My parents both passed away when I was a baby, I'm an _______.
orphan
sudden defeat of a government through illegal force by a small group, often a military one
coup d'état
If your goals are not realistic, you are ________ to fail.
doomed
This contract means you will _______ _______ your right to make decisions within the company.
sign away
the activity of stealing from shops during a violent event
looting
to have and maintain a feeling of anger, bitterness, or resentment toward someone for something they did, especially a wrong that you think they committed against you.
bear a grudge
The new beauty salon that opened last week has been offering 50% treatments in order to ________ clients away from their competitors.
woo
The Russian monarchy was _________ in 1917, Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate.
overthrown
We ______ John ______ of the book club by not inviting him to meetings or sending him the book of the week.
froze John out
Add just a _______ of chilli to the sauce, I don't want it to be too spicy.
smidgen
There was ________ debate over the use of genetically modified crops. (adj)
contentious
To deliberately make someone look guilty of doing something that they did not do. (phrasal verb)
stitch up
After a hard day at work, cooking something delicious in the kitchen with my favourite music helps to _____ ____ _____.
lift my spirits
Once the plane lost its second engine, it quickly began to _______ to the ground.
plummet
Divorce rates are __________ for the first time in decades, they are becoming stable.
levelling out
Construction of the new cinema was paused, during the excavation of the foundations a native American burial site was __________.
unearthed
I should really _____ _____ _____ that pile of DVDs, I don't even have a DVD player!
get rid of
His _______ to pay the fine resulted in an even larger fine.
refusal
an act of attacking someone and stealing their money
mugging
If you __________ , or if something __________ you, you stop breathing because something is blocking your throat:
choke
To dance, drink, sing, etc. at a party or in public, especially in a noisy way (v)
revel
Social media is a _____ ______ ______, it connects you with people who are far away but distracts you from those in front of you.
double edged sword
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