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to accept that a difficult situation exists: commencer à apprendre
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She's going to have to face up to the fact that he's not going to marry her. I Must Simply Face up to it: The Big Time is not for me’
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a watch that is worn on the wrist commencer à apprendre
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he had been sent to confiscate my wristwatch.
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a ... man is very polite, pleasant, and usually attractive, often in a way that is slightly false: commencer à apprendre
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He's very suave and sophisticated.
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attractive in a confident, exciting, and stylish way: commencer à apprendre
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It had been noticed that I wore one of the company's products, namely the Dashing Senior Executive model, a dashing young soldier: Dashing Senior Excutive model
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a narrow piece of strong material, esp. leather, used for holding or fastening something: commencer à apprendre
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I lost my watch when the strap broke. the alligator-style strap,
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very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods: commencer à apprendre
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a state-of-the-art movement (computer) What do you think of people whose main goal in life is having state-of-the-art technology?
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the part of a clock or watch that turns the hands (= thin sticks) that point to the time commencer à apprendre
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a state-of-the-art movement
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the part of a machine or device that shows you a measurement of something such as speed or time: commencer à apprendre
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The dial of/on his watch had a picture of Mickey Mouse on it. the distinguished dial with Roman numerals
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used to describe a respected and admired person, or their work: commencer à apprendre
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the distinguished dial with Roman numerals. a distinguished writer/director/politician Are those who come from distinguished families usually late for appointments?
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a feature of a product that allows you to do something: commencer à apprendre
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a computer with a speech recognition facility. the day-of-the-month facility
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of or like a skeleton (= frame of bones): commencer à apprendre
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Her body was skeletal (= very thin). he threatened to stop advertising in Vogue because of the "skeletal" models who appear in its pages.
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a child or animal without a home or enough food and care, usually thin and dirty in appearance commencer à apprendre
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a poor little waif. To give up my Epsilon Suave Watch in exchange for being called a "waif" seemed a bargain.
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an agreement between two people or groups in which each promises to do something in exchange for something else: commencer à apprendre
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reached an agreement... The management and employees eventually struck/made a bargain To give up my Epsilon Suave Watch in exchange for being called a "waif" seemed a bargain
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a year that happens every four years and has an extra day on 29 February commencer à apprendre
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Consequently, year 1900 is not a leap year but year 2000 is. In view of the difficulties over Leap Year, an amnesty had been declared,
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to treat someone or something in a way that gives them a disadvantage: commencer à apprendre
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customers were not being penalised for this Should turning up early for appointments be penalised or overlooked? Why?
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the basic facts of a situation: commencer à apprendre
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Let's get down to the nitty-gritty - how much will it cost? At 10:42 am we got down to the nitty-gritty.
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(especially of a disease or something bad) continuing for a long time: commencer à apprendre
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There is a chronic shortage of teachers. The problem, it turned out, was my chronic promptness.
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to carefully plan or organize ideas, suggestions, methods, etc., in a particular way: commencer à apprendre
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Their conclusions are framed in such a way that if one piece of evidence were shown to be false, the argument would be suspect. the First Law of Timepieces, framed by the great Jeremiah Quartz
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used when you want to give more detail or be more exact about something you have just said: commencer à apprendre
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,I learned an important lesson when I lost my job, namely that nothing is a hundred percent guaranteed. I wore one of the company's products, namely the Dashing Senior Executive model
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commencer à apprendre
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She's senior to me, so I have to do what she tells me. the Dashing Senior Executive model
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in a way that is not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided: commencer à apprendre
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I vaguely remembered having met her before.
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belief and confidence in your own ability and value: commencer à apprendre
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She suffers from low self-esteem and it prevents her from pursuing her goals. Is possessing modern gadgets an expression of a real need or is it a means of raising their low self-esteem?
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happiness and satisfaction, often because you have everything you need: commencer à apprendre
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More people were finding that material things do not bring contentment.
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