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median
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situated in the middle
to look down on
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despise
budget buster
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something that consumes a lot of money
to embrace
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to accept enthusiastically
conventional wisdom
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generally accepted theory or belief
to defy
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openly resist or refuse to obey
a mantle
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a role, a responsibility
to lambast
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to scold, reprimand
skimpy
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modest, small
the slack
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those who are undecided
lavish
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generous, wasteful
to crowd out
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restrict, limit, decrease
to inhibit
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restrain, hold, hinder
to spearhead
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to lead
fitful
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irregular, uneven
a stab
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an attempt to do something
bail-out
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giving financial support to a business in trouble
stingy
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unwilling to spend, ungenerous
leitmotiv
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the main concern
resentment against
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grudge, claim, grievance
to rail
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to complain
staunch
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loyal, keen
to wind up
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to end
unemployment benefits
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for those who do not work
sick leave
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leave of absence granted because of illness
the decline of something
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the demise od something
to flounder
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to go through difficulties
to plunge
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to plummet
floundering business
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struggling business
to wind down
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to finish
roughly
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approximately
to engulf
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to surround
in the process
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while doing that
a prized job
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corruption generating job
to weed something out
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to crack down on something
the back of beyond
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very far off lands
to wane
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to wear off
feted
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publicly appraised for achievements
smash
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something very successful
to resound with
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to sound like
garment
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a piece of clothing
to underwire prosperity
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to constitute
a hub
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a hotbed
to join the fray
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to join the fight or argument
to ride high
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to be very successful
slender profit
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low profit
albeit
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although
to stack up
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to pile up
to shun something
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to dodge something, to eschew something
to tweak
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to correct, to improve
to entice somebody to do something
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to incentivize somebody to do something
bleak future
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gloomy future
be rife
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very common (about something unpleasant)
a savings glut
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a surplus in savings
there is a glut of houses for sale in this area
dementia
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dotage
to fall into dotage
aging population
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greying population
to part write something
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to co-write something
as for
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when it comes to
a gilded age
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is defined as the time between the Civil War and World War 1 during which the United States population grew quickly
contain the seeds of its own destruction
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something that eventually causes one to fail, be destroyed, be ruined
alas
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unfortunately
be jaundiced
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pessimistic
a news conference
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a press conference
red tape
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bureaucracy
in short
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in a nutshell
the oneset of something
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the start of something
to abate
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to weaken
gaudy
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too bright
to rebound
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to bounce back
onerous
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difficult to do, needing effort
in a row
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running, consecutively
Culture shock
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negative feelings associated with living in a new place
Initial Public Offering
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selling shares to the public for the first time at the stock exchange
plaudits
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applause
to grill somebody
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to criticize
be plain wrong
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be clearly wrong
to beget sth
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to cause something, be the father of something
hefty
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influence, importance, ability
be the bee's knees
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be excellent, the best
to tout
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to promote, to advertise
brisk
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very quick
an outcrop
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a rock formation that is visible on the surface
agitprop
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propagand, usually communist
to offload something
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to get rid of something
like for like revenues
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comparative revenues
racous music
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loud and unpleasant
to stall
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to delay, to stop, to stop progress
to stay afloat
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to remain profitable, to manage debt and stay in business
to sport something
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to wear something on your body and show it to the people in a proud way
techlash
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rebellion against powerful technology companies
Trustbuster
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he has proved to be an energetic trustbuster as Assistant Atoorney General
to click away
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to matter how good the program, come to first commercial break, i'll click away
in advance of something
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before something

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