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1
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Show off

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Try to impress people by telling or showing them what you are capable of

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2
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Stand for

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To represent

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3
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Take on

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Attempt something new or employe

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4
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Take over

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Take control of

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5
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Take to

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Start to like, especially after a short time

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6
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Take up

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Start doing (a hobby)

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7
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Turn down

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Reject or refuse

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8
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Turn into

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To transform

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9
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Turn off

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To disconnect

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10
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Turn on

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To connect

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11
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Look after

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Take care of

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12
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Look down on

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Feel superior to

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13
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Look into

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Investigate

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14
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Look up

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Find information about

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15
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Look up to

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Admire and respect

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16
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Move on

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Change to a different job, activity our place

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17
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Pay back

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Return money

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18
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Pay for

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Purchase

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19
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Pay off

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Finish paying for something, I have a positive results from hard work

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20
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Put off

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Post pone

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21
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Rip off

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Charge someone too much for something

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22
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Get on with (something)

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Start or continue doing something

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23
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Get rid of

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Eliminate

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24
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Give away secret

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Reveal

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25
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Give back

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Return

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26
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Give up

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To stop trying to do something

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27
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Go along with

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Support an idea or agree with someone’s opinion

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28
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Go on

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To continue

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29
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Hang around

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To eat, or spend time somewhere, doing nothing

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30
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Hurry up

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Do something more quickly

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31
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Keep on

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To continue

32
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Break down

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Stop working

33
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Call for

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Demand/ request

34
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Call off

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Cancel an event

35
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Catch on

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To become popular (idea, style) / to understand

36
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Cut off

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Separate, isolate, interrupt

37
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Cut out

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Stop doing / eating something

38
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Drop out

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Stop taking part in (competition, university…)

39
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Find out

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Discover

40
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Follow up

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Find out more about something, take further action

41
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To prioritize

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Prioriser

42
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Occur

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Se produire (un événement)

43
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Acquire

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Acquérir

44
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Remain

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Rester

45
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Aim to

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Vise à

46
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To attend

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Assister

47
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Rise up

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Se soulever / se révolter

48
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Look forward

A

Avoir hâte

49
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Acknowledge

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Reconnaître

50
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Unleash

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Libérer

51
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Act as

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Fais office

52
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Aid

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Aider

53
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Inherit

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Hériter

54
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Get along

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To have a friendly relationship

55
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Get by

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Tu manage or survive with what’s available

56
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Get off

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To leave a vehicle or transportation

57
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Get up

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To rise from a lying or seated position

58
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To behave

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Se comporter

59
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To get

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Obtenir / devenir / comprendre / surmonter un obstacle / persuader /rentrer

60
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La permission

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Might
May
Could
Can

61
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La probabilité

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Can / should / ought to
Must
Could
Might

62
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L’obligation

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Must / have to
Ought to

63
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To draft

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Rédiger

64
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To brim

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Déborder

65
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To stress that

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Souligner que

66
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To sought

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Chercher à

67
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To undertake

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Entreprendre

68
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Spread over

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Repartie sur

69
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To despair

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Désespérer

70
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To provide

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Fournir

71
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Will bear

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Porteront

72
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To arise

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Surgir

73
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To even out

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Égaliser

74
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To safeguards

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Sauvegarder / protéger

75
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To squabble

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Se chamailler