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28 Cards in this Set
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especially British English to go and get something or someone and bring them back |
fetch |
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drinking more than another person |
out-drinking |
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(humorous) an appropriate time of day to start drinking wine |
wine o'clock |
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drinking something quickly or in large amounts, particularly alcohol |
knocking back |
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person who drinks a lot of alcohol |
boozer |
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to cover a path, road, area etc with a hard level surface such as blocks of stone or concrete |
pave |
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to make a later event or development possible by producing the right conditions |
pave the way for something |
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to increase or improve something and make it more successful |
boost |
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approved to proceed |
given the green light |
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seriousness |
severity |
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a musical instrument with strings across a U-shaped frame, played with the fingers, especially in ancient Greece |
lyre |
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extremely interested in something you are listening to |
spellbound |
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a light that is.. is very bright and makes you unable to see properly for a short time► see thesaurus at bright2 very impressive and attractive |
dazzling |
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extremely happy or enjoyable |
blissful |
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too unpleasant, painful, or annoying to deal with SYN intolerable |
unbearable |
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to climb or move slowly somewhere, using your hands and feet because it is difficult or steep |
clamber |
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continuously throughout the day |
all day long (B1) |
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soon; quickly |
before long (B1) |
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continue for a lot of time |
last long (B1) |
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a large distance away |
a long way off (B1) |
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need a lot of time |
take long (B2) |
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departed a large amount of time ago |
long gone (C1) |
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someone who is ....... cannot be trusted because they are not loyal and secretly intend to harm you 2 ground, roads, weather conditions etc that are ........ are particularly dangerous because you cannot see the dangers very easily |
treacherous |
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perevozchik |
ferryman |
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an attempt that is unlikely to succeed |
a long shot (C2) |
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finally; after a lot of time and/or effort |
at long last (B2) |
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on the condition that |
so long as (C1) |
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wanted to do something very much |
longed (C2) |
