Ketrin 28th Jan 2022 (60 min)

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to improve the quality, amount, or strength of something
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to enhance
These scandals will not enhance the organization's reputation.
to increase or improve something so that it is as good as something else
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to level sth up
This approach has levelled standards up across the sector.
to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose
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to hone sth
Her debating skills were honed in the students' union.
a small, usually black or brown creature with a long, soft body and no arms or legs, like a snail but with no shell
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a slug
to put sth off ... 12th Feb
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to put sth off UNTIL 12th Feb
to delay an event and plan or decide that it should happen at a later date or time
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to postpone
We've had to postpone going to France because the children are ill.
They decided to postpone their holiday until next year.
wet, partly melted falling snow
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sleet
It's sleeting.
made to seem like something else
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in disguise
an angel in disguise
something that seems bad or unlucky at first, but results in something good happening later
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a blessing in disguise
Losing that job was a blessing in disguise really.
to make someone interested in something and want to know more about it
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to pique sb's interest/curiosity
an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof
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a huntch
Sometimes you have to be prepared to act on/follow a hunch.
a strong belief about someone or something that cannot completely be explained and does not have to be decided by reasoning
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a gut feeling
I have a gut feeling that the relationship won't last.

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