13 Food for thought

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quench your thirst
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satisfy your hunger
eat small amount of food
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pick at food
She has an eating disorder and she always picks at her meals.
eat quickly
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gulp down food
The cat gulped down a whole bowl of milk.
do something that makes you hungry
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work up a big appetite
Ella had worked up an appetite in the gym.
that is even better
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so much the better
We want to hear your say, but if you make it short, so much the better.
not so
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nothing like as... as
The interview was nothing like as bad as I thought it was going to be.
vary from
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nowhere near as... as
The chair he sat in was nowhere near as comfortable as the custom-designed one behind his desk.
by a great amount; by far
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by a long way
This was by far the largest city in the area.
We were the best team by a long way.
almost 1st
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come a close second
The lemon sorbet is delicious, but the chocolate mousse comes a close second.
hide the truth about something
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deception - deceive -deceptive
Don't deceive yourself
The device is deceptively simple in appearance.
intentional deception
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fraud - to defraud - fraudulent
He had been charged with defrauding the company of 2£ millions.
lie
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cheat at
I remember when we were kids how Peter used to cheat at our games.
to trick smb into doing smt
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to deceive smb into doing sth
I can't believe he deceived thousands of people into buying a faulty product!
take smb in
She tried to pass this off as an amusing story, but nobody was taken in.
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fall for a trick
He told me that he owned a mansion in Spain and I fell for it.
to cheat smb in order to get their money
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to swindle sb out of sth
They were accused of swindling millions of dollars out of several international companies.
The landlord tried to swindle us out of our deposit.
deceive or cheat smb
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take smb for a ride
When he didn't return with my money, I realized I had been taken for a ride.
to get sth from smb by trickery
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trick smb out of sth
You can't trick me out of my money.
fortel, podstęp
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stratagem
In military stratagems it was sometimes necessary to conceal the standards.

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