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| a member of a race of people who lived in ancient Britain and Western Europe |
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| violent and cruel in a way that hurts sb. physically or emotionally |
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| a piece of work that must be done, esp. one that is difficult or unpleasant or that must be done regularly |
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| when different people or organizations join together in order to achieve sth. |
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| having a tendency to become angry easily |
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| not thinking about the needs and feelings of other people, esp. because you are thinking about what you want |
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| sb. whose job is to give advice because they know a lot about a subject, esp. in business, law, or politics |
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| a large meal where a lot of people celebrate a special occasion; a banquet |
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| to make a sound or action in order to give information or tell sb. to do sth. |
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| to do sth. in a severe, cruel, or unkind way |
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| useless, sth. that will not succeed |
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| make up sb.'s mind (idiom) |
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| to determine sb,'s way of thinking about a decision |
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| a act of trying to do sth., esp. sth. difficult |
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(vi) to use rude and offensive language
(vt) to promise that you will do sth. |
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| gain/have the upper hand (idiom) |
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| to have more power than sb. else, so that you are able to control a situation |
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| to say sth. quietly and not clearly enough, so that other people cannot understand you |
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| to move in a quiet, careful way, esp. to avoid attracting attention |
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1 feeling angry, jealous, and upset because you think you have been treated unfairly
2 having a sharp strong taste like black coffee without sugar |
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| a feeling of comfort when sth. frightening, worrying, or painful has ended or has not happened |
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| the person who has the legal right to receive the property or title of another person when he or she dies |
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| a slow quiet song sung to children to make them go to sleep |
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spoken - use to tell people to be quiet or to comfort a child who is crying or upset.
written - to make sb. stop shouting, talking, crying, etc. |
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| to protect a person, place or object by staying near them and watching them |
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