Word And Phrases Flashcards

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To suddenly experience or suffer pressure

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To come under pressure

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To refuse working as a form of organised protest

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To come out on strike

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To become known publicly

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To come to light

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Be unfastened

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To come undone

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To be useful and help someone to achieve something

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To come in useful

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To lose the money and high social rank that you had in the past

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To come down in the world

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To understand a situation

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To come to understand

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When a law become official it ____

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Comes into force

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To speak with sincerity

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To speak in earnest

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To do sth on your own

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To do sth single-handedly

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To acknowledge someone’s excellence

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To hand it to someone

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To be able to learn any skill easily

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To turn your hand to sth

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To be presomptuous, misuse your power

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To be high-handed

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To act directly to the advantage of someone

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To play in the hands of somebody

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To have a lot of past experience

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To be an old hand

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To be applauded loudly

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To be given a big hand

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To become uncontrollable

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To get out of hand

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To practise so as not to lose your skill

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To keep your hand in

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To have the right to act freely

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To be given a free hand

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Poutre

Poutre en metal

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Beam

Girder

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Brouette

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Wheelbarrow

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A long, thin stick (magic)

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A wand

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Poteau de portail

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Gate post

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Long, slender, rounded piece of wood or metal, typically used with one end placed in the ground as a support for sth

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A pole

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To have no inhibitions (un-)

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To be uninhibited

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To be with no foundation (un-)

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To be unfounded

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To be without precedent (un-)

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To be unprecedented

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To walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot

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To limb