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English vocabulary C2

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temporal

relating to time

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infringe

to break a law, rule, or agreement

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bank on

to depend on something happening or on someone doing something

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gnaw at

if something gnaws at you, you keep worrying about it or feeling upset about it

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thrash out

to discuss something until you find a solution or reach an agreement

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skim off

if someone skims money, they take small amounts from somewhere so that people do not notice it is gone

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boil down to

to be the main reason for something or the most basic part of something

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rub off

if a quality that someone has rubs off, it starts to affect another person so that they start to have that quality too

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attest

to give proof or be evidence that something is true

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grapple with

to try hard to understand a difficult idea or to solve a difficult problem

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chew over

to think about something carefully or discuss it carefully with other people before making a decision about it

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scrape by

to have enough money to pay for the things that you really need in order to live, but no more

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scratch out

to remove a word from a sentence or something from a list by drawing a line through it

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dole out

to give something, such as food or money, to a particular group of people or to every person in a group

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ease up

to become less severe towards someone

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burn up

destroy, exhaust, use fuel for sth to work

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