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  • I was a bit worried, but her calm manner really PMAE.
    put me at ease
  • I think you'll have to t____ (make slight changes to) these figures a little before you show them to the boss.
    tweak
  • They received l_____ (impressive/expensive) gifts for their wedding.
    lavish
  • (n) the reduction of something by a large amount so that there is not enough left. e.g. "Many scientists are concerned by the d____ of the o-zone layer."
    depletion/degradation
  • Every new project has TPs. (issues at the beginning)
    teething problems
  • The police are trying to CDO cyberbullying and bring the culprits to justice.
    crack down on
  • (phr. v) to become popular or successful againe.g. "Long hair seems to be c___ing b___ into fashion again for men."
    come back
  • The country was r______ by civil war and hasn't recovered.
    ravaged
  • The car s_____ to a halt just before the cliff.
    screeched
  • This drug could be a major b______ for cancer treatment.
    breakthrough
  • Businesses are TI to the popularity of TikTok in order to tout their products.
    tapping into
  • I decided to do it OAW. I just thought 'why not?' and I signed up at the last minute.
    on a whim
  • The papers keep trying to DU details of his past love life.
    dredge up
  • We expect to CUA a lot of opposition to our plan for a 6-day working week.
    come up against
  • "It's important to be able to SBF things and not to see things so subjectively in the heat of the moment."
    step back from
  • They HO strict fines if you drop litter in Singapore.
    hand out
  • A long time ago, the dinosaurs DO.
    died out
  • He b_____ with rage when he found out that they had run out of beer.
    bellowed
  • He has just run 15 kms but still he SNSO being tired.
    shows no sign of
  • The meat was declared unfit for human c________.
    consumption
  • The whole village was WO by a deadly virus.
    wiped out
  • (adj) (of people and things) small and delicate in a way that people find attractive. "I really like these d_____ little cups."
    dainty
  • Their boss loved to b_____ orders at them and do very little himself.
    bark
  • (adj) bad-tempered. e.g. "Don't listen to that angry old fool. He's just a g____ old man."
    grumpy
  • "Uuuf! I can't GRO this headache."
    get rid of