13 Food for thought

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quench your thirst start learning		satisfy your hunger
eat small amount of food start learning		pick at food She has an eating disorder and she always picks at her meals.
eat quickly start learning		gulp down food The cat gulped down a whole bowl of milk.
do something that makes you hungry start learning		work up a big appetite Ella had worked up an appetite in the gym.
that is even better start learning		so much the better We want to hear your say, but if you make it short, so much the better.
not so start learning		nothing like as... as The interview was nothing like as bad as I thought it was going to be.
vary from start learning		nowhere near as... as The chair he sat in was nowhere near as comfortable as the custom-designed one behind his desk.
by a great amount; by far start learning		by a long way This was by far the largest city in the area. We were the best team by a long way.
almost 1st start learning		come a close second The lemon sorbet is delicious, but the chocolate mousse comes a close second.
hide the truth about something start learning		deception - deceive -deceptive Don't deceive yourself The device is deceptively simple in appearance.
intentional deception start learning		fraud - to defraud - fraudulent He had been charged with defrauding the company of 2£ millions.
lie start learning		cheat at I remember when we were kids how Peter used to cheat at our games.
to trick smb into doing smt start learning		to deceive smb into doing sth I can't believe he deceived thousands of people into buying a faulty product!
take smb in She tried to pass this off as an amusing story, but nobody was taken in. start learning		fall for a trick He told me that he owned a mansion in Spain and I fell for it.
to cheat smb in order to get their money start learning		to swindle sb out of sth They were accused of swindling millions of dollars out of several international companies. The landlord tried to swindle us out of our deposit.
deceive or cheat smb start learning		take smb for a ride When he didn't return with my money, I realized I had been taken for a ride.
to get sth from smb by trickery start learning		trick smb out of sth You can't trick me out of my money.
fortel, podstęp start learning		stratagem In military stratagems it was sometimes necessary to conceal the standards.

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