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1
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Release or free someone from a situation: E_____

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Extricate

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Obstruct or impede (Estorbar): E_____

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Encumber

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Happily: Gle____

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Gleefully

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Confused or disconcerted: Disc____

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Discomfited

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5
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Not talkative: Ta____

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Taciturn

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Very annoying and irritating: Nee____

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Needling

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7
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One of the parts of a money award: S____

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Share

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En qüestió: In ____

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In question

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9
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Something usual or expected: A matter ____ ____

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A matter of course

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10
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Whatever happens or may have happened: In any ___

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In any event

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11
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Something that people who are able to understand how someone feels have: E_____

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Empathy

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12
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Caring about someone’s problems: S___

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Sympathy

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13
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Separate or different (An amount of ___ cases): D___

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Discrete

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14
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Something which is illegal: Il____

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Illicit

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15
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The action of evoking an answer from someone: El____

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Ellicit

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16
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One out of two: Al_____

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Alternately

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17
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Used to give a second option: Alt____

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Alternatively

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18
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Something which hasn’t been noticed: Un____

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Unnoticed

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19
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Someone sensible and calm: Level___

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Level-headed

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20
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Crutches in Catalan

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Muletes

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21
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Something acceptable or convenient for someone: S____

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Suited

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22
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Used to describe something which is firm and good: S___

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Sound

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23
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Change something slightly: Ad____

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Adjust

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24
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Something fair: Re_____

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Reasonable

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25
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Something which is not worth: W____

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Worthless

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26
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The equivalent of something from another place: Counter_____

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Counterpart

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27
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Advice on how to do something: Guide___

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Guideline

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28
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Someone chosen to speak publicly for an organization: Spokes____

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Spokesperson

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29
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A meeting of a group of people who learn something through discussion: Work_____

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Workshop

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30
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When something stops working: Break___

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Breakdown

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31
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Something being told with very little advancing or warning: At short ___

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At short notice

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32
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Availability of employment and labour: Labour ____

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Labour market

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33
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Something you say about someone’s badly spoken language: S____

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Spoiled (English, Spanish, Catalan)

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34
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Get money from a bank: Wi____

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Withdraw

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35
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Used to say that a temperature is going down very fast: P____

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Plunge

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36
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Feasible means: P____

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Possible

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37
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A dramatic increase: L____

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Leap

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38
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Be going to happen: Lie ___ ___

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Lie far ahead

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39
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Phone notification: P____

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Ping

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40
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Relaxing and disconnecting from work or stress: Un____

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Unwind

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41
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The appearance of sudden courage: Br____

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Bravado

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42
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Trick intended to embarrass someone: Prac____ ____

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Practical Joke

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43
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Serralada o cresta in English: R_____

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Ridge

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44
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Something to be ashamed of: S____

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Stigma

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45
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Someone afraid of something bad happening: Ap_____

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Apprehensive

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46
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Something that you are worried about or afraid of dealing with: D____

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Daunting

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47
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A object which is just used temporarily: Make____

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Makeshift

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48
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Lose a lot of money because you have paid too much for an object or service: Be s____

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Be stung

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49
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To estimate a quantity: G___

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Gauge

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50
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Going AWOL: Go ______

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Go missing

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51
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Have a word with someone: _______

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Talk with someone

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52
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Give your word: _____

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Promise

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53
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Being taken to court for something you have done: P_____

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Prosecuted

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54
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Make a great effort to do or achieve something: S____

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Strive

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55
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A reversal on progress: Set____

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Setback

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56
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How long you live: Life ____

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Life span

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57
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Destined: B_____

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Bound

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58
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Complain about something: M____

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Moan

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59
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Solve a problem: F____ a problem

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Face a problem

60
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How long you live: Life s____

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Life span

61
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Destined: B____

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Bound

62
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Be motivated about something: Get a ____ from something

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Get a buzz from something

63
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Culprit: ______

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Culpable

64
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Be packed: _______

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Crowded

65
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What’s more: ____

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A de més

66
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A group of people who like to do things together: C____

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Close-knit

67
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Try to meet new people: N_____

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Network

68
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Work or be together with a group of people: L____

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Liaise

69
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Person who owns a land: L_____

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Landowner

70
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Affluent: ___

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Rich

71
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A way of living: A ____ of life

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A walk of life

72
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Like something: ____ your attention

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Grab your attention

73
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Gut feeling: ______

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Pressentiment

74
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Mentida piedosa: ____ lie

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White lie

75
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Be annoyed: Do your ____ ____

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Do your head in

76
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A punt de saber algo: On the ___ of my ____

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On the tip of my tongue

77
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Misunderstand something: Get the wrong end of the ____

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Get the wrong end of the stick

78
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Pronunciate: Get your ____ ____

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Get your tongue round

79
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Don’t understand each other: Talk at _____ purposes

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Talk at cross purposes

80
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Pay a bill: ___ a bill

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Foot a bill

81
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Get very angry: Get beyond ___

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Get beyond belief

82
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Do something without having eaten: Do something ___ an empty ___

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Do something on an empty stomach

83
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Get angry: Lose your ___

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Lose your cool

84
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Barely anything: Next to ___

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Next to nothing

85
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An assset: ___

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A valuable person or thing

86
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Allocate

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Assignar

87
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Rechazar una idea: ___ an idea

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Dismiss an idea

88
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A liability

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A responsibility

89
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Rampa de sortida dels avions

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Tarmac

90
Q

Get nervous about something: Get into a ___

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Get into a flap

91
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Lorry

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Camió

92
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Halo

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Anell dels àngels

93
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To prompt something

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To encourage something

94
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Assert

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Afirm something

95
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Query

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Ask for confirmation

96
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Feel uneasy

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Feel anxious

97
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Take (great) pains to doing something

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Put a lot of effort into doing something

98
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Baixa paternal

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Paternity leave

99
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Be entitled to something

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Have the right to receive something

100
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Smokes from cars and factories

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Fumes

101
Q

Synonym of trash

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Rubbish or litter

102
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Synonym of contaminant

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Polluted

103
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Sequera

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Drought

104
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Fam

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Famine

105
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Cultius

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Crops

106
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Ampli

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Broad

107
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Dos punts

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Colon

108
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Become scarce

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No haver-hi prou d’algo

109
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Compel someone to do something

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Oblige someone to do something

110
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Go to shop and just looking

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Browse

111
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Be off the beaten track

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Do the opposite of what everyone does

112
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Play truant

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Fer campana

113
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Seldom

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Not often

114
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For something to be looming

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For something to be coming (Negative context)

115
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Vigilar

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Invigilate

116
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Strongly desire something

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Crave

117
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Enquire

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Ask for information

118
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Eager

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Someone who strongly wants to do something

119
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Dwell

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Live somewhere

120
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Hasty

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Something done with excessive speed

121
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Hoyo

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Rut

122
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To be a means to end

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To be something done to fulfil a desire

123
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Thrive on

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Do well in a particular situation

124
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Take at face value

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Accept something without thinking about it

125
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Face the music

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Accept the consequences of something

126
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Feel frail

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Feel weak (Ill context)

127
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Ethos

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Esperit

128
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Rapport

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Harmony

129
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Zancada

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Stride

130
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Be uptight

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Be tense

131
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A notice

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Anunci

132
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Canvi (Diners)

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Loose change

133
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Toe the line

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Follow what the authorities tell you to do

134
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What turns the wheels

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What makes progress

135
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Take the plunge

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Start an adventure

136
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Rack my brains

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Thing very hard about something

137
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Salat

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Savoury

138
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On reflection

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Pensant-ho millor

139
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Infer

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Guess something is true based on the information you have

140
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Assure

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Make someone else not worry

141
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Ensure

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Make sure about something

142
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Awe-inspiring

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Something that leaves a lasting impression

143
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Wind up (Synonym)

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End up

144
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Bypass a problem

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Avoid a problem

145
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Make someone redundant

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Fire someone

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