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if something that happens is _____, it is near enough to make you feel nervous or afraid commencer à apprendre
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Brenda lives too close for comfort in his book.
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said when giving your opinion commencer à apprendre
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Brenda lives too close for comfort in his book.
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formal the female owner, or wife of the owner, of a castle or large country house in France commencer à apprendre
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the woman is now chatelaine of the manor
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an _____ agreement, relationship etc is one in which people feel friendly towards each other and do not want to quarrel commencer à apprendre
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Relations between them are not amicable.
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polite in a formal but not very friendly way commencer à apprendre
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Relations between them are not amicable. Or even civil.
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to use rude and offensive language commencer à apprendre
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she was swearing so much it was difficult to get the gist of what she was saying
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the main idea and meaning of what someone has said or written commencer à apprendre
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she was swearing so much it was difficult to get the gist of what she was saying
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an order given by a court which tells someone not to do something; commencer à apprendre
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I am trying to take out an injunction against her
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a woman who has been scorned in love by a man will try to get revenge on him in some way commencer à apprendre
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hell hath no fury like a woman scorned scorned - wzgardzona. HATH - in the past, the third person singular form of the present tense of "have": Hell hath no fury like a woman who has seen a fortune slip through her fingers.
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an amount of money that you get unexpectedly; a piece of fruit that has fallen off a tree commencer à apprendre
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a year after his Lottery windfall
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a threat saying that if someone does not do what you want by a particular time, you will do something to punish them commencer à apprendre
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She kept giving me ultimatums
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the last problem in a series of problems that finally makes you give up, get angry etc commencer à apprendre
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the final straw 'The final straw was Christmas 2003, when we went on holiday to Barbados and Brenda was so moody all the time.
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often changing quickly from being in a good temper to being in a bad temper (temperamental) annoyed and unhappy commencer à apprendre
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we went on holiday to Barbados and Brenda was so moody all the time.
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a particular point in an activity or period of time commencer à apprendre
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It was at this juncture, with the threat of a life in Essex looming large before him, that Bridget got back in touch. It was at this juncture that Bridget got back in touch.
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to appear as a large unclear shape, especially in a threatening way; if a problem or difficulty _____-s, it is likely to happen very soon: commencer à apprendre
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the threat of a life in Essex loomed large before him
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to repair an old building or car, or to improve its appearance commencer à apprendre
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her property needed doing up, including replacement windows.
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someone who is not willing to believe that people have good, honest, or sincere reasons for doing something commencer à apprendre
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The cynic in some of us might say why didn't she just pick up Yellow Pages?
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the part of a town where the shops, houses etc are next to the beach commencer à apprendre
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They met on the seafront,
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spoken a young man who enjoys drinking alcohol and going out with his male friends, and who thinks he is sexually attractive commencer à apprendre
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'Mark had always been a bit of a Jack the lad,
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a false reason given for an action, in order to hide the real reason commencer à apprendre
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Was phoning Mark about her windows a pretext to engineer a reconciliation?
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