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step on it
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means go faster or hurry up
ping
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to send an email or a text message.
unlikeliest of friendships
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friendship between those who would not normally be expected to be friends
blossoming
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growing, developing and becoming stronger
befriended
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made friends with
trusting
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willing to trust people; believing they are good and will not harm or deceive
Fashion victim
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someone who always wears what's thought to be fashionable, even if it doesn't actually look good on them
on-trend
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in keeping up with the latest fashion
eye-catching
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attracting attention and being noticed
traction
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if something gains traction it becomes accepted and popular
understated
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(fashion) something that does not attract attention and is not that impressive
thorny
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a thorny issue is a subject that is difficult to deal with and discuss
sedentary
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adjective used to describe a lifestyle which involves a lot of sitting and not much exercise
Life expectancy
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the age to which you are expected to live
shirker
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someone who avoids doing something they don't like, usually because they are lazy
tongue-in-cheek
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something meant to be humorous and not taken seriously
stern
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adjective that means serious and strict
clipboard
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a board you attach papers to so that you can write on them as you walk around
cyclos
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simple bicycle taxis
tuk-tuks
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three-wheeled motorised vehicles used as taxis
auto-rickshaw
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(also) three-wheeled motorised vehicle used as a taxi
ride-hailing
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ordering a taxi to take you somewhere
carriages
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here) transport vehicles for paying passengers

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