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People Power-Unit 3

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TermDefinition
innumerable numerous
perplexing puzzling
conscientious dependable
diverse varied
stable secure
mere simple
precious valuable
bitter hostile
heart of gold very generous and kind
slip of the tongue say something you didn't mean to
grain of truth not a total lie
touch of concern slightly worried
change of heart make up one's mind to do something different than one had planned
trace of remorse slight feeling of regret
glow of satisfaction a look of pleasure at something well done
glimmer of hope very small chance that something might turn out all right
bring over take with you
bring about cause
stand in for replace
stand for represent
bring in introduce
stand by support
stand out be obvious
bring round revive
between jobs unemployed
to have a selective memory to be a liar
stocky fat
wouldn't call her a beauty she's ugly
to be on a budget to be broke
dead silence complete silence
derogative insulting
praise commendation
domestic duties housework
cost effective economical
pangs fleeting moments of a strong emotion
findings results
fill in work temporary
career long term job
hard numbers statistics
emasculated made to feel less masculine
trade-off return, deal
to have a shoulder to cry on to have a person to show sympathy on
to be on cloud nine to be very happy
to look on the bright side to try to be cheerful about a bad situation by thinking of advantages that could come from it
to have a whale of a time to enjoy oneself very much
to sweep somebody off their feet to make somebody fall in love with one very quickly because one is attractive or exciting
to be a wet blanket to refuse to join others in an enjoyable activity and stop them from enjoying themselves
to be full of beans to be very lively and have a lot of energy and enthusiasm
to be down in the dumps to feel very depressed and miserable
to cry one's heart out to cry very much and very hard
to hit rock bottom to be in such a bad state that it can't get any worse
Created by: RalucaTomescu
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