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1
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Shift

A

Turno

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Enfrentar __ ( preposição )

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Grabble with

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One good turn deserves another

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禮尚往來

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Talk is cheap

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Eh fácil falar mas fazer difícil

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Sem dúvidas mais

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No further questions

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暴富

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Make a killing

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Play devil’s advocate

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唱反調

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Choked off

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Sufocado

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All or nothing

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8 ou 80; como se fosse nd

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On ____
In _____
At____

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February 3th
September
2 o’clock

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Considerando tudo

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All in all this years was a great year for the team

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Just the thoughts of …. ignites the longing deep inside us

Build a sentence

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Just the thought of my grandma’s food ignites my longing deep inside me

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激發、激勵

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Ignites

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How to cheer up a person when she is struggling

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Come on , you got this!

Almost there

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15
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Replace maybe to :
(99%)
50%)
( can’t really go, because of something)

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  • probably
  • perhaps
  • I might but I will have to see
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Guilt trip ___ (noun; verb )

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No preposition
an experience of feeling guilty about something

It is not recommendable to lay a guilt-trip on children’s for not going to college .

make (someouone) feel guilty, especially in order to induce them to do something.

“a pay increase will not guilt-trip them into improvements

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The deceased

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A person who has died

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The sanctity

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A thing that deserves respect ; the sanctity of human life/ of marriage

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Duty

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Responsibility - part of your job/ the right thing to do

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Render aid ( 3 meaning )

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  • to provide ( charity, a service)
  • to show obedience as due
  • to give or exchange as by way of return
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A person who sees an event / crime happening

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Witness

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what advice you give

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Give a piece of advice

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Asking the person with what arguments that he is being contrast with a fact for ex

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As opposite of what ?

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Sorry, I wasn’t listening

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Sorry, I just zoned out

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25
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5 weeks ____ , we will meet

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Later

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直覺而已

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Just a hunch

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隨機應變

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Play it by ear

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magnetized

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to make an object magnetic:

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plaintains

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an especie of banana

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Stalk ( 3 meaning)

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  • the main Stem of a plant
  • walking proudly or in an angry way
  • follow some animal or human secretly
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the products hanging IN STALKS means

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the prodcuts are positioned in the structure with a plant material

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a women with a big sympathic, a big ❤

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ample bosoom ( chest)

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fio de seda, for ties things together

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string

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34
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the performance of tricks which are seemingly MAGICAL

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conjuring

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Replace troublesome with

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It’s too much OF A HASSLE

it’s a hassle

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36
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🛃- immigration post when you enter a country, in airports

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Customs

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Too much, you are exaggerating

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Saying that is all her fault, IS a STRETCH

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38
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A place or building that makes people life easier, more confortable

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Amenity

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39
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Mudane and its synonym

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Nothing interesting, especial

Ordinary

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40
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The desire to be at the top is difficult to ___ ( to accomplish)

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fullfill

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41
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Its REMARKABLE correct means

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Didnt believe that is correct, was surprised

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42
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Odds hour

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Unsual hour

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43
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to say that I dont have the authority to agree/disagree or permit/not permit

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It is not my call

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44
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Replace don’t do that to

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Knock it off
Cut it off

Come on

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45
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You are no more young (joke)

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You are No spring chicken

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46
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Don’t give up, don’t be sad

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Keep your chin up

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47
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Has nothing more to say?

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Cat got your tongue?!

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48
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4 words to replace Because of

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  • Due to ( because of)
  • On Account of
  • As result of ( cause, consequence- at beginning )
  • In turn ( cause, “then , consequences)
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49
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Is going to happen only1 time for billions of years after

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Once in a blue moon

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50
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組裝

A

Assemble

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51
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When you get on your 👕 wrong

-

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My 👕 is inside out

My 👕 is backwards

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52
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AA制

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We will pay what we ordered

We will split the bill

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53
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When something is not touched by anyone is not ( adj )

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Intact

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54
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But has 2 meaning

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Contrast

Only

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55
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Brawling

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fight in a noisy way

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56
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a person that is evil or morally wrong.

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You are wicked

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luring ( an example and synonym )

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to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting:
She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary.
He had lured his victim to a deserted house.
Supermarket chains try to lure customers with price discounts.
Tempt

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crooked ( 2 meanings)

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injured

drunk

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Wanton ( and it figurative humorous meaning)

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Adjective of something bad , cruelty and does not care at all.
(of a woman) behaving or appearing in a very sexual way

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sneer ( example)

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talk about or look at someone or something in an unkind way that shows you do not respect;

You may sneer, but a lot of people likes this song

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Coarse ( adjective)

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rude, offensive

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adjective that refers to a clever person at planning something so that they get what they want, especially by tricking other people,

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cunning

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63
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To continually or consistently increase the amount of work one or someone else has to do.

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pilling job on job

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shovel

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a metal tool to move sands, charcoal

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65
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states of no money, misery

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poverty

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66
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a verb - to destroy something completely so that nothing is left:

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annihilate

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peculiar

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unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way:

They behaved in a very peculiar way.

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The most raw, natural form of a element

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crudest

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Scarcely ( pronounce it )

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Almost not at all; Barely, rarely ( formal ) ;

Scarr ss ly

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Before ( it can be ___ , also a ___ )

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Prior to 19th century ; adjective , adverb

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skeptical; example

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not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.

Dan thinks it will all work out but I remain skeptical.

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Thrive (2 meaning)

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  • to grow , to develop
    She seems to thrive on stress
  • flourish, prosper
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Strain (5 meaning)

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  • a pressure
  • an injury
  • stress : she is been UNDER a lot of STRAIN lately
  • a particular quality : The scientists have discovered a new strain of the virus
  • sound of a 🎵
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74
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When someone learn from his failure, it can say

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She thrives on hard work

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75
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Shift perspectives

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To try different , creative things to change ( positively)your though about some topic

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Detachment

Noun

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Be distanced , far or something / group

Disinterested from a group

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When we only know a little or nothing is a ____ _____

When we don’t know how to put smt in Practice is a ___ ____

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Knowledge gap

Research gap

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Insight

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The ability to have a deep understanding is

Her books offers sobre fresh insights into the events of the war

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To make someone less confident ( verb)

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Daunt

She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem

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To include different types of things ( verb )

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Encompass

The plan encompasses replacing the street and planting 40 news trees

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81
Q

To own a smt or a particular quality ( spell it ) and 👄

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Possess 👄Po zéss

I don’t possess a single DVD ( I don’t have even one DVD )

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To get a large amount of smt ( 💵/ info) by collecting over it a long period

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Amass

He has amassed a huge fortune From his app

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83
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Very replace by

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Extremely 
Highly 
Surprisingly 
Incredible 
Terribly cold / sorry
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Let’s do it for the next time

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Some other time

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85
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To not say directly what you want to say and says different things to get the point

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To beat around the bush

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86
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莫名奇妙

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No rhythm or reason

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87
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The work is too much (x)

The correct is

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  • my workload is too much

-

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Q

unsuitable or inappropriate.

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ill-suited- adjective

This soil is ill-suited TO wheat crops

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Form the basis for; Support; give strengh

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Underpinned ;

These new products might underpin the company ‘s recovery

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Gradually the laws that underpinned apartheid were abolished.

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formed part of the basis structure

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Endure ( 2 meanings)

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  • to suffer a unpleasant situation: we had to endure 10 hours of flight
  • to continues for a long time
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Prominence

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Pró mi nens

state to be easily seen or well-known

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93
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Publicly suport an idea

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advocate women’s equality

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Build 2 sentences with prominence

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Most of the papers give prominence to (= put in a noticeable position) the same story this morning.
It’s the first time that a lawyer of such prominence (= fame and

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Shipwreck

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Destroy a ship

96
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Towering

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outstanding ; towering figure in the art world

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Must be done; Obligatory, BUT ALSO IT CAN MEAN

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Mandatory ;

Necessary to be done, but not completely 100% should

98
Q

leftover synonym

A

Remnants

99
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Domain

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An area over which a person has control or is good at it

100
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In turn ( 2 )

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bECAUSE OF THAT; Stress causes your body to release some hormones, WHICH IN TURN, boost blood pressure

do something sequence; Ask EACH passenger IN TURN to disclose one fact about themselves;
She greets EACH OF THE guests in turn

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Rather

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Small amount, quite; Is rather cold today, isn’t it

Large degree, very; Actually, I did rather well on the tests.

Compare

102
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leak out

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to let a gas or liquid scape ;

The car leaked oil all over the drive.

103
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👄mathematician

A

Má thu má ti cians ( English pronunciation)

104
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Doubt 👄

A

Dáut

105
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juros compostos

A

compound interest

106
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buzzed up
buzzed off
buzzed around

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up- be excited; be drunk

off- to go away ( + rude )

around- gossip

107
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News that has spread out to everywhere

A

words gets around; How did you know I won the prize. You know, Words gets around!

108
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Sorrow ( noun)

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The pain, sadness to lose smt; THE SORROW she felt OVER or AT his death haven’t got away yet

109
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Bid

A
  • offer a more attractive price, to others to buy it ; He has bids 5000 $ for the portrait
  • to compete; Paris is bidding for the host of the next Olympics
  • to ask or tell: I bode him to leave;
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I gave the job for those who GAVE r the lowest bids ( meaning)

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who offered to do the work for the lowest amount of money

111
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To aware to be more careful

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Beware; I bewared you to not fail for his bid

112
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unflinching

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not frigtened by the dangerous situation

113
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Affair ( examples)

A

A situation or a subject that is being dealt; My parents is always meddling my affairs

  • A secret sexual relationship
114
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Meddling

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influence

115
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Chamber

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a judge private office

116
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Whimper

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weak, pain sounds of animals

117
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stilled

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past participle of “still”

is settled

118
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grieve

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to fell or express sadness or angry; It grieves me to see all this food going to waste

119
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tackle

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to try to deal ;

120
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to CAUSE someone to have a PARTICULAR feeling

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his success has arouse a lot of admirations of his hometown

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sheriff

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an important law officer of the country

122
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Inconspicuous

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Ins Cóns pí cu us ;

Not easily or quickly noticed, attracted attention;

123
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bout

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Báut ;

A SHORT PERIOD of illness or involvement of some activity

124
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Tid

A

Chemistry element

A closed metal contained of food

125
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He bade us farewell

A

He greet us goodbye

126
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Irate adjective

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Feeling by anger , irritation

127
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Demeanor

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Outward behaviour / attitude / manner of a person

👄 D me nor

128
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Dilemma

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Problem

129
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Disadvantage , cons synonym

A

Drawbacks

130
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Exceed and synonym

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To be greater, more significant; Outweigh

131
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Praise; Public approval

“She was widely ___ for her contribution her discovery “

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Acclaim; acclaimed

132
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Dilemma

A

difficult situation. Problem ; Which you need to choose between 2 options
The president is IN A DILEMMA about or over how to tackle the crisis

133
Q

When a person is full of food :

When is full spiritually:

A

satiated

Fulfilled

134
Q

To unfrozen

A

Thaw ; Wait for the meat to thaw before cooking it

THáw

135
Q

dia após dia

um dia n um dia sim

A

day in day out

every other day

136
Q

to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty,

A

get by ;
How could you get by with just a tiny bit of money
We can get by with these 4 computers, but a couple of months later, we will need more staffs

137
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Prompt ( 2 meanings)

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  • To done quickly; Try to be prompt because we’ll be very short of time. We’ll be leaving at 6 o’clock prompt.
  • to make it happen
138
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Slouching

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Lazy, dropping position

Frequent slouching can make people depressed

Try not to slouch

139
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Slump

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To fall suddenly

There is been a slump in the demand of news cars

140
Q

Ingrained

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Firmly fixed and established , so it’s difficult to remove .

The belief that you should enter an university is ingrained in our society

The ingrained dirt on the table

141
Q

To copy smt achieved/ behaviours by others

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Emulate

142
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On cue

Take your cue from

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On cue : when happen as expected; I was just wondering where Sarah was, when, RIGHT ON CUE , she came in.

Take your cue from : to know what you should do by following others actions ;
If you don’t know how to use it , just take your cue from John.
We should TAKE OUR CUE From their example

143
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Stunt (3 meaning

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  • to prevent the development when its reaches its limit ; Drought has stunted this year’s crop .
  • an dangerous and exciting action made by a skilled person ;
  • an action to attract a person attention
144
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know no bounds

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No limit , extreme

The passion of those dancers KNOW NO BOUNDS

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Casual, not very importante talk ; Chatty

A

Natter

We had a long natter over the coffee

146
Q

To Entertain

A

Amuse

We amuse OURSELVES by watching Friends

147
Q

lacking info, knowledge; lacking in sympathy , awareness ( expression)

A

Out of touch

148
Q

Pull up

A

to make a vehicle stop ;

Or to stop an action

149
Q

To reach the same level with the competitor ( expression)

A

draw even WITH

150
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melting pot

A

Metaphor: when a heterogeneous society is mixed, becoming more homogenuous

151
Q

Uncharted territory ( figurative )

A

Unfamiliar situation

a place not explored yet

152
Q

In a thinly dispersed

A

Sparsely

👄Sss pár ss ly

153
Q

To put in practice ( verb )

A

enforce

154
Q

Starting point, profit

A

bottom line

155
Q

rat out

A

reveal a bad side of a person

156
Q

size up

A

measure someone’s ability, behavior; The company will size up the candidates.

157
Q

to make smt weaker, easier (phrasal verb)

A

water down ;

Put more water ti water down the wiski

158
Q

offer your suggestion ( phrasal)

A

weigh in

159
Q

beat to

A

get the first to act, reach

160
Q

bushy

A
  • very thick, full fur or hair

- cerrado

161
Q

Vary synonym

A

fluctuate

162
Q

Boundaries

A

a line that marks a limit of an area, a dividing line

163
Q

hardship

A

(noun) a condition of the life that causes difficulty

164
Q

Insulation

A

a thing that covers from heat, electricity sound

165
Q

Act out

A

( phrasal verb) To behave badly, because you are unhappy. Usually is acted when you’re not aware

166
Q

Perceive ( 4)

A

VERB

  • to have a belief in something
  • to see or notice something that is obvious: I perceived a note of unhappiness in her voice
  • To think of : The way the people perceive …
  • to notice smt with your senses ( oral, smell)
167
Q

Laden

A

adjective) : to hold or carry a lot of things

The table,as always, is laden with foods

168
Q

Ease

A

(verb) : make less; make easier : The door is wide enough to ease people’s circulation
- move slowly : she ease the key into the lock, being aware to not wake up everybody

(noun) I won it with ease
at ease: to be in a relaxed state

169
Q

To cover smt with earth beneath the ground

A

Bury ;

170
Q

peer

A

people with same age and level with you

171
Q

Depict (2)

A

Verb : portray , show by drawing or other art form .

Or describe

172
Q

Relic

A

Noun : object , belief or remain from an earlier time

173
Q

Fastidious

A

Giving too much attention to small details - everything to be correct and perfect

Strong dislike of anything dirty ; They were too fastidious to eat in a fast food restaurant

174
Q

adjective of a computer, video game, or internet connection) slow to respond.

A

laggy

175
Q

something that dont sound smouth ; for ex: a video with a slow internet

A

this video is really choppy

176
Q

to follow the course of action which is the most moral or most correct
Expression

A

Take the high road

177
Q

Perplexed ;

Synonym

A

Puzzle

Confuse someone , cuz it’s difficult to understand

178
Q

Electricity cost

A

Electricity Bill

179
Q

Non educated

A

Rude

Impolite

180
Q

household

  • noun
  • adj
  • other meaning
A
  • place where a family live together
  • relate the items of the house ; As children get older, household expenses tend to rise up
  • common: After winning the competition, the unknown player suddenly became a household name
181
Q

X seen harm, damage; a person experience it

__ hurts

A

perceived hurts

182
Q

make wave

A

cause trouble ; create attention

The young band aimed to make waves at the music festival and have their names everyday

183
Q

readily

A

adv) do in a way that your are really willing to do it, so its pretty easy and quick to be done

184
Q

harvest

A

to collect, gather crop ; also can says “ harvest energy”

185
Q

cognitive

A

connected with thinking or conscious thinking

186
Q

subconscious

A

x be aware, conscious. But it might be influenced

187
Q

Get something off your chest means , build a sentence

A

to get rid of the stress and pressures

If you need to have a talk a get all your anxiety off your chest, just let me know.

188
Q

( Expression) To say that “this is my opinion”

sentence

A

Somebody ( my ) take on something( the thing that I will judge)

” Every time the Brazillian government makes a decision, the society takes on it negatively.

189
Q

(Expression) Take on somebody or ___ ; It means and sentence

A

take on somebody or something = to take issue with somebody or something

“Brandon’s the only one who dares to take the supervisor on in meeting when she says something wrong’

190
Q

recalled meaning and synonym

A
  • be remembered

- be called back = be retracted

191
Q

faint ( 2)

A
  • feel weak
  • slight, weak
    She gave me a faint smile of recognition
192
Q

Somber

A

depressive

A somber note, movie, climate

193
Q

Reveler

A

A high energetic person that likes to dance, drink, and talk in a noisy way.

” This statue was broken by the drunk revelers”

194
Q

Speculative

A
  • make a statement based on guesses, and not facts
    he always falls on maintaining his business due to his speculative way of investing capital.
    Spéculayrif(v)e
195
Q

stern (2)

A
  • authoritarian or serious facial expression, speech

- a difficult task to do

196
Q

invoke (2)

A
  • use law to support your opinion or to explain smt

- to call out a particular memory

197
Q

enact ( synonym and 2

meaning)

A

to put the law in effect = to make law

-to perform a music or play “ the stories are enacted with music”

198
Q

reckeless ( + synonym)

A

think without facts support
- not worrying about the risky consequences
unsubstantial; thoughtless; careless

199
Q

staple ( 2)

A

A tool that attaches papers together
used regularly, an key element
“ a healthy diet is a staple element to build a defined abs”

200
Q

substantially

A

significantly

201
Q

charactheristic of being too interest and proud in your appearance or achievements
it can also means __ __

A

vanity

can also means dress table

202
Q

characteristic of a person who is strictly regarded to moral ethics
pronounce

A

scrupulous

skrípulus

203
Q

Acquaintance + sentence

A

a person who you met but do not know well or first met

  • At his first acquaintance I thought that he was a rough person. However, on further acquaintance ( knowing more a little ) , he is just scrupulous.
  • professor James is a professional acquaintance of mine, we’ve met at the MUN conference.
204
Q

endeavour

A

to try to do something
Atempts

In front of the rising economic crisis, the population is desperately endeavoring to do serious manifestation against the government.
Although the situation was not ideal, the team endeavor to hide their disappointment

ENDÉVOR

205
Q

bore 2

A
  • to talk or act that will make person lose interest or to be tedious. “I don’t want to go there, there are to many bores”
  • to make a little hole: Initially, Joe wanted to reform the house. However, due to his lack of construction skills, he bore a lot of holes in the proccess.
206
Q

halt pronounce

A

hólt
- to stop ( or be stopped) by someone or something
The government has to make quick decisions to halt the population explosion.

207
Q

to call halt of something

A

to prevent something from continuing

How many citizens have to die, so the government will apply rigorously the procedures to halt the virus transmission

208
Q

to change ( or suffer change) when someone or something is hit

A

the ball DEFLECTED off my shoulders and went straight to the gol

209
Q

3 meanings of deflect

A
  • chng direction when is hit
  • avoid criticism: The man deflected the economic crisis by focusing on a criminal case.
  • To not be stopped by someone of what you want to do
    Although the company lured her with a high-paying salary, she did not deflect to pursue her sustainability values.
210
Q

distressing and synonym

A

extreme worrying and sadness

upsetting

211
Q

appalling

A

adjective

it is so bad that it shocks you

212
Q

defiant

A

Attitude that:

  • not willing to receive cristscism ( resistant)
  • uncooperative
213
Q

ingenious and synonym

A

intelligent

inventing

214
Q

cross-culture

A

something its similar among the cultures, is universal

215
Q

riddle

A

a type of question ( game-based) that describes a confusing and difficult situation, in which its answer is funny

216
Q

backfire ( 2) and sentence

A
  • when a vehicle’s fuel burn to early and make a noisy sound
    when a negative result is unexpected
    She gather numerous skilled team members, amass all the knowledge that she learned in this program, which turn to be a backfire .
217
Q

currency (2)

A
  • circulation of a money
  • general use, mass accept
    “Reels are the currency of today’s digital advertisement”
218
Q

sewer

A

underground conduction that carries water and waste matter

219
Q

vicinity

A

surrounding area

220
Q

disposition 2

A
  • a position or way that smt is arranged
  • a particular characteristic of how people think or its character
    The artist’s somber disposition justifies her audience being at the puberty range.
221
Q

synonym of extremely large

A

colossal

222
Q

timelessness

A

not restricted to a particular time - is eternal

not affected by time - ageless

223
Q

deceived

A
  • to lie to someone to take personal advantage

- make a bad impression of a thing

224
Q

REOTHERICAL

A

and the writer asks the question to let the reader think about it. By not providing an answer, the writer lets the reader fill in the gap with their own mind, creating a rhetorical effect.

225
Q

skimp

A

(verb) spend less in material, money to economize

226
Q

In awe _

A

In awe of someone, or something
Respect or feel reverence on someone or to fear someone by its power

The audience was awe into silence her stunning performance

227
Q

to be adept of

A

to be skilled of something ( coding)

228
Q

avoid and prevent synonym

A

refrain from verb ING

means also to stop doing
refrain from smoking

229
Q

empty synonym

A 
devoid of  (adjective)
the room is devoid of snakes. 
He is devoid of any feelings for his parents.
230
Q

discerning

A

able to make careful and good judgements

adjectiv

231
Q

fidgeting

A

verb - to make small movements due to nervourness or embarassment

232
Q

figure synonym

A

number

232
Q

figure synonym

A

number

232
Q

figure synonym

A

number

233
Q

lines of working

A

main job, profession

234
Q

succumb

A

verb / to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat:

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