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adjective describing an event happens very fast, and often unexpectedly commencer à apprendre
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They married three months after they met - it was a real whirlwind romance.
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a statement that limits a more general statement commencer à apprendre
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He agreed to the interview, with the caveat that he could approve the final article.
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adj. commencer à apprendre
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It’s time to get this project underway (= started).
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a person that is last in a group to do something commencer à apprendre
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We watched the last of the stragglers come in, three hours after the first runner.
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to be a property or characteristic or something commencer à apprendre
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The power to sack employees resides in the Board of Directors.
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quick and probably not detailed commencer à apprendre
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to identify or designate as being responsible commencer à apprendre
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An international team of scientists fingered the fungus as the culprit in die-offs of 19 amphibian species
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a strong, negative reaction to something commencer à apprendre
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The mayor foresaw no political backlash against his proposal.
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to stop increasing or being reduced commencer à apprendre
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The plane descended to 18,000 feet before leveling off.
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idiom commencer à apprendre
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He was driving at full speed down the motorway when it happened.
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commencer à apprendre
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within the bounds of something What you did wasn't within the bounds of acceptable behaviour.
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to be involved in a difficult situation, especially for a long period of time commencer à apprendre
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be mired down in something The peace talks are mired in bureaucracy.
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to search into or question closely commencer à apprendre
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... probed the impact of technology on social behavior.
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an increase in the number or amount of something commencer à apprendre
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Many hospitals noticed a big uptick in cases when kids went back to their classrooms.
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to gradually end, often in a disappointing or weak way commencer à apprendre
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They went to different universities and their relationship just fizzled out.
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showing interest only in a narrow range of matters, especially those that directly affect yourself, your town, or your country commencer à apprendre
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a parochial view/opinion Although it's just a local paper, it somehow manages not to be too parochial in its outlook.
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something that is believed to show how a situation will develop or change in the future commencer à apprendre
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bellwether for/of something The report is viewed as a bellwether for national economic trends.
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using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy commencer à apprendre
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The message is clear and concise and displays no verbosity.
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strange in a frightening and mysterious way adj. commencer à apprendre
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eerie feeling He had the eerie feeling that he had met this stranger before.
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given less or little thought, attention, or action; give something low priority commencer à apprendre
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I'm going to be putting work stuff on the back burner for a while after my son is born.
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(of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended commencer à apprendre
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Her plans to make him jealous backfired on her when he started dating her best friend.
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to get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period verb commencer à apprendre
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She has amassed a huge fortune from her novels.
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to start doing something by chance, without having intended to do it commencer à apprendre
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He had stumbled into teaching English after he finished college.
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to take or obtain a portion of something phrasal verb commencer à apprendre
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I decided to invest in their unique product because I could see it carving out a chunk of the tech market in the near future.
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freedom to behave, act, or think in the way you want to commencer à apprendre
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latitude in (doing) something 1) Judges now have considerable latitude in sentencing. 2) The foundation has wide latitude in how it structures its sponsorships and agreements.
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He couldn't conceive of a time when he would have no job.
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a dynamic and difficult experience metaphor commencer à apprendre
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A time at Google has been a white-water ride of experimentation and creation.
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of behavior commencer à apprendre
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She has made a successful career out of her oddball humour.
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to be completely different from something idiom commencer à apprendre
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be a far cry from something This flat is a far cry from the house they had before.
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felt strongly and often hidden from other people commencer à apprendre
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Deep down, I know you love me really.
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commencer à apprendre
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a tradesman selling his wares
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commencer à apprendre
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Official policy has changed, for reasons that remain obscure.
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empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary commencer à apprendre
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The stark reality is that we are operating at a huge loss.
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often about ideas commencer à apprendre
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crackpot ideas This sounds like another crackpot conspiracy theory to me.
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diverse and disorderly in appearance or composition commencer à apprendre
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They're a small ragtag army of racketeers, bandits, and murderers
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something that does not need to be considered as a problem, because you have a lot of it commencer à apprendre
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For a millionaire like him, money is no object.
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to play an important part in doing something commencer à apprendre
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be instrumental in (doing) something John was instrumental in getting the contract to build the new building
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to have a personal stake in something, typically because one could potentially benefit from it. commencer à apprendre
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have a vested interest (in something) Of course I have a vested interest in how the board reacts to this proposal—if they like it, they might promote me!
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to examine something in order to make a judgment or form an opinion phrasal verb commencer à apprendre
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Voters are still sizing up the candidates.
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commencer à apprendre
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ample evidence There's ample evidence that the lawyer knew exactly what she was doing.
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different from usual things and therefore surprising or upsetting commencer à apprendre
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innocence or naiveté in thinking commencer à apprendre
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to supply or produce something positive verb commencer à apprendre
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The investigation yielded some unexpected results.
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without being polite or caring about other people’s feelings adjective commencer à apprendre
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a bad habit; serious moral failing commencer à apprendre
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Drinking too much is a vice.
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to arrange a process so that a large portion of activity occurs in an early period commencer à apprendre
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front-loaded the primaries so that most of them occur early rather than later in the election year.
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