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Small intestine
Dunne darm
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Large intestine
Dikke darm
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Concussion
Hersenschudding
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Influenza, the flu
De griep
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Food poisoning
Voedselvergiftiging
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Nervous breakdown
Een zenuwinzinking
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A chiropractor
Een kraker
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A physiotherapist
Kinesist
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A casualty
Een slachtoffer
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A pathologist
Een lijkschouwer
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A psychiatrist
Een psychiater
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A chiropodist
Een podoloog
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A GP (general practitioner)
Een huisarts
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A pharmacist
Een apotheker
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A matron ( a head nurse)
Een hoofdverpleger
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A consultant
Een adviserend geneesheer
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An out-patient
Een poliklinisch patint
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A district nurse
Thuisverpleging
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Paediatrician
Pediater, een kinderarts
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A miscarriage
Een miskraam
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An inflammation
Een ontsteking
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Malnutrition
Ondervoeding
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Arachnophobia
Arachnofobie
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To have a relapse
Hervallen
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To recuperate
Revalideren
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To ache
Pijn hebben, pijn doen
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To suffer from
Leiden aan
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To choke
Verstikken (in iets)
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To lose consciousness
Het bewustzijn verliezen
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To disinfect
Desinfecteren
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To blister
Blaren krijgen
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To suffocate
Stikken (te weinig zuurstof)
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To sterilize
Steriliseren
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Great respect and admiration
Reverence
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Compassion, sympathy
Mercy
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To find fault
To criticize
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Unsuccessful
Ended in failure
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Not allowed
Not permitted
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Real
Inventing, fabricate
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Admirable
Disrespect, contempt
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To love
Dislike, loath, abhor, hate
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Successful
Mess, disaster, failure
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Genuine
Fake, reproduction
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To not recognise
Familiar
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Accidentally
On purpose, deliberated
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Vain person
Modest, humble
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Calm person
Excitable, temperamental
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Moderate amount
Excessive
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Moderate politics
Extreme
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Distant relationship
Close
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Flat countryside
Hilly, mountainous
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Newspeak
- Language used by politicians and government officials which is intentionally difficult to understand.
- therefore likely to confuse or deceive people
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Newspeak
- A fictional language in George Orwell's novel nineteen Eighty-four. it's based on English but is reduced
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Old speak
The newspeak term for the English language
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A row
A fight, dispute, a quarrel
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To axe
To reduce, to dismiss
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A bid to break even
An attempt to stop making losses
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A swoop
A sudden movement in an attempt to catch something, a short sudden attack
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A drug haul
Amount of drugs found during a police action
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A bank raid
A bank robbery
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Bogus
False, fake
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To con
To cheat after first winning someone's trust, to swindle
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Havoc
confusion, lack of order and trouble
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Political affiliations
It has connection with a political party
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Dailies
A paper that appears every day
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Feature sections
Other sections in the paper (travel, sport, economy ,..)
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The gutter , rag
- A disapproving word for newspapers and magazines more interested in crime and sex than serious
- news. A sensational paper, low quality (commercieel en slecht)
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A journal
An academic magazine
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A glossy
Expensive magazine on good quality paper
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Supplement
An addition, a magazine which comes out once a week with a newspaper
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Tabloids
A small size newspaper, usually short articles and lots of pictures (= the popular press)
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Broadsheets
Longer articles, more serious (= the quality press)
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Editorial, leader
Gives personal opinion to news
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The letters page
Columns,..
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Classified ads
Small advertisements in a newspaper from people who want to buy or sell something
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Editor
The person in control of the daily production
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A freelance journalist
A self-employed journalist, who sells their articles
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Critic
Someone who writes reviews
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Sub-editor
The person who lays out and adds headlines to newspaper pages
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Cityeditor
The person responsible for financial news (only in London, otherways 'finance editor')
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Pressure group
- a group of people who work together to try to influence what other people or the government think
- about a particular subject, in order to achieve the things they want
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Press conference
a meeting at which a person or organization makes a public statement and reporters can ask questions
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A sound bite
a short sentence or phrase that is easy to remember
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News agency
an organization that supplies reports to newspapers, magazines, and television and radio companies
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Muck-raking
- the activity, especially by newspapers and reporters, of trying to find out unpleasant information
- about people or organizations in order to make it public
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Hot off press
A very new story
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An exclusive
A story that is only found in one newspaper
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A scoop
News that is discovered and published by one newspaper before all others
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To hit the headlines
The moment when the story is published
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The story breaks
The story becomes public knowledge
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Coverage
Space in the press
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Taken to court for libel= defamation of character
When a newspaper publishes an untrue story that harms someone's reputation
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A blow
An unexpected shock, a hard hit
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The press
Newspaper and magazines or the people publishing them
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A magazine
A periodical published every week or month, with articles and pictures
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Circulation
The number of copies sold
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The editorial
An article in a newspaper expressing the editor's opinion
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To edit
To prepare text by correcting, revising and adapting
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A foreign correspondent
someone who reports news for newspapers, radio, television from another country
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Press release
An official piece of information that is given to newspapers etc
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A source
Someone who gives information to the police, newspaper etc
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To produce copy
To write material suitable to be published
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To go to press
To be printed
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Outcome
The final result of an election or negotiations
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Outlook
What is expected to happen
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Outlet
A shop or company trough which product are sold
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Take over
Getting control of a company by buying most of its shares
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Downfall
Failure or ruin following success
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Downpour
A lot of rain that falls fast and heavily
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Breakthrough
New and successful development
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Backup
Something used for support if the main one fails
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Shake-up
A situation in which a lot of changes are made
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Set-up
A way of arranging something
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A lookout
A person who watches for danger; a high place where a person can look around them
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A slip-up
A mistage or something which goes wrong
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A write-off
A vehicle that is damaged so badly in an accident that it cannot be repaired
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A setback
A problem that makes something happen later or more slow than it should
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An offshoot
Something which has developed from something larger which already existed
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A drawback
A disadvantage or negative part of a situation
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An outbreak
- A time when something suddenly bigins, especially a disease or something else dangerous or
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A comeback
A successful attempt to get power, importance or fame again after a period of having lost it
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A hold-up
When someone steals from someone else using violence or the threat of violence (infor: a delay)
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A backlash
A strong feeling among a group of people on reaction to a change or recent events in society of politics
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A showdown
An important argument which is intended to end a disagreement that has existed for a long time
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An outburst
A sudden forceful expression of emotion, especially anger
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Upkeep
The cost or process of keeping something, such as a building, in good condition
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An upturn
An improvement or a change to a higher level or value
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A knock-out
In boxing, the act of hitting the other fighter, a person or thing that looks extremely sttractive
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Tickle
To touch someone lightly with your fingers, in order to make them laugh
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Pinch
To press someone's skin tightly between your fingers, sometimes causing pain
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Shove
To push someone in a rough way
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To thumb
To hit someone with your fist
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To rub
To press your hand or a cloth on a surface and move it backwards and forwards
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Scratch
To rub your skin with your nails, often to stop it itching
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To munch
To eat something in a noisy way
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to slap, to smack
To hit someone with the flat, inside part of your hand
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To frisk
To move your hands over someone's body to discover if they are hiding anything like a weapon
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To nudge
To gently push someone or something
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A grin
To smile a big smile
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To wink
To quickly close and open one eye in order to be friendly or to show that something is a joke
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To pet
To touch a person or animal with a flat hand in a gentle friendly way
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To hug
To put your arms around someone and hold them tightly usually because you love them
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To stroke
To gently move your hand over a surface
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To squeeze
To press something firmly
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To spit
To force out the liquid in your mouth
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To sniff
To breath air in tough your nose in a way that makes noise
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To clap
To hit your hands together, often repeatedly
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I tend to have
I usually have
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Aerobically
Exercise increasing your heart rate and strengthening your heart and lungs
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Proper
Correct, good, real, up to a certain standard
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To cultivate
Give care, thought and time to something in order to develop it
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Adequate
Enough, sufficient
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Executive
Of a decision making level
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Fund-raising
Raise money for a good cause
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To negotiate
To try to make or change an agreement by discussion
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Competitive
Wanting to win or be successful
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Anxious
Worried and nervous
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Mundane
Very ordinary and therefore not interesting
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Distinct
Clearly noticeable
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To astound
To surprise or chock someone very much
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Down-to-earth
Practical, reasonable and friendly
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Unconventional
Different from what is usual or from the way most people do it
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To mend
To repair something that is broken or damaged
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A lack of
Something that is not available or that is not enough of
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To land a job
To get a job
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A graduate
Someone who has finished higher education
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Prized
A good job, with a lot of oppertunities, an appreciated job
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To raise the stakes
Have made it more difficult
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Staff
The people who work for a company
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Accomplishments
Things you have achieved
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Confident
Showing that you feel sure about yourself and your abilities
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Brief, specific, to the point, concise
Giving a lot of information clearly in a few words
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Turn-offs
Things which give a bad impression
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Candidate, interviewee, applicant
Someone trying to get a job
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Rigorous
Carful to look at or consider every part of something to make sure it is correct or safe
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To have shivers down the spine
To feel nervous or frightened
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Competitors
Companies in the same line of business
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Benefits
An advantage, something extra
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Policy
- A set of ideas or a plan of what to do that has been agreed by a business and rules about polite an
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