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Phrases 2
Term | Definition |
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We had a lots of good applications for the job, but one stood out from the rest | to be very noticible, to be much better than other similar things or people |
face discrimination | you have to deal with some problem |
After their parents died, the children were placed in foster care | the care of a child, usually for a limited time, by smn who is not the child`s legal parent |
We`ll finalize the details later | to make a final and certain decision about a plan, date etc |
put in the diary | write smth down in your notebook to have it done later |
Dad`s taking the whole family out to the cinema, on trips | to go smwh and do smth with smn, usually smth you plan and pay for |
shortlist potential children | a short list of children who can be adopted by you |
be considered adopt | children who can be taken for adoption |
keep fight | don`t stop your fight |
medium height /build | not very tall or very short |
petite | a woman or a girl, who is small, thin and delicate in an attractive way |
The dress showed the top of my bosoms | a woman`s breast or breasts |
a brunette | |
a crurvy woman | a woman who is attractive because of the curves or rounded parts of her body |
he never does any exercise - he`s bone idle | exteremely lazy |
tobacco consumption | the amount used or eaten |
accordig to the rankings | a rank or level, for ex. in a competition |
diseases of affluence | the state of having a lot of money or owning many things |
stuggling with diseases of poverty; struggle to understand this article all afternoon | to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do smth |
the average life expectancy | the length of time that a living thing, especially a human being, is likely to live |