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1
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When you believe something but you can not prove it

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CLAIM

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To say something in an annoyed way

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UTTER

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3
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What is the term that refers to abstract ideas or concepts?

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ELEMENTS

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4
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Sliding with friction

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TO SKID

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To skid horizontally

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TO SCRAPE

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Involuntary accident in a slippery surface

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TO SLIP

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7
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When it refers to machinery parts

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COMPONENTS

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8
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When you say some truths and lies

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EXPOSE/ UNCOVER

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9
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To give the main points with no details

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OUTLINE

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10
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To reveal

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UNVEILED

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11
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To lower oneself to do an act that you believe is beneath you.

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TO DEIGN

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12
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To be straightforward

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BLUNT

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13
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Place where you storage alcohol in the basement

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CELLAR

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14
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People that hate technology

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LUDDITES

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15
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Extremely busy

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FRANTIC

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16
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People that are careful with money, particularly by avoiding waste

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THRIFTY

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17
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.

the substance or general meaning of a speech or text.

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GLIST

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18
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Process of selling

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TO AUCTION

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19
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To make an offer in an auction

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TO BID

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20
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To try having the same feeling

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SYMPATHETIC

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21
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A believe without evidence

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ASSUMPTION

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22
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Feeling like the walls are coming inside.

When you need to arrange pants

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HEMMED

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23
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Sneaking

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LURKING

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24
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No space to move

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CRAMPED

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25
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Scholarship

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GRANT

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26
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Producing something negative

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COUNTERPRODUCTIVE

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27
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Desire something

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CRAVINGS

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28
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Get rid of

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DISPEL

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29
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Doesn’t move

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STAGNANT

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30
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Unexpectedly/ suddenly

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OUT OF THE BLUE

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31
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The energy and the Noise

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THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE

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32
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Perplex/ confused

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BAFFLED

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33
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Confusing

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BEWILDERING

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34
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a very unpleasant and prolonged experience

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ORDEAL

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35
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A feeling of great respect

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AWE

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36
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More than little but not very much

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SOMEWHAT

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37
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A terrible or painful experience that continues for a period of time

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ORDEAL

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38
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Having an excessively favorable opinion of one’s abilities or appearance. Be arrogant

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CONCEITED

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39
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Cry+ great sadness

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TO WAIL

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40
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A type of shake when you are thinking about disgusting things

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TO SHUDDER

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41
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To shake of cold

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SHIVER

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42
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To shake your body because of excitement of fear

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TO TREMBLE

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43
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To act in a superior way, even when both people are equal

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PATRONISE

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44
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Work together

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COLLABORATE

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45
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The best

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OPTIMUM

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46
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Easily recover from difficult situations

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RESILIENT

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47
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Make fun of

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SCOFFED

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48
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Looking back with wisdom

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RESTROSPECT

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49
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Not clear

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AMBIGUOUS

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50
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Stops, prevents

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HINDERS

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51
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Become similar/ fit in

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ASSIMILATES

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52
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Not caring

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NONCHALANT

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53
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Didn’t realize

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OBLIVIOUS

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54
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Push away

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OSTRACIZE

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55
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Possible but not likely

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PLAUSIBLE

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56
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A document that gives you permission

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PERMIT

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57
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Sb/sth is necessary for survival

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RELIANT

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58
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Feel more certain

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REASSURED

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59
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Long, boring, monotonous + requires hard work + concentration

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Is a SLOG

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60
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Clever and funny

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WITTY

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61
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Understand what other people are feeling

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EMPATHISE WITH

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62
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Understand and feel what other people are feeling

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SYMPATHISE WITH

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63
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Capture the fascinated attention of

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ENTHRAL

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64
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The act of speaking beautifully

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ELOCUENT

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65
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Not serious, fun style conversation

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BANTER

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66
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Uncomfortable

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UNEASE

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67
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To fade/ to grow weaker

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DWINDLE

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68
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Sb yo met once but don’t know well

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ACQUAINTANCE

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69
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To have an argument

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A ROW

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70
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Turn pages very fast

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FLICK

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71
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Surprise

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ASTOUND

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72
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To put sb/sth in Danger

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JEOPARDIZE

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73
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Busy

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TO BE DELUGED WITH WORK

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74
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A very complete detail

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THOROUGH

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75
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To return sth back into it’s pieces

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TO DISMANTLE

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76
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A time that has passed a long time ago

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A BYGONE

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77
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Strong intense excitement

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EXHILARATION

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78
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Strong encouragement

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EXHORTATION

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79
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To make less angry or problematic

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TO APPEASE

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80
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Disgusted

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APPALLED

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81
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Sensation that produces nails on the blackboard

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To Cringe/ cringy/ cringeworthy

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82
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A task that is really annoying

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IRKSOME

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83
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Terrible, very very bad

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APPALLING

84
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To make something seem less serious

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DOWNPLAY

85
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The most as sb could

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UTMOST

86
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Hesitation

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RETICENCE

87
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Secret attraction

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INFATUATION

88
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Containing resentment

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PENT UP RESENTMENT

89
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Not too much, not too little

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MILD

90
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To be old for sth

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OUTGROWN

91
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Weight or responsibility

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BURDEN

92
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Something completely negative

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UTTERLY

93
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Stupid + Reckless

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FOOLHARDY

94
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Method

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A MEANS OF DOING

95
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To have a good feeling

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WISHFUL THINKING

96
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To take by force

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SEIZE

97
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to imagine sth

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ENVISAGE

98
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Percentage ownership in a company

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EQUITY

99
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To do something with absolutely no experience or knowledge, like gambling without knowing anything

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PUNT

100
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Confused. (To be _________ by a claim)

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BEMUSED

101
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Let me get straight to the point

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So without further ago

102
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To understand/realise/foresee

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TO GRASP THE FACT

103
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To be fired because you did sth bad

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TO BE SACKED

104
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When you are too expensive or not needed in a company

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To be made redundant

105
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Happens or exists more

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Prevalent

106
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It just happen

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INCIDENCE

107
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No prospect of career advancement

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DEAD END JOB

108
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Carelessly waste

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To squander

109
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To produce money

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TO MINT MONEY

110
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Sb who creates fake documents

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A FORGER

111
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Showing poor judgement or reasoning

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MISGUIDED

112
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To give sb a false /incorrect idea

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MISLEADING

113
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Doubts, hesitation, uncertain others

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MISGIVINGS

114
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Don’t want to be noticed

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UNASSUMING

115
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Nothing special

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NONDESCRIPT

116
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I don’t care attitude

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NONCHALANT

117
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Nothing happened in the way you wanted

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DISGRUNTLED / workers/ voters/residents

118
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Fly attendant

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STEWARDESS

119
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Extremely hot

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SCORCHING

120
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To describe sb/ sth (activity/event) that is not a genuine as it is supposed to be a scam

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A SHAM

121
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Intense feeling often uncontrollable, of joy/ happiness (similar to ecstasy)

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RAPTURE

122
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Nonsensical speech related to psychology

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PSYCHOBABBLE

123
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Create strong feelings of

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TO EVOKE

124
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No loud/ be obvious

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SUBTLE

125
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Sth common that happens everywhere

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UBIQUITOUS

126
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Brief look

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GLIMPSE INTO

127
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To accept that sb or sth exists

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ACKNOWLEDGE

128
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Exists

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TO BE AROUND

129
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To kick sb out from one’s accommodation

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TO EVICT SB

130
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Make sb less angry

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TO APPEASE SB

131
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To take sb back

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TO RETRACT

132
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Undeniable

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INDISPUTABLE

133
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More

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OUTWEIGHED

134
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To remove a dictator/government

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TO OVERTHROWN

135
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Out of control

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OUT OF HAND

136
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Sb who doesn’t drink alcohol

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TEETOTALER

137
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To look away

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TO AVERT EYES/ ATTENTION/ FOCUS

138
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Fruit or vegetable that is ready to consume

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Ripe (to ripen)

139
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Unpleasantly wet

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SOGGY

140
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Stay

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FLOCK

141
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A brief, casual romance

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A FLING

142
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Rude

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CHURLISH

143
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Unfriendly, cold, bad- tempered

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Sulky/ sullen

144
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Forgetful

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ABSENT MINDED

145
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Future possibility (large , scary, intimidating)

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A DAUNTING PROSPECT

146
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Underrated ( great but nobody knows about it)

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UNSUNG

147
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Amazing

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ASTOUNDING

148
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To emphasize an astonishing amount or size

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Staggering

149
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Very appealling

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COMPELLING

150
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Achievement

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MILESTONE

151
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Overwhelmingly difficult to understand. Bemusing/ bewildering

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MIND - BOGGLING

152
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Stealing from your work

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Embezzlement

153
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When things suddenly head in a negative direction

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DOWNTURN

154
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To resolve the solution with no hesitation

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TACKLED STH HEAD ON

155
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Tired

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WEARY

156
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Sad + depressing

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DREARY

157
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Unfashionable

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DOWDY

158
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Get rid of kilos

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TO SHED

159
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Daybreak

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Dawn

160
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Spread of a disease (very quickly)

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OUTBREAK

161
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Behaving in a proper,polite, appropiate way

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GRACIOUS

162
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A wild animal now able tonbe controlled by people

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TAME

163
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Difficult to understand

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FATHOM (hard to fathom)

164
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Pieces of sth larger

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DEBRIG

165
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Limit. And once it has been reached then sth happens

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TO REACH A/THE THRESHOLD

166
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Drop very slowly

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DWINDLE

167
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A guard

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WARDEN

168
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Aridity (infertile)

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BARREN

169
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To move sth really quickly

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WHISK

170
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Zero

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NOUGHT

171
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Try ti see with difficulty

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TO PEER

172
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Sign

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CUE

173
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To stop suddenly

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TO HALT

174
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A Forger

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COUTERFEITER

175
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Searching for sth really closely

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PROBING

176
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To say sth knowing that it might not be truth

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PURPORTS

177
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To hide sth

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TO CONCEAL

178
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To levy

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Racing money through taxes

179
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To walk around with any particular purpose

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TO WANDER AROUND

180
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Hate / don’t enjoy

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TO DREAD DOING STH

181
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To not trust sb

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TO BE MISTRUSTFUL OF SB

182
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Gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude in a person’s mind)

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INSTIL IN

183
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obtain (information or input into a particular task or project) by enlisting the services of a large number of people, either paid or unpaid, typically via the Internet.

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CROWDSOURCE

184
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Giving more importance to one thing than others

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WEIGHTED

185
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come into existence

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SPRING UP

186
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insubstantial and easily damaged

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FLIMSY

187
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Not damaged

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UNSCATHED

188
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A failed attempt

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BOTCHED

189
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Slow

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Sluggish

190
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Control

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HARNESS

191
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Facing

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OVERLOOKING

192
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Passion

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FERVOUR

193
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The main one

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PREDOMINANT

194
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Everywhere

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PERVADING

195
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Not having

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DEPRIVATION

196
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Secondary effect

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KNOCK ON EFFECT

197
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A great degree

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OVERWHELMINGLY

198
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Not at all

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BY NO MEANS

199
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Cause harm

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DETRIMENTAL

200
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Promise seriously and publicly to do something

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PLEDGE

201
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Someone or something that has a lot of influence, status or knowledge

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HEVYWEIGHT

202
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The remote or less developed parts of a country

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HINTERLAND

203
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Fall very fast

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PLUMMET

204
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A major benefit, anything valuable or useful

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ASSET

205
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Improve sth, or make it more valuable or more attractive

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ENHANCE

206
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A force that helps sth to happen or develop more quickly

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IMPETUS

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