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Gadgets and gizemos
Electronic devices
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at the expense of
- do sth in detriment to another
- Ex: i bought a new car at expense of travelling on my vacation.
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cutthrout
very competitive
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posh word
expensive or used by a rich person
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smart, elegant, or fashionable; exclusive posh clothes
- upper-class or genteel
- People use as a show of.
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cut down on sth
- reduce doing sth
- The company had to cut down on expenses deu to the crises.
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odds
chance of sth happening
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cheer up
to become less sad , to make someone fel less sad
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insurance
an agreement in which you pay a company money and they pay your costs if you have an accident, injury, etc:
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brat
- a child who behaves badly
- He is a brat.
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be second nature
when you do something so easily without thinking very much about it.
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staggering
very shocking and surprising
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strike
to refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses:
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in store for
planned or likely to happen
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reminiscent of
making you remember a particular person, event, or thing
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on the verge of
to be going to happen or to do something very soon
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off the top of your head
you say sth immediately, from memory
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con
make someone believe in something false
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ripped off
to cheat someone by making them pay to much money for something
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cheeky person
slightly rude or showing no respect but always in a fanny way
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gutted
extremely disapointed and unhappy
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plumber
person that work repairing water pipe on buildings, homes
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prank
a trick that is intended to be funny but not to cause harm or damage
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made sth up
to say or write something that is not true
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knock down the price
to reduce the price
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buck - us dolar / grand - thousand
quid - UK pounds
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throw sth in
provide a product for free when you buy sth
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jack sth up
increase the price suddely and by a large amount
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up front
pay in advanced, beforehand
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be content with
satisfied
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get rid of
remove or throw away sth unwanted
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penchant for
a tendency to do sth
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be at loss
don't know what do or say
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to pay over the odds
pay more than sth really worth
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nagging
complaining or criticizing
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live with your means
spend less money than you receive as income
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lavish
large in quantity, expensive, impressive
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opted out
choose not be part of an activity or stop being involved in it
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get around
go to different places
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get by
to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money:
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cut back
reduce or limite sth
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run out of
finish, use, sell all, there´s none left
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The lesser of two evils
The less unpleasant of two choices
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curse
use words or expressions not polite and show you are very angry
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Plateaued
To reach a stable leve
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inherited
To receive (property or a title, for example) from an ancestor
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wear braces
necessary wear braces in order to put the teeth on the correct place and alined to the others
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dodge
to avoid sth by moving or shifting suddenly asside
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Smuggle
- import or export secretely.
- She smuggled a gun into the jail iside a cake.
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stuffy
close, poorly ventilated
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rule of thumb
practical method of procedure
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cut corners
- use a shorter route
- to reduce costs or care in execution
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Stand for
- to represent or meaning
- Used for acronyms
- Ex: What does TOIEC stand for?
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take in
To look at thoroughly; view: took in the sights
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gaze
fixed look, to look steadily
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dart
suddenly, rapid movement
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Undergo
experienced sth that is unpleasant or sth that involve a chenge
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boost enhance
make sth better, improve the quantity/quality
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sceptical
doubting that sth is true or useful
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going downhill
decreasing
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flicking through
to look quickly to the pages of magazines, books etc
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Far-sighted
having good judgment about what will be needed in the future and making wise decisions based that
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Out of your mind
unable to behave or deal with things normally because something has made you very worried, unhappy, or angry
extremely stupid or mentally ill:
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be in two minds
to be unable to decide about something
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mind their own business
tell someone im a rude way that yu don´t want them asking you sth private
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weigh up
to form an opinion about situation or someones and character by thinking about them carefully
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sturdy
- be robust
- physically strong and solid or thick, and therefore unlikely to break or be hurt:
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Ripped and tattered
be torn
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speechless
be without words
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overcome with
to be strongly affected by an emotion or a feeling
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