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ENGLISH DAY 31

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  • That's a bunch of BALONEY if you ask me. (US)
    nonsense (IFML)/ A smoked sausage, sliced and eaten cold
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  • She is regarded as an UPSTANDING citizen in the local community (FORMAL)/
    behaving in a good and moral way
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  • Our team came in a CREDITABLE third in the competition. The other, less CREDITABLE, reason for their decision was personal gain.
    deserving praise, trust, or respect
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  • Meat-eaters have to produce extensive BILE acids in their intestines to properly digest the meat that they eat=> BILE DUCT (Y: ỐNG DẪN MẬT)/ His article was full of loathing and BILE.
    MẬT/ Very angry feelings, words, or behaviour
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  • The army was brought in to try to prevent further BLOODSHED/ The government must find a way to restore order and end the BLOODSHED
    killing and violence/ A great amount of killing and injury
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  • MACARONI and cheese
    a type of pasta in the shape of small tubes
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  • TORPEDO=> He accused them of trying to TORPEDO the peace process.
    a long, thin bomb that travels underwater in order to destroy the ship at which it is aimed=> Use a torpedo to destroy something/ (informal) Destroy
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  • The coach CHEWED his team OUT for playing so badly.
    to tell someone angrily that they have done something wrong (US, INFORMAL)
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  • MOONSHINE
    mainly US alcohol that is made illegally (SLANG, US, IFML)/ Silly talk or ideas (IFML)
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  • I don't want to hear any more of your SASS (US, IFML)=> Don't you SASS your father like that!=> I was a SASSY kid who sometimes talked back to my mother.
    talk or behaviour that is rude and shows no respect=> Talk to someone in a rude way=> Rude but not seriously offensive
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  • Stop FUCKING AROUND! (OFFENSIVE)
    behave stupidly, or to waste time doing things that are not important
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  • He SQUIRTED some tomato sauce on his burger/ She was SQUIRTING the neighbours with a water pistol=> The door should stop squeaking once I've given it a few SQUIRTS of oil.
    (Force a liquid) to flow out through a narrow opening in a fast stream/ Hit SB or ST with a liquid or gas=> An amount of liquid or gas that is squirted out
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  • If your SIGHT is poor, you should not drive a car. The old woman has lost her SIGHT (= has become blind)/ You should always KEEP SIGHT OF your bags while you're at the airport/ Make sure you line up the SIGHT
    the ability to see/ ST that is in SB"S view/ A part of a gun or other device through which you look to help you aim at ST
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  • We spent a week in Rome looking at all THE SIGHTS=> After days at sea, the sailors finally SIGHTED land.
    places of interest, especially to visitors=> Suddenly see something or someone
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  • I never buy anything SIGHT UNSEEN
    without seeing something first
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  • The children made a COLLAGE of postcards.
    (the art of making) a picture in which various materials or objects, for example paper, cloth, or photographs, are stuck onto a larger surface
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