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. to show clearly that you do not respect someone or something start learning
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Part of playing Titania isn’t just to cock a snook at ageing
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a rude gesture, made by putting one thumb to the nose with the fingers of the hand outstretched start learning
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to provide light for a place start learning
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Things are not being greenlit as much
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a ______ situation or state is one which may very easily or quickly become worse; Pol. niebezpieczny, niepewny start learning
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The state of the arts has always been, and will always be, precarious
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to decide officially that something, especially money, can only be used for a particular purpose start learning
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” Should funding be set and ring-fenced?
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a type of theatre work in which actors perform different plays on different days, instead of doing the same play for a long time; start learning
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I mourn that there are so many repertory companies that aren’t around any more
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a solution to a problem that can be done quickly, but is not a good or permanent solution start learning
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Celebrity culture has led to a “quick fix” mentality on the part of younger actors
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sth that you can use to replace sth that does not work or is lost start learning
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“They think a big part will change their life, without any back-up
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a continuous series of performances of a play, film etc in the same place start learning
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Young actors go into a run and don’t do all the performances
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to make a series of long low sounds, especially a long distance away from you; start learning
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All this rumbling anger may help to get rid of her kindly image
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in a very bad temper and likely to get angry start learning
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the rumours of her having a foul temper are true
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start learning
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. It’s not sudden anger, it smoulders and then if I really let it go on for a bit the shit hits the fan.
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the large brown shiny seed of the horse chestnut tree start learning
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a children's game in which conkers are hung from pieces of string and you try to break the other person's conker by hitting it with your own start learning
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I get furious about the whole business of not allowing conkers in school
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to make someone come to court to hear what their crime is start learning
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nobody’s actually going to be arraigned for what happened.”
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used to say that a particular person is responsible for something start learning
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“I’d like the buck to stop somewhere and know where that buck stops
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the qualities in a young person that other young people admire, especially because of their knowledge and experience of real life start learning
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They give you street cred.
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if a machine ____, it stops working because there is something wrong with it start learning
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‘Oh Christ, what’s packed up now?’
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almost not [= hardly] wrinkled start learning
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she pulls her barely wrinkled skin back on her face
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if someone behaves or speaks in a ____ way, they are confident, polite, and firm, but not very friendly start learning
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she is suddenly the crisp, haughty, commanding
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behaving in a proud unfriendly way; Pol. wyniosły, dumny start learning
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she is suddenly the crisp, haughty, commanding
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to depend on sth happening or sb doing sth [= count on] start learning
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I’ll accept the mission, though I’m not banking on its success.
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