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Owe sth to sth — To have success, happiness, a job, a rescue,... only because of what someone has given you or done for you or because of your own efforts

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‘Dominant (adj)
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Dominance (n)
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‘Nominate
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A person who is nominated for a job?
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Some friends nominated him as a spokesman => (forward)
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Đề cử
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Getaway (n)
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sb MAKE their/his/her GETAWAY
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They may have escaped through the back door => (getaway) They
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have ESCAPED => have MADE their GETAWAY
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To wander around as if dazed, (eg. because one is in love or miserable) _________ around/about
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You’ve been looking miserable all day => (moon) You’ve
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She is the person who always lets you down =>(on) You _______ her
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Why did you behave so rudely? =>(point) What
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More than Hơn => In _______ of
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Ex’cess (n)
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He ate well, but not to EXCESS
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He had consumed an EXCESS of alcohol
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His salary is IN EXCESS OF $125 a month
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There are more than six hospitals in this city =>(excess) There are
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Mark has a more complex personality than you may think =>(depths) Mike
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S have a more COMPLEX PERSONALITY than you think => S have GREATER DEPTHS TO HER/HIM than you think
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To look at him, you would think he was poor =>(judging) You would think _______ him
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Assure
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Assurance
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S GAVE sb his/her ASSURANCE that ...
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The sales man promised me the cooker would be delivered today =>(assurance) The salesman
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Before the new manager took over, sales are half what they are now. =>(doubled) Sales _____ tookover
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If I help you now, don’t assume I’ll help you next time =>(count)
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Count on
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I’m COUNTING ON you TO persuade her
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She’s angry that she is constantly overlooked for promotion =>(resents) She
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Re’sent (v)
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Resentful (adj)
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He has a feeling of RESENTMENT against the police after the way he was treated by them.
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To say no thing about => _______ _____ mention ____
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The brochure doesn’t say anything about its parking facilities =>(mention) The brochure ________
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Brochure (n) /‘brausher/
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Owe /€u/
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I OWE (him) $10
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I OWE my success TO my education
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I OWE everything TO my parents
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He OWES his life TO the staff at the hospital
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In’debted (adj)
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I AM INDEBTED TO you FOR your help
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Indebtness
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He owes his life to that surgeon =>(indebted)
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Sell-out (n)
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