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Grow-up: To grow toward or arrive at full stature or physical or mental maturity.

Verb: To progress from childhood toward adulthood growing up intellectually grew up in the city also.

Look-into: To try to discover the facts about something such as a problem or a crime.

Verb: I wrote a letter of complaint, and the airline have promised to look into the matter.

Well-educated: Having a good education.

Adjective: She went to Hardward, so she's probably very well-educated.

Catch-on: (Of a practice or fashion) Become popular.

Verb: His music never caught on in the South.

Break-down: To cause to fall or collapse by breaking or shattering

Verb: To make ineffective break down legal barriers.

purposed-built: Designed and made for a specific use.

Adjective: The building was purposed-built for the exhibition.

Open-minded: Willing to listen to and consider other people's ideas and opinions.

Adjective: My parents try to be open-minded about the clothes I wear and the music I like.

Old-fashioned: In a style that is no longer modern or fashionable.

Adjective: My grandfather always writes an old-fashiones thank-you letter instead of sending an email.

Time-saving: Making it possible to do something more quickly than usual.

Adjective: The microwave is a very useful time-saving device.

Good-looking: Pretty, handsome or beautiful.

Adjective: That's a good-looking dog.

Hard-working: Using a lot of time and energy to work.

Adjective: She's a hard-working mayor.

Left-handed: Able to use the left hand more often or more effectively than the right.

Adjective: He's a left-handed pitcher.

Money-making: Leading to income of money.

Adjective: Her money-making sheme failed.

Easy-going: Relaxed and informal.

Adjective: He's a very easy-going teacher.

Fair-haired: Having a light color of hair.

Adjective: I was a fair-haired child but now my hair's black.

Eye-catching: Very noticeable because of being attractive or unexpected.

Adjective: She wore an eye-catching dress at the party.

English-speaking: Able or likely to communicate in English.

Adjective: He needed an English-speaking lawyer to help him.

Cold-blooded: (Of an animal) Not able to control body temperature by metabolic means.

Adjective: He's a cold-blooded criminal.

Bad-tempered: Easily annoyed.

Adjective: My grandpa's really bad-tempered. He even gets angry at the birds in his apple tree!

Award-winning: Having won a prize.

Adjective: She's an award winning actress.