April 12 (5) Pat's words 2021_03_08

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to discuss
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to talk about a problem (Pr)
vicious cycle/circle
Many people get caught/trapped in a vicious circle of dieting and weight gain
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a continuing unpleasant situation
to gauge
Use a thermometer to gauge the temperature. I tried to gauge (= guess) the weight of the box.
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to calculate an amount, especially by using a measuring device
mundane tasks
Mundane matters such as paying bills and shopping for food do not interest her.
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very ordinary and therefore not interesting
wide boy
Some of the younger property developers are real wide boys.
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a man who is dishonest or who deceives people in the way he does business
vogue
In the 1920s, short hair for women became the vogue. The postwar vogue for tearing down buildings virtually destroyed the city's architecture. "Community" is one of the vogue words of the new government.
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a fashion or general liking, especially one that is temporary
surmise
The police surmise (that) the robbers have fled the country.
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to guess something, without having much or any proof
religiously
He visits his mother religiously every week
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If you do something *, you do it regularly
barely
They have barely enough (= no more than what is needed) to pay the rent this month. She was barely (= only just) 15 when she won her first championship.
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by the smallest amount
back-to-back
Hamilton is celebrating back-to-back victories in the German and British Grands Prix.
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happening one after another, without interruption
flaky (flakey)
The central character of the play is a flaky neurotic. dry, flaky skin
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behaving in a way that is strange, not responsible or not expected; coming off easily in small, flat, thin pieces
a lot of rains
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a lot * rains
to met the requirements
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to * the requirements
I prfer to go by myself
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I prfer to go * myself
To be on our own
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To be * our own
variable
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likely to change often (Pr)
to get things done
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to * things done
economics
Their ideas sound fine in principle, but they haven't worked out the economics behind the policies. She's in her third year of studying economics at York University.
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the way in which trade, industry, or money is organized, or the study of this

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