(adj) large in amount, or impressive, and usually costing a lot of money e.g. "They received l_____ gifts for their wedding."
lavish
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(adj) thinking sadly about something that you would like to have, especially something in the past that you can no longer have e.g. 'There was something rather w____ about the sad little tune.'
wistful
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(n) making somebody less likely to do something e.g. The nuclear d_____ protects us from foreign attack.
deterrent
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(n) small problems that a company, product, system, etc. has at the beginning e.g. "New cars often suffer from t_______ p_______s."
teething problem
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(adj) not complicated. "It's really s____. You just press this button and the machine does the rest."
straightforward
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(v) to make slight changes to a machine, system, etc. to improve it / to pull or twist something suddenly e.g. "I think you'll have to t____ these figures a little before you show them to the boss."
tweak
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(adj) behaving in a secret and sometimes dishonest or unpleasant way. e.g. "I don't trust him. I think he's up to his s_____ tricks again."
sneaky
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(v) s____ (something/somebody) = to move slowly and quietly towards an animal or a person, in order to kill, catch or harm it or them. e.g. "I like watching my cat s____ing birds in the back garden."
stalk
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(adj) giving the best possible profit or benefits in comparison with the money that is spent. e.g. "They say CCTV is a c___-e____ way of fighting crime."
cost-effective
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(v) to walk or travel around an area without any definite aim or direction. e.g. "The sheep are allowed to r____ freely here."
roam
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(expression) without planning e.g. "I decided to do it o_ a w_____. I just thought 'why not?' and I signed up at the last minute."
on a whim
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(expression) to help smb relax. e.g. "I was a bit worried, but her calm manner really p__ m_ a_ e____."
(phrasal verb) to make yourself free of somebody/something that is annoying you or that you do not want; to throw something away "e.g. I can't r___ o_ this headache."
get rid of
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(phrasal verb) to think about a situation calmly, as if you are not involved in it yourself. e.g. "It's important to be able to s____ b____ f____ things and not to see things so subjectively in the heat of the moment."
step back from
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(phrasal verb) (of a noise) to gradually get quieter. e.g "I heard the car zoom past and then the noise d____ a____ as it got further and further away from where I was hiding."
