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noun from expert
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expertise
adjective from edit
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editorial/editing
... the time available (add preposition)
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in
take time ... work (add preposition)
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off
be pressed ... time (add preposition)
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for
make time ... ourselves (add preposition)
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for
free ... time (add preposition)
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up
set ...... enough time (add preposition)
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aside
at the very last moment
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in the nick of time
very quickly; in a short time, immediately
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in the blink of an eye
very early in the morning
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at the crack of dawn
time seems to pass very quickly
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time flies
lasting or happening all day and night
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around the clock
at the last possible moment; just in time
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in the eleventh hour
not aware of or using the latest ideas or techniques
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behind the times
someone who has skill in many different areas
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a jack of all trades
to not be the right type of person for something
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not be cut out for something
useless personnel or material
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dead wood
someone who stands by you when things are going well
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a fair weather friend
someone who refuses to try anything new
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a stick-in-the-mud
a person of great kindness, reliability or honesty
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the salt of the earth
someone who is easy to attack or easy to cheat
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a sitting duck
stay apart from other people
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keep oneself to oneself
someone who doesn’t like to stay in one place
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a rolling stone
happening too soon or sooner than is normal or expected
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untimely
to go through a difficult or unhappy period of time
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to go through a bad patch
make somebody look or feel stupid
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put somebody down
overload, overwhelm something
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put a strain on something
to start liking somebody/something
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take to somebody/something
to not like somebody and be unpleasant to them
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have it in for somebody
decide you don't like somebody
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take a dislike to somebody
to think you're better than somebody
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look down on somebody
have an effect on somebody
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make a difference to
formally tell your employer you want to stop working for them
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hand in one's notice
to continue somebody else's job/work
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step into one's shoes
to become weaker/less acceptable
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wear thin
very happy, overjoyed
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elated
not have the feeling that makes you want to do sth
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have no inclination to do sth
​to continue trying to do or achieve something despite difficulties
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persevere in something/with something
something you receive as well as your wages for your job
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perk
attracting attention by being large/expensive
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flash
a person who has the desire and the ability to be very successful in their job/studies
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high-flyer
a person who is a small part of a large organization
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a cog in the machine
very quickly
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in no time
adjective from mystery
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mystified
you'll be given ...... opportunity
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every
to fall asleep
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drift off
appear very untidy or in poor condition
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look a wreck
to feel or look better again after you have been ill or very unhappy
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feel your old self again
to relax and stop being careful and alert
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let down one's defences
the home, thought of as the safe place where parents bring up their children
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the nest
a military operation in which an army tries to capture a town by surrounding it and stopping the supply of food, etc. to the people inside
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siege
​the act of hiding and waiting for somebody and then making a surprise attack on them
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ambush
to prevent someone from moving closer
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keep someone at bay
to put a lot of effort into doing something
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take pains to do something
without success
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in vain
to tell somebody secrets and personal information because you feel you can trust them
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confide in
to discover something/somebody unexpectedly
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stumble on
to become smaller, weaker, etc.; to make something become smaller, weaker, etc.
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diminish
weakness and poor health
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frailty
unwilling to tell people about things
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reticent
that you did not expect to happen
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unforeseen
to buy or obtain something quickly because it is cheap or you want it very much
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snap up
a period of time when somebody, especially a teacher at a university, is allowed to stop their normal work in order to study or travel
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sabbatical
a meeting in which an employee discusses with their manager how well they have been doing their job; the system of holding such meetings
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appraisal
To rebel or revolt against someone or something; to begin resisting or defying someone or something.
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rise against
used to emphasize that something is very large, unpleasant, important, etc.
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the mother of (all)
a difficult new problem forces people to think of a solution to it
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Necessity is the mother of invention
every single person from a specific group
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every mother's son
to drop a lot of small things onto somebody
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shower somebody with something
to realize the truth about somebody/something
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see through
resent something
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feel anger about something
used to say that something is certain to happen
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inevitably
support and defend sb if they are criticized
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stick up for sb
start to become better
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look up
somebody begin to realize it for the first time
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dawn on somebody
be busy and unable to do other things
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be tied up
a hidden reason for doing something
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ulterior motive
make something/somebody move quickly and without control
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send something/somebody flying

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