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  • support emotionally and materially
    x
  • well-liked and kind-hearted
    x
  • financial difficulty
    x
  • afford medical treatment
    x
  • to lean on smd/sth
    to depend on somebody/something for help and support
  • to be kind of stressed out
    x
  • decent and reasonable (people)
    x
  • to lack common sense and social etiquettes
    x
  • to have your (fair) share of sth
    We certainly have our share of problems at the moment.She's had her fair share of tragedies in her life.
  • to make a confession(law)
    x
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  • to confess + a fault/a debt/a sin/ a crime/a liking
    o admit that you have done something wrong or something that you feel guilty or bad about:[ + that ] She confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring.He confessed to sleeping/having slept through most of the movie.He has confessed to the murder.[ + (that) ] I have to confess (that) when I first met Reece I didn't think he was very bright.It was all very confusing, I must confess.
  • to see the sights of a town
    x
  • to see no prospect of( reconciliation)
    Is there any prospect of the weather improving? [ + that ] There's not much prospect that this war will be over soon.
  • devise+a plan/a solution/ a way /a scheme
    to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination:He's good at devising language games that you can play with students in class.
  • ripe/unripe fruit
    x
  • herbs
    a type of plant whose leaves are used in cooking to give flavour to particular dishes or in making medicine
  • to be in decline
    to gradually become less, worse, or lower:His interest in the project declined after his wife died.The party's popularity has declined in the opinion polls.
  • a waste of time
    x
  • if you ask me (informal)...
    x
  • to raid / a police raid
    x
  • to commit an offence /a crime offender=first-time offenders sex offenders young offenders
    an illegal act; a crime: a criminal/drink-driving offenceDriving without a licence is an offence.He committed several serious offences.
  • BC(before the birth of Christ) AD(anno Domini=after the birth of Christ)
    x
  • BC(before the birth of Christ) AD(anno Domini=after the birth of Christ) the Middle Ages
    x
  • green spaces
    x
  • to speak up a little
    x
  • at the top of the page/ at the botto of the page
    x
  • at dawn/ at dusk
    x
  • sunrise/sunset
    x
  • a natural disaster
    x
  • on the share of lake
    x
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  • If it was up to me I´d(would)...
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  • impeccable/ɪmˈpek.ə.bəl/
    perfect, with no problems or bad parts:impeccable taste/manners/credentialsHis English is impeccable.
  • look up to smb/look down to smb
    look down to smb=despise smb (despiser)
  • embezzle/ɪmˈbez.əl/ embezzlement/embezzler
    to secretly take money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for:She embezzled thousands of dollars from the charity.
  • fabricated (story)
    to invent or produce something false in order to deceive someone: He was late, so he fabricated an excuse to avoid trouble.He claims that the police fabricated evidence against him.
  • to come in handy
    to be useful:This money will come in handy when we go on vacation
  • the elderly /the poor
    x
  • advance paying/booking
    x
  • a chest of drawer
    x
  • an item of clothing
    x
  • fashionable/old-fashioned
    x
  • to waste money on luxury items
    x
  • to set up a bookshop-to close down...
    x
  • didnt work properly
    x
  • puzzlement
    a state of confusion because you do not understand something
  • commonplace(adj)
    happening often or often seen or experienced and so not considered to be special:Electric cars are increasingly commonplace.
  • by no means
    not at all:It is by no means certain that we'll finish the project by June.
  • importunate/ɪmˈpɔː.tjə.nət/
    repeatedly asking for something, in a forceful and annoying way:an importunate beggar/crowd
  • to broaden (my)experience/ones mind(horizons)/horayzins broad -minded
    x
  • frankly
    used when giving an honest and direct opinion, often one that might upset someone:Quite frankly, I think this whole situation is ridiculous.That's a frankly absurd suggestion.