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an illegal plan for making money, especially one that involves tricking people

to scam (Banks often carry information about e-mail scams on their websites)

a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind

to act on a whim (He quit his job on a whim)

a country ruled by a king or queen

realm (The matter was hotly debated in all the towns of the realm)

impossible to imagine or think of

inconceivable (The idea that they might not win was inconceivable to them)

not possible to change; impossible to return to a previous condition

irreversible ( Smoking has caused irreversible damage to his lungs)

unpleasant and unacceptable

distasteful (He found the subject of their conversation very distasteful.)

to admit that you were wrong or that you have been defeated

to back down (Eventually, Roberto backed down and apologized)

to decide or say officially that something is impossible or will not happen

to rule out (The police haven't yet ruled out murder.)

to expect something to happen and make plans based on it

to count on ( I'm counting on the meeting ending on time, or I'll miss my bus.)

to make something seem less important or less bad than it really is

to play down (Military spokespeople tried to play down the seriousness of the disaster.)

to trick someone in order to make them seem guilty of something that they have not done

to set (sb) up (They claimed that they weren't selling drugs, but that they'd been set up by the police)

to persuade someone that something is true when it is not, usually as a joke

to have someone on (That's your new car? You're having me on!)

to calculate the total of two or more numbers

to add up (If you add those four figures up, it comes to over £1,500)

to support or help someone

to back up (My family backed me up throughout the court case)

to happen in a particular way, especially an unexpected one

turn out (As events turned out, we were right to have decided to leave early.)

to try out different methods, before deciding which one to choose

to play around with (We've been playing around with ideas for a new TV show.)

a plan to deceive someone

hoax (The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax)

a statement that seems impossible to understand because it contains two opposite facts

paradox (It's a curious paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.)

used to emphasize that something is true

undoubtedly (She was undoubtedly the best candidate.)