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the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that is made:<br />
Evaluación |
Assesment
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a piece of work given to someone, typically as part of their studies or job:
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Assignments
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A collective word for people who teach and wotk in universities.
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Academics
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An Adjective to describe someone who is very clever academically
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Brainy (Informal)
Brilliant |
you must do it because of a rule or law:
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Compulsory
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work set at regular periods as part of an educational course
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Coursework
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it happens even if the people who are involved do not want it to happen:
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willy-nilly (adverb)
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a school that provides the first part of a child's education, usually for children between five and eleven years old
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Elementary School
Primary School |
the subjects studied in a school, college, etc. and what each subject includes:
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curriculum
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a group of departments in a college that specialize in a particular subject or group of subjects:
the people who teach in a college or university, or in a department of a college or university |
Faculty
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Final exams
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Finals (noun)
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a person who has a first degree from a university or college:
to complete a first university degree successfully: |
Graduate (noun)
graduate (verb) |
a school for children between the ages of 11 and 18, approximately:
a school in the US for older children, usually children from grades 9-12, or aged approximately 14-18: |
Secondary School
high school |
Cociente intelectual
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Intelligence quotient (IQ)
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in the UK, a school or part of a school for children who are four to seven years old:<br />
4-7 years old |
Infant school
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a school in the UK for children who are seven to eleven years old:
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Junior school
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a long period of time:
In the future at a time that is far away in the future. |
In the long run
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ability to do basic mathematics:
+ - X / |
Numeracy
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to take an exam again because you failed it the first time:
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Retake
Resit |
to improve your knowledge of something already learned but partly forgotten:
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to brush up (on) something<br />
Phrasal Verb |
the problem or situation of children being absent from school regularly without permission:
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Truancy
Truant (intransitive verb) |
to stay away from school without permission
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To Play truant
To play hooky |
the first year of school, for children aged five
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kindergarten
Nursery school |
an advanced college or university degree:
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master’s degree
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a student at a college or university who is older than the usual age
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Mature student
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a student who has already received one degree and is studying at a university for a more advanced degree
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postgraduate
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an official record showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary skills, etc.:
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Qualifications
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To learn something by rote
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Rote learning
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an occasion when a teacher or expert and a group of people meet to study and discuss something:
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Seminar
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a school that is free to go to because the government provides the money for it<br />
<br /> a school that does not receive financial support from the government |
State school<br />
Private School |
an amount of money given by a school, college, university, or other organization to pay for the studies of a person with great ability but little money:
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Scholarship
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a detailed plan showing when events or activities will happen :
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Timetable
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a student who is studying for their first degree at a college or university
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Undergraduate
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a serie of courses that providing skills and education that prepare you for a job:
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Vocational (courses)
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exempli gratia: a Latin phrase that means "for example". It can be pronounced for example":
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e.g
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id est (= Latin for "that is"):
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i.e
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the amount of work to be done, especially by a particular person or machine in a period of time:
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Workload
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a room or building where things are made or repaired using machines and/or tools:
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Workshop
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a book published every year by a school, that gives information about the events and achievements of the previous year, and has pictures of the students
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Yearbook
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the act of punishing all criminal or unacceptable behaviour severely, even if it is not very serious:
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Zero tolerance
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the place to which Roman Catholics believe that the spirits of dead people go and suffer for the evil acts that they did while they were alive, before they are able to go to heaven
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Purgatory
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Do it yourself
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DIY
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the scientific study of animals, especially their structure
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Zoology
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you do a part of someone's work or give someone money:
to do work for someone or provide the person with something that is needed: |
To help (someone) out
(Phrasal Verb) |
an amount of money paid for a particular piece of work or for a particular right or service:
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Fees
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a group of teams playing a sport who take part in competitions between each other
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league
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to keep within limits; not to allow to spread:
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Contain (verb)
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a short, cylinder-shaped piece of plastic, or rubber that is put into the top of a bottle, especially a wine bottle, to close it:
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Cork
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Para decir el segundo de para atras ( en un texto)
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The second to last line
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to have the right to speak:
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To have the floor
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To work very hard for a long time
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With their nose to the grindstone
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to begin doing something:
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To start out with
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Ponerle más esfuerzo a algo
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To put in more effort
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making you feel extremely tired:<br />
broken-hearted |
Shattering
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a continuation or repetition of something that has already been started or done.
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To follow-up
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to ignore or not deal with something:
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To put aside something
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to become smaller, or to make something smaller:
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Shrink
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in a way that is not thought about, planned, or developed by training:
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instinctively
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on the outside, or at a greater distance from the center or inside:
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Outer
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Escaneo mental
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Brain scan
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unable to think clearly and make decisions because of old age:
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To go gaga
To become senile |
to prepare (someone) in a short time for an examination
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To cram
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to organize and perform a particular activity:
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To conduct
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short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of this type:
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fable
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learn to handle something with some skill, through practice or diligence,
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to get the hang of something
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to prevent someone doing something easily:
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Hamper
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To publicly speak in protest about something especially when protesting could be dangerous,
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To Speak Out
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To wait or spend time somewhere doing nothing.
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To hang around
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It becomes less strong, active or violent
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To die down
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To go to live in a different area.
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To move away
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To walk away in a slow relaxed way especially so that you look confident or proud
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To saunter off
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To go to an airport. train station etc to say goodbye to somebody
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To see somebody off
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To talk in a friendly, informal way for a long time especially about things that are not important
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To chat away
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To eat all of something
When you're talking about something — or someone — who uses up or consumes resources, especially at a rapid pace. |
To eat up
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To be present in a situation or place for a while
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To be around
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gently:
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Lightly
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someone who has a mental disability but who is very good at doing a particular thing, for example remembering things
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idiot savant
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Active and deactivate parts of the brain
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Brain zapper
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move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly.
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To zap
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An action (something that you do with your memory)
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Feats (of memory)
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To turn off
To disconnect |
To switch off
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to see something or someone for a very short time or only partly:
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Glimpse
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Mental ilness
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Psychiatric disorder
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having a lot of trouble with something, or having to deal with a lot of something that causes problems:
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Beset
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to fail to include someone or something, usually by accident
To forget to include |
Miss out on something
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to accept or absorb an idea, opinion, belief, etc. so that it becomes part of your character:
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Internalise
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El silencio es aceptar las cosas
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Silence gives consent
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thought not to be completely true or not able to be trusted:
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Dubious
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much or many:
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Loads of (something) (informal)
Lots of (formal) |
without any clear intentions, purpose, or direction:
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Aimless
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Very good education and complete
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Well rounded education
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the way a particular situation is expected to develop in the future, for example, whether it will get better or worse:
perspectiva |
Outlook
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Comunidad religiosa
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Religious community<br />
The School was run by a religious community |
A school which is only for one sex
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Boys-only school
Girls-only school |
having male and female students being taught together in the same school or college rather than separately:
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Coeducational school
Co-ed |
If you put in a piece of material, you keep it in position by placing one edge or end of it behind or under something else.
Tener la camisa por dentro |
Tuck in (your shirt)
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someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity:
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Entrepreneurs
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a college where teachers are trained
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Teacher-training school
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you mean that you are going to cause them the same amount of harm or annoyance as they have caused you.
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To get even with<br /><br />
I'm going to get even with you for this. |
trying to destroy or damage something, especially an established political system:
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Subversive
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physical exercises usually done repeatedly to keep your muscles in good condition and improve the way you look or feel:<br />
Calentamiento |
Calisthenics
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a long, loose, usually black piece of clothing worn especially by priests
Sotana |
Cassock
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a round, flat hat made of soft material
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Beret
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someone who does not believe in any God or gods:
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Atheist
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is an undergraduate and/or graduate school or department at a college or university;w hich specializes in the pre-professional training in drama and theatre arts, such as acting, design and technical theatre, arts administration, and related subjects.
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Stage schools
drama school theatre school |
a school where students live and study
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Boarding school
Boarder: Student |
a student who sleeps at home and studies at a school where some of the other students live
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Day pupil
Day student |
to do the last part of something; to make something end by doing one last thing I
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To finish off
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Another way to say
I didn't sleep there |
I didn't board there
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informal for show business
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Showbiz
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you enjoy yourself very much indeed.<br />
overjoyed |
You have the time of your life
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when you view something in the same way as others do, or that you agree with someone about something.
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To see eye to eye (with someone about something)
I see eye to eye with my father about politics |
experienced in the ways in which people behave and able to deal with most situations:<br />
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worldly-wise<br />
Lisa was sufficiently worldly-wise to understand the situation" |
to give a summary of something.<br />
Expression |
It sums it up.
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to rub something using a piece of cloth or brush to clean it and make it shine:
belonging to or relating to Poland, its people, or its language |
Polish
Polish |
Recordar algo con mucho aprecio y cariño
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To look back on (it very fondly)
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apart from; except.
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Other than that
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in the exact sense of the word.
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As such
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to start doing something suddenly and energetically, often without stopping to think:
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To dive into the subjects
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without having any clear purpose or specific reason:
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Aimless
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on the whole.<br />
In general<br /> you use it to introduce a summary or general statement. |
All in all
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one of many equal parts into which the world is divided. In any place within each part, the particular point in the day is the same, and is an hour in front of or behind that in the parts on either side:
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Time zone
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a time when all lights must be hidden by law, or when there is no light or power because of an electricity failure
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Blackout
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the physical, legal, and cultural separation of people according to their biological sex
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Sex segregation
Sex segregated |
a professional or collegiate sports facility at which competitions take place before a public audience.<br />
Gym, fieldsets |
Sport Facilities
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Too many words and confusing
clumsy, insensitive, or overly forceful. |
Heavy-handed
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is a phrase whose parts are fixed in a certain order, even if the phrase could be changed without harming the literal meaning.
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Set phrase
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to secretly take money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for<br />
Corruption |
Embezzle
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the crime of secretly taking money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for:
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Embezzlement
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used to refer to something that is of higher than usual quality:
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Premium
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Consequence of
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Spin-off
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a disease in which the body produces too many white blood cells, causing weakness and sometimes death
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Leukemia
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Gente que no es superficial
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Deeper people
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to begin doing something:
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Let's get started
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Another way to say :<br />
I believe or I think |
I reckon
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to leave in a car:<br />
To move your car to any direction |
To drive off
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a cold sauce made from oil and vinegar, added to salads to give flavour
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Salad dressing
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repair (something that is broken or damaged).
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To mend
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polish your nails
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Nail file
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an extra tyre kept in a car, to be used if another tyre is damaged<br />
<br /> <br /> |
Spare tyre
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the thing that everyone looks at or is interested in:
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Focal Point
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a device that allows turning movement to be sent from one part of a machine to another:
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Clutch
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a piece of equipment that can be opened slowly under a heavy object such as a car in order to raise it off the ground:
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Jack <br />
To jack up |
a line on cloth or paper where it has been folded or crushed:<br />
Linea del pantalón |
Crease
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the electrical system in an engine that causes the fuel to burn or explode in order to start the engine:
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Ignition
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the part around the neck of a piece of clothing, usually sewn on and sometimes made of different material: (collar)<br />
<br /> the thicker material at the end of a sleeve closest to the hand (cuff)<br /> |
Collar and cuffs
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to fill something with air using a pump:<br />
to increase the price or the amount of something |
To pump something up
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the thin skin at the base of the nails on the fingers and toes
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Cuticles
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to make something shorter or smaller, especially by cutting:
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Crop
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To take something an throw into a container
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To toss
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To be useful at the moment
|
To come in handy
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to examine someone to make sure they are healthy
|
To check (somebody) over <br /><br />
Phrasal verb |
not reacting in a quick or positive way to something :
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Unresponsive
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Artificial respiration.
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The kiss of life
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a long, flat, vertical bone in the centre of a person's or animal's chest
|
Breastbone<br />
Sternum |
If you're wearing it with a large gold heart on a delicate chain in your neck
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Pendant necklace
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to hold someone or something firmly in your hands or arms
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to Clasp
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to support something physically, often by leaning it against something else or putting something under it
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to Prop up<br />
I propped my bike (up) against the wall |
the area around a place or where the speaker is :
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Vicinity
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to spend time in a pleasant, relaxed way, often doing small jobs in your house:
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To potter about/around (sth)
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To separate from one group or something
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To break away from
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discard something as useless or unwanted.
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To throw something away
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to sleep or live together as unmarried sexual partners<br />
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To shack up
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Meaning of around
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Pointless activity :<br />
Messing around, Hanging around<br /> In the vicinity:<br /> drive around <br /> walk around <br /> stand around |
Meaning of particle away
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Intently/ for a long time <br />
To chat away ,To work away ,To type away <br /> Far from: <br /> Move away, run away |
Meaning of particle back
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To the past :Think back, Check back <br />
From where it came: Come back, Go back, Put back, Hand back |
Meaning of particle down
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Becoming less: Slow down, calm down, die down <br />
Onto paper : Write down, take down, note down |
Meaning of particle on
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Continue <br />
Work on <br /> carry on <br /> Drive on |
Meaning of particle out
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Out:. Different people <br />
Hand out Share out Send out<br /> Out: loudly/ publicly<br /> Speak out, shout out, call out |
Meaning of particle up
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Complete or finish <br />
Lock up <br /> Drink up <br /> Eat up<br /> Tidy up |
Meaning of particle: off
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Off: To another place <br />
Drive off, walk off, run off, saunter off, rush off. |
formal) a fact or action that is completely different from usual, and may be unacceptable
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aberration
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a person who is) involved in or connected with improving people’s lives and reducing suffering
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Humanitarian
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If a document or agreement is not worth the paper it is written/printed on, it is of very little value.
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Not worth the paper something is printed/written on
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formal) a fact or action that is completely different from usual, and may be unacceptable
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<br />
aberration |
completely developed and ready to be collected or eaten.
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Ripe (of fruit of crops)
Those bananas aren’t ripe yet – they’re still green.) |
berries of coffee, which are red when they are ripe
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Coffee cherries
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a soft wet mass from any fruit
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Fruity pulp
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to produce and release liquid
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Secrete
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to continue to be in a place, job or school after the other people who were with you have left
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To stay on
Gill decided to stay on at university to do further research. // We asked him to stay on as youth leader for another year |
to succeed in learning how to do something after practising it.
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To get the hang of it <br />
Driving feels awkward when you’re new to it, but it’s easy once you get the hang of it. |
something that happen
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Go on
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behaving in a silly way and not taking anything seriously:
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Frivolous
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artificially attractive or too perfect:
Pretty but not pleasure |
Twee
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typical of a child<br />
when an adult behave badly in a way that would be expected of a child:<br /> behave or children |
Childish
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old-fashioned and therefore not as good or as fashionable as something modern:
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Outdated
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(especially of hair, clothes, or shapes) smooth, shiny, and lying close to the body, and therefore looking well cared for; not untidy and with no parts sticking out:
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Sleek
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empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary:
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stark
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unpleasantly bright:
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Garish
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shocking and morally unacceptable:
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Outrageous
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(of a person or their clothes) old-fashioned and not attractive:
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Frumpy
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of cheap quality or in bad style:
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Tacky
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untidy and looking a little dirty
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Scruffy
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Synonym of: It suits you
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To flatter
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having no colour, firm ideas, principles, or noticeable qualities of any type:
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Wishy-washy colours
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shaped like a box:
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Boxy
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a woman's shoe with a narrow, high heel:
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stiletto shoes
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has a body with attractive curves.
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Curvaceous
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is tidy in appearance and behaves well:
Clean appearance |
Clean-cut
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una ropa muy brillante y extravagante
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garish
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Pixelado??
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Brash stroke
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Another way to say
I don't like it |
It's not my taste
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used to show that what you are describing is in fact much more serious or important than you have suggested:
|
To say the least
It's going to be awkward, to say the least. |
to go to another place to get something or someone and bring it, him, or her back:
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Fetch
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is much too large:
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Exorbitant
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Gatito horrible ( logo de una camiseta )
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Hideous kitten
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To tint your hair
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To dye your hair
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liking to cuddle, or making you want to cuddle:
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Cuddly
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In clothes
So much colourful |
Loud psychedelic pattern
|
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Leather trousers<br />
pantalon de cuero |
a light, bright, greenish-yellow colour
|
Lime green
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a spicy soup
|
Curry
mulligatawny |
To buy something immediately, because it is very good value
|
To snap up a bargain
I managed to snap up a bargain with this cheap computer in the January sales |
To live your life in the way you've always dreamed of
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To live the dream
Since he became a professional fotballer, Gaby has been living the dream |
To get a good reaction from somebody
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To go down well
The film went down well in the US |
To be similar to what people expect or think is usual
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To conform to expectations
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To improve and reach the same standard as others
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To catch up with
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To be extremely sad because of something that has happened
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To be heartbroken
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To become very popular very quickly
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To be an instant hit
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To be very advanced or new and not understood or accepted
|
To be ahead of one's time
To be ahead of your time |
Used humorously to say that you do not understand why somebody has chosen something
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There's no accounting for taste
Why did she marry someone like that? there's no accounting for taste |
The advantage of being able to understand a situation because it has already happened.
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The benefit of hindsight
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of high quality and lasting value, or showing the best and most typical characteristics of a particular type of thing, especially from the past:
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Vintage
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using the smallest range of materials and colours possible, and only very simple shapes or forms:
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Minimalistic
Minimalist |
stylish and fashionable:
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Chic
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not suitable, simple, dignified or beautiful; not in the style preferred by the upper classes of society:
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Vulgar
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too extreme and not suitable, or demanding too much attention or effort, especially in an uncontrolled way:
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Over-the-top
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to go to another place to get something or someone and bring it, him, or her back:
to be sold for a particular amount of money: |
fetch
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(of prices and demands) much too large:
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exorbitant
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extremely ugly or bad:
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hideous
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the small round part in the middle of the stomach that is left after the umbilical cord (= the long tube of flesh joining the baby to its mother) has been cut at birth
the small round part or hollow place in the middle of the stomach which is left after the umbilical c |
Navel
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an object that is beautiful rather than useful:
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ornament
Ornate |
it is so exciting that you do not want to stop reading it:
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unputdownable
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energetic and full of new ideas:
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brash
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Pincelado
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broad brash stroke (pincelado)
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a loose outer piece of clothing without sleeves, that fastens at the neck, and is worn instead of a coat
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cloak<br />
(capa) |
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Trench coat<br />
Gabardina |
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tank top<br />
Camiseta sin mangas |
a decoration worn on the shoulder of a piece of clothing, especially on a military coat, shirt, etc.
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epaulette<br />
<br /> charretera |
Chaqueta de cuero
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Leather jacket
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a small plastic tube that you twist hair around to make it curl
Rulo |
Curlers
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Gancho (para el cabello)
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Claw
|
the head covering that some Muslim women wear when they are outside their home, or with people that they do not know well:<br />
Barbijo |
headscarf
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a high, cone-shaped hat with a flat top and no brim, usually made of red material and with threads hanging from the top, especially as worn in the past by men in some Muslim countries
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Fez
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a black hat with a square, flat top, worn for formal occasions and ceremonies by some teachers and students at a college or university, and in the past by some schoolteachers<br />
birrete |
Mortarboard
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Tom o'shanter
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Fedora
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a head covering for a man, worn especially by Sikhs, Muslims, and Hindus, made from a long piece of cloth that is wrapped around the top of the head many times
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Turban
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a tall, black or grey hat worn by men on some formal occasions, especially in the past<br />
Sombrero de copa |
Top hat
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Sombrero de piel de oso
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Bearskin hat
|
Gorro de lana
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Woolen cap
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Sombrero de piel de oso
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Bearskin hat
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Compañía de aviones
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Air-bus company
|
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Snuggie
|
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Kigurumi
|
overol
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Overall<br />
Dungarees |
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Beluga airplane
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Overol completo
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Coveralls
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Item of clothing that consists of slack pants attached to a top sometimes it has sleeved in one-piece garment
|
Jumpsuit
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Trousers, waist coat
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Three-piece suit
|
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Waistcoat
|
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Vest
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Man in a trench coat
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Trousers
|
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Socks
|
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Bermuda Shorts
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Baggy trousers
|
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Flared trousers <br />
Flared jeans |
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Trapered Trousers /jeans / pants
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Suit with stripes
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Pinstripe suit
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Hobble skirt
|
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Crinoline dress
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Flip flops <br />
slippers |
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Wellington boots<br />
wellies |
Cañería
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Sewage
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Oxford shoes
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Black and white Oxford shoes
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Knee-high boots
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Long Johns
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Skin-tight<br />
ajustado a la piel |
Faja
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Girdle
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Calzoncillos
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Briefs
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Slips
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Jack
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G-strings
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Panty hose <br />
Stockings |
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Pendant
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Locket
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Brazalete
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Bangle
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Signet ring
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Cufflink
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Hair pin
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Tie bar
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Charm bracelet
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Piercing
Pierced |
Synonym of : Too much time
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Big deal of time
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Aviator frames
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Mirrored sunglasses
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Anklets
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Leggings
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the official home of a queen or king:
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Court
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Jaula
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Wire Cage
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the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society:
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Elite
Tiny Elite |
Very Elegant dress and excesive
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Lavish dressing
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are scale models of ships.
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Ship model
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someone who competes with other people to try to win something:
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Contender
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an early, unintentional end to a pregnancy when the baby is born too early and dies because it has not developed enough:
To loss the baby |
Miscarriage
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Interrumption of the pregnacy
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Abortion
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to copy the way in which a particular person usually speaks and moves, usually in order to make people laugh:
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mimic
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Little and delicate
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Dainty
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tie or fasten (something) tightly together.
stick together or cause to stick together in a single mass. |
To bind
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Pasarela
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Catwalk
Runway |
to waste a skill or opportunity:
to get rid of something you do not want any more: |
To throw something away
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Etcetera
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and so forth
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in the 1920s, a fashionable young woman, especially one showing independent behaviour
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Flapper
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a person who does unskilled physical work, especially outside:
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Labourer
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used for saying that something is less true/more true than a previous statement
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to a lesser/greater extent
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To have an abundance of suitable or ideal options from which to choose, such that it may be difficult to make a decision.
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I'm spoilt for choise
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a piece of underwear
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Undergarments
Underwear |
Leggins for men
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Meggins
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trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature:
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pretentious
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una combinación lingüística de palabras, en la que partes de varias palabras o sus fonemas se combinan en una nueva palabra,
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portmanteau word
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In my opinion, in my view
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In my book
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Achieve a success after retirement or failure,
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To make a comeback
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to think or believe:
To consider (informal) |
To reckon
It is reckoned that |
??? Again and again
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Time and again
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Asamblea escalonada
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Staggered Assembly
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to walk through water
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To wade
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on very many occasions; repeatedly.
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Time and again
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to grow or develop well
to be successful or active |
To flourish
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To give someone the chance to give an opinion
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To give somebody a say
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the ability to imagine how another person feels
the ability to understand and share other people’s feelings and problems. |
Emphaty
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the quality of allowing people to do or believe what they want even though you do not agree with it
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Tolerance
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to make a channel in
canalizar |
To channel
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done or shown publicly or in an obvious way and not secret
easy-to-see very explicit |
Overt
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illegal and immoral activities, especially involving illegal sex, drugs, etc.
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Vices
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to invent something using your imagination and sometimes dishonestly
To devise something with someone suspicious |
To cook up
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unhappy, annoyed, and disappointed about something:
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Disgruntled
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to pay an amount of money, especially unwillingly:
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To fork out something
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to behave in a way that makes someone you are with feel ashamed or embarrassed:
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To show somebody up
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to make someone feel very tired:
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To tired somebody out
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to start to talk about a particular subject:
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To bring something up
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to decide to stop something that is already happening
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To call off
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to invite someone to go with you somewhere socially, esp. because you have romantic feelings for the person:
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To ask somebody out
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If a vehicle do that, it starts moving:
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To pull away
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to cause someone to believe something that is not true, or to trick or deceive someone:
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To take somebody in
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to finish, use, or sell all of something, so that there is none left:
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To run out
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to do something that you have not been able to do recently:
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catch up with something
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to discover a fact or piece of information
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To find out
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to become unconscious for a short time, for example when ill, badly hurt, or drunk:
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To pass out
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to die (phrasal verb)
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To pass away
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apagar algo
fuego |
To put out
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cada uno tiene su gusto
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There's no accounting for taste
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not identified or authorized by a person's signature.
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Unsigned (band)
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to not care at all
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Couldn't care less
I couldn't care less if he doesn't want to talk to me. Idiom |
used to refer to a person whose job or interest is to notice people or things of the type mentioned: Buscatalentos
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Spotter
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to be very eager to do something:
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To fall over yourself
Publishers are falling over themselves to produce non-fiction for seven-year-olds. |
A famous company
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Management company
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to make a recording go back towards the beginning:
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To rewind
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to pretend that something is less serious than it is:
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To laugh off
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to leave, feeling ashamed and embarrassed because you have failed or made a mistake:
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to leave, to go off, etc. with your tail between your legs
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To be received
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To go down (well) (bad)
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to obey a rule or reach the necessary stated standard, or to do things in a traditional way:
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To conform (with or to)
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also known as (acronym)
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A.K.A
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the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened:
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Hindsight
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not loved:
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Unloved
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a person or organization that promises to pay back a loan (= borrowed money) if the person or organization that borrowed it cannot pay it back:
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Guarantor
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If something bad that you have done or that has been happening to you catches up with you, it begins to cause problems for you:
To get familiar |
To caught up with
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pale and transparent in a way that does not seem real, like a ghost:
Shocking or unpleasant |
Ghostly
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extremely beautiful or attractive:
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Stunning
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to comfort someone and stop them from worrying:
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Reassuring
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confused and uncertain:
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Bewildering
bewildered |
Low quality
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Plonk
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to immediately offer someone a job or position because you want them very much:
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snap someone up
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to buy or obtain something quickly and enthusiastically:
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snap up (something)<br />
snap up bargain |
said about people who have similar characters or interests, especially ones of which you disapprove, and who often spend time with each other
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Birds of feather flocks together to flock
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a type of strong wire with sharp points on it, used to prevent people or animals from entering or leaving a place, especially a field:
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Barbed wire
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I can cook more or less ( expression)
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I can cook after a fashion
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to a certain extent but not perfectly.
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After a fashion
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to look like or be like someone or something
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Resembles
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a person who watches for danger:
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Lookout
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someone who watches something that is happening in a public place but is not involved in it:
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Onlooker
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you shouldn't act without first considering the possible consequences or dangers.
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Look before you leap
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Por un lado y por el otro lado ( en ingles)
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One the one hand and in the other hand
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a planned attempt to harm the reputation of a person or company by telling lies about them:
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smear campaign
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the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)
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Tenure of office
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someone who works in the Civil Service
funcionario |
Civil servant
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to lose your job because your employer has told you there is not enough work
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To make someone redundant
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a written statement of the beliefs, aims, and policies of an organization, especially a political party
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manifesto
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the process of asking people questions to discover what they think about a subject
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Poll
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The future circumstances
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the road ahead
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To catch something very firmly
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Grubby fist
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dirty:
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Grubby
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someone who regularly travels between work and home:
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Commuters
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Synonym of strangely
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Curiously
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Perfectamente limpio
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Spotlessly clean
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Mancha
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Stain
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in a way that is conspicuous (= noticeable):
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Conspicously
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a man whose job is to bring milk to your home in the early morning:
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milkman
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a cone-shaped device that makes your voice louder when you speak into it, so that people can hear you although they are not near to you
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Loudhailer
Megaphone |
to be extremely beautiful or surprising:
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To take someone breath away
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is evil, sinful, or otherwise wrong behavior
Bad things made by politicians |
Fundamentally immoral
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Absolutamente espectacular
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Absolutely spectacular
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something that is very ugly and usually large:
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A monstrosity
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Me vuelve loco
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It drives me mad
It drives me crazy |
extremely unpleasant or unacceptable:
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Digusting
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Absolutely unpleasant
not enjoyable or pleasant: |
A real creep
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Bad behaviour
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Totally gross
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Una perdida de tiempo
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A waste of time
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Often refers to events
Simplemente magico |
Just magic
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very great and rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such as science or art, or a person who has this:
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Genius
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boring:
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Tedious
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to have or show a strong feeling of respect and admiration for God or a god:
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Worship
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That you cannot understand
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To fail to understand
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an occasion when a large number of people behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in public, often as a protest:
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Riot
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Material things people have
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Assets
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to admire and respect someone very much, often too much:
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Idolise
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it means that it's important to do it.
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To can't afford to do something
We can't afford to take the risk. |
information that very few people know:
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Well-kept secret
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Trancon
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Congested highway
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tasting extremely good:
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scrumptious
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to be the perfect size and shape for someone:
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To fit like a glove
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Menos mal que en ingles
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It's a good job
It started to pour when I was in the city centre last night, it's a good job I was carrying my umbrella with me |
Sorprendentemente en ingles
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Amazingly enough
Fiona is always complaining about the food, amazingly enough she didn't say that the rice was soggy |
Dios quiera que. Expresion en ingles
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All being well
Albert is going to drive all the way to Saint Martin. All being well, he won't have any problem with the harpin bends of the road |
a bend in the road that is so sharp that it almost turns back in the opposite direction
curva en u |
The hairpin bends
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Very Comic
Strange Odd |
Funny
Funny haha or funny peculiar? |
To say something ridiculous
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To lose face
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a thick, strong cotton cloth, often blue in colour, used especially for making jeans:
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Denim
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Desteñir o acabarse algo
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to come off something
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having only a short distance from the top to the bottom:
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shallow
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and to an even greater degree do something:
No poder hacer una cosa porque no es capaz de hacer otra mucho mas sencilla Mucho menos |
let alone do something
I can't buy a chevrolet let alone a mercedez benz |
(of food) not cooked:
(of materials) in a natural state, without having been through any chemical or industrial process: |
Raw
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to put on a piece of clothing in order to see how it looks and whether it fits
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To try on
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To stop working
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To packed up
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to improve the quality or usefulness of something, or change it for something newer or of a better standard:
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Upgraded
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very comfortable and of very high quality:
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Deluxe
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graceful and attractive in appearance or behaviour:
a litte bit small |
Elegant junior
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enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose:
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Adequate
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acceptable or right for someone or something:
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Suitable
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to try very hard to do something, especially for someone else:
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To go out of your way
When I visited my aunt, she always goes out of her way to make my stay really pleasant |
making you think a lot about a subject:
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thought-provoking
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extremely funny
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Laugh-out-loud
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to cause something to be not perfect:
imperfecciones |
Flaws
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Another way to say made in that country
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Set in (country)
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very excited, and giving all your attention to something, because you want to know what is going to happen:
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on the edge of your seat
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Something catchable
atrapable |
Grip
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heavy and solid in an ugly way:
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Clunky
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extremely exciting, beautiful, or surprising:
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Breathtaking
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to have someone's attention completely so that they cannot think of anything else:
hypnotise |
Mesmerise
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to be wrong:
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to be wide of the mark
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Methods, beliefs, ideas, etc. that are like this combine whatever seem the best or most useful things from many different areas or systems, rather than following a single system:
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Eclectic
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R&B
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rhythm and blues
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Another way to say; For my taste
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For my liking
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a metal container that is round and often has a long handle and a lid, used for cooking things on top of a cooker.
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Pan
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you remove the liquid from something usually by pouring it away or allowing it to flow away,
liquid flows away or out of it. |
Drain
(Example: Drain the pasta thoroughly. / We drained the pond and filled it with fresh water. / Drain (off) any liquid that is left in the rice. / Don’t bother drying the pans ― just leave them to drain.) |
put something in another place while you do something different
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Set aside
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a small separate part of a bulb of garlic (SPANISH EQUIVALENT: DIENTE DE AJO).
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Clove of garlic (Example: This recipe takes four cloves of garlic.)
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a long thin vegetable with a dark green skin. It is a type of small marrow
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Courgette<br />
Zucchini |
to improve the flavour of savoury food by adding salt, herbs or spices when cooking or preparing it.
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Season
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)is an Italian white bread made from wheat flour, water, salt, olive oil and yeast, created in 1982 by a baker in Adria, Veneto, Italy, in response to popularity of French baguettes.
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Ciabatta
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to give something to someone in a position of authority
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Hand in
Example: Have you handed in your history essay yet? / I’ve decided to hand in my resignation |
to visit or stay at a place briefly when you are going somewhere else
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Stop off (somewhere)
I’ll stop off at the shops on my way home and get some wine. / We’re going to stop off in Paris for a couple of days before heading south.) |
to give something to a person in authority
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Hand in<br />
Please hand in your keys when you leave the hotel |
someone or something that is similar in appearance to someone or something else
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lookalike<br />
Doppelgänger |
a facial expression of disapproval, disgust, or anger.
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a dirty look
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to admire and respect someone
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to look up to
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a short sentence or phrase that is easy to remember, often included in a speech made by a politician and repeated in newspapers and on television and radio:
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a sound bite
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to express your opinions forcefully, especially without being asked for them
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a sound off
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the result of a particular influence:
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Effect
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the sounds, especially the music, of a film, or a separate recording of this:
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Soundtrack
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causing happy and positive feelings about life:
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a feel good (movie)
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extremely happy ( expression )
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On top of the world
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Sentimientos encontrados
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Mixed (feelings )
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the scientific study of the natural processes of living things
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Biology
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a scheduled time when workers stop working for a brief period
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Break time
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a system of fast writing that uses lines and simple signs to represent words and phrases:
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shorthand
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a way of studying, especially for a degree, where you study mostly at home, receiving and sending off work by post or over the internet
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Distance Learning
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a formal talk on a serious subject given to a group of people, especially students:
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Lecture
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the line of short hairs above each eye in humans:
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Eyebrow
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A low fast car often with a roof thant can be folded
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Sports Car
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having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion:
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Sophisticated
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a small piece of a soft material that is put into the shoulder of a piece of clothing to raise it or improve its shape
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Shoulder pads
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a hairstyle in which the hair is tied up high at the back of the head so that it hangs down like a horse's tail
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Ponytail
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shoes with extremely thick soles that raise the feet from the ground more than usual
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Platform shoes
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a covering of artificial hair worn on the head to hide a loss of hair or to cover your own hair:
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Wig
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a short sock that covers only the foot and ankle
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Ankle socks
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used to emphasize that something is true:
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Undoubtedly
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possible to imagine or to believe:
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Conceivably
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Bastante Improbable
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Highly Unlikely
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easily and without interruption or difficulty:
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Smoothly
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To react in a bad way
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To react badly
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behaving in a way that is suitable and acceptable:
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Rightly
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in large amounts:
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profusely
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Verdaderamente embarazoso
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Deeply (embarrasing)
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in a way that causes pain:
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Painfully ( aware)
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in a way that shows strong negative emotion such as anger or disappointment:
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Bitterly
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to speak, write or shout in a loud, uncontrolled, or angry way, often saying confused or silly things:
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Rant
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to speak in an uncontrolled way, usually because you are upset or angry, or because you are ill:
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Rave
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Para ser honesto
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To be perfectly honest
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Estoy deleitado en decirte
Me temo decirte que |
I'm glad to say
I'm afraid to say |
Siendo honesto de verdad
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Quite Frankly
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Gracias al cielo
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Thank Goodness
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Para mi gran sorpresa
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Much to my surprise
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A decir verdad
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To tell the truth
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strangely, in a way that is surprising:
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funnily enough
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Para poner las cosas mas feas
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To make matters worse
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Para mi completo asombro
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To my utter astonishment
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era dirigido por ( phrasal )
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the school was run by academics
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lo positivo o negativo de
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the minus side to it
the plus side to it |
to sell something quickly
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to sell off
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