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all skin and bones
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save sb's skin
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a bone of contention
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in sb's hands
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make no bones about
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go hand in hand
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close at hand
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jump out of sb's skin
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change over time, adjust
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evolve, adapt
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completely change, become different
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transform, reform
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change for the better
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improve, enhance, progress, alter
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change back to a former state
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restore, reverse, revert
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influence something
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determine, shape
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chop and change
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make great strides
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pull sb's socks up
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back to square one
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move the goalposts
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turn the corner
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turn upside down
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go from strength to strength
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association
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isolation
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loyalty
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attachment
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rapport
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rejection
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marginalization
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disaffection
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exclusion
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segregation
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personification
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repetition
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oxymoron
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imagery
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rhetorical question
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cause
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because of, due to
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effect
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result in, as a result, consequently, lead to
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contrast
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while, even though, however
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addition
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that said, furthermore, in addition
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dazed
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distraught
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stumped
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bewildered
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flustered
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disorientated
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befuddled
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baffled
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step up to the mark
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go with the flow
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bow down to
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take the initiative
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go against the grain
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buck the trend
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spur into action
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turn a blind eye
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follow sb's lead
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bury one's head in the sand
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acquit (of)
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convict (of)
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detain (for)
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exonerate (from/of)
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implicate (in)
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release (on bail)
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remand (in custody)
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absolve
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absolution
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acquit
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acquittal
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confess
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confession
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convict
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conviction
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defend
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defendant
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indict
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indictment
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jeopardize
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jeopardy
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penalize
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penalty
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plead
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plea
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prosecute
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prosecution
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testify
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testimony
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sentence adverbs
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sadly, incredibly, clearly, naturally, luckily
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frequency
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annually, daily, usually
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degree
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a bit, relatively
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place and time
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everywhere, always, immediately
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manner
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sadly, incredibly, calmly, naturally, dismally
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focus
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nearly, hardly, only, barely, even
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foraging for food
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self-sufficient
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the trappings of success
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flat-packing
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assembly line
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ethos
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pipe dream
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key indicators
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live beyond means
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struggle to make ends meet
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be stripped for cash
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fritter away
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live on the breadline
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poverty-stricken
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splash out on
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|
squander
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standing order
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contactless card
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current account
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direct debit
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sort code
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premium
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liability
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no-claims bonus
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comprehensive policy
|
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third-party
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set up
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a display / a company / an advertising agency
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conduct
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market research / a survey / market analysis
|
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launch
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a product / an advertising campaign / an investigation
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make
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a deal / a loss / a profit
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gain
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market share / experience / access
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boost
|
sales / profits / productivity
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outstrip
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supply / rivals / inflation
|
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manipulate
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our minds / public opinion / data
|
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point of sale
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|
merchandise
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line
|
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loss leader
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outlet
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seconds
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pop-up
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supplier
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|
soar
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|
surge
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|
rocket
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|
escalate
|
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tumble
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slump
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dip
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plummet
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cause
|
result from, attribute
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effect
|
generate, give rise to, trigger, account for, bring about, perpetuate
|
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the brains behind
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pick the brains (of)
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brainwave
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brainchild
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brainwashed
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scatterbrained
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brain-teasers
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rack the brains
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accomplish
|
pull off
|
|
conquer
|
get over
|
|
install
|
put up
|
|
recite
|
reel off
|
|
ascertain
|
find out
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|
conduct
|
carry out
|
|
transmit
|
pass on
|
|
collaborate
|
team up
|
|
impede
|
hold up
|
|
discern
|
make out
|
|
attribute to
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pin on
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|
cease
|
give up
|
|
resolve
|
clear up
|
|
revolutionize
|
turn around
|
|
recall
|
|
recollect
|
|
remember
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|
memorize
|
|
remind
|
|
reflect on
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|
reminisce
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|
commemorate
|
|
receptive
|
musical
|
|
introspective
|
intrapersonal
|
|
dexterous
|
bodily kinaesthetic
|
|
observant
|
naturalistic
|
|
discerning
|
spatial
|
|
intuitive
|
interpersonal
|
|
methodical
|
logical-mathematical
|
|
articulate
|
linguistic
|
|
dexterity
|
dexterous
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|
curiosity
|
curious
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|
agility
|
agile
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|
ingenuity
|
ingenious
|
|
diligence
|
diligent
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modesty
|
modest
|
|
brogue
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a strong accent
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bilious
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bad-tempered, full of anger
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kerbstone
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unsophisticated, without trraining or experience
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|
gutter
|
the bad social conditions
|
|
have a jaw
|
have a chat
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|
analogy
|
analogous
|
|
contradiction
|
contradictory
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|
correspondence
|
corresponding
|
|
disparity
|
disparate
|
|
divergence
|
divergent
|
|
homogeneity
|
homogeneous
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|
inerchange
|
interchangeable
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|
varience
|
variable/varied
|
|
Verb + inf with to
|
afford, agree, appear, continue, expect, happen, hope, need, plan, prefer, refuse, seem, start
|
|
Verb + obj + inf with to
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allow, ask, encourage, expect, help, inspire, invite, remind, teach, tell, want
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|
Verb + obj + -ing
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avoid, discuss, dislike, enjoy, imagine, prevent, recommend, spend
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Verb + obj + prep. + -ing
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apologize for, congratulate on, consent to, criticize for, insist on, succeed in
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Both to + inf and -ing
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begin, continue, hate, intend, memorize, prefer, propose, start
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Depends on meaning
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forget, go on, like, regret, remember, stop, try
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Verb + obj + inf
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let, make
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Perception verbs
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feel, hear, notice, see, watch
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Verb + -ing
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admit, avoid, deny, discuss, dislike, enjoy, finish, imagine, practise, recall, recommend, resent, suggest
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on the right track
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|
come a long way
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paths cross
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stop dead in one's tracks
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lose track of time
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|
smooth the path
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|
the end of the road
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on the road
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|
make one's way
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|
further down the road
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|
a long way off
|
|
hit the road
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|
collide
|
|
skid
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|
hit head-on
|
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jackknife
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|
shed its load
|
|
overshoot
|
|
swerve
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|
write off
|
|
shatter
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definite - sure or certain
|
definitive - the best or most extreme
|
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compulsive - irresistibly interesting
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compulsory - that must be done
|
|
historic - important in history
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historical - connected with the past
|
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notable - deserving of attention
|
noticeable - easy to see
|
|
alternate - occurring in turn repeatedly
|
alternative - able to be used instead of sth else
|
|
technical - relating to the use of machinery
|
technological - relating to the practical use of scientific discoveries
|
|
economic - connected with money
|
economical - providing good value for the money spent
|
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well and truly
|
|
ever so
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|
by far
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|
no wonder
|
|
for months on end
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without doubt
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outlook, outcome, downpour, outbreak, upbringing, uprising, backdrop, downfall
|
|
run-up, setback, crackdown, hold-up, let-down, washout
|
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latitude, longitude
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|
prime meridian, the equator
|
|
the northern / southern hemisphere
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|
the tropic of Cancer / Capricorn
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|
the Antipodes, the Pacific Rim, the Subcontinent
|
|
restrictive adjectives
|
chief, exact, foremost, major, sole, specific, only, main, principal
|
|
intensifying adjectives
|
absolute, entire, extreme, sheer, total, utter
|
|
all-consuming
|
work / passion / state
|
|
feel-good
|
movie / story / factor
|
|
long-term
|
objective / prognosis / employment
|
|
long-lasting
|
battery / effect / relationship
|
|
rose-tinted
|
glasses / lens / view
|
|
seven-year
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itch / campaign / romance
|
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much-respected
|
idea / person / type of love
|
|
hotly disputed
|
subject / theory / claim
|
|
euphoria
|
|
infatuation
|
|
obsessive-compulsive disorder
|
|
devotion
|
|
compromise
|
|
amity
|
|
loyalty
|
|
narcissism
|
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wear one's heart on one's sleeve
|
|
have a change of heart
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|
take to heart
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|
don't have the heart to
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|
use your head
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|
level-headed
|
|
keep your head
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|
have an old head on young shoulders
|
|
have a soft spot for sb
|
|
wrap sb around your little finger
|
|
live in each other's pockets
|
|
get on each other's nerves
|
|
have sb to lean on
|
|
drive a wedge between ppl
|
|
be at sb's beck and call
|
|
get on like a house on fire
|
|
rent
|
|
contract
|
|
estate agent
|
|
notice
|
|
landlord
|
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deposit
|
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letting agent
|
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mortgage
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|
lease
|
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tenant
|
|
trigger revolts
|
|
pledge allegiance
|
|
drum up support
|
|
betray the cause
|
|
rally the troops
|
|
sack a town
|
|
wage a war
|
|
rout the enemy
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|
decide one's fate
|
|
acquire a reputation
|
|
hold an appeal
|
|
spark a storm
|
|
be the making of sb
|
|
regain one's status
|
|
forge an identity
|
|
immerse oneself in sth
|
|
intellectual
|
highbrow
|
lowbrow
|
|
elaborate
|
intricate
|
primitive
|
|
fascinating
|
echanting
|
repellent
|
|
captivating
|
intriguing
|
dreary
|
|
comprehensible
|
transparent
|
impenetrable
|
|
offensive
|
provocative
|
unobtrusive
|
|
peculiar
|
whimsical
|
conventional
|
|
dull
|
uninspiring
|
evocative
|
|
hit the nail on the head
|
|
be spot on
|
|
strike the right note
|
|
swallow your words
|
|
get off on the wrong foor
|
|
fall wide of the mark
|
|
back the wrong horse
|
|
bark up the wrong tree
|
|
canvas
|
|
brush stroke
|
|
theme
|
|
medium
|
|
genre
|
|
motif
|
|
palette
|
|
silhouette
|
|
perspective
|
|
tone
|
|
surging
|
|
soothing
|
|
brisk
|
|
freneitc
|
|
sluggish
|
|
raucous
|
|
ethereal
|
|
lilting
|
|
ambling
|
|
catchy
|
|
jarring
|
|
jaunty
|
|
mellow
|
|
menacing
|
|
soppy
|
|
thundering
|
|
overrated
|
underachiever
|
|
predate
|
post-industrial, post-war
|
|
foreshadow
|
backdrop
|
|
monorail
|
multifaceted, multifarious
|
|
pro-democratic
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anti-Semitic
|
|
subway
|
superstructure
|
|
open doors
|
|
glass ceiling
|
|
by the back door
|
|
hit the roof
|
|
building block
|
|
lay the foundations
|
|
drive up the wall
|
|
come up against a brick wall
|
|
lavishly decorated
|
enthusiastically received
|
|
brilliantly conceived
|
bitterly disappointed
|
|
eagerly anticpated
|
hugely influential
|
|
intensely private
|
utterly appalled
|
|
simply enchanting
|
profoundly moving
|
|
immediately obvious
|
highly controversial
|
|
stand-alone building
|
|
building site
|
|
slum tenement
|
|
congested thoroughfares
|
|
urban infrastructure
|
|
sewage system
|
|
city dwellers
|
|
unprecedented
|
|
scarce
|
|
chaotic
|
|
impoverished
|
|
squalid
|
|
acute
|
|
abundant
|
|
stark
|
|
plight
|
|
crisis
|
|
pitfall
|
|
remedy
|
|
quick fix
|
|
panacea
|
|
tackle
|
|
alleviate
|
|
resolve
|
|
have the upper hand
|
|
take the bull by its horns
|
|
a no-brainer
|
|
throw cold water over
|
|
fight an uphill battle
|
|
a storm in a teacup
|
|
up in arms against
|
|
fall into the trap
|
|
assert
|
|
endeavour
|
|
commence
|
|
inflict
|
|
yield
|
|
seize
|
|
desist
|
|
fasten
|
|
principle - principal
|
|
antisocial - unsocial - unsociable
|
|
migrant - immigrant - emigrant
|
|
illicit - elicit
|
|
human - humane
|
|
aficionado
|
devotee
|
|
torment
|
anguish
|
|
fortitude
|
tenacity
|
|
depletion
|
deficiency
|
|
handicap
|
hurdle
|
|
fatigue
|
exhaustion
|
|
tranquility
|
serenity
|
|
compulsion
|
preoccupation
|
|
pinch of salt
|
|
lapse of time
|
|
ray of hope
|
|
crumb of comfort
|
|
wall of silence
|
|
grain of truth
|
|
torrent of criticism
|
|
strip of land
|
|
go cold turkey
|
|
get your fix
|
|
have a weakness for
|
|
adventure junkie
|
|
kick the habit
|
|
a slave to
|
|
take a fancy to
|
|
live and breathe
|
|
reliance, insistence, dependence, restriction
|
on
|
|
aversion, menace, susceptibility, addiction
|
to
|
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conformity, fixation, association, obsession
|
with
|
|
endemic (corruption / problem / poverty / racism)
|
|
ailing (economy / bank / company / business)
|
|
agonizing (wait / decision / choice / process)
|
|
chronic (shortage / problem / lack / unemployment)
|
|
terminal (decline / crisis / damage / decay)
|
|
diagnosis
|
|
recovery
|
|
prognosis
|
|
across the board
|
|
race against time
|
|
par for the course
|
|
win hands down
|
|
a level playing field
|
|
neck and neck
|
|
in the running
|
|
set the pace
|
|
somewhere around ...
|
|
more or less
|
|
..., or thereabouts
|
|
something like ...
|
|
... or so
|
|
...in round numbers
|
|
in the region of ...
|
|
give or take ...
|
|
white- / blue- collar worker
|
|
get the green light
|
|
a golden opportunity
|
|
a grey area
|
|
in the red
|
|
out of the blue
|
|
a purple patch
|
|
raise the white flag
|
|
red tape
|
|
with flying colours
|
|
lines
|
arc, radius, ray, spiral, tangent
|
|
shapes
|
crescent, ring, ellipse, lozenge, polygon
|
|
solids
|
cone, cube, cylinder, pyramid, sphere
|
|
atmospheric
|
|
celestial
|
|
cosmic
|
|
galactic
|
|
gravitational
|
|
lunar
|
|
planetary
|
|
solar
|
|
stellar
|
|
terrestrial
|
|
getting on a bit
|
|
go down with sth
|
|
golden years
|
|
hard of hearing
|
|
in reduced circumstances
|
|
of advanced years
|
|
of limited means
|
|
underprivileged
|
|
visually impaired
|
|
career ladder
|
|
holiday entitlement
|
|
human resources
|
|
job application
|
|
pension scheme
|
|
recruitment agency
|
|
redundancy payment
|
|
sick leave
|
|
the public sector
|
|
zero-hours contract
|
|
(be) at your wits' end
|
|
light at the end of the tunnel
|
|
meet an untimely end
|
|
(be) no end (to sth) in sight
|
|
on the receiving end of
|
|
spell the end for
|
|
the beginning of the end
|
|
the end is nigh
|
|
face
|
the truth, a choice, the facts
|
|
induce
|
sleep, drowsiness, a change
|
|
boost
|
tourism, productivity, the economy
|
|
arouse
|
interest, anxiety, suspicion
|
|
exhibit
|
symptoms, self-control, a picture
|
|
devote
|
energy, effort, resources
|
|
foster
|
learning, a sense of community, unrealistic expectations
|
|
scrutinize
|
the small print, the bill, a performance
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