Week 1 Flashcards

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Refinery

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Place where sth. Gets refined/removed

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Local tribes

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Locally group of people with same language / cultural background

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Tabloid hacking

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Find out news through hacking and publish them in a tabloid newspaper

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Insurgents

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People who are against the government (making protests)

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Nursing home

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A home for old people

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5
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Cease fire

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Stop fighting with an agreement

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Tuition

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Money for the school

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Surveillance

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Control, watching sth./sb.

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Shelter

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Any place where you can live

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Convenien

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When sth. is easy, confortable, without trouble

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Extremists

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All ideas + conviction left or right (everything’s extreme)

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Amendment

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Rights / laws are added or corrected

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Supreme court

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Highest court in US

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Warrant

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Permission

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14
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Iisting

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Something’s in a list,

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15
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Stem cell research

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Grow parts of the body out of one cell

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Against the clock

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In a bug hurry to finish sth.

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Ahead of time

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Before the scheduled time

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It’s all greek to me

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I don’t understand at all

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Apples and oranges

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Unlike things

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All set

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And the like

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And other similar things

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All thumbs

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All that glitters is not gold

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Many attractive things have no value

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Move OVER
To cause someone or sth. to move a little bit away
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Move UP
To move in a higher class/level
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Notify sb. ABOUT sth.
to inform sb. about sth.
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Nibble ON (e.g. Popcorn)
Bite repeatedly, small, hesitant
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The ins and outs of sth.
The way sth. Works
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To iron sth. Out
To solve a problem
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It never rains, but it pours
Bad things seem to happen at the same tims
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Join the club
In the same (mostly negative) situation
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Jump the gun
To start too soon
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It's about time
It's very late or someone has been waiting for a long time
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Jump to conclusions
Reach a decision without all facts
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It's no use
Don't bother, it is hopeless