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Cuisine

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Food

• A Chinese cuisine

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Acquaintance

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Friendship

• my acquaintance with him started two months ago.

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Enthusiasm

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strong or passionate interest

• I have a great enthusiasm for exercising.

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Fellow

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Friend

• I rather to work with my fellow peers.

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often

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Frequently

• I should see here more often.

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outweigh

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to be greater or more than

• The advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

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participate

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take part

• we should participate in tutorials.

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concentrate

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Focus

• I can concentrate easily

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Indeed

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Really, in fact

  • I’m so talented indeed
  • A friend in need is a friend indeed
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Advantageous

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Beneficial, effective

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convenient

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Suitable

• airplanes have made traveling more convenient

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extended

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Longsome

• for an extended period

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decelerate

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Slow down

• sometimes we need to decelerate and give some rest to ourselves

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Disable

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Annoy, make unable

• heavy taxes are disabling him

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Insignificant

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Poor, scant

  • They paid him an insignificant sum of money
  • insignificant person
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Inflexible

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Stubborn

• We begged him to change his decision but he remained inflexible

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irresponsible

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• It is irresponsible to leave a child alone in a house.

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mistrust

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• Mistrust destroyed their marriage.

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uncooperative

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• I can recall him soothing uncooperative clients on the telephone.

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self-deception

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tricking oneself, deceiving oneself

• We should have self-confidence instead of…

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irrelevant

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• He mostly talks about irrelevant topics.

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deviate

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turn aside

• I will never deviate from my routine.

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digress

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to wander from the point

  • Keep to the subject, don’t digress!
  • He always digresses from the topic and talks irrelevantly.
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Suppose

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assume, presume, reckon

• I suppose it’s a good decision.

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Courageous

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fearless

• be courageous

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Ultimate

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last or final

• ultimate goal

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Ultimately

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Finally, eventually, in the end

• She ultimately succeeded.

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momentous

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important, significant

• a momentous decision

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Genuinely

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Honestly, truly, sincerely

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Recap

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summary

• a quick recap of the idea and its main advantages

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Internalize

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If you internalize your emotions or feelings, you do not allow them to show although you think about them

•Many women tend to internalize their anxiety and distress.

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Criticize

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Judge

• her husband criticized her constantly

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Constantly

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continuously

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Colleague

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fellow worker

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Accomplish

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to complete successfully

• Have you accomplished your task?

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Sustainable

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tolerable

• sustainable lifestyle/growth/progress

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Optimistically

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I decided to look at the world optimistically.

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Deteriorate

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to grow worse

• His work has deteriorated recently.

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Deliberate

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intentional and not by accident

• That was a deliberate insult.

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Expand

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make or grow larger, spread out wider

• a deep breath will expand your chest.

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Assumption

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guess

• my assumption was wrong.

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Everyday

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regular, common, usual

• my everyday routine

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Hesitation

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Doubt

• after a slight (small) hesitation, she showed the picture to me.

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However

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Anyway

• It was cold and she was sick; however, she decided to go.

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Beloved

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Very dear

• my beloved family

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Reunion

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joining again

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Implication

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Effect

• his statements had several implications.

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Recount

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to tell (a story etc ) in detail

• He recounted his adventures.

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Fate

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Destiny

• Some people believe in fate.

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Dismissal

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sending away

• the dismissal decision put the workers under pressure.

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Denial

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refusal to accept

• Her denial about lying to her parents.

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Specimen

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Example

• blood specimen

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Stance

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a way of thinking about something

• The doctor’s stance on the issue of abortion is well known.

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Viable

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Permanent

  • a viable economy
  • The project is not financially viable.
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Notify

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Inform

• He always notifies people with great recommendation.

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Namely

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that is to say, meaning, particularly

  • only one person will be responsible, namely you.
  • I learned an important lesson when I lost my job, namely that nothing is a hundred percent guaranteed.
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Wit

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Humor

• I admire his wit.

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Interim

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Temporary

• an interim solution.

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Patron

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Supporter

• My father has always been my patron.

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Ward

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Section, part

• She works in an emergency ward.

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Manifest

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Reveal, determine

• The illness first manifested itself in/as severe stomach pains.

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Trauma

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Severe and chronic mental stress

• the trauma of marriage breakdown

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Precision

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Accuracy

• Her books are a pleasure to read because she writes with such clarity and precision.

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Veteran

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Experienced

• We should ask veterans to gain more information.

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Invoke

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Request, pray

• to invoke for additional aid

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Cue

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Sign, hint

• They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party.

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Somehow

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Someway

• I will finish this work somehow.

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Era

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Age

• the Victorian era

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Convey

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to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people

• His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion.

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Noble

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Honorable, unselfish

• My father is a man of noble.

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So-called

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I trust her more than any of my so-called friends.

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Linger

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Remain, persist, stay longer than usual

• some old costumes still linger.

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Uphold

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Support

• My father always upholds me sympathetically.

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Utterly

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completely or extremely

• What an utterly stupid thing to do!

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Venture

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Risk

• The man who ventured his life to save a drowning child.

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Trace

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Mark, sign

• no trace of egg on plate

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Resume

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Continue

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Soak

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Make wet

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Outlook

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View

• I have a fairly positive outlook on life.

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Outlet

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Sale

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Ironic

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Witty

• an ironic man

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Hazard

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Risk

• the hazard of mountain climbing

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Nasty

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Unpleasant, unfriendly

• nasty temper, nasty smell

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Wisdom

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knowledge, insight

• wisdom of the past ages

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Beam

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Smile broadly

• She beamed with delight.

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Clarity

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Clear

• She spoke with great clarity.

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Invade

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Enter without permission

• to invade someone’s privacy

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Proceed

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Go on, continue, to begin

  • Project is proceeding well.
  • They proceeded to ask a lot of questions.
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Nowadays

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at the present time, in these times

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Memorable

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Unforgettable

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Exotic

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Unusual, weird

• exotic clothes

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Briefly

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In short

• I told her briefly what I know.

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Conceit

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too much pride in oneself

• Loving yourself is different from having conceit.

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Aversion

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Disgust

• I had a great aversion to children.

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Literally

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accurately, actually

• It’s literally my favorite activity.

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Fidgety

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Restless, hectic

• She is usually fidgety.

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Indication

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Symptom, sign

• Her frown was an indication of her displeasure.

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Pursue

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Follow out, chase

• Some people pursue only spiritual goals.

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Investigate

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Examine, research

• investigating the mystery

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Dispute

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argument, quarrel

• Countries should settle the dispute by peaceful means.

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Settle

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solve

• I managed settling my problems so well.

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Flinch

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sudden backward movement or away in fear, pain…

• They all flinched away when they saw my face.

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Recoil

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to move back or away, usually quickly, in horror or fear

• I recoiled when I heard the alarm.

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Ward off

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Prevent

• Some steps should be taken in order to ward off poverty.

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Sob

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weep noisily

• They could hear me sobbing under my blanket.

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Weep

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Cry

• I wept tears of joy.

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Exorbitant

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(of prices or demands) very high or unreasonable

• Life demands’ prices are seriously exorbitant.

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Procrastination

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putting something off until later, delay

• I’m working on myself to avoid procrastinating.

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Thoroughly

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deeply, with great detail

• I thoroughly enjoy my life.

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Thorough

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Very careful, complete, absolute

  • a thorough worker
  • a thorough waste of time
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Opt

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choose, decide

• I would opt to learn these skills more practically.

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Disputable

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arguable, debatable, controversial

• disputable topic

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Superior

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higher in rank, better, or greater

• This is a superior decision.

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Flourish

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be healthy; to grow well; to thrive

• nourish to flourish

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Nudge

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gentle push usually with the elbow, move forward slowly, approach

• Some people need to be nudged in order to take care of themselves better.

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Insight

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an understanding of something

• He shows remarkable insight.

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Implicate

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involve in, show to be connected to

• Have they any evidence to implicate him in the robbery?

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Dramatically

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in a dramatic manner

• I’ve changed dramatically through past years.

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Incentive

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Motivation, stimulating, inciting, encouraging

• For some people money is a major incentive.

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Evolve

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develop, gradually change or mature over time, change

• I lay awake trying to evolve a plan.

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Underlying

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fundamental, basic; implicit; prior

• the underlying cause/trend

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Expenditure

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Spending

• an expenditure of time and money

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Long run

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Eventually

• All diets will lose in the long run.

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Spectrum

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the full range of sth

• a wide spectrum of opinion

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Sip

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to drink in very small mouthfuls

  • she sipped the tea and put the cup on the table
  • sip of
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Implication

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Concept, meaning

• Proteins’ implications for our long-term health

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Enormously

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immensely, gigantically, hugely

• Proteins can also vary enormously in their quality.

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Sensible

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wise

  • She’s a sensible, reliable person
  • a sensible suggestion.
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Sustain

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maintain, retain

• We need to sustain our health.

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Contributor

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supporter

• Sodium can be a contributor to high blood pressure.

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Moderate

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Intermediate

• a moderate wind/mind

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Inferior

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Poor

• inferior industrial products

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Debate

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discussion or argument

  • after a long debate
  • we are debating what to do next.
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Culprit

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Criminal

• Both people and government are the culprits of air pollution.

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Masquerade

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pretend

  • his kindness was only a masquerade.
  • thieves masquerading as doctors
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Intrinsic

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inherent, innate, natural

  • the wide gap between intrinsic feelings and the way they are expressed
  • intrinsic sugar in fruits and vegetables
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Exclude

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Deprive, cut off, prevent

  • excluding the children, everyone was invited.
  • women are excluded from participating in this contest.
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Allocation

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portion

• the allocation of money for building schools

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Exceed

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go beyond; to be greater than

  • to exceed the speed limit
  • to exceed one’s expectation
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exceedingly

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Very

• exceedingly nervous.

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Downside

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negative side, unpleasant aspect, disadvantage

• the downsides of robots may outweigh their advantages.

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Simultaneously

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at the same time

• Multitaskers tend to do more than 1 thing simultaneously.

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Lethal

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causing death

• lethal disease

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Disclose

A

uncover, reveal or make known

• Most companies refuse to disclose of using tons of preservatives in almost every single product.

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Condiment

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seasoning

  • food condiments
  • traditional condiments
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Pervasive

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spreading

• a pervasive odor that clings stubbornly to clothes

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Rely on

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depend on or need

• I rely on my father’s support.

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Wholesome

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healthy

• wholesome food and exercise

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Take turns

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alternate something within a pair

• take turns with your partner or share the work.

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Dump

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to set (down) heavily

• The chores have all been dumped to women.

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Burden

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something difficult to carry or withstand

• Technology have been reducing the time burden through past years.

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Brainwash

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remove a person’s ideas and replace them with other ideas

• We all had been brainwashed throughout our lives.

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Drudgery

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toil, hard work, labour

• Most people believe house chores as drudgery.

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Manipulate

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to handle especially skillfully

• Humans manipulate almost everything.

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Pastime

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entertainment, fun,

• Try to enjoy everything as they are your pastimes.

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Over-complicate

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Make sth harder than it is

• People usually over-complicate everything in their lives.

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Tremendous

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very large; very great

• That could be a tremendous problem.

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Reallocate

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set aside again

• We should reallocate a small amount of our time for preparing some simple home cooked meals.

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Uphill

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difficult, hard, tough

• He should fight an uphill battle against cancer.

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Clarify

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make or become clear

• Government should clarify the laws that had been set.

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Stepwise

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gradually, in steps,

  • I had come up with a stepwise action plan that would allow me to study more efficiently.
  • stepwise approach
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Pact

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Agreement

• They made a pact to help each other.

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Drastic

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violent, severe and having a wide effect, rapid

  • In order to replace better habits we shouldn’t make drastic changes for having a more sustainable lifestyle.
  • drastic behavioral change
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Facilitate

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Simplify, assist, make easier

• Internet facilitates several things for us

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Impulse

A

sudden desire to do something, without thinking about the consequences

• I ate … on impulse. That’s WRONG 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Targeted

A

armed with a target

• in order to spend your time more effectively you should have a targeted plan for every day.

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Optimize

A

improve efficiency

• There are a lot of habits that can optimize our overall health.

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Substitute

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take, the place of sb or sth else

• We can substitute hours and hours on social media with some family gatherings.

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Fad

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temporary fashion, trend

  • fad diet
  • the skating fad was soon forgotten
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Intrinsically

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naturally, inherently, innately

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Edible

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fit to be eaten

• Are these berries edible?

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Longevity

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great length of life

• women have greater longevity than men.

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Dignified

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honorable, worthy of respect

• his father is a dignified man.

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Fundamental

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great importance; essential; basic

  • computers have a fundamental role in industry.
  • fundamental change
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Assessment

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estimation, evaluation

• an assessment of the country’s financial needs

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Glamorous

A

charming, fascinating, alluring

• Most people always search for glamorous stuffs.

177
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Pitfall

A

risk, danger

• pitfalls of aggressive behavior.

178
Q

Majority

A

greater part or number

• majority of people support the fact that…

179
Q

Get over

A

overcome

• get over an illness

180
Q

Perceived

A

sensed, noticed, seen

• some perceived issues are…

181
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Habitually

A

usually, regularly

• There are a lot of actions which we do them habitually.

182
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Counterpart

A

Sb or sth equivalent to another in position…

• for every unhealthy habit there’s a counterpart.

183
Q

Ongoing

A

continuous, persistent

  • ongoing discussions
  • you should make ongoing change not temporary!
184
Q

From scratch

A

From the beginning

• I really love to make most of my foods from scratch.

185
Q

Worthwhile

A

rewarding, beneficial, profitable

• a worthwhile activity

186
Q

Component

A

part, ingredient, member, detail, portion

• component parts

187
Q

Moderation

A
  • Moderation is the key .

* I’ve mastered the art of moderation.

188
Q

Luxury

A

great comfort usually amongst expensive things

  • They live in luxury
  • We’re going to give up all those luxuries and only spend money on essentials.
189
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in case

A

by chance that, if

• I always have a ton of water in my room, in case I’m thirsty.

190
Q

Go along with idea/view

A

Be agree

• I go along with the idea that crime and poverty are linked.

191
Q

To be in complete agreement with sb

A

Agree

• I’m in complete agreement with them.

192
Q

Concur

A

agree; to come together, or coincide

  • I concur with everything that has been said so far.
  • several elements concurred to bring about this result.
193
Q

Agree up to a point

A

To somehow agree but not so sure

• I agree up to a point but I also think there are other important factors.

194
Q

Tend to disagree

A

I’m afraid, I tend to disagree with you on that issue.

195
Q

Fundamentally

A

basically, essentially

• This idea is fundamentally wrong.

196
Q

To disagree fundamentally/totally/strongly

A

• The two experts disagreed fundamentally over the effect of environment and behavior.

197
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In terms of

A

in connection with, regarding

  • She thinks of everything in terms of money.
  • We try to do what is best for our customers in terms of the quality of our products.
198
Q

Whereas

A

Since, whilst

• She was mad, whereas I was laughing so loud.

199
Q

Serene

A

happy and peaceful

• a calm and serene person

200
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Tranquil

A

quiet; peaceful

• Life in the country is not always tranquil.

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