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زوال
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demise
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جنود
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Soldiers
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الذيل
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Tail
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مرور
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traffic
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جيش
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army
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داخل
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inside
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غرب
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west
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عقب
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after
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شمال
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north
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بسيط
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simple
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رسمي
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official
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سابق
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previous
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حرق
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burn, hurt
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ضخمة
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large, voluminous
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مستعد
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Ready, prepared
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أطفالا
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Children (pl)
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المواطنة
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The citizenship
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ارتفع
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to rise
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وادي وديان
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valley
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اعلن
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to announce
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(كمية (ات
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quantity
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اوضح
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to clarify
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خفض
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to lower
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شنّ
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to launch
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سوق اسواق
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market
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استخدم
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to use
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خطة
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a plan, project
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يصدم
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Collides/crashes into (v)
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عدل
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Justice, fairness (n)
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تندد
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Escape, flee (v)
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(اصاب (إصابة
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to wound
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اظهر
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to show, demonstrate
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قذيفة قذائف
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missile, projectile
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ينتظر
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To expect, wait for
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نتج عن
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to result from
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مستقلة, شخص مستقل, غير حزبي
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independent, party-less
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اللجنة
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The council, comittee, comission (n)
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امس الاول
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the day before yesterday
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entice
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allettare
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swell
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accrescere
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bushed
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esausto
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settle
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sistemare
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yearn
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desiderare
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témoins
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witnesses
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l'economie
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buisness/economy
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recordar
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to remember
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mener
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to lead,take
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a subi...subir
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underwent
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camera
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la cámara
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to rescue
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rescatar
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insomnia (n)
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e.g.
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inordinate
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disorderly; uncontrolled.
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el criminal
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the criminal
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un sondage
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survey, poll
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obstacle (n)
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e.g. Low financial literacy is a major obstacle
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dithering
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a trembling; vibration.
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flamboyant
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vestito in modo sgargiante
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une navette spatiale
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space shuttle
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largesse
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generous bestowal of gifts.
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probity
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integrity and uprightness; honesty
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neophyte
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a beginner or novice:
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violence
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damage through distortion or unwarranted alteration:
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firmament
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the vault of heaven; sky.
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run amuck
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mad with murderous frenzy.
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fallacious
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containing a fallacy; logically unsound or misleading
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approbation
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approval; commendation or official sanction
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assiduous
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unremitting; constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task
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capsize
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to turn bottom up; overturn:
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reliant (adj)
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e.g. Turkey’s current account deficit reached an all-time high in 2010: While a large CAD is nothing new for Turkey, the country is more reliant now than in the past on short-term and historically more volatile foreign capital to finance a growing deficit.
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prompt
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done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay:
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liaison
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the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
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schism
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division or disunion, esp. into mutually opposed parties.
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purported
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to present, esp. deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely:
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efficacy
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capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness
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prosaic
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commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative; having the character of prose rather than poetry
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saturnine
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sluggish in temperament; gloomy or taciturn
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amalgamate
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to combine, unite, merge, or coalesce
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atrocious
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extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal:
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dearth
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an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack as during famine
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land (v)
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e.g. Saying you want P&L responsibility in five years when you have no such ambitions may land you the job, but ultimately will you be happy?
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tactical (adj)
('täktikel)
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1) [usually before noun] connected with the particular method you use to achieve sth
SYN = strategic
e.g. tactical planning
e.g. to have a tactical advantage
e.g. Telling your boss you were looking for a new job was a tactical error (= it was the wrong thing to do at that time)
2) [usually before noun] carefully planned in order to achieve a particular aim
SYN = strategic
e.g. a tactical decision
3) [only before noun] (especially of weapons) used or having an effect over short distances or for a short time
e.g. tactical weapons / missiles
4) [only before noun] connected with military tactics
e.g. He was given tactical command of the operation
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bickering
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to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle:
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clout
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a blow, esp. with the hand; cuff:
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target
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mark, goal, bull's-eye : We threw knives at targets.
informal school leavers who fail to reach their targets.
victim, butt, prey, quarry, scapegoat : In the past they have been the targets of racist abuse.
attack, aim at, pick out, single out, fire at: Th
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palliate
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to relieve or lessen without curing; to try to conceal the gravity of an offense by excuses or apologies
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cadge
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to obtain by imposing on another's generosity or friendship, to borrow without intent to repay
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aberrant
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departing from the right, normal, or usual course; exceptional
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hackneyed
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made commonplace or trite; stale or banal
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guile
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insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception
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loquacious
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talking or tending to talk much, excessively or freely
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fowl
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the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken.
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sill
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the horizontal piece or member beneath a window, door, or other opening.
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bourse
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a stock exchange, esp. the stock exchange of certain European cities.
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epidemic (adj)
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e.g. Fourth, “new era” thinking is epidemic in China, and this euphoria often spills over into asset price valuations as speculators discount historical benchmarks
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mitigate (v)
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e.g. Mitigate the risks of climate change.
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motherhood (n)
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e.g. Only an active antagonism toward motherhood enables the woman to enter the elite circle of successful Private Equity operators
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ogre
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a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
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resuscitate
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to revive, esp. from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
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insular
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of or pertaining to an island or islands, or detached and isolated
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obsolete
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no longer in general use; fallen into disuse:
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hedge
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an act or means of preventing complete loss of a bet, an argument, an investment, or the like, with a partially counterbalancing or qualifying one.
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compile (v)
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e.g. The examples of good and poor practice have been compiled
in a way that avoids identifying individual firms
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jerk (n)
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e.g. Being authentic is not an excuse for being a jerk
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groundwork (n)
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e.g. This lays the groundwork for a genuine connection — the key to all successful presentations
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emerge
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to come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity:
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cudgel
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a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
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exculpate
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to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame
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bald (adj)
('boold)
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1) having little or no hair on the head
e.g. He started going bald in his twenties
2) without any of the usual hair, marks, etc. covering the skin or surface of sth
e.g. Our dog has a bald patch on its leg
e.g. a bald tyre (= a tyre whose surface has become smooth)
3) without any extra explanation or detail to help you understand or accept what is being said
e.g. The bald fact is that we don’t need you any longer
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prodding
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to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed:
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sooner rather than later
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e.g. ... and said states that need help are better off asking for it sooner rather than later
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