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1
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(give) input on

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offer suggestions or opinions about the topic

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finger-pointing

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a situation in which someone is blamed for something that goes wrong

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let (someone) off the hook

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to allow (someone who has been caught doing something wrong or illegal) to go without being punished

ex. If you ask me, they let him off the hook too easily

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accountable

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in a position where people have the right to criticize you or ask you why something happened

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Across the board=in all aspects

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Involving everyone or everything in a place or situation.

Synonyms - everything and including everithing

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defuse

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  1. to make a situation more relaxed by making people feel less angry or less worried
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approach

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подходить, приближаться

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as yet

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so far (до сих пор, пока, до настоящего времени)

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attempt

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пытаться, стараться, стремиться, прилагать усилия, пробовать, делать попытку

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Aware of

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Knowing about a situation or a fact

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be aligned on

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be on the same page

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Be falling throught the cracks

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Something is overlooked, unnoticed, left undone

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be in great groove with

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be in productive process of

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be looped in

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be kept informed/updated

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be on the same wavelength

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to understand the way that another person thinks because you often have the same ideas and opinions as they do

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be up to date on

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have relevant information about

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bear (someone or something) in mind

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To remember, think about, or consider someone or something (in regard to something else)

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beating

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an act of hitting someone repeatedly and hard

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Beyond

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Past a place or outside an area

Ex. Is there something beyond your scope of responsibility that you’d like to try to do?

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boxed out of

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to exclude someone from a situation, especially through deceit or manipulation

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boxed out of

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marginalized, redundant

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buy into

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swallow the bait, agree to accept

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catch up on

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learn or do something later

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Catch up with someone

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  1. To find and arrest someone who has committed a crime after searching for them
  2. To begin to have an effect on someone (the lack of sleep caught up with her, and she began to doze off)
  3. To meet up with; used in journalism to introduce an interview with someone
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click with someone

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  1. нравиться, ладить

2. точно соответствовать, подходить

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Come under something

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  1. To be forced to experience something unpleasant
    Come under scrutiny/suspicion
    Come under pressure: we have all come under significant pressure due to…
  2. (Come under someone/something) to be the responsibility of a particular person, organization etc
  3. To belong to a particular group or class
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come up with

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находить решение

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correlate

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if two things correlate, or are correlated, they are connected, and affect each other:

correlate to sth
At this point, the advertising hasn’t correlated to an increase in sales.

correlate (sth) with sth
Oil sales are closely correlated with economic growth.

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course of action

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план действий

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30
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cover

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explain, talk about

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31
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crop up

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неожиданно обнаруживаться; возникать

делать ошибку

= crop out выходить на поверхность

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32
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ditch

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scrap, get rid of

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33
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Drop someone a line/note

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To write a short letter to say thanks

Synonyms. To write something

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Drown out

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To stop, or to reduce

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35
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drown out

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make imperceptible (сделать незаметным)

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36
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due too

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because of something

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37
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excessive

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much more than is reasonable or necessary

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38
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expectations

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miscalibrated/high/unrealistic

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39
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fall behind with

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to fail to do something or pay something at the time that you should

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40
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falter

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спотыкаться

идти неровной походкой, ковылять

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41
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feasible

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viable, worth doing

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42
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bring up

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to start discussing a subject

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43
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fell down

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To feel depressed or unhappy

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44
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fill in with

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correspond

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45
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get rid of

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избавляться

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46
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get the picture

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to understand something, especially something that someone tells you indirectly

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47
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give thought to (something)

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To consider, reflect upon, or think hard about something. Often used with modifiers such as “any,” “some,” “a little,” etc.

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go ahead on

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begin to do smith

49
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go belly-up

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falter, go out of business

50
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grasp the importance of

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понять важность, осознать значение

51
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hardship

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трудность, трудности, неприятность, неприятности

52
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Hectic

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Full of busy activity

Ex. Things have been hectic over the last six month

53
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in keeping with

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in line with, in accordance with

54
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in/out of the loop

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belonging or not belonging to a group that has information and makes decisions about something

55
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It is my firm conviction that

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я твердо убежден что

56
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judge too harshly

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судить слишком строго

57
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keep (my) head down

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be focused and work hard

58
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keep the team afloat

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держать команду на плаву

59
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laterally

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со стороны, сбоку

в сторону, вбок

боком

60
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lay off

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отложить, перестать носить (одежду)

перестать нанимать на работу, временно уволить

61
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let down

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разочаровывать, подводить

62
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let off the hook

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having avoided a duty, an unpleasant situation, or a punishment

63
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look into

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investigate

64
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make sense

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иметь смысл

65
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marginalize

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  1. to make someone or something seem not important or relevant
  2. to prevent someone from having power or influence
66
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Maybe

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Might

He might not feel satisfied with

67
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might be yearning for

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стремиться к чему-то

68
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move on

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go on to do something else

69
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mutual

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взаимный, обоюдный

соответственный

общий, совместный, принадлежащий обеим сторонам

70
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on the flip side

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Looking at a different or opposite aspect, possibility, or result (associated with something)

71
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opt out (of)

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decide not to do/avoid doing

72
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Overwhelming

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Much lager, stronger, more important etc than anything else in a situation

73
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particularly

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  1. very, or very much
  2. used for emphasizing that something refers especially to one specific person, thing, or situation
  3. in a clear and specific way
74
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perspective of …

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a picture or view of something

75
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put a pin in it

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to leave an argument, point or plan in order to return to it later

I’ll put a pin in my current plans for 36 hours

76
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reach out

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добиваться (чего-л.)

reach out to) обращаться к (кому-л.); держать связь с (кем-л.

77
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reach out to

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  1. (reach out to someone) to offer help to someone

2. (reach out to someone) to ask someone for help

78
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reassurance

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уверение, заверение, подтверждение

79
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redundant

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  1. if someone is redundant, they have been told they must leave their job because they are no longer needed
  2. not needed
80
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rely

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полагаться, надеяться; доверять; быть уверенным (в чём-л.)

81
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resolve

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to solve a problem, or to find a satisfactory way of dealing with a disagreement

82
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route to go down

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a course of action

83
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run over

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take up more time than necessary or planned, drag on

84
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Run up

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  1. To make something very quickly, especially something that you sew
  2. To rise a flag to the top of a pole
  3. If you run up debts, you get into debt and allow the amount to increase
85
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Scope of responsibility

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Зона ответственности

86
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set aside

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откладывать на время, прерывать

прекращать, приостанавливать (что-л.); положить конец (чему-л.)

= set apart 1) откладывать, приберегать (деньги) ; оставлять (время)

отвергать, оставлять без внимания, не учитывать

юр. отменять, аннулировать

(set aside for) предназначать, выделять (для чего-л.)

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snowed under

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with too much work to deal with

Ex. … has kept us all snowed under

88
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Squeeze in

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To be able to do something, even though you do not have much time

89
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stalling

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if a process stalls, or if someone stalls it, it stops making progress

something is stalling work

90
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stem from

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to be caused by something

91
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stem from

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(stem from something) to be caused by something

92
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strike out

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come up with, draw up

93
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swallow the bait

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If you swallow the bait, you completely accept something, especially an offer that is a trick or way of getting something from you.

94
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Take on

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  1. To start to employ someone
  2. (Take on something) to develop a particular character or appearance
  3. To accept some work or responsibility
  4. Fight or compete against someone
  5. Decide to do something
95
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take the long view

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look ahead, think laterally

96
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take the long view (of something)

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to think about the effects that something will have in the future rather than worrying about the present situation

97
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talk smth out

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разг обговорить (что-л.), дойти до сути

98
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throw​/​shed​/​cast light on something

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to provide new information that helps you understand something

99
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try your hand at

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get a shot at, attempt

100
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tune in

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connect

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viable

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жизнеспособный

102
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workload

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объём работы

103
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wrap (things) up

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sum up

104
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zero in on

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  1. to start to give all your attention to a particular person or thing
  2. to aim at someone or something with a gun or camera
105
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прибыльный

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profitable, lucrative

106
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bring up

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to start discussing a subject

107
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non(-)existent

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несуществующий

108
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withstand

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устоять (перед чем-л.), выдержать (что-л.); противостоять, не поддаваться (чему-л.)

109
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withhold

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воздерживаться (от чего-л.)отказывать (в чём-л.)
останавливать, сдерживать, удерживать

утаивать, скрывать

110
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retain

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to keep someone or something

to remember ideas or information

to employ a professional person such as a lawyer or doctor by paying an amount of money called a retainer before the work is done

111
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inventive

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изобретательный; находчивый

112
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do damage

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причинить урон

113
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in fact

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фактически, на самом деле, в действительности; по сути, в сущности; на поверку

114
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in effect

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в действительности, в сущности, на самом деле

115
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on the whole

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в общем

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