

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Let’s go outside and get some fresh air.

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hot air

things that someone says that are intended to sound impressive but do not really mean anything or are not true

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The theory was dismissed as a lot of hot air.

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air conditioning

a system that makes the air in a room or building cooler and drier

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air freshener

a substance or object used to make a room smell pleasant

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anniversary

a date on which something special or important happend in a previous year

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Jack and Kim celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary in January

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community

the people who live in the same area town

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The new arts centre will serve the whole community

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front

at, on, or in the front of something

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Two of his front teeth had been knocked out.

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front page

something that is printed on the first page of a newspaper because it is very important or exciting

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depressed area

an area in a large city or a part of a country where houses and other buildings are in a bad condition, the level of unemployment is high, and a lot of people are poor

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Local councils are obliged to allocate 15% of council housing to people from depressed areas.

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gardener

someone whose job is to work in gardens

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air rifle

a gun that uses air pressure to fire a small bullet

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air hostess

a woman who serves food and drink to passengers on a plane

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air force

the part of a country’s military organization that uses planes to fight

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air kiss

a way of greeting someone with a kiss that is near the side of their face, but that does not touch them

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air pumb

a piece of equipment used to put air into something

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air terminal

a large building at an airport where passengers wait to get on planes

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air srtike

an attack in which military aircraft drop bombs

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community centre

a place where people from the same area can go for social events, classes, etc

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community investment

Investment for the general public rather than for financial gain, in things such as schools and roads.

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community chest

money that is collected by the people and businesses in an area to help poor people

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depressed area

an area in a large city or a part of a country where houses and other buildings are in a bad condition, the level of unemployment is high, and a lot of people are poor.

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Local councils are obliged to allocate 15% of council housing to people from depressed areas

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embarrass

to make someone feel ashamed, nervous, or uncomfortable, especially in front of other people

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He didn’t want to embarrass her by asking questions.

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front door

the main entrance door to a house, at the front

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front end

if a company is at the front end of a business or activity, they have a lot of success, especially because they are producing a lot of new products.

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He is experienced at dealing companies at the frontt end of the retail financial services sector.

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front man

a person who speaks for an organization, for example an illegal one, but is not the lear of it

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full time

the end of the normal period of playing time in a sports game

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as the ball went in, the referee blew his whistle for full time.

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full time

the end of the normal period of playing time in a sports game

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as the ball went in, the referee blew his whistle for full time.

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full-services

full-service companies, hotels, etc offer a complete range of activities or services

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companies need to hire managers who have the skills to direct a full-service drug company not just a research laboratory.

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full-timer

someone who works full-time

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it’s a small company with only four full-timers in a staff of 20

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homelessness

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housing

the houses or conditions that people live in

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health problems caused by bad housing

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miss

to not go somewhere or do something, especially when you want to but cannot

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I’m asolutely starving - I missed lunch

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murder

the crime of deliberately killing someone

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on the night the murder was committed, he was out of the country.
he was convicted of murdering a policeman

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raise

an increase in the money you earn

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raise

to move or lift something to a higher position, place, or level

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can you raise the lamp so I can see?

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senior

having a higher postion, level, or rank

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the senior Democrat on the house commitee

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senior

a student in their last year of hight school or university

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Jen will be a senior this year

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shout

to say something very loudly

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There’s no need to shout! I can hear you!

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volunteer

someone who soes a jo willingly without being paid

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Most of the relief work was done by volunteers

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volunteer

to offer to do something without expecting any reward often something that other people do not want to do.

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I volunteered my services as a driver.

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come-on

something that someone does deliberately to make someone else sexually interested in them

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Rick’s the kind of guy who thinks every smile is a come-on

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by-

less important

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a by-product (=something made in addition to the main product)

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delightful

very pleasant

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a delightful little girl

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disadvantage

to make someone less likely to be successful or to put them in a worse situation than others

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disadvantage

something that causes problems, or that makes someone or something less likely to be successful or effective

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Criminal behaviour can e linked to economic disadvantage

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fiancée

the woman who a man is going to marry

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forgive

to stop being angry with someone and stop blaming them, although they have done something wrong.

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He didn’t look at the sort of man to forgive and forget (=forgive someone and no longer think about it)

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fortunate

someone who is fortunate has something good happen to them, or is in a good situation

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genuine

a genuine feeling, desire etc is one that you really feel, not one you pretend to feel

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Did he really? Her suprise seemed genuine

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engaged

if two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry

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Have you heard? Sally and Ray are getting engaged.

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grown

an adult man or woman, used especially when you think someone is not behaving as an adult should

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Who ever heard of a grown man being scared of the dark?

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grown-up

fully developed as an adult

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before you know it, the children will be grown-up and leaving home.

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pass away

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plug in

able to be connected to the electricity supply, or to another piece of electrical equipment

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a plug-in microphone

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pluming

the pipes that water flows though in a building

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we keep having problems with the plumbing

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sudden

happening, coming, or done quickly or when you do not expect it

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a sudden change in the weather

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disinterest

a lack of interest

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distract

to take someone’s attention away from something by making them look at or listen to something else

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Try not to distract the other students

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doubt

a feeling or being not sure whether something is true or right

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There was still one little nagging doubt at the back of his mind

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self-doubt

the feeling that you and your abilities are not good enough

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a moment of self-doubt

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elder

the elder of two people, especially brothers and sisters, is the one who was born first

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Sarah is the elder of the two

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Elder

to be older than someone else

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Elderly

used as a polite way of saying that someone is old or becoming old

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a well-dressed elderly woman

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excuse

a reason that you give to explain careless or offensive behaviour

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I’m tired of listening to his excuses

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foster

to help a skill feeling, idea, develop over a period of time

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the bishop helped foster the sense of a community embracing all classes.

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gaming

the activity of playing computer games

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online gaming

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hang

to learn how to do something or use something

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It seems difficult at first, but you’ll soon get the hang of it.

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hang-up

a feeling of worry or embarrassment about something that you have although there is no real reason to feel this way

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She had cured him of all his hang-ups

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hang out

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Let’s hang out tonight

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nauseous

feeling that you are going to vomit

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I felt slightly nauseous

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occupied

busy doing something

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she’s fully occupied with work

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occupy

to live or stay in a place

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He occupies the house without paying any rent.

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otherwise

used when saying what bad thing will happen if something is not done

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you’ll have to go now, otherwise you’ll miss your bus

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reappear

to appear again after not being seen for some time

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In March, his cancer reappeared

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reorganize

to arrange or organize something in a new way

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Our office is being completely reorganized

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separated

not living with you husband, wife, or sexual partner anymore

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We’ve been separated for six months.

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unimportant

not important

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unimportant details

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