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- Tom felt himself being drawn towards her vibrant personality.
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- a painting full of vibrant reds and blues
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## 12th, October
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+ cloak
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>(v)to deliberately hide facts, feelings etc so that people do not see or understand them -- used especially in news report</br>
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>(v)to cover something, for example with darkness or snow</br>
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>(n)
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- He has always kept his love affairs cloaked in secrecy.
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- hills cloaked in mist
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- prejustice hiding under the cloak of religion
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- The political party is used as a cloak for terrorist activities.
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+ pronouncement
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> (n)an official public statement
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- the Pope's last pronouncement on birth control
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- the President's lastest pronouncement about the protection of minorities
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+ turbulent
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> (adj)a turbulent situation or period of time is one in which there are a lot of sudden changes</br>
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> (adj)turbulent air or water moves around a lot
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- the turbulent times of the French Revolution
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- He has had a turbulent political career.
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- the dark turbulent waters of the river
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+ abound
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> (v)to exist in very large numbers
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- Stories abound about when he was in charge.
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- The forests abound with deer, birds, and squirrels.
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+ deputy
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> (n)someone who is directly below another person in rank, and who is officially in charge when that person is not there
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- the deputy Secretary of State
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+ turnover
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> (n)the amount of business done during a particular period, profit</br>
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> (n)the rate at which people leave an organization and are replaced by others
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- The company had a turnover of $3.8 million.
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- Short-term contracts increase staff turnover.
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- Low pay accounts for the high turnover.
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+ spur
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> (n)a fact or event that makes you try harder to do something</br>
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> (n)a sharp pointed object on the heel of a rider’s boot which is used to encourage a horse to go faster</br>
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> (v)to encourage someone or make them want to do something</br>
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> (v)to make an improvement or change happen faster, encourage
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- We would often decide what to play on the spur of the moment.
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- a belief in competition as a spur to efficiency
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- The band were spurred on by the success of their last two singles.
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- Lower taxes would spur investment and help economic growth.
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+ leverage
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> (n)the action or advantage of using a lever</br>
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> (n)influence that you can use to make people do what you want</br>
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> (v)to use borrowed money to buy an investment or company</br>
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> (v)to use something you already have in order to achieve something new or better
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- If the United Nations had more troops in the area, it would have greater leverage.
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- We can gain a market advantage by leveraging our network of partners.
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- He might feel that leveraging the company at a time when he sees tremendous growth opportunities would be a mistake.
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+ infancy
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> (n)the period of a child's life before they can walk or talk</br>
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> (n)the time when something is just starting to be developed
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- In the past, many children died in infancy.
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- Computing science was still in its infancy.
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+ harassment
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> (n)when someone behaves in an unpleasant or threatening way towards you
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- African Americans have been complaining about police harassment for years.
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- Political paries are banned, and harassment of dissidents is commonplace.
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+ allegation
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> (n)a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, but that has not been proved.
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- Mr Singh has strongly denied the allegations of sexual harassment.
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- A committee will investigate the allegations of racial discrimination.
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+ stakeholder
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> (n)someone who has invested money into something, or who has some important connection with it, and therefore is affected by its success or failure
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- Citizens should be stakeholders in the society they live in.
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+ boycott
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> (v)to refuse to buy something, use something, or take part in something as a way of protesting
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- We boycott all products tested on animals.
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+ alleviate
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> (n)to make something less painful or difficult to deal with
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- measures to alleviate poverty
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- a new medicine to alleviate the symptoms of flu
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+ kitten
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> (n)a yound cat
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+ madonna
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> (n)Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the Christian religion
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- a picture of the Modonna
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+ newsstand
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> (n)a place on a street where newspapers and magazines are sold
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- Eight new national newspapers have appeared on the newsstands since 1981.
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+ procreate
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> (n)to produce children or bady animals, reproduce
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- Most yound women feel a biological need to procreate.
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- Early marriage and procreation are no longer discouraged there.
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+ glamorous
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> (adj)attractive, exciting, and related to wealth and success
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- She led an exciting and glamorous life.
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- the most glamorous neighbourhood in the city
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+ retrospect
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> (n)thinking back to a time in the past, especially with the advantage of knowing more now than you did then
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- In retrospect, I wonder if we should have done more.
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+ soothe
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> (v)to make someone feel calmer and less anxious, upset or angry</br>
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> (v)to make a pain become less severe, or slowly disappear</br>
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> (adj)soothing
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- Lucy soothed the baby by rocking it in her arms.
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- She made a cup of tea to soothe her nerves.
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- Massage can gently soothe away your aches and pains.
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