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getting going: we need to get going after lunch. |
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unveil - introduce sth for the first time: the artist unveiled his new painting. |
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draft: i sent my first draft of my essay to my teacher today. |
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kick out - force to leave: the bar staff kicked out a drunk customer. |
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blow someone chances - miss an opportunity: after a terrible speech, the politician realised she'd blown her chances of winning the election. |
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fuel - make more intense: when they went on holiday it fuelled speculation they were going to get married. |
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nod - official act to suggest that someone should be given a prize or position: freya got the nod that she'd come first in the spelling competition. |
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-mongering - encouraging an activity that is damaging or hurtful: all this doom-mongering about job losses has made everyone very nervous. |
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blast - criticise severely: the railway company was blasted for continually canselling train services. |
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brace - get ready physically or mentally for sth bad: i braced myself for lots of job rejections but got offered the first one. |
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grip - hold tightly: the election gripped the nation. |
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pollination - process in which pollen is taken from a plant to another one: a bee has made a pollination when it took a pollen from a plant to another plant. |
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scepticism - attitude of doubting whether sth is true or useful. |
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resistance - refusal to accept a change or new idea. |
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refusal. |
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apprehensive - feeling worried that sth bad is going to happen. |
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do away with. do away with sth - remove it completely or put an end to it. |
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custodian - someone with responsibility for taking care of sth or trying to protect ideas or principles. |
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stigma - strong feeling of shame or disapproval which most members of a community have towards sth. |
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disapproval. |
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put an end to sth - cause sth to stop existing or happening. |
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sweep - easily wins everything that can be won: the team won the final match 3-0 to sweep to victory. |
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win big - win many times, or win a large prize: he won big during his visit to the casino last night. |
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a big night: the actors had a big night. They took home seven awards. |
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keep up to date: i read newspapers whenever I can and one man keep me up to date on everything that's happening. |
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in the short term - relating to a short period of time. |
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ripple effect - situation in which one event produces a series of further effects to happen one after the other. |
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hire and fire - authority to employ someone and release them from employment, sometimes in quick succession. |
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release. |
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employment. |
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job for life - job that you can stay in all your working life. |
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upskilling - process of learning new skills or undergoing training to become better at your job. |
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undergo - experience sth that is unpleasant or sth that involves a change: playing board games in undergoing a revival in popularity. |
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playing board games. |
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lavish - expensive, impressive and large in quantity: the critics were lavish in their praise for the paintings. |
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succession - a number of similar events or people that happen, exist, etc. after each other: life was just an endless succession of parties and dinners. |
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pass on. |
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deliberately. |
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that's news to me - i didn't know that. |
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no news is good news - everything is OK, probably. |
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breaking news - new news. |
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break the news - pass on news to someone. |
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the fall of. the fall of sth - end of a position of power: 1989 saw the fall of communism in many Eastern Europe countries. |
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rage. |
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topple - force a loss of power: after years in power, the dictator was toppled. |
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loss. |
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in power. |
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sticking point - a point on which it's impossible to reach an agreement. |
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competence. |
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trustworthiness - quality of being able to be trusted as honest and reliable. |
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gullible - easy to deceive because you trust and believe people too easily. |
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trust to luck - believe that thing will happen for the best. |
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for the best. |
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indiscriminately - in a way that doesn't show careful choice or planning, usually with harmful results. |
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chimp. chimpanzee. |
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novel. |
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great apes - group of large primates including chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutangs; they have no tail and are humans' closest animal relatives. |
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modifying - changing sth in order to improve it. |
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gestures - movements made with parts of the body like hands, arms or head, to express ideas and feelings. |
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pat - touch sb or sth gently or repeatedly with your hand held flat. |
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alleviate - reduce the intensity or severity of sb's pain or suffering: the drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain or suffering. |
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chaotically. |
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headphones. |
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take off - suddenly start to be successful and popular: her singing career has just begun to take off. |
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laid (sth) on the line - (idiom) rised losing sth important such as a job or reputation. |
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picked up on (sth) - noticed or gave particular attention to sth being said or done. |
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niche product - sth marketed for sell to a small, specific group. |
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caught the public or 's imagination - (idiom) made the public interested in or excited about sth. |
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