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Mark Gardiner, a glazier from Hastings, start learning
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I wouldn't presume to claim that this is what happens to every lottery winner, but I think that, whatever your problems are, money magnifies them. start learning
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2. to think that sth is true, although you are not certain [assume], Pol. sądzić, przypuszczać
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I wouldn't presume to claim that this is what happens to every lottery winner, but I think that, whatever your problems are, money magnifies them. start learning
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3. to make something seem bigger or louder, especially using special equipment, to make something seem more important than it really is [exaggerate]
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I was adopted and this made me a troubled young man start learning
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4. an ____ child has been legally made part of a family that they were not born into
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My adoptive mother used to ram home to me the importance of caring for family start learning
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5. to make sure someone fully understands something by emphasizing it and by providing a lot of examples, proof etc
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shoot yourself in the foot my mum told me I was no son of hers. Two weeks later, I won the lottery and I think she realised she'd shot herself in the foot. start learning
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6. to say or do something stupid that will cause you a lot of trouble
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Mum sold her story to a newspaper, saying I was a reckless drunk who would drink my winnings away. start learning
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In doing that she contradicted everything she had raised me to believe. start learning
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8. to disagree with something, especially by saying that the opposite is true
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Mum sold her story to a newspaper, saying I was a reckless drunk who would drink my winnings away. start learning
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9. not caring or worrying about the possible bad or dangerous results of your actions
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This woman who had walked me to school and stayed up nights with me when I was ill, was talking rubbish about me for a few hundred quid. start learning
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For the previous few months I had been clubbing together with my friend and business partner, Paul Maddison, to buy £50 of tickets each week, always using the same numbers. start learning
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11. if people_____, they share the cost of something
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we got together for a game of bowls and start learning
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12. British English [plural] an outdoor game played on grass in which you try to roll big balls as near as possible to a small ball
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when he heard the shop owner congratulating Paul, he nipped outside to phone the press. start learning
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13. British English informal to go somewhere quickly or for a short time [pop]
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14. a group of ships, or all the ships in a navy, Pol. flota
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I was being called a 'lottery rat' and 'wife beater'. start learning
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15. someone who hits his wife, especially someone who does this often
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Camelot moved us to a different hotel each day just in case our location was leaked to the press start learning
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16. to deliberately give secret information to a newspaper, television company etc
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she had received sack loads of begging letters and marriage proposals. start learning
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She chucked the letters away and kept the money to buy tea start learning
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18. to throw something in a careless or relaxed way
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a former girlfriend who claimed I was the father of her child and wanted money for the child's upkeep. start learning
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19. the cost or process of looking after a child or animal and giving them the things they need
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I had to endure many court cases over the next few years start learning
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20. to be in a difficult or painful situation for a long time without complaining
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people who felt entitled to a slice of the money I had won. start learning
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21. to give someone the official right to do or have something
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"he chucked his pint of beer all over me. I didn't know what to think - it was bizarre." start learning
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22. very unusual or strange
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I also bought houses for my four closest friends, all in the same cul-de-sac, so that we could be close start learning
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23. a road which is closed at one end, so that there is only one way in and out
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so that we could be close and they could help shield me from unwanted attention. start learning
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24. to protect someone or something from being harmed or damaged
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One by one, they took advantage of me - the manager of my glazing company, for example, started skiving off work. start learning
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25. Pol. wykorzystać kogoś
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One by one, they took advantage of me - the manager of my glazing company, for example, started skiving off work. start learning
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26. to avoid work or school by staying away or leaving without permission
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I wasn't running off with younger women start learning
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27. to secretly go away with someone in order to marry them or live with them - used to show disapproval
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By the end we were bickering about the smallest things. start learning
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28. to argue, especially about something very unimportant
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Even if he hadn't been careless verifying our ticket, people would still have found out - you can't hide good fortune start learning
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29. to discover whether something is correct or true
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Even if he hadn't been careless verifying our ticket, people would still have found out - you can't hide good fortune start learning
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30. the good or bad things that happen in life
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