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Vocabulary Review - Advanced Week 25.21

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  • Someone who is very kind and generous (idiom)
    to have a heart of gold
  • A new discovery, development, or advancement in a certain area. (adj)
    Groundbreaking
  • to reach or come to a place, or condition, or situation that wasn’t planned or expected.
    to end up (+verb ing)
  • Someone who other people often find unusual or different
    eccentric
  • Someone who is most awake, productive and active in the evening
    A night owl
  • A period of unexpectedly hot weather is called a __________.
    Heatwave
  • Making a concession to another argument
    Admittedly
  • The early bird catches the _________.
    worm
  • An expensive, fancy area (adj)
    upmarket
  • Someone who is too interested in their appearance (adj.)
    vain
  • to inform somene about s.th in advance - formal context
    to give notice
  • To dramatically reduce (price/time)
    to slash
  • Someone who uses good judgement, is calm and level-headed
    sensible
  • To make contact with someone
    to get in touch with somene
  • Opposite of cramped
    Spacious
  • To be very particular about a certain thing / things (adj)
    fussy
  • Collocation - to deal with issues directly
    to face problems head on
  • Someone who is emotionally in control, not moody
    Well balanced
  • to help someone out (idiom)
    to give someone a hand
  • To visit someone's house out of the blue (phrasal verb)
    to pop round
  • A phrase to express the same point in a different way
    In other words
  • In demand, a lot of people want this thing or desire this person's work
    sought-after
  • A verb meaning to improve
    to enhance
  • Expression meaning to waste money
    to throw money away
  • to talk about many topics in a conversation
    to cover a lot of ground
  • approximate / opposite of smooth / bad (different meanings in different contexts) (adj)
    rough
  • Someone who is very annoying (idiom)
    to be a pain in the neck
  • Someone who expresses their ideas or opinions with confidence
    assertive
  • Someone who is most awake, active and productive in the morning
    An early bird
  • the most modern developments in a certain field (adj)
    cutting-edge
  • A collocation to express that you listen to your instinct
    To go with your gut feeling
  • Something which is reasonably priced, not too expensive (adj.)
    affordable
  • someone very determined to be succesfull
    ambitious