2a (Lesson 1,2) 5.11.2018

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manoeuvring
the action of moving, or of moving something, with skill and care
The directors managed to secure a good deal for the company with a bit of subtle manoeuvring.
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the action of cleverly planning something to get an advantage
e.g. With some careful manoeuvring, I was able to get the car into the narrow space.
rhubarb
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a plant that has long, sour-tasting red and green stems that can be cooked and eaten as a fruit
bewildered
He sat up in bed, bewildered, unsure of where he was.
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confused and uncertain
devised
He's good at devising language games that you can play with students in class.
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to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination
fiendishly
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extremely
variant
The dictionary shows "neighbour" with the American variant spelling "neighbor".
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something that is slightly different from other similar things
ultimate
Your ultimate goal is to play the game as well as you can
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most important, highest, last, or final
pick up
Don't bother with the computer manual - you'll pick it up as you go along.
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to learn a new skill by practising rather than being taught
brush up (on) sth
I thought I'd brush up (on) my French before going to Paris.
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to improve your knowledge of something already learned but partly forgotten:
get by
We can get by with four computers at the moment, but we'll need a couple more when the new staff arrive.
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to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money
encouraging
There was a lot of positive feedback, which was very encouraging.
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making you feel more confidence or hope
pass for
hese watches are good-quality fakes, and would pass for the genuine article in a store.
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to appear to be someone or something else, or to cause people to believe that you are someone or something else
take in
She was telling me he was dead, and I couldn't take it in.
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to understand completely the meaning or importance of something
lexis
it's more formal
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vocabulary
at cross purposes
I think we've been talking at cross purposes - I meant next year, not this year.
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If two or more people are at cross purposes, they do not understand each other because they are talking about different subjects without realizing this
on the tip of your tongue
I know her - her name is on the tip of my tongue, but it won't come to me.
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about to be said if you can remember it:
get the wrong end of the stick
Her friend saw us arrive at the party together and got the wrong end of the stick.
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to not understand a situation correctly
get your tongue around/round sth
It's one language that I have real difficulty getting my tongue around.
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to pronounce a difficult word or phrase
can't get your head around sth
I just can't get my head around these tax forms.
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If you say that you can't get your head around something, you mean that you cannot understand i
Received Pronunciation
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the standard way in which middle-class speakers of southern British English pronounce words

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