Cambridge Objective Advanced - Unit 3

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able to change to suit different situations or uses
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adaptable
someone who recieves advice
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advisee
someone whose job is to ive advice about a subject
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advisor
to invite someone to come with you to a place such as a restaurant, especially as a way of starting a romantic relationship
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ask sb out
a high-ranking member of a law firm
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associate
difficult or causing problems
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awkward
to say that you think someone is as stated
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brand
to connect two things or to make the difference between them smaller
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bridge the gap
to become lighter because the sun is shining
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brighten up
someone who intentionally frightens a smaller or weaker person
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bully
to be in the position of being able to make the decisions which will influence a situation
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call the shots
praising or expressing admiration for someone
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complimentary
an idea or principle
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concept
all the time or often
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constantly
relating to a large company or group
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corporate
to produce what is wanted
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deliver the goods
to cause someone the become less respected
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demean
intended for
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destined
sth that interupts what you are doing, especially sth loud or annoying
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disturbance
when a price, etc. is becoming lower, or when a situation is getting worse and is difficult to control because one bad event causes another
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downward spiral
nervous
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edgy
to make a man feel less male by taking away his power and confidence
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emasculate
to accept new ideas, beliefs, methods, etc in an enthusiastic way
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embrace
to improve sth
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enhence
a long period of time in history
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epoch
skill
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expertise
very strongly or powerfully
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fiercely
successful growth or development
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flourishing
to spend a lot of time with someone
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hang out with
to get more attention than anyone or anything else in a situation
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hog the limelight
to follow someone and annoy them by asking questions or taking photographs
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hound
having a reasonable chance of winning
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in the running
to become involved in a situation which people want to be private
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intrude
if it is high time that someone did sth, it should have been done sooner or a long time ago
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it's high time
to attack or criticise someone
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lay into sb
not serious
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light-hearted
public attention and interest
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limelight
said when you are promising to keep a secret
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my lips are sealed
not good in quality
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mediocre
causing strong feelings of sadness or sympathy
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moving
to make sth less wide
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to narrow
an idea or belief
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notion
in the place where sth happens
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on the spot
too extreme and not suitable, or demanding too much attention or effort, especially in an uncontrolled way
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over the top
describes someone who is old and no longer useful or attractive
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over the hill
the speed at which someone or sth moves or does sth
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pace
photographers whose job is to follow famous people and take photographs of them for newspapers and magazines
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paparazzi
to choose a person and criticize or treat them unfairly
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pick on sb
when you are alone and people cannot see or hear what you are doing
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privacy
an offer or suggestion, usually in business
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proposition
famous and written about in newspapers and magazines and seen on television
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in the public eye
not wanting to show what you are thinking or doing
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reserved
to prepare for hard work
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roll up your sleeves
a situation which changes from one extreme to another, or in which a person's feelings change from one extreme to another
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roller coaster
sth valuable that you give up in order to achieve sth, or the act of giving it up
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sacrifice
a meeting of a group of people with a teacher or expert for training, discussion, or study of a subject
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seminar
if you see the light, you suddenly understand sth you didn't understand before
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see the light
embarrassing secrets
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skeletons in the cupboard
loving someone or sth very much
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smitten
to suddenly be unable to control a strong feeling, especially anger
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snap
to start or develop as the result of sth
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stem from
unsuccessful but trying hard to succeed
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struggling
happening after sth else
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subsequent
you say that sth or someone (really) takes the biscuit whem they have done sth that you find extremely annoying or suprising
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take the biscuit
to consider yourself to be important or dangerous and worth attention and respect
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take yourself (too) seriously
to laugh at someone or say unkind things to them, either because you are joking or because you want to upset them
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tease
to find out what people's opinions of sth are before you ask them to do sth
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test the water
immediately
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then and there
a difficult childhood
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tough upbringing
to change sth completely, usually to improve it
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transform
when sth changes from one system or method to another, often gradually
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transition
someone who intentionally causes problems for another people, especially people who are in position of power or authority
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troublemaker
if sth kind that someone says or does touches you, it makes feel pleased or a little sad
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touch
become unpleasant, dangerous or violent
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turn nasty
ill
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under the weather
relating to everyone in the world, or to everyone in a particular group
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universal
good enough
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up to the mark
effective and able to be successful
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viable
used for referring to the opposite of what you have just siad
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vice versa
a bad person in a film, book, etc.
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villain
to happen or develop in a particular way
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work out

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