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not working properly or not in good condition
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a new business activity that involves taking risks
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suddenly become a success
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if a company, business etc expands, or if someone expands it, they open new shops, factories etc
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a job or activity that is lucrative lets you earn a lot of money
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take on a life of its own commencer à apprendre
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if something takes on a life of its own, it seems to move or work by itself
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a date or time by which you have to do or complete something, which is difficult to achieve
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not very easy to do or achieve
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to refuse an offer, request, or invitation
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the way in which something, especially money, is shared between several people
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special skills or knowledge in a particular subject, that you learn by experience or training
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a type of product made by a particular company, that has a particular name or design
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a positive quality or feature that something or someone has
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to continue working hard at something in order to finish it
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to think carefully about the possible results of something
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if you start up a business, company etc, or it starts up, it begins to exist
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disappointed because you have lost your belief that someone is good, or that an idea is right
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matches one's attitudes and beliefs
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not caring or worrying about the possible bad or dangerous results of your actions
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commencer à apprendre
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commencer à apprendre
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to decide to do something important or risky, especially after thinking about it for a long time
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to take control of something
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commencer à apprendre
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to start something, usually something big or important
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to keep something or continue to have something
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to use something in a way that gives you the greatest practical value or the best results
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to start a company, organization, committee etc
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the ability to give a sensible amount of time and effort to your work and to your life outside work, for example to your family or to other interests
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practise what one preaches commencer à apprendre
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to do the things that you advise other people to do
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something that seems to be good, but that can have a bad effect
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to go somewhere quickly, suddenly, or in a way that you did not expect
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to offend someone, especially by becoming involved in something that they are responsible for
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the way you think about something and your idea of what it is like
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paying careful attention to the customer
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if two people's paths cross, they meet by chance
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to start something, especially something new, difficult, or exciting
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the sale of goods in shops to customers, for their own use and not for selling to anyone else
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to find or discover something by chance and unexpectedly
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if a problem or bad situation spills over, it spreads and begins to affect other places, people etc
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run something past someone commencer à apprendre
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to tell someone something so that they can give you their opinion
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to start something, usually something big or important
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start an action or plan that involves a risk but that you hope will succeed
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to accept an opportunity very eagerly
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if you do something in a measured way, you do it in a careful and controlled way, not in an excited or sudden way
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commencer à apprendre
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to behave in a particular way in a situation, in order to achieve the result or effect that you want
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to collect money that you can use to do a particular job or help people
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to become involved in a new job or business activity
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when one company takes control of another by buying more than half its shares
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someone who owns shares in a company or business
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advice, criticism etc about how successful or useful something is
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the amount of business done during a particular period
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a period or process in which business activity, production etc is reduced and conditions become worse
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to start doing something that is difficult or needs a lot of time or energy
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to think that something is caused by something else
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a choice you can make in a particular situation
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make it easier for a process or activity to happen
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public respect and thanks for someone's work or achievements
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very important or successful
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to make a connection in your mind between one thing or person and another
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tending to disagree with what other people tell you
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not persuaded that something is true or good
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see what the fuss was about commencer à apprendre
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understand the attention or excitement something/someone is creating
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if you get hooked on something, you enjoy it very much and you want to do it as often as possible
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to be successful because of something, especially in work or business
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make a small fortune out of commencer à apprendre
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earn a large amount of money
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to work so hard over a period of time that you become unable to continue working because you are tired, ill, or unable to think of any new ideas
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not intended to attract a lot of attention to an event, subject, or thing
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if something is worthwhile, it is important or useful, or you gain something from it
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someone’s general attitude, and the way in which they think about things and make decisions
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sensible or practical stage in a process
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the practice of emptying your mind of thoughts and feelings, in order to relax completely or for religious reasons
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a philanthropic person or institution gives money and help to people who are poor or in trouble
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from someone's perspective commencer à apprendre
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a person's way of thinking about something, especially one which is influenced by the type of person you are or by your experiences
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to make a new product available for people to buy or use
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to arrive at a place, especially in a way that is unexpected
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an intuitive idea is based on a feeling rather than on knowledge or facts
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to include something as part of a group, system, plan etc
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a cut-throat activity or business involves people competing with each other in an unpleasant way
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if a belief, custom, situation etc prevails, it exists among a group of people at a certain time
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a situation in which you have the advantages of two different things without any of the disadvantages
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to bend down and forwards so that your back forms a curve
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not knowing about or not noticing something that is happening around you
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used to emphasize that something must definitely not happen
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determined or trying very hard to be more successful than other people or businesses
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to store something, especially money, in a safe place
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someone or something that is nondescript looks very ordinary and is not at all interesting or unusual
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to hit your foot against something or put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running, so that you almost fall
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to try to hold, move, or find something with your hands in an awkward way
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naturally kind and helpful and not easily made angry
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something that is intriguing is very interesting because it is strange, mysterious, or unexpected
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a lot of something useful or good
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steep prices, charges etc are unusually expensive
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by any stretch of the imagination commencer à apprendre
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used to emphasize that a negative statement is true
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an exorbitant price, amount of money etc is much higher than it should be
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a cramped room, building etc does not have enough space for the people in it
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not very friendly towards someone when you are talking to them
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unusual, especially in an interesting way
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to eat small amounts of food by taking very small bites
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not solid, large, strong, or definite
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a cinema, restaurant etc that is packed out is completely full of people
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if you feel you belong in a place or situation, you feel happy and comfortable in it, because you have the same interests and ideas as other people
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to dislike and have a low opinion of someone or something
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to throw away or destroy something you do not want any more
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the most important and necessary facts about something, from which other possibilities and ideas may develop
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to have only just enough money to buy the things you need
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worried or slightly afraid because you think that something bad might happen
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to completely change the appearance, form, or character of something or someone, especially in a way that improves it
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an amount of money that you borrow from a bank etc
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to receive money, property etc from someone after they have died
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money belonging to someone that is controlled for them by a trustee
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someone who is not accepted as a member of a particular social group
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receive an amount of money given, especially by the government, for a particular purpose
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belief in the moral value and importance of work
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to relax and enjoy yourself in a lazy way
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to succeed in doing something, especially after trying very hard
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a sudden strong feeling of excitement and pleasure, or the thing that makes you feel this
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a posh restaurant, hotel, car etc is expensive and looks as if it is used or owned by rich people
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to cost etc a very large amount of money
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to receive so much of something that you cannot easily deal with it all
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to ask for something in an anxious or urgent way, because you want it very much
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to use all of something and not have any more left
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to go into a building and steal things
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making you feel less worried or frightened
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to receive money, land, or property from someone after they have died
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to not become upset in a difficult situation
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used to describe someone or something that has been given a name that you think is wrong
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to have more money than you need, so that you spend it on unnecessary things
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to have just enough money to live
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spend more money than you can afford
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put one's money where one's mouth is commencer à apprendre
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to show by your actions that you really believe what you say
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someone who spends money carelessly, even when they do not have a lot of it
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because of a sudden strong desire to do something without thinking about whether it is a sensible thing to do
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to compare the price and quality of different things before you decide which to buy
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the activity of looking at goods in shop windows without intending to buy them
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a short period of time when you do a lot of shopping
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to have only just enough money to buy the things you need
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a situation or time that is hard is one in which you have a lot of problems, especially when you do not have enough money
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if each person in a group chips in, they each give a small amount of money so that they can buy something together
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a person, group etc that gives something, especially money, to help an organization or country
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to use some of an amount of money that you have
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to collect money that you can use to do a particular job or help people
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money that is paid by a government or organization to make prices lower, reduce the cost of producing goods etc
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done many times in the same way, and boring
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if something or someone is predictable, you know what will happen or what they will do – sometimes used to show disapproval
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using words in a clever and amusing way
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in an extremely painful way
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failing to make you believe that something is true or real
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making people think seriously about a particular subject
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making you feel strong emotions, especially sadness or sympathy
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something that is tedious continues for a long time and is not interesting
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a gripping film, story etc is very exciting and interesting
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not as good or important as some people think or say
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difficult to believe and therefore unlikely to be true
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extremely unlikely to be true or to happen
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an argument etc that makes you feel certain that something is true or that you must do something about it
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if a process or plan becomes bogged down, it is delayed so that no progress is made
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an event, performance etc that is not as good as you expected it to be
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to suddenly start thinking or talking about a subject that is only slightly related, or not related at all, to the original subject
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a spine-chilling story or film is very frightening in a way that people enjoy
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the way in which a writer makes a person in a book, film, or play seem like a real person
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