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397 Cards in this Set
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Paramount |
Most important
The interests of the child are of paramount importance |
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Tailor |
خياط Customize Arrangements can be tailored to meet individual requirements |
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Respective |
Belong to two persons or more
They chattered about their respective childhoods |
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ما هى البلدان الهامشية ؟ |
معظم دول قارة أفريقيا وامريكا اللاتينية وجزء كبير من آسيا والبلدان أعضاء الاتحاد السوفيتى الاقل تطورا |
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ماذا تحمل نظرية الاعلام العالمى ؟ |
تحمل اعتقاد ضمنى بأن الازدهار سوف ينشأ فى المنطقتين الاقل شأنا عندما يتوجهوا نحو الرأسمالية وتتوسع اسواقهم لتشمل الدول المحورية |
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التعاملات الاقتصادية فى الدول المحورية عندما تتوسع منتجاتها الثقافية الموجهة للمناطق الأخرى غالبا تفعل شيئين : |
1- تحل المنتجات الأجنبية محل المنتجات الثقافية القومية 2- الأرباح النهائية بتعود إلى شركات تكتل وسائل الإعلام المتعددة اللى أغلبها فى امريكا وأوروبا |
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ما اهم الحواجز التى تمنع انشاء نظم اعلام مستقلة متعددة الأبعاد فى أمريكا اللاتينية ؟ |
1- هيمنة القوانين والسياسات التسلطية 2- العنف ضد الصحفيين 3- محدودية انتشار وسائل الإعلام المكتوبة والإذاعة القاصرة على المجتمع المحلى 4- التفاوت فى القواعد الصحفية 5- تملك القلة للتلفزيون |
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Stand off |
Deadlock
The 16 day old stand-off was no closer to being resolved |
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Delegate |
Representative or entrust a tusk or responsibility to another person She must delegate duties so as to free herself for more important tasks |
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Devolve |
Delegate Measures to devolve power to a Scottish assembly |
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Pseudonymous اسم مستعار Bygone means past Iteration means repetition of process Whiner means complainer Herbal medicine means طب الاعشاب Spending cuts means reduce the spending Crumb فتات العيش Emerald زمرة conjugation التصريف locust جراد Street stall or market stall عربية الشارع Prosecutor النائب العام |
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Fudge |
Dodge
The authorities have fudged the issue |
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Manifesto |
Programme or statement
He may fudge key issues in the labour statement |
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Molest |
Harass He had been arrested for being drunk and molesting passers-by |
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Throng |
(Crowd) fill in a place A crowd thronged the station |
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Concourse |
Assembly of people or entrance A station concourse A vast concourse of onlookers |
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Incantation |
Magic spell An incantation to raise the dead |
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Desert |
Abandon or unoccupied The tourists have deserted the beaches We feel our public representative have deserted us |
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Obscuration |
The action of hiding
The viewpoint is creating awkward obscuration where there needs to be clarity and transparency |
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Arduous |
Difficult and tiring
An arduous journey |
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Frankly |
Honestly Frankly , I was pleased to leave |
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Retraction |
Draw back Prey are grasped between the jaws (الفكين ) upon tongue retraction |
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Snappy |
Irritable Neat and elegant ( clothes )
A snappy dresser Anything unusual made her snappy and nervous |
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Enthral |
Fascinate She had been so enthralled by the adventure that she had hardly noticed the cold |
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Shaky |
Unsteady A cracked , dangerously shaky table |
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Mull |
Ponder She began to mull over the various possibilities |
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Remedy |
Treatment Herbal remedies for arches and pains |
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Dilute |
Diminish ( weaker in force )
The reforms have been diluted |
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Revitalize |
Re-energize A package of spending cuts to Revitalize the economy |
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Coruscate |
Sparkle The light was coruscate through the walls |
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Eulogize |
Praise highly
He was eulogized as a rock star |
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Adversity |
Difficulty محنة
Resilience in the face of adversity
Resilience means flexibility |
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Grotesque |
Malformed or ugly A figure wearing a grotesque mask |
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Dishevel |
Untidy He ran one hand through his hair further dishevelling it |
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Pertinent |
Relevant She asked me a lot of very pertinent questions |
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Insidious |
Proceeding in a gradual and subtle way but with harmful effect Sexual harassment is a serious and insidious problem |
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Nudity |
Naked Scenes of full-frontal nudity |
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Woozy |
Dizzy I still felt woozy from all the pills |
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Cave |
كهف Submit under pressure
He caved because his position |
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Turbulent |
Disorder the country's turbulent history |
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Untenable |
Indefensible
This argument is clearly untenable |
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hooligan |
Violent Young troublemaker همجى drunken hooligan |
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Navigate |
Give directions or guide Ted was navigating her towards the other end of the room |
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See off |
To defeat or stop opponent They saw off the opponent |
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Flare up |
Sudden outburst A flare-up between the two countries |
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pervert |
Corrupt He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice |
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mandatory |
Obligatory wearing helmets was made mandatory for pedal cyclists |
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enigma |
Mystery Madeleine was still an enigma to him |
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Start to flag |
Lose energy or enthusiasm When students start to flag in the afternoon , they tend to take a quick nap |
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Buzz around means move around Buzz means intense feeling of enthusiasm or excitement |
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capitulation |
Surrender or submit she gave a sigh of capitulation |
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demeanour |
outward behaviour or bearing his happy demeanour |
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pull past |
to move in front of something or someone. The race car pulled past the leader |
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Mobilize |
Organize a ( group of people ) to take a collective action It would be hard for worker representatives to mobilize the workforce against the employees |
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Come in handy |
Turn out to be useful The sort of junk that might come in handy one day |
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Confiscate |
Seize someone's property ( specially the authority ) The guards confiscated his camera |
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Impunity |
Exemption from punishment
The impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings |
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Implicate |
Involve in crime or incriminate He was implicated in a price-fixing scandal |
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Agitation |
Arousing Public concern about issue and pressing for action on it Widespread agitation for social reform |
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Best |
Defeat or get the better of She refused to allow her self to be bested |
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Coalesce |
Combine ( elements ) His idea served to coalesce all that happened into one connected whole |
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Semblance |
Similarity It bears some semblance to the thing I have in my mind |
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Whittle down |
Make something smaller by removing parts We whittled the list down to four people |
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Curva |
Seating in the sports stadium The curva plays an integral part in the culture of ultras and european football |
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Pathos |
Evoke ( sadness )
The actors injects his customary humor and pathos into the role |
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Infatuate |
Fall In love with She is infatuated with a handsome police chief |
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Ripe |
Ready or mature Land ripe for development |
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Encore |
Again It was louis who shouted bravo ! Encore ! |
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Incognito |
Disguised |
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Ethos |
Spirit or atmosphere A challenge to the ethos of the 1960s |
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Unfurl |
Spread out from a rolled or folded state A man was unfurling a sail |
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Reluctance |
Unwillingess She sensed his Reluctance to continue |
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Fuss ضجة
Zip up means close something السوستة
Faggot means gay Working class الطبقة العاملة |
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Lodge |
Present ( a deal ) He has 38 days in which to lodge an appeal ( استئناف ) |
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Overinflated |
Exaggerated There were many overinflated claims |
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Misgiving |
Doubt We have misgivings about the way the campaign is being run |
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Apprehension |
Understand or anxiety He felt sick with apprehension His first Apprehension of such large issues |
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Pull off by some one |
Repel I was really pull off by your behaviour |
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Repel |
Repulsive or refuse
She was repelled by the permanent smell of drunk on his breath |
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Pre-eminent |
Very distinguished |
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Marquee |
Pre-eminent A Marquee player |
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bound |
Destined to They were bound for disaster |
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A thorn in someone's side |
A source of continual annoyance The pastor has long been a thorn in the side of the regime |
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Correlate |
Relate |
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Prosecution |
Following specially from the authority in a criminal charge or نيابة The bbc's prosecution of its commerical ends |
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Precarious |
Insecure or unreliable He made a precarious living as a painter |
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Depict |
Portray in words Youth is depicted as a time of vitality and good health |
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Deplorable |
Disgraceful or disreputable or Shockkingly bad Children living in deplorable conditions |
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Smuggle |
Convey something or someone illegally He's been smuggling cigarettes from gibraltar into spain |
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Coerce |
Obtain by force Their confessions were allegedly coerced by torture |
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Ignominious |
Humiliating or disgrace No other party risked Ignominious defeat |
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Vindicate |
Prove it right More sober views were vindicated by events |
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Sober |
Clear headed or Serious or reasonable His Expression sobered her |
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Lure away |
Seduce He thought he could lure my girlfriend away by showing up in his expensive car |
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Treacherous |
Guilty of involving in betrayal |
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Intolerable |
Unbearable The Intolerable pressures of his work |
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Take something by storm |
Quickly became popular or successful The new fashion has taken london by storm |
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Hand over |
Pass the responsibility to someone else Her parents handed her over to be brought up by her grandparents |
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Thrill |
Feeling of joyful and pleasure His kids thrilled and excited her |
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Saga |
Epic story A figure straight out of a viking saga |
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Kudos |
Glory or honour
She was looking for kudos rather than profit |
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Slim |
Very small There was just a slim chance of success |
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All hell breaks loose |
Begin of violent or noisy or destructive I heard people shouting at each other , and suddenly all hell broke loose |
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Leverage |
Power to influence a person or situation Industry consolidation has raised costs by giving healthcare systems leverage over insurance companies |
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Too good to be true |
So great as to be unbelievable Give league wins in a row was just too good to be true |
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Approach |
Deal with or speak to
One must approach the matter with caution |
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Usurp |
Overthrow |
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Salute |
Greeting He raises his arms in a triumphant salute |
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Plough |
Advance forcibly in
It would just plough the football club into debt |
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Preclude |
Prevent from His difficulties preclude him from leading a normal life |
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Mimic |
Resemble or imitate She mimicked Eileens pedantic voice |
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Over scrupulous |
Extremely pedantic or scrupulous Life was often too difficult for working-class mothers to be over scrupulous |
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Chunk |
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Compulsory |
Mandatory Compulsory military service |
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Invaluable |
Extremely useful An invaluable source of information |
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Predicate |
Base on The theory of structure on which layer chemistry was predicated |
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Conservation |
Preservation or nature maintenance
The artworks in the collection need indexing فهرسة and conservation |
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Vicarious |
Inspiring a experience from another one be observing that
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Enact |
Put into practice The pressure group's aim was to see the proposals enacted |
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Born of necessity |
Established because it was necessary Thier relationship was born of necessity but it has developed into true and lasting friendship |
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Overhaul |
Repair The steering box was recently overhauled |
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Nurture |
Upbringing or rearing We are all what nature and nurture have made us |
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Domestically |
محليا Only a quarter of french locomotives were domestically produced |
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Equip |
Supply or provide All bedrooms are Equipped with colour tv |
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Overarching |
Comprehensive A single Overarching principle |
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Exhibit |
Manifest clearly |
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Brink |
Verge The country was on the brink of a constitutional crisis |
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Irrelevance |
The document was withheld on grounds of Irrelevance |
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Startle |
Feeling of sudden alarm or shock
A sudden sound in the doorway startled her |
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Haggle |
Dispute about bargain The two sides are haggling over television rights |
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Break-even |
Point in the business when the profits equal the costs The company expects to reach break-even by the end of the year |
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Rebate |
Refund |
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Permit |
officially Allow
The law permits councils to monitor any factory emitting smoke |
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Appeal |
Attraction or serious request The popular appeal of football Police are appealing for information about the incident |
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Touch point نقطة الاتصال Cosmopolitan means (international) including people from different countries
Metropolis means Big city or capital Cattle means cow To the Edge means having intense quality Currency العملة or circulation Patent براءة اختراع
Shipment الشحنة
Custom duty رسوم الجمركية
Freight means transport goods
Vessel means large boats
Dedeuce means conclude
Unforeseen means unpredicted Depreciation الخصومات |
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Rip off |
Cheat financially She thought he was ripping her off over her royalties |
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Boycott |
Refuse to ( cooperate or handle )
He advised him to boycott from training sessions |
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Hit it off |
Go on well or be friendly |
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Embrace |
Hug or accept Besides traditional methods artists are embracing new technology |
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Sue |
Take legal actions against She is to sue the baby's father |
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Beverage |
Drink ( chiefly in commercial use ) |
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Steep |
Rapid or very large The steep rise in unemployment |
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In sight |
Close at hand The minister insisted that agreement was in sight |
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Eventful |
Having exciting and interesting events His long and eventful life |
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Unhinge |
Disorder A chain of events unhinges the structure of his family |
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Part way |
End of relationship The band members parted ways after releasing their third album |
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Hatred |
Intense dislike or aversion
They made plain ( clearly ) their aversion to the use of force |
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Plain |
Clearly I am finished with you , I will tell you plain |
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Antipathy |
Aversion His fundamental antipathy to capitalism |
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Coup |
A sudden seize of power or success It was a major coup to get such a prestigious contract |
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Repercussion |
Unwelcome consequence
The move would have grave Repercussion for the entire region |
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Runaway |
Easy The runway success of the book |
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Endeavour |
Enterprise A portfolio of business Endeavours |
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Play out |
Happen They were playing out a familiar scenario |
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implosion |
sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system. a global financial implosion |
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Feud |
Squabble or fall out Hassan feuded with the cia for decades |
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Fall out |
Quarrel or argument or squabble He had fallen out with his family |
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From here on |
From this time forward From here on out , I am making all the decisions |
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Discreet |
Cautious or unobtrusive
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Conspicuous |
Clearly or noticeable He showed Conspicuous bravery |
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Unobtrusive |
Not Conspicuous
The service was Unobtrusive and efficient |
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Obscene |
Repugnant
Cannibalism (اكل لحوم البشر ) seems obscene to us |
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Repugnant |
Unacceptable ( repulsive ) |
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Analogy |
similarity
Works of art were seen as an analogy for works of nature |
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shove |
Thrust powerfully
they started pushing and shoving people out of the way |
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Retail التجزئة
Glamour means Fascination
Brigade means unit or battalion home secretary وزير الداخلية |
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Fraction |
Tiny part He hesitated for a fraction of a second |
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underwhelm |
Disappoint investors seemed underwhelmed by the company's turnaround plan |
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Perk |
Extra advantage or benefit Many agencies are helping to keep personnel at their jobs by providing perks |
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Interlace |
Interfere with Football is becoming more interlace with street and pop culture |
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unveil |
Reveal The home secretary has unveiled plans to crack down on crime |
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Authenticity |
The quality of being authentic The paper should have established the Authenticity of the documents before publishing them |
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Insightful |
Perceptive means showing sensitive insight
Thank you for all the insightful comments |
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Omission |
Exclude someone
If you ever find yourself surprised by the omission of an established footballer from a national squad |
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Lay out |
Explain something clearly We need a paper laying out our priorities |
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Stir |
Fuss or commotion The event caused quite a stir |
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Plug away |
Continue to do something even it's boring or difficult
During the years of poverty , he plugged away at his writing |
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Dethrone |
Over throw or topple He Dethroned the defending title-holder |
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Ditch |
Get rid of
Plans for the road were ditched following public inquiry |
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admonish |
Argue or reprimand she admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven she admonished him to drink no more than one glass of wine |
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eclipse |
Overshadow the economy has eclipsed the environment as the main issue |
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reminisce |
remember with pleasure they reminisced about their summers abroad |
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rut |
Boring pattern the EC was stuck in a rut and was losing its direction |
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delirious |
Wild ecstasy
there was a great roar from the delirious crowd |
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roar |
Yell or shout
he gave a roar of rage |
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Commence |
Begin His design team Commenced work |
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Hit out |
Angry attacking
In the conference he hit out at the clubs decision |
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Latter |
Last-mentioned The Russians could advance into either germany or austria they choose the later option |
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Prosper |
Flourish or successful |
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Force out |
Compel someone to leave a job
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Get over the line |
Get it done |
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Constant |
means consistency or continue The constant background noise of the city |
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Snatch |
Eagerly take or steal or quick obtain
I snatched at the chance
We snatched a few hours of sleep |
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Row |
Dispute
The public row about the player pay cuts during the lockdown |
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adherent |
Follower or supporter He only invites his adherents |
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verily |
certainly verily these men are mad |
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beguile |
trick (someone)
they were beguiled into signing a peace treaty |
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companion |
Accompany or friend( partner )
he is companioned by a pageboy
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chastise |
Punish specially by beating
the General cruelly chastised them with a whip |
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setback |
Reversal in progress The move represents a setback for the peace process |
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shape up |
Improve I wanted to see how things had been shaping up in my absence |
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Vivid |
bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind clearly or evocative
memories of that evening were still vivid |
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Adulation |
Excessive admiration or hero worship He found it difficult to cope with the adulation of the fans |
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Trump up |
Invent a false accusation
They have trumped up charges against her |
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Embark |
Begin
She embarked on a new career |
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Fraught |
Full of
Marketing any new product is fraught with danger |
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Oblige |
Grateful or thankful or to fulfill the ask or desire of someone to please them
If you can give me a few minutes of your time I will be much obliged |
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Capacity |
Energy or position I was engaged in a voluntary capacity |
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Notorious |
Famous or well know specially in bad way Los Angeles is notorious for it's smog |
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Ungracious |
Rude |
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Abdicate |
Resign In 1918 kaiser wilhelm abdicated as german emperor |
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Prominence |
Important or famous She came to prominence as an artist in the 1960 |
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Overriding |
Most important The Overriding concern of the organizers was the financial crisis |
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Go so far as to say / describe |
To say something controversial or risky Although I wouldn't Go so far as to say he is coward but he definitely like to avoid confrontation when he can |
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Upward means up Prolific means productive |
She peered up at the sky |
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Lay-off |
Redundancy The workforce is on strike over lay-offs |
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Cut-throat |
Ruthless The Cut-throat world of fashion |
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Hold someone in high esteem |
Give him high value |
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Dissect |
Cut up or analyse An animal's eye can be easily Dissected |
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Decimate |
Destroy or drastically reduce the strength or effectiness
Public transport has been decimated |
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Blossom |
Develop Flower
The friendship Blossomed into romance |
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Grueling |
Exhausting A grueling schedule |
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Out of sync |
Work badly together Her eyes and her brain seemed to be seriously out of sync |
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Hindrance |
Obstacle A Hindrance to the development process |
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Mammoth |
Huge or large elephant A mammoth corporation |
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Knock on effect |
Cumulative or indirect effect A decline in butterflies would have a Knock-on effect on other species |
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Pasture |
Refer to person's situation I life She left the office to pastures new |
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Public transport النقل العام About to be على وشك |
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Nothing short of |
Emphasize how great is it What they have achieved is nothing short of miracle |
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couldn't be happier |
Very happy I couldn't be happier with the way our new kitchen looks |
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Tear a strip off |
Talking angry and cristize severely |
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Hotbed |
Breeding ground
The country was a hotbed of revolt and dissension ( means disagreement ) |
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Prodigious |
Impressively great The stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel |
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Debunk |
Expose the falseness of She debunked all the usual rubbish about acting |
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Delight |
Pleasure They delight in playing tricks |
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shepherd |
Guide I shepherd them through the door |
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Rehash |
Reuse or consider or discuss at length after it has happened |
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Alienate |
Make someone unsympathetic |
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Loom |
About to happen There is a crisis looming |
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Only recently |
It has happened in the recent past |
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Adept |
Expert He adept at cutting though red tape |
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Reserved |
Private or restrained He is reserved man , almost taciturn man |
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Diffident |
Shy because of self confidence A diffident youth |
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Unapologetic |
Not acknowledge of regret He remained Unapologetic about his decision |
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Label |
Categorized The critics labelled him a loser |
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Narcissist نرجسي
Incest زنا المحارم
Attire means formal clothes or to be dressed Money-spinning means generate a continuous income |
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Instigate |
Incite
Instigating men to refuse allegiance to the civil powers |
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Tip off |
Provide someone an inside information Someone must have tipped the press off about the company's financial troubles |
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Snide |
Devious
A snide divorce lawyer
He is as devious as politician needs to be |
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Emphatically |
Without doubt Jane , though born in california , feels emphatically english |
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Laugh off |
Dismiss something as laughable She laughed off the critics conclusion that the show was a flop |
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Portly |
Plumb
A portly little man with a bowler hat |
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Wolf down |
Eat quickly He wolfed down a ham sandwich |
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Extortion |
Obtain something be threats or force أو ابتزاز He used bribery and extortion to build himself a huge |
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Extortionate |
Too high or excessive A 2000 pound for the guitar is extortionate |
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Curtail |
Decrease or deprive someone of something Civil liberties were further curtailed |
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Imposing |
Impressive or spectacular He is an imposing player |
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Show off |
Boastfully display he was showing off , trying to make a really big impression |
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Exuberant |
Artistic style
He owns an Exuberant watch |
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Intermediary |
Mediator Negotiations took place through an Intermediary |
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Devotion |
Loyalty and love His devotion to duty never wavered |
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Devote |
Allocate - loyal I wanted to devote more time to my family He was a devoted husband |
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Inherent |
Deep-rooted
Any form of mountaineering has its inherent dangers |
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Plunge |
Sudden fall
A car swerved to avoid a bus and plunged into a ravine |
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Set in motion |
Begin or trigger Plunging oil prices set in motion an economic collapse |
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Defiance |
Bold disobedience |
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Truculent |
Aggressively defiant
The Truclent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports |
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Engulf |
Overshadow or inundate The game appears to have been engulfed by a wave of relentless consumerism |
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Gratuitous |
Unjustified or without reason For more and more gratuitous spending |
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Obscene |
Scandalous Using skin animals for fur coats is obscene |
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Ludicrously |
Foolish or Unreasonable extent
A Ludicrously expensive restaurant
Ludicrously rich owners
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Other than |
Except Their work has any positive impact on football other than to satisfy the modern day thirst for dramatic transfer news |
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Perspicacity |
Ready insight into things or shrewdness
The Perspicacity of her remarks |
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Inertia |
Inactivity or tend to do nothing |
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Dogma |
Principle of tenet The dogmas of faith |
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Wilt |
Languish or loss energy
Lady madi7a was beginning to wilt as she greeted the long line of guests |
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Qualm |
Misgiving Military regimes generally have no qualms about controlling the press |
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Vapid |
Bland or colourless |
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Stick up for |
Support or defend It's sweet the way he sticks up for his little brother |
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pan out |
Be successful this season may have panned out if he hadn’t spent so long being used as a makeshift centre-back. |
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Demolition |
Defeat The Brazilian excelled in the demolition of Arsenal |
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Commanding |
Masterful or dominant A man of commanding presence |
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Inhibit |
Restrain or prevent and unrelaxed there’s no reason for them to feel inhibited |
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Salvage |
Rescue but belief is starting to grow that something significant could still be salvaged from a season |
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Derail |
Obstruct ( a process ) an unprecedented injury crisis derailed Liverpool’s title defence. |
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Inadvertently |
Accidentally His name had been inadvertently omitted from the list |
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Squander |
Waste or lose |
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Refine |
Improve to be precise Ease of access to computers has refined analysis and presentation on data |
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Nutmeg |
Brady drifted past three defenders , nutmegging the third with ease |
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Beam |
Smile radiantly She beamed with pleasure |
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Malaise |
General discomfort or unhappiness A general air of malaise |
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Take it on the chin |
Accept misfortune couargesly One of her great strengths is her ability to Take it on the chin |
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Pent-up |
Confined
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Sign off |
Announce the end of something The day Tottenham left their old White Hart Lane home in May 2017, signing off with a 2-1 victory over Manchester United in emotional scenes |
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Lie ahead or lay ahead |
Going to happen Kane spoke with great excitement about the future that lay ahead for Mauricio Pochettino’s team |
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well-founded |
Justified or reasonable Kane’s optimism was well-founded |
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Adrift |
Off target Tottenham had finished second in the Premier League that season with 86 points — seven adrift of Antonio Conte’s Chelsea |
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AHead of |
In front of or waiting
Dele Alli and Son Heung-min seemingly having their best years ahead of them, |
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Materialise |
Happen
The glorious future that Kane envisaged has not materialised |
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Eve |
Period Before who enthusiastically signed a new six-year contract on the eve of the World Cup in Russia. |
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On course |
On track He was on course for victory |
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Steadfast |
Dutifully firm and unwavering Steadfast loyalty |
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Identify |
Equate with Because of my country accent , people identified me with a homely farmer's wife |
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Pique |
Arouse With his scientific curiosity piqued , he was looking forward to being able to analyse his find |
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Stance |
Situation or attitude or stand point
The party is changing it's stance on europe |
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Prise |
Obtain something by effort or difficult
I got the loan though I had to prise it out of him |
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Discount |
Disregard I'd heard rumours , but discounted it |
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Run out |
Come to end Her contract runs out at the end of the year |
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Align |
Arrange The desks are aligned in straight rows facing forwards |
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Top up means Adding amount of money
Stack up means compare or measure up
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Barrier |
Obstacle A language Barrier |
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By any means |
Any way I am not poor by any means |
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Face up to |
Confront or deal with The prime minister needs to face up to the consequences big her policies |
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On one's own |
Alone She isn't here now and I have to do things in my own |
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Rift |
Crack or break in friendly relation |
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Far off the of the mark |
not accurate or completely wrong I thought I knew what real estate costs around here but I was far off the mark |
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Step in means Substitute
Get rush means hurry
Beyond repair means it's impossible to repair Until further notice means حتى اشعار اخر |
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Bow out |
Withdrawal or resign She handed in a resignation letter , deciding it was an appropriate time for her to bow out |
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Wary |
Cautious Dogs which have been mistreated often remain very wary of strangers |
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Entourage |
Group of people surround important person |
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Oversee |
Supervise The home secretary oversees the police service |
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Legitimately |
Truly
There are tons of Legitimately terrible movies |
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as it stands |
in the present circumstances or condition "the country would struggle, as it stands, to host the next World Cup" |
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Tolerant |
Open minded
We must be tolerant of others |
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Adultery |
Infidelity
She was committing adultery with a much younger man |
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Deadly |
Excellent It's a great town and the pubs are deadly |
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Staggeringly |
Astonishing A Staggeringly beautiful coastline |
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take for granted |
Fail to properly appreciate
The comforts that people take for granted |
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Rue |
Regret
Ferguson will rue the day he turned down the offer |
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Acquainted |
Having met
Two people who aren't yet Acquainted Acquaint means know someone |
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Forbidden |
Prohibited or banned
A list of Forbidden books |
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Toddler |
A kid between 12 to 36 months old The toddler years are a time of great cognitive , emotional and social development |
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Show up |
Embarass or humiliate someone Arrive for an appointment or gathering
She says I showed her up in front of her friends
Two days later we showed up at her house |
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Wrench |
Twist She slipped and wrenched her ankle |
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Uproarious |
Hilarious
Uproarious humor |
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Churn out |
Produce
Artists continued to Churn out uninteresting works |
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Vibrancy |
Full of energy
The Vibrancy of the city centre |
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Confound |
Cause confusion
The inflation figure confounded economic analysts |
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Aftermath |
Repercussion Food prices soared in the aftermath of the drought |
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Perverse |
Illogical or irrational
In two general elections the outcome was quite Perverse |
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Wayward |
Wiful or headstrong A Wayward adolescent |
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Allegiance |
Loyalty Those wishing to receive citizenship must swear Allegiance to the republic |
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Resolution |
Decision (specially by authority) She kept her Resolution not to see anne any more |
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Violation |
To violate someone
The aircraft were in violation of Un resolutions |
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Provocation |
الاستفزاز You should remain calm and not respond to Provocation |
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Conquer |
Gain or overcome
Patience is a Conquering virtue
A fear she never managed to conquer |
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Suppress |
Prevent the development of
She couldn't Suppress a rising panic
The report had been suppressed |
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Fortitude |
Courage in pain and adversity or bravery She endured her illness with great Fortitude |
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Contentment |
Happiness or satisfaction
He found Contentment in living a simple life in the country |
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Perspiration |
Sweat
Perspiration ran down his forehead |
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Restlessness |
In ability to relax or rest A feeling of Restlessness was making it difficult to concentrate |
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Crept out |
Go out something slowly and carefully
A little mouse crept out the cupboard |
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Crack me up |
Make someone laugh These kinds of jokes really cracks me up |
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Comparatively |
Relatively
And Comparatively underfunded |
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Cease |
Stop or come to end
The hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed |
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Throw of the dice |
Risky attempt The two don't fit together and so italians push for champions glory seems even more like a last throw of the the dice |
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Punt |
Bet or spectacule on Juventus punt on Sarri and ronaldo typifies superclubs vast carelessness |
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Iffy |
Low quality or doubtful |
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Stodgy |
Dull or boring
Football may even have been stodgy |
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Contingent |
Subject to chance Suggest how contingent such things can be |
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decadence |
انحطاط he denounced Western decadence |
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albeit |
Though he was making progress, albeit rather slowly |
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denigrate |
Disparage This is not to denigrate either ronaldo or Sarri |
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Manifestly |
Clear or obviously Ronaldo is Manifestly a phenomenon |
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Minnow |
Small or insignificant The paper is a Minnow in the national newspaper mass market |
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Eviscerate |
Deprive from its essential content Myriad little concessions that would Eviscerate the project |
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Buffoon |
Fool |
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atheist |
Non-believer he is a committed atheist |
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Hardwire |
To be instinctive or standard It takes about three weeks for a new habit to be Hardwired in your brain |
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Millennium Waist الخصر أو الوسط |
Thousand years end
As we approach the Millennium the only certainty is change |
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Bare |
Naked or uncovered
He bared his chest to show his scar He was bare from the waist up |
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All the more |
Even more
The fact that they would written the play |
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Punctuate |
Dot or interrupt She Punctuates her conversation with snatches of song |
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Fortuitous |
By chance or lucky The ball went into the goal by a Fortuitous ricochet |
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Exponentially |
Increasing more rapidly Our business has been growing Exponentially |
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Teeter on the edge |
Very close to difficult or dangerous situation They Teeter on the edge of extinction with no more than a handful left |
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Irretrievable |
Irreversible
The Irretrievable breakdown of thier marriage |
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Long odds |
Poor chance The team has made some major improvements but they still face long odds |
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Patsy |
Some one who is easily manipulated or cheated The blonde was drop-dead gorgeous but she was nobody's patsy |
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Virtuosity |
Skillfulness or mastery
A performance of considerable Virtuosity |
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Weary |
Tired He gave a long , weary sigh |
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Grim |
Bleak or gloomy
Rows of grim , dark housing developments |
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Falter |
Hesitate or unsteady A-adam? He faltered |
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Gruesome |
Horrifying The most gruesome murder |
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Conversely |
Reversely We aren't going to have enough onions to last the year , while courgettes , Conversely , are in major surplus فائض |
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Scarce |
Rare or insufficient for the demand The freshwater shrimp جمبري becomes scarce in soft water |
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Soar |
Increase rapidly The cost of living continued to soar |
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Get behind |
To support The proposal may succeed if a few more people get behind it |
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Oust |
Throw out or drive out expel The reformists were ousted out from power |
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Then |
At that time I was living in Cairo then |
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Deem |
Consider The event was deemed a great success |
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Have someone's best interests in heart |
To be concerned about or act as it important He claims that he has her best interests at heart |
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Outcry |
Strong expression of public disapproval The public outcry over the bombing |
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Debacle |
Catastrophe or ignominious failure The only man to reach double figures in the second-innings debacle |
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Debacle |
Catastrophe or ignominious failure
The only man to reach double figures in the second-innings debacle |
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In the wake of |
As a consequence of The committee was set up In the wake of the inquiry |
