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someone with a more important position than you in an organization start learning
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They're still waiting for a decision about the extra money from the higher-ups.
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to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic start learning
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She comes across really well (= creates a positive image) on television.
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to prevent someone or something from moving on or progressing start learning
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He's a big-picture leader and doesn't get bogged down in the details.
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to stop being involved in something start learning
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We need to step back and look at all our options.
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to represent a characteristic of something verb start learning
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The signing of the treaty marked a major milestone on the road to European union.
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something makes an opinion or situation very clear without the use of words idiom start learning
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She said very little but her face spoke volumes.
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to say that something has a special meaning or importance for someone start learning
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That painting really speaks to me.
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to indicate or signal something phrasal verb start learning
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The number of cleaning firms speaks to the fact that cleaning is considered an important service.
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We expect the building work to be completed ahead of schedule.
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decorative or complicated start learning
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The decorations were a little too fancy for my tastes.
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to want to have or do something: start learning
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Do you fancy a drink this evening?
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to travel a specific length start learning
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to choose not to be in a position of responsibility in an organization or activity start learning
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to go somewhere new, leaving problems or confusion behind you, that you have caused start learning
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leave something in your wake Soldiers rampaged through the town, leaving chaos in their wake.
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to persuade someone to do something by offering them something pleasant start learning
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She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary.
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to go somewhere by offering them something exciting start learning
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He had lured his victim to a deserted house.
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wearing old clothes, or in a bad condition, because of not having much money start learning
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She had a decidedly down-at-heel appearance.
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to be extremely unwilling to be involved in something, and to avoid it start learning
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Investors are likely to run for the hills if the market begins to fall again.
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to accept an unpleasant fact or situation after dealing with it for a while start learning
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They’re upset that you didn’t call, but they’ll get over it.
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to accept that a difficult situation exists start learning
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She's going to have to face up to the fact that he's not going to marry her.
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having a negative or harmful effect on something start learning
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So far the drug is thought not to have any adverse effects.
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to do something whatever happens, even if it is very difficult or causes a lot of problems start learning
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do something at all costs His proposals are outrageous and should be resisted at all cost.
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to make someone extremely angry start learning
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His sexist attitude infuriates me.
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to take notice of someone's words or behaviour so that you know what you should do start learning
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take your cue from someone She watched his lips carefully and took her cue from him.
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very attractive, in a mysterious way, making you want to keep looking start learning
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He had the most mesmerizing blue eyes.
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to warn people about something idiom start learning
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Scientists first sounded the alarm about climate change decades ago.
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an area of interest or activity start learning
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Her interests are in the realm of practical politics.
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to force someone to accept something verb start learning
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impose something on someone I don't want them to impose their religious beliefs on my children.
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to protect someone and provide the things they need, especially someone who is young, old, or ill start learning
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It's good to know that the dogs will be well cared for while we're away.
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to think that something is important and to feel interested in them start learning
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Clearly this generation is a group that cares about the environment.
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a difficult work or progress idiom start learning
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his administration has gone through some tough sledding over the last year, but the president is determined to regain the trust and support of the American people.
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to consider something as being caused by something else start learning
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chalk something up to something else He was clearly lying, and now he’s trying to chalk it up to a poor memory.
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to develop into a particular type of person or thing start learning
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Your actions could prevent a silly disagreement growing into something more serious.
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a good understanding of someone and an ability to communicate well with them start learning
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She has an excellent rapport with her staff.
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If we all stick together, we can succeed.
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to say what you think about something very directly start learning
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He's certainly not afraid to speak his mind.
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to have a good relationship phrasal verb start learning
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I don't really get along with my sister's husband.
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usually successfully start learning
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I wonder how Michael is getting along in his new job?
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to support an idea, or to agree with someone's opinion phrasal verb start learning
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The G7 will decide the matter, and the IMF is expected to go along with the decision.
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to uncover, reveal, or expose something through some form of investigation phrasal verb start learning
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Our lead investigative journalist sniffed out the politician leaking information to foreign intelligence agents.
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the quality of being impossible to understand start learning
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The impenetrability of the plot, and the large cast of characters can be frustrating.
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astounding or overwhelming; shocking in negative sense adj. start learning
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a staggering increase in demand
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to disrupt or cause problems to something metaphor start learning
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throw a wrench into something We had everything in line for the party, but having the caterer cancel on us at the last minute really threw a to spiral out of control wrench into our plans!
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to become impossible to control start learning
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The project spiraled out of control, running $300 million over budget.
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in the process of being carried out start learning
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There are plans afoot to launch a new radio station.
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something that you do because it will help you to achieve something else start learning
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I didn't particularly like the job - it was just a means to an end.
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used to refer to the unpleasant feeling that some people have when they see robots or pictures of a human being created by a computer, that appear very similar to a living human: start learning
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Uncanny valley describes a situation in which a machine looks so eerily "almost but not quite human" that it just creeps people out. The computer-generated faces at the end of the movie really dipped into the uncanny valley—I found them really distracting.
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Her two dramas are being shown concurrently by rival television stations.
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to become lost to obscurity; to not be known or remembered by anyone. start learning
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sink/fall/fade into oblivion He held a rather cynical view of parenthood, believing that people only had children to avoid sinking into oblivion.
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I was lying in bed and I had the revelation, like a simple solution to an impossible problem
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