Ted Talk x Athens 4.01.2026

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to take food, drugs, etc. into your body, usually by swallowing (= making them go down your throat)
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ingest
a person that somebody is opposed to and competing with in an argument or a battle
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adversary
a person who informs people in authority or the public that the company they work for is doing something wrong or illegal
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whistleblower
to try to destroy the authority of a political, religious, etc. system by attacking it secretly or indirectly
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subvert
​that has never happened, been done or been known before
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unprecedented
disappointed because the person you admired or the idea you believed to be good and true now seems without value
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disillusioned
​with a meaning that is hidden or not easily understood
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cryptic
​in a way that continues for a very long time; in a way that happens again and again
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perennially
​a dog, especially one that is not of a particular breed
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mutt
Vitality, vigour, liveliness
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ginger
an arrangement to meet somebody at a particular time and place
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rendezvous
) to walk in a slow and lazy way or with difficulty, dragging your feet along the ground
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shamble
the use of movement and the expression of your face to communicate something or to tell a story or a silly, confused situation
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pantomime
person who behaves badly towards other people
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rotter
​to clearly mark the limits of something that you claim is yours
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stake out
to state clearly and definitely that something is true
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assert
​excellent
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superlative
consisting of two parts
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twofold
suggesting that somebody/something is not important or valuable
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disparaging

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