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| [= fallacy] an idea or story that many people believe, but which is not true |
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| to teach someone to think, behave, or feel in a particular way over a period of time |
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the feeling of being bored because the things you are doing are not interesting and continue for a long time without changing:
We sang while we worked, to relieve the tedium |
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| lacking any human qualities in a way that seems strange or frightening |
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| to discover or explain exactly the real facts about something or the cause of a problem |
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| كيمياگر a science studied in the Middle Ages, that involved trying to change ordinary metals into gold |
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| mix together with each other |
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[transitive + into]
formal to change one substance or type of thing into another
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| carefully planned and organized in great detail |
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| something that is ambiguous is unclear, confusing, or not certain, especially because it can be understood in more than one way [≠ unambiguous] |
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| the summit of something: [formal] the greatest amount or highest level of something [= peak] |
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| [countable] the reason why you want to do something |
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| on/at the periphery (of something): a person or thing that is on the periphery of something is not one of the main people or things involved in it |
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| sth: [intransitive] to develop well and be successful [= thrive]. eg. economy |
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| [usually passive] to prevent someone's plans, efforts, or attempts from succeeding |
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| [uncountable and countable] formal an opinion or feeling you have about something |
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[uncountable] formal
a situation in which one state or country controls others |
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| [intransitive] to reach an agreement in which everyone involved accepts less that what they wanted at first |
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attribute something to somebody/something: phrasal verb
to believe or say that a situation or event is caused by something |
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to improve something:
e.g. flavor enhancer |
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or to come before something else in a series:
-a type of cloud that precedes rain
- Lunch will be preceded by a short speech from the chairman. |
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so determined to get what you want that you do not care if you have to hurt other people in order to do it:
-a ruthless dictator |
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continuous, continual,permanent
1.continuing all the time without changing or stopping
2.repeated many times in a way that annoys you |
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| common at a particular time, in a particular place, or among a particular group of people |
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(law)
the deceased: someone who has died, especially recently |
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[countable](truth) a statement that something is true, even though it has not been proved |
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[singular] (law) all of someone's property and money, especially everything that is left after they die
-somebody's estate:
The property is part of the
-deceased's estate |
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| having a strong influence or effect, complete |
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| acceptable or allowed by law |
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| not caring or worrying about the possible bad or dangerous results of your actions |
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(plural)= species [countable]
a group of animals or plants whose members are similar and can breed together to produce young animals or plants |
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| [countable] a poisonous American snake that shakes its tail to make a noise when it is angry |
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| [uncountable] a liquid poison that some snakes, insects etc produce when they bite or sting you |
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| to control someone or something or to have more importance than other people or things |
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| [singular, uncountable] the act of getting control of a country by fighting |
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