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Warning to someone that unless they act in a particular way, actions will be taken against them
Ultimatum
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The most important part of sth, usually the part that gives its general character
essence
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to burn your skin with very hot liquid or steam
to heat milk until it's almost boiling
if tears ----- your eyes, your eyes feel hot because you're crying
scald
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permission for a prisoner to leave prison before the official time if they promise to obey particular rules
parole
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putty in someone's hands (expression)
very easily influenced or persuaded by someone
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to form two very different groups, opinions, or situations that are completely opposite to each other
polarize
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to be very afraid, often so afraid that your body shakes slightly
quail
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sth that's not as exciting as you expected it to be so that you feel disappionted
anticlimactic (anticlimax)
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to cause a feeling or attitude to exist
Engender
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to give you opponents what they want
to say or do sth in order to make someone feel less angry
appease
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to get rid of sth that you no longer want or need
discard
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to throw sth (informal)
Lob
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the total number of ppl who have been killed or hurt
Toll
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someone who is just learning to do sth and does not have much experience or skill
Neophyte
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--------ideas exist as thoughts in the mind, and aren't related to physical objects or real events and actions
Abstract
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Used for emphasizing how large an amount or quality is
galore
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between yellow and brown in colour
Tawny
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to improve sth that isn't very good by including sth that's good
redeem
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a lazy person who lives by getting money, food.etc. from other ppl
a plant or animal that lives in or on another type of animal and feeds on it
parasite
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a remark that is intended to insult someone or to damage their reputation
slur
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Designed to look very impressive, but really looking artificial and silly
Grandiose
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Able to be everywhere at the same time
omnipresent
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To prevent yourself from showing a feeling
Repress
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Disappointed or annoyed by sth
Disgruntled
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Old and no longer in good condition
Decrepit
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A large quantity and variety of sth good
Cornucopia
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Unable to move or control your movements as a result of illness or shock
Not moving or thinking because you are completely bored or very tired
Catatonic
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A way of emphasizing what you're saying by describing it as far more extreme than it really is
Hyperbole
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A feeling of being very annoyed, embarrased, or disappointed
Chagrin
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With a soft, smooth, and pleasant sound
with a smooth full taste
soft and warm in colour
gentle, wise, and easy to talk to, especially because of age and experience
relaxed and satisfied
Mellow
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To follow someone in a determined way in order to get sth from them
Hound
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To prevent sth from continuing in the way that it was planned
Derail
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To gradually take sth such as power or authority from someone else
to cover more land gradually
to gradully reduce the amount of time that someone has available to do what they want to do
- encroach
- (used with on/upon)
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continuing only for a short time
Fleeting
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a situation in which someone hasw angry feelings toward someone else and keeps trying to harm them or to cause problems for them
a situation in which one group or family tries to kill or harm another because or harm that the other group did to them previously, especially when this continues for a long time
Vendetta
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The death of a person
The time when sth stops existing
Demise
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shocking in a way that frightens or upsets you
very bad or unpleasant
Ghastly
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To stop yourself from doing sth
refrain
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making you feel worried, confused, or surprised
disconcerting
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a conversation, speech, or interview in written form
Transcription
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sth that protects another thing by being between it and sth else that could harm it
Buffer
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showing that you're sorry about sth
rueful
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diffuse
if light diffuses, or sth diffuses it, it shines over a large area but not very brightly
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to make sth or someone become gradually less effective, confident, or successful
to deliberately say or do things that make someone appear less impressive or less important
to dig under sth, so that it becomes weaker
undermine
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a mark or hole in the surface of sth
a cut shaped like a V in the edge of sth
Indentation
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An attempt to pretend that a situation is good or satisfactory, which in fact it's not
charade
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in a very deliberate way
studiously
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