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DEVOUR
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to eat greedily or consume something (like information) quickly
HAZARD RISK
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a danger or the possibility that something bad will happen
CHURN OUT
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to produce large quantities of something mechanically or without much care, mass production
MAVERICK
minded person who does not follow the crowd or rules, nonconformist
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an independent
CHARLATAN
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a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud.
LAUREATE
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a person who is honored with an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement, honoree
PRECLUDE
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to prevent something from happening; to make impossible
PRIMEVAL
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relating to the earliest ages in the history of the world; based on primitive instinct, ancient
TO WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH
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to follow the rules or guidelines of something, comply with
CLOUDED JUDGEMENT
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an inability to think clearly or make rational decisions, confused, biased
IDENTIFY RISK EXPOSURE
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to determine how open or vulnerable a business or person is to potential loss
MITIGATE
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to make something bad less severe, serious, or painful, to weaken
CONTINGENCY PLANNING
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preparing for unexpected events or emergencies, plan b
HEDGING, TO HEDGE
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to protect oneself against financial loss or other adverse circumstances (often by counterbalancing bets), to insure
FORECAST
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to predict or estimate a future event or trend
IMPROBABLE
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unlikely
ESTIMATE
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roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of
COUNTER
having the opposite of the desired effect.
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PRODUCTIVE
FACTOR IN
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to include something as a relevant element when making a decision, to consider, to take into account
RANDOMNESS
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the quality of lacking a pattern or principle of organization, unpredictability
UNDERESTIMATE
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to estimate something to be smaller or less important than it actually is, miscalculate
BLUFFERS
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people who try to deceive someone as to their abilities or intentions.
BLOCKBUSTER
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a thing of great power or size, in particular a movie or product that is a huge commercial success, hit, smash
CHANCE WOULD BE A FINE THING
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an ironic phrase used to say that something is very unlikely to happen, even though you wish it would, „if only”
THE CHANCES ARE – probably, it is very likely that...
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THE CHANCES ARE – probably, it is very likely that...
THEY COULDN’T STAND A CHANCE
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to have no possibility of success
IT’S THE LUCK OF THE DRAW
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the result depends on pure chance rather than skill.
MAYBE WE WILL STRIKE IT LUCKY
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to have good luck, especially unexpectedly or financially, hit the jackpot
IT’S ANYONE’S CALL
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the outcome is impossible to predict; it could go either way, uncertain
BONANZA
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a situation that creates a sudden increase in wealth, good fortune, or profits.
PER CAPITA
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for each person; in relation to people taken individually, per person
EMBARGO
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an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
GLITCH
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sudden, usually temporary malfunction or fault of equipment, error, bug
TYCOON
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a wealthy, powerful person in business or industry.
STATUS QUO
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the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues, current situation
IMBROGLIO
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an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation, mess
PUNDIT
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an expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called on to give opinions to the public.
MOGUL
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an important or powerful person, especially in the motion picture or media industry.
PRO RATA
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proportional; assigned according to a calculated share.
TRADING FLOOR
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the area of an exchange (like a stock exchange) where buying and selling takes place.
WINNING STREAK
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a continuous period of success or wins, run of good luck
MAKE SOMEBODY TICK
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what motivates someone or makes them behave in a certain way.
OBSCURE
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not discovered or known about; uncertain, vague
TAP INTO
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to manage to use something in a way that brings good results, utilize
FEEDBACK LOOP
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a cycle where the output of a system is returned as input, often reinforcing the original effect, vicious/virtuous cycle
PROLONGED
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continuing for a long time or longer than usual, extended, lenghty

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