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(To use or follow as a model)

Your brother …. you because he admires you

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Imitates

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(To be the same or very similar)

The newspaper story does not ….. what really happened.

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Correspond to

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(To make a situation or activity continue in the same way)

Britain wants to …. its position as a world power

How can we …. control of spending?

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Maintain, preserve

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(To state firmly that something is true)

French cuisine, she …. , is the best in the world.

He …. that nuclear power was a safe and non-polluting energy source.

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Assert, claim

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(To move something to a higher level or height)

High stress levels … blood pressure

Try to keep your leg ….

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Elevate

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(Used to say that you have read or been told something although you are not certain it is true)

…. it is going to rain today

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Apparently

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(Appearing to be something without really being that thing)

We now have a ….. endless choice of TV channels

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Seemingly

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(Not injured or harmed by something)

The markets and all the residential areas of the city are equally….. modern trends

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Unscathed

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(Used to say that something seems to be true, although it is not certain)

Nelson …. committed suicide

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Apparently

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(If something….you It is so strange or confusing that you cannot understand or explain it)

Her disappearance has …….
her friends and neighbours

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Mystify, baffle

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(Thin in an attractive way)

Gabriel was a tall ….. young man with a light brown moustache

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Slender, slim

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(To build or put up a structure)

The police ….. barriers across the road

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Erect, put up

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(To make an exciting opinion or idea stronger)

This ….. the stereotype that blondes have no brains

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Reinforces

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Judith lay on the settle, ……… her …..

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Be absorbed in something

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(Very beautiful or powerful in a way that people admire)

This lovely village is surrounded by …… mountains

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Majestic

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(To move slowly from one side to the other)

The trees ….. gently in the wind

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Swayed

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(An understanding of something)

He has an excellent ……. English

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Grasp of, understanding

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(To make something stronger)

A security door …… steel bars

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Reinforced by

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Фарфор

The year was 1710, and Meissen …. is still being made to this day.

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Porcelain

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(В приделах чьей-то достигаемости)

And agreement to end the war seemed …..

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Within their grasp

Within somebody’s grasp

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(To control something by limiting it)

Poor soil has ….. the level of crop production

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Constrained, restrict

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(To suddenly surprise or frighten someone)

The noise ….. him and he dropped his glass on the floor

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Startled

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(To persuade someone to change their opinion or decision)

I think I was …… what James said

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Swayed by

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(Something that limits what you can do)

…… spending have forced the company to rethink its plans

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Constraint on

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Хватка

Luke took her arm in a firm …. and led her through the gate

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Grasp, grip

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(To correct something that is wrong)

Any defects found have to be ….. without delay.

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Rectify=fix=correct=regulate

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(To read or hear a large amount of new information and understand it)

Her capacity to …. information is amazing

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Absorb

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(Possible to do)

We agreed on a …. plan and within a week we implemented it

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Feasible, possible, realistic

30
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(The tired feeling you get when you have just travelled a long distance on an aircraft)

The symptoms of …… result from a temporary disruption of these rhythms

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Jet lag

31
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(A situation in which something is prevented from continuing in its usual way)

The symptoms of …. result from a temporary …… of these rhythms

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Disruption, interruption

32
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(To provide what is wanted or needed by a particular group of people)

The club ……. children between the ages of 4 and 12.

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Caters for

Cater for sb/sth

33
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(За приделами чьей-то досягаемости)

Many families are finding suitable housing …..

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Beyond their grasp

Beyond somebody’s grasp

34
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(Fashionable and attractive)

A ….., black suit

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Stylish

35
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(If two or more things …. they are suitable for each other)

Her ideas …. well ….. our plans for the future.

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Mesh with

36
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(To eagerly and quickly use an opportunity to do something)

She is ready to …. any ….. to expand the business

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Grasp an opportunity

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(a specially designed system of paths, often in a park or public garden, which is difficult to find your way through)

We got completely lost in the ….

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Maze

38
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(a large number of rules, instructions etc which are complicated and difficult to understand)

a …. of new ….

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maze of rules/regulations etc

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(A conventional method, product, practice etc has been used for a long time and is considered the usual type)

The hospital provides both ….. and alternative medical treatments.

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Conventional=usual=traditional

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(To move about searching for things you need, especially food)

Chimpanzees spend most of the day …. fruit, leaves and insects

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Foraging for

41
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(To understand something)

I find these mathematical problems difficult to …..

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Grasp, understand

43
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(Safe to eat and not harmful)

There are many ….. fruits growing wild in the coastal forest

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Edible

44
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(To get rid of something)

….. any old cleaning materials

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Discard, dispose of

45
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(To keep someone or something within limits of a particular activity or subject)

The police cadet’s duties were …… taking statements from the crowd

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Confined to, restricted to

46
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(The conditions that affect a situation, action, event etc)

The Soviet Union had been forced by …… to sign a pact with Nazi Germany.

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Circumstances=occasions=occurrences=situations

47
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(Certain to happen and impossible to avoid)

Nina could never escape the ….. comparisons that people made between her and her twin

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Inevitable

48
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(Схватить)

I ….. his arm firmly and led him away

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Grasped, griped

49
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(To punish someone or treat them unfairly)

Two students were ….. very differently for the same offence.

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Punished, penalised

Punishment, penalising

50
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(To deliberately not include something)

The judges decided to …. evidence which had been unfairly obtained

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Exclude

51
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(A promise to yourself to do something)

My New Year’s …. is to do more exercise

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Resolution

52
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(To become part of something larger)

California ….. many of the legal immigrants to the US

The drug is quickly …. the bloodstream

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Absorbs

Absorbed into

53
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(The solution to a problem)

A successful ……. the crisis

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Resolution to

54
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(Веревка)

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Rope

55
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(A group or class of people, things etc that have similar qualities or features)

What ….. shampoo do you use?

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Category of=kind of=sort of=type of

56
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(Искра, искриться)

Electric …. from a broken wire

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Spark

57
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(To interest someone so much that they do not pay attention to other things)

The movement and noise of the machines …. him completely

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Absorbed

58
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(Illegal activities in general)

Police officers are being given new powers to help combat …..

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Crime=offence=violation=misdeed=lawlessness=misdemeanour

59
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(To be because of something, especially trouble or violence)

The shootings have ….. a national debate over gun control

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Sparked

60
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……. thousands of slaves built the pyramid

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The conventional picture is that

61
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(To look at or read something in order to find what interests you)

While ….. a book on the monuments of Egypt, she noticed hieroglyph

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Perusing [pəˈruːz]

62
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(Not large in size or amount, or not expensive)

Their house is quite ….. in size

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Modest

63
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(To make bad situation worse)

All your problems ……. when you are ill

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Magnified

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(Strange and impossible to explain)

He has an ….. ability to guess what you are thinking

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Uncanny

64
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(To look like or be like someone or something)

It’s amazing how closely Brian and Steve ….. each other

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Resemble

65
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(To prevent someone or something from continuing)

The government has failed to …. economic decline

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Halt

65
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(To talk about something with another person or a group in order to exchange ideas or decide something)

The report will be …. at next week’s meeting.

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Discuss=argue=debate

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