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Unit 9 Flashcards

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To be grateful for opportunities or good fortune

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To thank one’s lucky stars (Balza)

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To try and achieve very challenging aims

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15 minutes of fame (Balza)

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To stay that course of events or outcome is certain to happen

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To be written in the stars(Balza)

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To suddenly become famous after a successful film or another remarkable achievement

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To shoot to fame (Balza)

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An unusual or interesting reason why something or someone may have become well known

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A claim to fame(Balza)

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to have a naively enthusiastic or over optimistic view

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to be starry-eyed (paula)

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transform

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turn into (paula)

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practise

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run through (paula)

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audition

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read for (paula)

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require

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calls for (paula)

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To try and achieve very challenging aims

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To reach for the stars (Silvia)

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To be greatful for opportunities or good fortune

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To thank one’s lucky stars (Silvia)

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13
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The short-lived period of time where a person in briefly famous and receives lots of media attention

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15 minutes of fame (Silvia)

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To suddenly become famous after a successful film or another remarkable achievement

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To shoot to fame (Silvia)

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Say that the course of events or outcome is certain to happen

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Be written in the stars (Silvia)

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a curved or angled piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, or suspending something

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hook (dima)

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17
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to suffer destruction or ruin

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perish (dima)

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18
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characterized by or exhibiting opulence

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opulent (dima)

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19
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used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.

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rethorical (dima)

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20
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without pity or compassion

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ruthless ( dima)

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21
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A phrase used to suggest that the acquusition of fame may not be worth all the suffering that goes with it

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What priece fame (jose)

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22
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Perform

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Act out (jose)

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23
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Start to do something

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Break into (jose)

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24
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Gradually disappear

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Fade out (jose)

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25
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no longer believing in the value of something, especially having learned of the problems with it:

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Disenchantment (iria)

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26
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to provide a view of, especially from above

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overlooked (iria)

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27
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to destroy or badly damage something

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wreck (iria)

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28
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giving all your attention to something

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intent on (iria)

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29
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to make someone become excited or angry

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fired up (iria)

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30
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Be seen by others in a certain way

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Put on (jose)

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31
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A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

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Antithesis (Francisco del Campo )

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32
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Extremely impressive or attractive

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Stunning (Francisco del Campo)

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33
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A mistake

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Flaw (Miguel)

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34
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The character who tells the story

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Narrator (Miguel)

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35
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A dangerous scene of a film

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Stunt (Miguel)

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36
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The film’s music

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Soundtrack (Miguel)

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37
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The place you buy tickets in

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Box office (Miguel)

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38
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Having or showing no pity or compassion for others.

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Ruthless (Francisco del Campo )

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39
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Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.

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Fastidious (Francisco del Campo )

40
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persuade someone to pay more money than they originally offered or wanted to.

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Talk up (Francisco del Campo )

41
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get rid of

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Shake off (Julian)

42
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an interjected scene back in time

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Flashback (Julian)

43
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Requiring considerable labour

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Labourious (Julian)

44
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clench your teeth with something unpleasant

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grit your teeth (Julian)

45
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indulge with attention

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Pamper (Julian

46
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Mistake

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Flaw (Elena)

47
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The music if a film

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Soundtrack (Elena)

48
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A place

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Location (Elena)

49
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The text for a film

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Screenplay (Elena)

50
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the way that someone or something is described or represented

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Portrayal (Elena)

51
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To indicate the main features of smth

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To outline (Javier Caña Álvaro)

52
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An important part or characteristic

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Feature (Javier Caña Álvaro)

53
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Te state of being a member of smth (sometimes money is required)

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Membership (Javier Caña Álvaro)

54
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A price given as a recognison of smth

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Award (Javier Caña Álvaro)

55
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That causes attonishment

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Stunning (Javier Caña Álvaro)

56
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indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness

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pamper (Nicolás Gálvez)

57
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the treatment of injuries or disorders of the body by incision or manipulation, especially with instruments.

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surgery (Nicolás Gálvez)

58
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asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information.

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Rhetorical (Nicolás Gálvez)

59
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ostentatiously costly and luxurious.

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opulent (Nicolás Gálvez)

60
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special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.

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jargon (Nicolás Gálvez)

61
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any of a number of compounds of silicon that are used in making artificial rubber, paint, polish, varnish, etc.

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silicone (Alonso)

62
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Stellar people or activities are of an extremely high standard.

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stellar (Alonso)

63
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a white liquid produced by many plants, especially rubber trees, or a rubber-like substance made from this or from plastic, used in making clothes, paint, glue, etc

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Latex (Alonso)

64
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to destroy something completely

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wreck (Alonso)

65
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If something baffles you, you cannot understand it at all.

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baffle

66
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a feeling of disappointment about someone or something you previously respected or admired

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disenchantment (kaixuan)

67
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a recording of the musical accompaniment of a film.

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Soundtrack (kaixuan)

68
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Very emotional or excited, positively or negatively

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fired up(kaixuan)

69
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the fact of being a member of a group.

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Membership (kaixuan)

70
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a particular place or position.

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Location (kaixuan)

71
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if a group of people act out an event, they show how it happened by pretending to be the people who were involved in it

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act out (Marcos)

72
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to disappear slowly or become quieter, or to make a picture or sound do this

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fade out (Marcos)

73
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to succeed in communicating an idea or piece of information to someone, or to be communicated successfully

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get across (Marcos)

74
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to put a piece of clothing on your body / to put a record, tape, or cd into a machine and start playing it

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put on (Marcos)

75
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to say some of the words that are said by a particular character in a play, as a test of your ability to act

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read for (Marcos)

76
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a person who respects and likes only people who are of a high social class, and a person who has extremely high standards who is not satisfied by the things that ordinary people like.

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Snobbery (María)

77
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skill and experience, especially in relation to making objects

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craft (María)

78
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a long, narrow space between rows of seats

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aisle (María)

79
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not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it

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reluctant (María)

80
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to fix something firmly into a substance

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Embed (María)

81
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ostentatiously costly and luxurious.

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Opulent (Amaya)

82
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fail to notice.

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Overlook (Amaya)

83
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indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness; spoil.

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Pamper (Amaya)

84
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die, especially in a violent or sudden way.

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Perish (Amaya)

85
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the destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck

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Wreck (Amaya)

86
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being responsible about a specific duty, or trust.

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To be held accountable (Jimena)

87
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to be criticized

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To come under fire (Jimena)

88
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to clench one’s teeth together tightly because of pain or frustration

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To grit your teeth (Jimena)

89
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to discuss favorably

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Talk up (Jimena)

90
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a quality belonging to an individual or thing

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Sense of property (Jimena)

91
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to test or put to experimental use

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try out (SARA)

92
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the act or practice

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censorship (SARA)

93
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to advise (someone) against doing something;
discourage
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dissuade (SARA)

94
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an art or trade requiring special skill, esp. of the hands

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craft (SARA)

95
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make someone responsible

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hold accountable (SARA)

English vocab Gateway C1 (9 decks)

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