| ex. 1 p. 100
| evocative (of)
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| to conjure up
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| batty
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| to mimic
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| to fool
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| a deadline
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| remotely
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| to earn one's keep
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| a feud
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| hype
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| to divide into two camps
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| to scour
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| a heap
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| a visionary
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| wedded to smth
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| sci-fi
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| cheeky
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| neural network
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| to vet
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| the mainstream
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| to pull off
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| come to pass
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| even (number)
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| odd (number)
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| prime (number)
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| to pip
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| to cause a stir
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| an exponent
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| ex.1 p. 102
| endoscopic surgery
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| telemedicine
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| a smart card
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| assembly line
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| conveyor belt
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| processing equipment
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| a satellite
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| a space capsule
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| a landing craft
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| nuclear/ solar/ diesel powered
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| information technology
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| communications
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| ex. 2 p. 102
| obsolete
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| ex. 3 p. 102
| to crash
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| a terminal
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| to hack
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| to load
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| a navigator
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| to update
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| a web
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| a wallpaper
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| a mouse
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| a wizard
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| ex. 4 p. 102
| stressful lifestyle
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| traffic congestion
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| urban sprawl
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| extreme weather changes
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| nuclear power
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| fast food
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| unemployment
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| impersonal service
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| biological weapons
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| space junk
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| GM foods
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| consumer society
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| the final frontier
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| an ailment
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| to wreak havoc
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| ex. 5 p. 103
| outlet
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| outcome
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| outlook
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| outing
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| outset
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| outrage
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| outbreak
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| a strain of flu
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| outlay
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| to outdistance
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| to outdo
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| to outsmart
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| to outrun
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| to outgrow
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| to outsell
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| ex. 6 p. 103
| technological ____
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| technological ____
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| automated ____
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| automated ___
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| new age ____
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| new age ____
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| scientific ___
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| scientific ____
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| high-tech ___
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| high-tech ____
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| experimental stage
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| experimental research
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| space exploration
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| space station
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| digital voice discs
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| digital camera
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| ex. 7 p. 104
| ____ experimental work
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| ____ advances in one's field
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| ____ a successful mission
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| ____ an important discovery
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| ____ an important observation
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| ____ ground-breaking research
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| ____ a life-changing experience
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| ____ evidence of sth
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| ____ a demonstration
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| ____ a change for the better
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| ____ a scientific project
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| ____ an international conference
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| ex. 9 p.104
| in ____ years
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| to ___ machinery
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| a ____ of
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| to ____
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| a ____
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| to ____
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| _____ trained
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| to ____ in mind
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| _____ machinery
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| to do a lot of ____
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| ex.10 p.104
| to break ___
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| to blind someone ___
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| to move with ___
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| to be somebody's ___
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| once in a ___
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| to turn the ___
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| to come down ___
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| to reinvent ___
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| it doesn't take ___
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| to stand the test ___
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| ex.11 p.104
| in the long run
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| in fact
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| in spite of
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| in brief
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| in light of
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| in private
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| in person
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| in writing
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| in any event
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| in case
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| ex.12 p.105
| send back
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| send for
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| send on
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| send out on
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| take back
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| take in
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| take on
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| take up
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| ex.1 p.108
| moonstruck
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| to ridicule
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| to carve
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| to fade
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| in limbo
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| eternity
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| to miss out on
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| to unfold
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| sun-drenched
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| unyielding
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| to utter
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| a technical fault
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| transfixed
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| momentous
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| to bring home to smb
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| to malfunction
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| to dock with
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| an implication
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| fiercely
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| to retreat
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| to span
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| shabbily
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| hold up
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| an itinerary
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| destiny
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| a think tank
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| a hitch
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| to glide
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| to make out
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| ex.4 p.111
| to rage
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| resistant
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| a pest
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| to pollinate
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| vegetation
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| ex.5 p.111
| hard drive
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| to withstand
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| onslaught
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| pester
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| bluff
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| ex.9 p.113
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| ex.10 p.113
| state-of-the-art
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| to thrive
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| to mushroom
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| an outpost
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