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Question		Answer
Antipathy start learning		feeling of strong, often active, dislike or opposition towards something or someone
Hostile start learning		unfriendly and not liking or agreeing with something
Unsympathetic start learning		not kind or helpful to someone who is having problems
Aversion start learning		a feeling of intense dislike or an unwillingness to do sth, it can also be the person or thing which causes that feeling
Have/ feel an aversion start learning		a feeling of strong dislike
Pet aversion start learning		a thing that I dislike most of all, personal hate
Averse to start learning		strongly disliking or opposed to
Loathe start learning		to hate someone or something
Loathing start learning		a strong feeling of hating someone or something
Loathsome start learning		extremely unpleasant
Abhor start learning		to hate a way of behaving or thinking, often because you think it is not moral
Abhorrence start learning		intense disgust
Abhorrent start learning		is completely unacceptable because it seems morally wrong
Scorn start learning		lack of respect for sth or someone felt to be worthless
Scorn (v) start learning		to show that you think that something is stupid, unreasonable, or not worth accepting
Scornful start learning		showing lack of respect
Revolt start learning		if something revolts you, it is so unpleasant that it makes you feel sick and shocked
Revolution start learning		a strong feeling of disapproval and dislike at a situation, person's behaviour, etc.:
Revolting start learning		extremely unpleasant, disgusting
Repulse start learning		if something or someone repulses you, you think that they are extremely unpleasant, disgust
Repulsion start learning		opposite of strong attraction
Repulsive start learning		extremely unpleasant, in a way that almost makes you feel sick, revolting, disgusting
Bland start learning		lacking taste, character or interest for egzampl food etc.
Brash start learning		too confident, too bright for egzample clothes
Dowdy start learning		dull in appearance or lacking style for egzampl clothes, person especially women
Fickle start learning		changing opinions suddenly without reason
Fuddy-duddy start learning		Old fashioned
Grasping start learning		Always wanting more money
Nit-picking start learning		Too concerned about unimportant details
Obnoxious start learning		Unpleasant and rude
Obsequious - start learning		Too eager to praise or obey people
Officious start learning		too eager to tell people what to do
Off-hand start learning		showing rude lack of interest in others
Ostentatious start learning		displaying wealth or possessions In a vulgar way
Pompous start learning		Too formal and showing that you think that you are more important than other people
Pretentious start learning		trying to appear more serious or important than you are
Puerile start learning		Too silly and childish
Sloppy start learning		Not taking care in the way you work
Squalid start learning		Very dirty and unpleasant
Trite start learning		Lacking in originality, banal
Meticulous start learning		scrupulous
Crave, have a craving for start learning		to have an extremely strong desire for something
be walking, floating or treading on air start learning		If you are walking on air, you are so happy that you feel as if you could float.
Hanker after, have a hankering for start learning		to have a strong wish for something, especially if you cannot or should not have it
Thirst, have a thirst for, to hunger for start learning		to feel very strongly that you want and need a particular thing
to yearn towards sb start learning		to wish very strongly, especially for something that you cannot have or something that is very difficult to have
Yearn to do sth, Yearn for, have yearning for start learning		you want to have sth but you can never have
Covet start learning		To want, to possess it very much
Defuse start learning		Make a dangerous or tense situation calmer
Placate start learning		Stop someone feeling angry
Conciliate start learning		End a disagreement between two people or groups by acting in a friendly way towards both sides
Appease start learning		End a disagreement by giving the other side an advantage that they are demanding
Implacable start learning		describes (someone who has) strong opinions or feelings that are impossibleto change:
Implacable hatred start learning		an angry feeling of extreme dislike for someone or something impossible to change
Rejoice start learning		be extremely happy
Recovery start learning		the process of getting better after an illness, injury etc., cure
Exultant start learning		feel great pleasure and happiness of success
Jubilant start learning		expressing great happiness especially at a victory
Rapture start learning		extreme pleasure or happiness
Rapturous start learning		showing extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement
Bliss start learning		Perfect happiness
Unaware start learning		not understanding or realizing something
Full of the joys of spring start learning		Be very happy
Baby girl start learning		A very young girl, child
to be thrilled to bits start learning		To be extremely happy
to feel on top of the world start learning		To be extremely happy
telesales start learning		selling or marketing goods and services by phone
telemarketing start learning		the same as telesales
cold-calling start learning		phoning people who have not requested a call in order to try to sell them sth
hard sell start learning		attempt to sell sth by being very forceful
dubious start learning		feeling doubt or not feeling certain
inertia selling start learning		when a company behaves as if you agreed to buy sth because you didn’t refuse it
confusion marketing start learning		selling products and services in a package, in a way that makes it very difficult to work out which company is cheapest
loss leader start learning		an item being sold very cheaply to attract a lot of people
niche market start learning		Small group of customers with particular interests that company can meet
brand loyalty start learning		Confidence in that particular make and a tendency always to choose it
shop around start learning		Trying different companies or shops to see which offers best value
on approval start learning		You have the right to return it if it isn’t satisfactory
have first refusal on sth start learning		the opportunity to buy something before it is offered to anyone else
come, go under the hammer start learning		It is sold at an auction
bid start learning		offer
bidder start learning		offering the highest bid
lucrative start learning		producing a lot of money
red tape start learning		bureaucracy
merge start learning		Joining together to form one new company
takeover start learning		a situation in which a company gets control of another company by buying enough of its shares:
reach a compromise start learning		Come to an agreement in which both sides have to give in a little bit on what they would have otherwise liked
hammer out a deal start learning		Talk seriously and in detail until a business agreement is made
be swallowed up start learning		Taken over by a larger company
hassle start learning		(a situation causing) difficulty or trouble
entrepreneurship start learning		Involvement in business and taking financial risks
capital assets start learning		Buildings and machines owned by a company
put in, submit a tender start learning		To supply a written offer to do a job for an agreed price
win a tender start learning		To be given a job, after submitting a tender
meet a deadline start learning		To supply something by the agreed time
miss a deadline start learning		fail to supply something by the agreed time
penalty clause start learning		Part of a contract specifying what will happen if the agreement is broken
outstanding account start learning		An account that has not yet been paid
default on a payment start learning		To fail to pay something that had been agreed
acknowledge receipt start learning		To inform the sender when something is received
ship an order start learning		To send out goods that have been ordered
shipment start learning		Sended goods
expire start learning		To end of something that was agreed for a fixed period
expiry start learning		The end of something that was agreed for a fixed period
communicate start learning		to share information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body, or using other signals
morale start learning		Amount of confidence felt by a person or group
flaw start learning		weakness
teamwork start learning		Working together for a common purpose
a square deal start learning		a fair and honest treatment
endeavour start learning		to try to do something
incompatible start learning		not able to exist or work with another person or thing because of basic differences
amassing start learning		to get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period
survival of the fittest start learning		Natural selection conceived of as a struggle for life in which only those organisms best adapted to existing conditions are able to survive and reproduce
splendour start learning		great beauty that attracts admiration and attention
fragrance start learning		a sweet or pleasant smell
sacrifice start learning		to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person
bud start learning		a small part of a plant, that develops into a flower or leaf
witch-doctor start learning		a person in some societies who cures people using traditional magic ormedicine
chief executive start learning		the person with the most important position in a company or organization
personal gesture start learning		A private action, motion, sign
award for achievement start learning		A reward, prize for something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing
turn your hand to start learning		to begin to or to be able to do something
the human factor start learning		Human agent, human influence
amass a fortune start learning		Collecting a huge amount of money
conduct business start learning		the activity of making money by producing or buying and selling goods, or providing services
cradle start learning		a small bed for a baby, especially one that moves gently from side to side, cot
fortitude start learning		courage shown when you are in great pain or experiencing a lot of trouble, strength
make medical history start learning		do sth medically unusual
womb start learning		women’s organ where egg develops into baby
deliver a baby start learning		help mother to give birth
Caesarean section start learning		operation in which mother’s stomach and womb are cut to allow baby to be born
placenta start learning		Tissue joining the foetus i.e. the developing baby, to the mother and giving it food
foetus start learning		a baby or young animal before it is born
uterus start learning		Medical word for womb
ectopic pregnancy start learning		When the egg develops outside the womb in the fallopian tube
fallopian tube start learning		one of the two tubes in a female through which eggs move to the uterus
ovary start learning		the part of a female that produces eggs
conception start learning		Become pregnant
delivery start learning		the process of giving birth to a child, labour
fertilisation start learning		conception
labour start learning		the process of giving birth to a child
pregnancy start learning		when a woman is pregnant, has a baby growing inside her body
conceive start learning		become pregnant
fertility start learning		the ability of a person, animal, or plant to produce babies, young animals, or seeds
termination start learning		intentional ending of a pregnancy, abortion
miscarriage start learning		an early unintentional end of pregnancy
ripe old age start learning		living well into old age
live to a ripe old age start learning		Live for a long time, until you get very old
late start learning		now dead
sheltered accommodation start learning		special housing for old people
have all one’s wits about them start learning		be able to think and react quickly
mourn start learning		express sadness after sb’s death
mourning start learning		Expressing their sadness after someone’s death
be bereaved start learning		A situation when close friend or relative has just died
will start learning		legal document saying what is to happen to your possessions after your death
cremation start learning		service where a dead body is burned
burial start learning		service where a dead body is buried in the ground
ashes start learning		the remains of your body after cremation
scatter start learning		throw (people sometimes have their ashes scattered in a place which has special associations for them)
lad start learning		a boy or young man (informal)
obituaries start learning		newspaper articles giving details about the lives of people who have died
be at death’s door start learning		be close to death
be on one’s last legs start learning		be close to death
pass away start learning		euphemism for die
pass on start learning		euphemism for die
fatalities start learning		dead people
perished start learning		Dead person, especially in an accident or by being killed
slaughter start learning		To kill
slaughtered start learning		violently killed
the deceased start learning		the dead person
bequeath start learning		to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death, leave
bequest start learning		money or property which you arrange to give to someone after your death
inherit start learning		To receive something from someone who has died
inheritance start learning		money, property etc. that you receive from someone who has died
die intestate start learning		without having made a will

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