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Gold Advanced Unit 4

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  • impressive
    striking
  • making you feel sad or full of pity
    poignant
  • used to add information that reduces the force or importance of what you have just said
    albeit
  • a collection of things that someone hides somewhere, especially so they can use them later
    hoard
  • to give someone more control over their own life or situation
    empower
  • take and hold something firmly, understand
    grasp
  • a wish, or aim, when you achieve the thing that you hoped for, wished for, etc.
    fulfil
  • happening or being done in a way that is not planned or organised
    haphazardly
  • not pleasant or attractive
    unappealing
  • have a strong dislike for
    (have an) aversion to
  • idiom used to say that there is something good even in a situation that seems very sad or difficult
    every cloud has a silver lining
  • lasting for only a short time
    fleeting
  • something that is protected by someone, such as nature, public property, or money
    stewarded
  • being done without thinking about what harm it might cause
    indiscriminately
  • someone who is extremely successful in their job or in school
    high-flyer
  • very shocked and upset
    shattered
  • to make someone or something certain to fail, die, be destroyed, etc.
    doomed
  • happening or arriving late
    belatedly