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someone whose behaviour, attitudes etc. people try to copy because they admire them
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someone who runs in fast races over short distances
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the act of persuading someone to do something
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a member of the cat family that has long legs and black spots on its fur, and can run extremely fast
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someone who is grounded understands their own character and knows what is really important
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someone who is famous and admired for being extremely talented
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sports such as running and jumping
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to think very carefully about something that you are doing
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[variation of 'hold a candle to somebody'] if something or someone cannot hold a candle to something or someone else, they are not as good as the other thing or person
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someone who is completely different from anyone else
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[medical condition] a side-to-side curvature of the spine
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the row of bones down the centre of your back that supports your body
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a set of gentle exercises you do to prepare your body for sport, dancing etc.
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a person, group, or organisation that you compete with in sport, business, a fight etc.
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to suddenly express strong feelings such as anger
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a nervous worried feeling that makes it impossible for you to relax
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relaxed and seeming not to be worried about anything
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behaving in an angry way because you are feeling nervous and worried
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someone who has won a medal in a competition
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if someone is undisciplined, they do not obey rules or control their behaviour
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to enjoy yourself with a group of other people by eating, dancing etc.
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to express your disapproval of someone or something, or talk about their faults
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to be unwilling to do something, especially because you are being careful, or to make someone unwilling to do something
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a feeling of admiring someone or what they do, especially because of their personal qualities, knowledge, or skill
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to ask for something in an anxious or urgent way, because you want or need it very much
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the opinion people have of a person, organisation, product etc., or the way a person, organisation etc. seems to be to the public
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not easily upset, annoyed, or worried
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feeling worried, uncomfortable, and unable to relax
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a blank face or look shows no emotion, understanding, or interest
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a long step you make while you are walking
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the way in which something works or is done
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to produce or cause something
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an area behind your knee which sometimes gets injured when you do sport
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not able to talk easily to other people
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behaving in a way that shows you think you are more important than other people
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expressing very strong opinions about things
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if you fulfil a hope, wish, or aim, you achieve the thing that you hoped for, wished for etc.
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if people or things have potential, they have a natural ability or quality that could develop to make them very good
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a strong part of someone's character, that makes them want to compete against others
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to successfully control a feeling or problem that prevents you from achieving something
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a problem that delays or prevents progress, or makes things worse than they were
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very keen to do something or achieve something, especially because you find it interesting
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decide what you or someone else should try to achieve
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to make something succeed, especially a business or marriage
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physical or mental strength that lets you continue doing something for a long time without getting tired
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someone who is single-minded has one clear aim and works very hard to achieve it
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hard work and loyalty that someone gives to an organisation, activity etc.
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to succeed in dealing with a difficult problem or situation
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to try or intend to achieve something
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to compete against someone or start a fight with someone, especially someone bigger or better than you
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to no longer try to stop yourself from doing something you want to do
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to accept and deal with a difficult fact or problem
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hard work or effort that someone puts into a particular activity because they care about it a lot
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used when you think something is true but you are not sure
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chance or luck, and the effect that is has on your life
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rooms, equipment, or services that are provided for a particular purpose
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someone or something that has won a big competition, especially in sport
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something important that you succeed in doing through your own efforts
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to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad
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a period of time between two dates or events
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to make a great effort to achieve something
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the act of improving something or the state of being improved
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to be the reason why something happens
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the level that is considered to be acceptable, or the level that someone or something has achieved
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to keep a feeling, idea, or belief strong or help it to grow stronger
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having a special skill or special knowledge of a subject
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teaching, especially in small groups
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the speed at which something happens over a period of time
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one of the several things that influence or cause a situation
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to help to make something happen
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something that is endless seems to continue forever
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a school for children between 5 and 11 years old in England and Wales
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certain to happen and impossible to avoid
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to try to win something or be more successful than someone else
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determined or trying very hard to be more successful than other people or businesses
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teams, products etc. that are trying to be more successful than each other
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someone who makes sure that the rules of a sport
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the state of being perfect
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someone who is not satisfied with anything unless it is completely perfect
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the state of being not completely correct or perfect
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someone who is good at gymnastics and competes against other people in gymnastics competitions
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sports such as running and jumping
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someone who competes in sports competitions, or is very good at sport
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the ability to play sports or do physical activities well
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influenced by superstitions
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beliefs that some objects or actions are lucky or unlucky, or that they cause events to happen, based on old ideas of magic
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a band that some tennis players wear around their wrists
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a very small object, that is believed to be lucky, often worn on a chain or bracelet
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a piece of equipment used for climbing up to or down from high places.
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something good that happens by chance
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to say that you hope someone will have good luck, a happy life etc.
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to find it impossible that something good has happened to you
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if somebody's luck runs out, they stop having good luck
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not to do something you have a chance to do
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someone who you try to defeat in a competition, game, fight, or argument
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to get the most points, votes etc. in a game, race, or competition
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something that you are trying to achieve, such as a total, an amount, or a time
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to complete a goal that you have set, or that has been set for you
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to have earned something by good or bad actions or behaviour
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the sport of swimming under water while breathing through a tube that is connected to a container of air on your back
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a lack of success in achieving or doing something
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to say that someone will definitely do something or must do something
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to remember a particular fact, event, or situation from the past
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