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sharply irregular on the surface or at the borders commencer à apprendre
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the jagged edge of the broken window.
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optimistic, happy, cheerful commencer à apprendre
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an upbeat business forecast.
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to guide or lead on a course commencer à apprendre
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The counselors shepherded the campers toward the waterfront.
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in a skilful, clever, or quick way commencer à apprendre
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She deftly avoided answering his question.
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to cause to vanish; alleviate. commencer à apprendre
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I'd like to start the speech by dispelling a few rumours that have been spreading recently.
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approximately proper range commencer à apprendre
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Your estimate is high, but still in the ballpark. Gave a ballpark estimate of future unit sales.
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extremely surprising, because of being great in amount adj. commencer à apprendre
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The oil giants' profits are eye-watering.
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to cause surprise or shock idiom commencer à apprendre
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Jemma's miniskirt raised a few eyebrows at the board meeting.
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an abrupt or precipitous passage, shift, or transition commencer à apprendre
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a leap from rags to riches.
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an amount of money that you win or receive from someone unexpectedly commencer à apprendre
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Investors each received a windfall of £3,000.
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a loss of trained professional personnel to another company or nation commencer à apprendre
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Britain has suffered a huge brain drain in recent years.
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to experience or be subjected to something verb commencer à apprendre
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a person who underwent great difficulty; a house that is undergoing renovations.
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to turn something over quickly one or more times commencer à apprendre
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I lost my place in my book when the pages flipped over in the wind.
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to quickly or suddenly gain a very large amount of something phrasal verb commencer à apprendre
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The product has been surging in sales after receiving recommendations from high-profile doctors as a safe and effective weight-loss supplement.
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less than or below something collocation commencer à apprendre
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I was a bit short of cash, so I couldn't go with them to the movie. My father expects nothing short of perfection from me.
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to do, accomplish, or fulfil exactly what is needed or sought after idiom commencer à apprendre
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The recipe calls for pancetta, but I think this regular bacon should do the trick.
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idiom commencer à apprendre
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get / take off one's plate
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full of something unwanted e.g., full of mistakes commencer à apprendre
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a book riddled with errors
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something is in my routine commencer à apprendre
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to have something in my roster
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a slip of paper on which a voter marks his or her choice; voting in general commencer à apprendre
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About 45 percent of the state's 2.8 million registered voters cast a ballot in the primary.
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something allowed or given up, often in order to end a disagreement commencer à apprendre
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make concessions Both sides involved in the talks made concessions.
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not attractive place because a lot of tourists visit it and it is full of things for them to buy and do commencer à apprendre
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This used to be a pretty little fishing town, but now it's become very touristy.
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to take someone's attention or energy away from something commencer à apprendre
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divert somebody from something Dealing with complaints diverts a salesperson from his primary task of generating sales.
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of considerable size or amount; substantial commencer à apprendre
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a hefty serving of mashed potatoes; received a hefty bonus.
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To have a small or limited amount of time available; to be in a hurry. commencer à apprendre
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Don't plan an elaborate meal if you're pushed for time. We can just order a pizza instead.
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idiom commencer à apprendre
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on the spur of the moment
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to make an allowance for (someone), as in allowing more time to finish something. commencer à apprendre
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give (someone) some slack
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idiom commencer à apprendre
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nothing to write home about Their performance was nothing to write home about.
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an object that people collect as a hobby or an investment commencer à apprendre
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about to occur at any moment; impending adjective commencer à apprendre
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For a man in imminent danger of losing his job, he appeared quite unruffled.
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impossible to avoid or prevent; certain to happen adjective commencer à apprendre
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The accident was the inevitable consequence of carelessness.
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a big mistake, especially one resulting from a lack of care or thought commencer à apprendre
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I made a blunder by getting his name wrong.
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phrasal verb commencer à apprendre
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He blundered his stupid ideas
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to not spend enough time or money on something, or to not use enough of something in order to do a job or activity as it should be done phrasal verb commencer à apprendre
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Many old people skimp on food and heating in order to meet their bills.
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to make something that is already bad worse verb commencer à apprendre
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This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities.
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a feeling of anger and shock commencer à apprendre
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to be outraged by something Many politicians and members of the public expressed outrage at the verdict.
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to move or act in opposition to something; oppose verb commencer à apprendre
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Extra police have been moved into the area to counter the risk of violence.
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to violently rip or pull someone or something into pieces phrasal verb commencer à apprendre
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Make sure you tear up any papers that have your personal details on them.
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having an important and usually negative effect on the future adjective commencer à apprendre
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the fateful day of President Kennedy's assassination
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a busy activity that people do in a very forceful way idiom commencer à apprendre
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She enjoys the rough and tumble of politics.
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a very large number of something noun commencer à apprendre
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to search through something, especially a disorganized mass phrasal verb commencer à apprendre
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I had to pick through the rubbish to find my electricity bill.
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a situation in which there is great confusion, violence, and destruction commencer à apprendre
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The country is gradually being sucked into the maelstrom of civil war.
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adverb commencer à apprendre
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She refused to come down squarely on either side of the argument.
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careful not to take risks adjective commencer à apprendre
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circumspect about Officials were circumspect about saying what the talks had achieved.
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a way of thinking about something commencer à apprendre
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stance on something The doctor's stance on the issue of abortion is well known.
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to form something from several different things or to combine several different things, in a complicated or skilled way verb commencer à apprendre
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be woven from The biography is woven from the many accounts which exist of things she did.
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badly organized or confusing adj. commencer à apprendre
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muddled thinking The book's message is hopelessly muddled.
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to ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere, emotional, and determined way verb commencer à apprendre
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implore someone to do something She implored her parents not to send her away to school.
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to feel anxious or concerned about something phrasal verb commencer à apprendre
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The doctor won't have my test results for a few days, and I'm trying not to fret about it.
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to prove a statement, opinion, or belief to be wrong or false verb commencer à apprendre
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Are you refuting the evidence?
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happening as a result of habit, rather than careful consideration adj. commencer à apprendre
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When asked about crime, the mayor’s knee-jerk reaction is to call for longer prison sentences.
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