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yawn
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to open the mouth wide and take a lot of air into the lungs and slowly send it out, usually when tired or bored
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in stitches
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If a joke or funny story has you in stitches, it makes you laugh a lot.
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in bits
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to be very upset
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stuffed
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having eaten enough or too much
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tossing and turning
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to move around restlessly while sleeping or trying to sleep
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off his head
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to not be in control of your behaviour because you have drunk too much alcohol or taken drugs
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live up to the hype
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be as good as expected and anticipated by the public
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rough
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mortified
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very embarrassed
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strut your stuff
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We can say someone struts their stuff when they do something very well, but more commonly it is an ironic way to talk about dancing at a party or club.
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a bundle of
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fun / measures / wood / clothes
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a fraction of
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the cost / an inch / a second
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a risk of
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accidents / cancer / failure
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a flood of
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enquiries / complaints / people
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a sign of
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life / weakness / things to come
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the supply of
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water / drugs / blood to the brain
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the abolition of
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slavery / the death penalty / VAT
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the tip of
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my tongue / the island / the iceberg
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storm off
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leave angrily
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sulk
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a period of time when someone refuses to smile or be pleasant because they are angry about something
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hold a grudge
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a strong feeling of anger and dislike for a person who you feel has treated you badly, especially one that lasts for a long time
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a policy of racial ~ / strict ~ of men and women
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segregation
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call for a ~ / a consumer ~ / a mass ~
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boycott
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a ~ of innocent civilians / carry out a cold-blooded ~
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massacre
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draw widespread international ~ / issue an official ~
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condemnation
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~ of non-whites / suffer racial ~ / battle ~
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oppression
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impose ~ on the country / lift economic ~
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sanctions
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go on a pro-democracy ~ / break up a protest ~
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march
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express ~ / crush ~ / growing ~ / tolerate political ~
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dissent
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growing popular ~ / a wave of social ~ / spark fresh ~
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unrest
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strengthen ~ for the resistance / enjoy popular ~
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support
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underlying
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root
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slippery slope
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thin end of the wedge
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step forward
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breakthrough
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impaired
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diminished
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undertake
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carry out
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duplicate
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reproduce
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devise
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create
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insert
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stick
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disorder
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condition
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adverse
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negative
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lead to
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pave the way for
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due
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down to
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a negative correlation
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twisted the figures to suit its own ends
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have a vested interest
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don't stand up to scrutiny
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contrary to popular belief
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research is seriously flawed
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establish a causal link
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a statistical anomaly
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conflicting evidence
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sheltered upbringing
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a deprived background
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flee the country
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military coup
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radical politics
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to be evacuated
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to see active service
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lust for life
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broken home
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close-knit community
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privileged background
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to be orphaned
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pass off
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to happen
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turn out
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to happen in a particular way or to have a particular result, especially an unexpected one
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pass away
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to die
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drop out
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to not do something that you were going to do, or to stop doing something before you have completely finished
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start off
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to begin by doing something, or to make something begin by doing something
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move on
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to start a new activity or job, especially after you have spent a long time doing a previous activity or job
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get ahead
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to be successful in the work that you do
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set off
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to start on a trip
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start up
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to begin a new company, organization, or activity
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build up
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to increase in quantity, or to add more of something so it increases in quantity
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light up
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to make something bright or shiny
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dwell on
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to keep thinking or talking about something, especially something bad or unpleasant
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whip up
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to encourage or cause people to have strong feelings about something.
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stark
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empty, simple, or obvious.
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contend
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to say that something is true or is a fact.
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demise
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the end of something that was previously considered to be powerful, such as a business, industry, or system
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seductress
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a woman who sexually entices
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pillager
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historical term for someone who steals goods by force
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