If something is ... by the police, customs officers, or other officials, they officially take possession of it because a law or rule has been broken. začať sa učiť
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The ship was impounded under the terms of the U.N. trade embargo.
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When people ... with each other, they discuss what each of them will do, pay, or receive. začať sa učiť
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Shop in small local markets and don't be afraid to bargain
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If you... after something, you want it very much. začať sa učiť
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I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
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When ice, snow, or something else that is frozen ..., it melts. začať sa učiť
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It's so cold the snow doesn't get a chance to thaw.
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If someone or something makes you ..., they make you feel very afraid, often so that you hesitate. začať sa učiť
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Kearon was no shrinking violet, but even he quailed at being handed 10lb of high explosive.
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If you ... someone, you push them gently, usually with your elbow, in order to draw their attention to something. začať sa učiť
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'Stop it,' he said, and nudged the boy lightly with his knee.
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If you ... someone or something into a place or position, you gently push them there. začať sa učiť
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The civil servant nudged him forward.
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If you ... someone into doing something, you gently persuade them to do it. začať sa učiť
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Bit by bit, Bob had nudged Fritz into selling his controlling interest.
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If someone or something is ... a particular amount, level, or state, they have almost reached it. začať sa učiť
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The temperature when we were there was nudging 80°F.
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If one person or institution ... an agreement or relationship with another, they create it with a lot of hard work, hoping that it will be strong or lasting. začať sa učiť
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They agreed to forge closer economic ties.
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If something thin or light ..., or if you... it, it moves up and down or from side to side with a lot of quick, light movements. začať sa učiť
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... a butterfly fluttering its wings.
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If you say that someone ... somewhere, you mean that they walk there with quick, light movements, often in a silly way or in a way which suggests that they are nervous. začať sa učiť
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She'd been fluttering about in the kitchen
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If you ... a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done. začať sa učiť
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She had conceived the idea of a series of novels
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to express or feel sorrow about; lament; regret začať sa učiť
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If you ... someone or something, you speak about them in a way which shows that you do not have a good opinion of them. začať sa učiť
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Many people will disparage what you are trying to achieve.
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If you ... somewhere, you go there very quickly. začať sa učiť
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... an over-protective mother who keeps haring off to ring the babysitter
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If you ... someone's plan or attempt to do something, for example to commit a crime, you succeed in stopping them from doing what they want. začať sa učiť
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A brave police chief foiled an armed robbery on a jeweller's by grabbing the raider's shotgun
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If you ... something, for example a skill, technique, idea, or product, you carefully develop it over a long period of time so that it is exactly right for your purpose. začať sa učiť
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His body is honed and kept in trim with constant exercise.
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to put out (a fire, flame, etc); extinguish začať sa učiť
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to put down or quell; suppress začať sa učiť
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If someone who is thirsty ... their thirst, they lose their thirst by having a drink. začať sa učiť
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He stopped to quench his thirst at a stream.
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If you ... something somewhere, you carefully put it there until it is needed. začať sa učiť
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I helped her stow her bags in the boot of the car.
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to pass (time) pleasantly; while away začať sa učiť
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she beguiled her days with reading
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If something ... you, you are charmed and attracted by it. začať sa učiť
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We are beguiled by the country's beauty and its magnificent cultural past.
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If you ... something you are trying to achieve, such as a business deal or victory in a contest, you succeed in obtaining it. začať sa učiť
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Hibernian clinched the First Division title when they beat Hamilton 2-0.
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The thing that ... an uncertain matter settles it or provides a definite answer začať sa učiť
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Evidently this information clinched the matter.
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If you ... people or events from the past, you still have an idea of them in your mind and you are able to think about them. začať sa učiť
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I cannot remember my PIN number.
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If a person or team in a sports match or other contest is..., they have a lower score than their opponents. začať sa učiť
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She took over as chief executive of the company when it was trailing behind its competitors.
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If someone ... your signature on a document, they write their name after it, to confirm that it really is your signature. začať sa učiť
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He witnessed our marriage license.
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If you ... something to someone, you lend it to them. začať sa učiť
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He had kindly offered to loan us all the plants required for the exhibit.
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If you ... in a shop, you look at things in a fairly casual way, in the hope that you might find something you like. začať sa učiť
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I'm just browsing around.
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to slightly surprise or frighten someone začať sa učiť
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Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.
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... is used with nouns such as 'party', 'meeting', 'talks', 'election', and 'trial' to indicate that people are organizing a particular activity začať sa učiť
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The German sports federation said it would hold an investigation
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If you ... a proposal, report, or request to someone, you formally send it to them so that they can consider it or decide about it. začať sa učiť
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Head teachers yesterday submitted a claim for a 9 per cent pay rise.
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If you ... that something is true, you accept that it is true, even though your opinion about it does not change začať sa učiť
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The magistrates granted that the charity was justified in bringing the action
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If you ... someone with something, you provide or supply it. e. g. information, details začať sa učiť
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They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details.
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If you say that one thing... another, you mean that the first thing happened or existed some time before the second thing začať sa učiť
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His troubles predated the recession.
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To ... is to expand or grow larger. You can use the word to describe what happens to an injured body part, like a black eye that...... začať sa učiť
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If you are... by something, you enjoy it and give it your complete attention and interest. začať sa učiť
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The passengers were enthralled by the scenery.
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When you... something made of fabric such as an umbrella, sail, or flag, you roll or fold it up because it is not going to be used. začať sa učiť
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If someone ... you, they hit you very hard. začať sa učiť
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to contradict or refute (an argument, etc začať sa učiť
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To ... an argument, system, or person means to give them support and strength. začať sa učiť
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The president's tough line is, however, buttressed by a democratic mandate.
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If one thing... in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it. začať sa učiť
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When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison.
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to borrow from people or ask them to give you things without paying for them or intending to return them 🇺🇸 začať sa učiť
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to get or take without paying or at another's expense; sponge 🇺🇸 začať sa učiť
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He always mooches cigarettes.
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When liquid... somewhere, or you... it somewhere, it falls in individual small drops. začať sa učiť
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When something..., drops of liquid fall from it. začať sa učiť
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A tap in the kitchen was dripping.
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When you... a curtain or blind, you pull it across a window, either to cover or to uncover it. začať sa učiť
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Mother was lying on her bed, with the blinds drawn.
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When a vehicle... somewhere, it moves there smoothly and steadily. začať sa učiť
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Claire had seen the taxi drawing away.
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If someone...... a gun, knife, or other weapon, they pull it out of its container and threaten you with it. začať sa učiť
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He drew his dagger and turned to face his pursuers
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If an animal or vehicle... something such as a cart, carriage, or another vehicle, it pulls it along. začať sa učiť
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... a slow-moving tractor, drawing a trailer.
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If you... a deep breath, you breathe in deeply once. začať sa učiť
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He paused, drawing a deep breath.
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To...... something such as water or energy from a particular source means to take it from that source. začať sa učiť
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Villagers still have to draw their water from wells.
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If something that hits you or presses part of your body... blood, it cuts your skin so that it bleeds. začať sa učiť
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A nurse has to draw my blood for a test.
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If you... money out of a bank, building society, or savings account, you get it from the account so that you can use it. začať sa učiť
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She was drawing out cash from a cash machine
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To ... something means to choose it or to be given it, as part of a competition, game, or lottery začať sa učiť
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Aston Villa have drawn a Czech team in the first round of the UEFA Cup
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To ... something from a particular thing or place means to take or get it from that thing or place. začať sa učiť
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I draw strength from the millions of women who have faced this challenge successfully.
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If you ...... a particular conclusion, you decide that that conclusion is true. conclusion w tym znaczeniu = wniosek (make a judgment) začať sa učiť
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He says he cannot yet draw any conclusions about the murders.
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If you ... a comparison, parallel, or distinction, you compare or contrast two different ideas, systems, or other things. začať sa učiť
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Interesting distinctions can be drawn between the two populations
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If you ... someone's attention to something, you make them aware of it or make them think about it. začať sa učiť
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He was waving his arms to draw their attention.
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If someone or something ... a particular reaction, people react to it in that way. začať sa učiť
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The club's summer signings have drawn criticism.
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If something such as a film or an event ... a lot of people, it is so interesting or entertaining that a lot of people go to it. začať sa učiť
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The game is currently drawing huge crowds
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If someone or something ... you, it attracts you very strongly. začať sa učiť
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What drew him to the area was its proximity to central London.
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If someone will not be ... or refuses to be ..., they will not reply to questions in the way that you want them to, or will not reveal information or their opinion. začať sa učiť
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The ambassador would not be drawn on questions of a political nature.
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When you ...... something, you use a pencil or pen to produce a picture, pattern, or diagram. začať sa učiť
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To ... something means to burn its surface with a sudden intense heat. začať sa učiť
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Grass fires have seared the land near the farming village of Basekhai.
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If something ... a part of your body, it causes a painful burning feeling there. začať sa učiť
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I distinctly felt the heat start to sear my throat.
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When an animal or bird ... on something, it jumps on it and holds it, in order to kill it začať sa učiť
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Before I could get the pigeon the cat pounced
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If someone ... on something such as a mistake, they quickly draw attention to it, usually in order to gain an advantage for themselves or to prove that they are right. začať sa učiť
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The Democrats were ready to pounce on any Republican failings or mistakes.
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If someone ... on you, they come up towards you suddenly and take hold of you. začať sa učiť
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squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.
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If you describe something as ... or much ..., you mean that people praise it more than it deserves. začať sa učiť
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Its much vaunted security procedures hadn't worked.
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If you ... something or oneself, you accidentally make a small cut in the surface of the object or your skin. začať sa učiť
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When I pulled out of the space, I nicked the rear bumper of the car in front of me. / He dropped a bottle in the kitchen and nicked himself on broken glass.
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to seem to be something, to make someone think that a person or thing has a particular characteristic začať sa učiť
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She appears angry. “Is she angry?” “So it appears.” = “So it would appear.” = “It appears so.”
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to try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or increasing: e.g. crime/terrorism/inflation/disease začať sa učiť
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to make someone familiar with new conditions: Often said about yourself. začať sa učiť
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It takes awhile to accustom yourself to working at night.
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If you ... at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, for example because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else. začať sa učiť
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Sitting in his wicker chair, he gazed reflectively at the fire.
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To ... someone means to be helpful to them by doing what they have asked you to do. začať sa učiť
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If you ever need help with the babysitting, I'd be glad to oblige.
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If you ... with something, you keep trying to do it and do not give up, even though it is difficult. začať sa učiť
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... his ability to persevere despite obstacles and setbacks
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If something..., it increases in intensity or quantity začať sa učiť
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The uncollected garbage mounts in city streets
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If someone ... food, money, or help from you, they ask you for it and succeed in getting it. začať sa učiť
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If you ... a vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them. začať sa učiť
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When he eventually overtook the last truck, he pulled over to the inside lane.
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If someone or something... a competitor, they become more successful than them. začať sa učiť
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Leeds, who could have overtaken us, lost their last game to Wolves. [
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If you say that someone ... something, you mean that they get as much benefit or profit as they can from it, without caring about the effects this has on other people. začať sa učiť
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The callous couple milked money from a hospital charity to fund a lavish lifestyle.
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When someone is... from hospital, prison, or one of the armed services, they are officially allowed to leave, or told that they must leave. začať sa učiť
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If you say that someone or something... to do or be a particular thing, you mean that they claim to do or be that thing, although you may not always believe that claim. začať sa učiť
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... a book that purports to tell the whole truth
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If a person or animal is... a disease, they are infected with it and can pass it on to other people or animals. začať sa učiť
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Frogs eat pests which destroy crops and carry diseases
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If something... a person or thing somewhere, it takes them there. začať sa učiť
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The ship could carry seventy passengers
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If you... something, you have it with you wherever you go. začať sa učiť
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You have to carry a bleeper so that they can call you in at any time.
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If an action or situation has a particular quality or consequence, you can say that it... it. začať sa učiť
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However, professionalism carries a price.
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In a debate, if a proposal or motion is..., a majority of people vote in favour of it. začať sa učiť
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A motion backing its economic policy was carried by 322 votes to 296.
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If a crime... a particular punishment, a person who is found guilty of that crime will receive that punishment začať sa učiť
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It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty.
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our troops carried the town
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If you cannot ... something, you cannot accept it because you dislike it or disapprove of it. začať sa učiť
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I could never stomach the cruelty involved in the wounding of animals
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If you can't... someone or something, you dislike them very much: začať sa učiť
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If you ... something such as eggs or cream, you stir it very fast, often with an electric device, so that it becomes full of small bubbles. začať sa učiť
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If someone ... a rule, they say that people do not have to obey it in a particular situation. začať sa učiť
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If you ... someone who is behaving strangely, you try to please them or pretend to agree with them, so that they will not become upset. začať sa učiť
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She will actually sit and watch them with me, to humour me
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If something ... a particular result, often an unpleasant one, it suggests that this will be the result. začať sa učiť
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A report has just arrived on government desks which spells more trouble
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When people or things ... to a previous state, system, or type of behaviour, they go back to it. začať sa učiť
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When someone... to a previous topic, they start talking or thinking about it again. začať sa učiť
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In the car she reverted to the subject uppermost in her mind.
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When you... someone or something, you go and get them from the place where they are waiting for you or have been left for you. 🇬🇧 začať sa učiť
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pick up = 🇺🇸 David always collects Alistair from school on Wednesdays
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If someone or something... you, they worry or annoy you. začať sa učiť
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I only did it to bug my parents
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