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insect/mosquito repellent commencer à apprendre
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a substance used to repel something:
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repellent [MAKING STRONG DISAPPROVAL] repellent behaviour/beliefs commencer à apprendre
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making you feel strong disapproval and that you do not want to be involved with someone or something:
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windfall noun [C] (MONEY) The Belridge School, after receiving a financial windfall, purchased computers for all students and teachers. commencer à apprendre
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an amount of money that you win or receive from someone unexpectedly:
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windfall [FRUIT BLOW DOWN FROM A TREE] I tend to leave the windfalls for the birds to pick at. commencer à apprendre
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a piece of fruit blown down from a tree:
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Saturday's semifinal was a real nail-biter. commencer à apprendre
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a sports event or film that is exciting because you do not know how it will end:
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Example: Would you two stop your yakety-yak and come help us? commencer à apprendre
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Yakety-yak is a slang term for aimless, pointless talk, especially when it goes on and on. used at least somewhat negatively to criticize talking in such a way and imply that it is annoying or excessive.
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a special day of organized sports or other outside activities for students
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field day [MILITARY TRAINING] commencer à apprendre
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a day when military training takes place in an open area
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The newspapers had a field day when the wedding was announced (= they wrote a lot about it and printed many photographs of it). commencer à apprendre
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to gain advantage or success from a situation, esp. one that is bad for someone else:
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be in the loop/be out of the loop You can tell she's in the loop. She always knows about policy decisions before the rest of us. commencer à apprendre
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to have or not have the special knowledge or power that belongs to a particular group of people:
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The police have faced claims of racial profiling in the past. commencer à apprendre
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the practice by the police of thinking that people of a particular race or colour will behave in a particular way, especially that they will commit crimes:
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treadmill noun (REPEATED WORK) There were days when having kids seemed like an endless treadmill of feeding, washing, and nappy-changing. commencer à apprendre
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any type of repeated work that is boring and makes you feel tired and seems to have no positive effect and no end:
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treadmill noun (EXERCISE MACHINE) commencer à apprendre
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an exercise machine that consists of a moving strip or two step-like parts on which you walk without moving forward
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a wide wheel turned by the weight of people climbing on steps around its edge, used in the past to provide power for machines or, more usually, as a punishment for prisoners
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a main road intended for fast travel, which you usually have to pay to use:
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It's one of those whodunits where you don't find out who the murderer is till the very end. commencer à apprendre
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a story about a crime and the attempt to discover who committed it:
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He's been wrong before, so I don't put much stock in what he says any more. commencer à apprendre
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If you put stock in something that someone says or does, you have a high opinion of it:
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a type of large deer with large, flat horns and a long nose that lives in the forests of North America, northern Europe, and Asia
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the state of being married
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All these magazines are imitative of each other. He's an imitative artist, with very little originality in his work. commencer à apprendre
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copying someone or something:
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sit sth out [NOT TAKE PART IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY] I'm feeling rather tired, so I think I'll sit out the next dance. commencer à apprendre
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to not take part in a physical activity such as a dance or a game, because you are tired or injured:
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sit sth out [WAIT - UNPLEASANT SITUATION] The company's management is prepared to sit out the strike rather than agree to union demands. commencer à apprendre
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to wait for an unpleasant situation or event to finish, without leaving or taking some other action:
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nebulous [IDEAS - NOT CLEAR] She has a few nebulous ideas about what she might want to do in the future, but nothing definite. commencer à apprendre
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(especially of ideas) not clear and having no form:
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makeshift [TEMPORARY AND OF LOW QUALITY] Thousands of refugees are living in makeshift camps. commencer à apprendre
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temporary and of low quality, but used because of a sudden need:
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My great-grandfather was born at the turn of the last century. commencer à apprendre
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the time when a particular century ends and another begins:
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He gave a fairly run-of-the-mill speech. commencer à apprendre
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ordinary and not special or exciting in any way:
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the gist [THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES] I think I got (= understood) the gist of what she was saying. commencer à apprendre
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the main subject, without details, of a piece of information:
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sliver [SHARP BROKEN PIECE] The glass smashed into slivers. commencer à apprendre
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a thin, sharp piece, usually broken off something larger:
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sliver [NARROW OR THIN PIECE] Just a sliver of cake for me, please - I shouldn't really be having any. commencer à apprendre
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A sliver is also any narrow or thin piece:
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crusty adjective (HARD LAYER) commencer à apprendre
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having a hard outer layer:
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crusty adjective (EASILY ANNOYED) He’s a crusty, old bachelor who lives alone. commencer à apprendre
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(especially of older people) complaining and easily annoyed: unhappy and easily annoyed:
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enliven [MAKE MORE INTERESTING] The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other. commencer à apprendre
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to make more interesting or active:
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level with sb [TELL THE TRUTH] I'll level with you - the salary's not particularly good, and there's little chance of promotion. commencer à apprendre
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to tell someone the truth, esp. when it may be unpleasant:
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Dude 1: Alright I'm gonna call it now: Darren's gone and gotten himself a shitty haircut. Dude 2: OK then. Darren: Hey guys, like my new haircut? Dude 1: Fucking called it! commencer à apprendre
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To predict something before it happens, and subsequently state once the predicition actually occurs. Usually trivial like a plotline to a film, or a sports result.
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