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C1-C2 attitudes

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  • A fair share of sth means…
    A lot / enough to feel or understand sth
  • To be cut out for sth
    To be made for sth, to fit
  • To go along with a person means
    To agree, to support
  • To get hung up about sth
    To worry too much about sth
  • To knock one’s confidence
    To degrade sb
  • To make strides in sth means
    To make significant progress
  • To throw in the towel on sth means…
    To quit defeated
  • A trite phrase is …
    overused and doesn’t seem true, like ‘sorry I’m late, the traffic is horrible’
  • Spot on means…
    100% accurate
  • Fly in the face of … means
    To completely oppose
  • A sweeping statement is …
    A generalising assumption like ‘all teens are depressed’
  • Over-simplistic means…
    Not recognising the seriousness of a situation
  • To strike a chord means …
    To resonate
  • To give sth a good go / to have a go
  • Vacuous means
    Blank, empty, lacking thought or intelligence
  • To change tack to do sth means
    To alter one’s approach
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