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x3 the Daily Mail paid tribute to her inizia ad imparare
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to praise sb and admire publicly
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an audience included luminaries from the world of business, inizia ad imparare
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someone who is very famous or highly respected for their skill at doing something or their knowledge of a particular subject
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centres are specialising in teaching and nurturing troubled youngsters. inizia ad imparare
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to feed and take care of a child or a plant while it is growing
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supporter She is a Patron of women's health charity inizia ad imparare
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a famous person who is officially involved with an organization, such as a charity, and whose name is used to help advertise it
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two parents were white-faced and gaunt inizia ad imparare
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very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry [drawn]
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both mother and father started sobbing. inizia ad imparare
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x4 The boarding school she attended had declined to take her back and her education, and whole life, now hung in the balance. inizia ad imparare
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if something ______, it is not certain what will happen to it
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they had contacted me out of the blue inizia ad imparare
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if something happens____, it is very unexpected
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Carrie was running her own private education consultancy, inizia ad imparare
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a company that gives advice on a particular subject
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the look of utter desperation in Jenny's eyes inizia ad imparare
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complete - used to emphasize that sth was very bad, or that a feeling was very strong
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x3 The idea of turning the house into a school came in a flash inizia ad imparare
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Pol. mahoń old mahogany table inizia ad imparare
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a type of hard reddish brown wood used for making furniture, or the tree that produces this wood
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the first ever pupil knocked tentatively at the front door inizia ad imparare
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done without confidence [hesitant]
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Carrie started the long process of piecing back together the girl's shattered life. inizia ad imparare
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to completely destroy someone's hopes, beliefs, or confidence
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I realised just how appalling the problem of bullying had become. inizia ad imparare
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very unpleasant and shocking [terrible]
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their fragile lives were slowly mended. inizia ad imparare
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easily broken or damaged [delicate ≠ strong]
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they attempted or contemplated suicide. inizia ad imparare
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to think about something that you might do in the future [consider]
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accepted by or involving most people in a society
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she had partial facial palsy inizia ad imparare
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an illness that makes your arms and legs shake because you cannot control your muscles
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her mouth and cheek was drooping. inizia ad imparare
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Pol. opuszczać, opadać, zwiędnąć, oklapnąć
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Pol. gardić się, nachylić się Her shoulders stooped inizia ad imparare
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to bend your body forward and down
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Pol. cofnąć się, wzdrygnąć się Charlotte recoiled in horror inizia ad imparare
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to move back suddenly and quickly from something you do not like or are afraid of
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x4 I felt a lump in my throat, inizia ad imparare
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If you have ____ you have a feeling that you want to cry
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x 4 (... your...) she found the confidence to scrape back her hair and show her face. inizia ad imparare
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if you ______, you pull it away from your face and tie it at the back
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x3 we held our black tie anniversary dinner inizia ad imparare
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a _____ is one at which people wear special formal clothes, such as tuxedos for men
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Pol. śpiewna intonacja she sang classical solos in her wonderful, lilting voice. inizia ad imparare
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a pleasant pattern of rising and falling sound in sb's voice or in music
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(of a voice) śpiewny, melodyjny
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x2 she looked utterly washed out and could hardly speak. inizia ad imparare
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feeling weak and looking unhealthy because you are very tired
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her brain was so scrambled inizia ad imparare
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to mix words, ideas, sentences etc so that they are not in the right order and do not make sense
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x2 her pupils start to answer back or show attitude inizia ad imparare
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to reply in a rude way to someone that you are supposed to obey
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we are actually allowing extremely valuable young people to be discarded. inizia ad imparare
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to get rid of something [throw away]
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x3 Their lives will amount to nothing inizia ad imparare
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if you are not important, valued or successful, you life will ______.
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they endure unfulfilling relationships inizia ad imparare
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It's a shocking way for young lives to be squandered. inizia ad imparare
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he was attacked in the boy's loos, inizia ad imparare
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British English informal a toilet
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Pol. szydzić, drwić she was extremely bright at school, but was taunted by other girls inizia ad imparare
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to try to make someone angry or upset by saying unkind things to them
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She would go to their house and cajole, encourage and persuade them to come out. inizia ad imparare
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to gradually persuade sb to do sth by being nice to them, or making promises to them
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x2 Bullied at school, he would react by lashing out inizia ad imparare
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to suddenly speak angrily to someone or criticize someone angrily
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Pol. zbir, oprych He threw a chair back at a group of thugs who had cornered him. inizia ad imparare
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a group of thugs who had cornered him. inizia ad imparare
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to force a person or animal into a position from which they cannot easily escape
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at home his younger siblings still managed to provoke him, and this time he had snapped. inizia ad imparare
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to suddenly stop being able to control your anger, anxiety, etc. in a difficult situation
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Terry was wielding the cricket bat around his head. inizia ad imparare
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to hold a weapon or tool that you are going to use
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He meekly handed it over. inizia ad imparare
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very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue with people
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Pol. zbawca she offered herself as teacher, saviour and mother to many shattered teenagers. inizia ad imparare
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someone who saves you from a difficult or dangerous situation
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Did Carrie Herbert actually receive the award for keeps? Do you want it back?" "No it's yours, for keeps." inizia ad imparare
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When Carrie knew she had to convert her house into a school, did she make short work of it or did she dilly-dally? inizia ad imparare
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to waste time, especially by being slow, or by not being able to make a decision:
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As a teacher, was she new to the game or was she an old hand? inizia ad imparare
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someone who is very experienced and skilled in a particular area of activity:
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When Jenny came on Monday morning, Carrie did not get hot under the collar inizia ad imparare
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embarrassed or angry about something:
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p. verb When Jenny came on Monday morning, Carrie took up the challenge inizia ad imparare
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To accept or attempt some particular test, fight, contest, etc., or answer an invitation or call to such.
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to punish someone and make that person explain their behaviour
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I think we've been taken for a ride. inizia ad imparare
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to deceive or cheat someone:
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p. verb Carrie discovered that bullied child were by and large turned away by their schools inizia ad imparare
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to move your face so you are not looking at something:
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Carrie's initiative turned out to be just the thing for the local education authority. the very thing inizia ad imparare
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Carrie tolerated impertinence on the part of the pupils. inizia ad imparare
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behaviour that is rude and does not show respect, especially someone older or in a higher position than you:
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