vocabulary list Flashcards

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participant

A

a person who is taking part in an activity or ae event

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2
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to face up to

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to accept and deal with th that is difficult or unpleasant

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3
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to benefit

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to be useful to sb or improve their life in some way

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4
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to push too hard

A

to exaggerate

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5
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literacy

A

the ability to read and write

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6
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opponent

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a person that you are playing or fighting against in a game, a competition, argument.

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to revise

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to prepare for a test/exam by looking again at work that you have done

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8
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beneficial

A

having a helpful or useful effect

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9
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besides

A

in addition to sth

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10
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elderly

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used as a polite word for ‘old’

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11
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to enter a competition

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to put your name on the list for competition or race

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12
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to respond

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to do sth as a reaction to sth/ro react

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13
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to take up

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to learn or to start to do sth, especially for pleasure

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14
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brain

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the organ inside the head that controls movement, thought, memory and feeling

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15
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core

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the central, or most important, part of something

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16
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to stick

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to become fixed in one position and impossible to move

17
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to flex

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to bend

18
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to turn sth/sb down

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to reject or refuse to consider an offer, a proposal, etc.

19
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to get out of breath

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to find it difficult to breathe

20
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to take on

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to employ sb

21
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to stay on task

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to remain focused

22
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to enter a room

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to go into a room

23
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contest

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a competition in which people try to win sth

24
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to go jogging

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the activity of running slowly as a form of exercise

25
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randomised

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not prearranged

26
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on the move

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while physically moving

27
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to boost

A

to make sth increase or become better or more successful

28
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attention span

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the length of time you can concentrate

29
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to turn down the volume

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to reduce the noise produced by a piece of equipment

30
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to test sb/yourself

A

to find out how much you know or what you can do