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Stowaway (n)

a person who hides on a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle

Snatch (v)

To take hold of sth suddenly and roughly

Check the flow

Control the amount liquid entering a particular river

Give Sb a free hand

to give someone the right, authority, or ability to do something in any way they want

On the dole

Be unemployed

Have a good chance

Have the probability to do sth

A fish out of water

A person who feels awkward and unhappy because they are in a place which they are not familiar with

Talk your head off

To talk with sb in a long time, usually loudly

Bliss (n)

Perfect happiness

Weather (v)

To deal successfully with a difficult situation

Hug (v)

To stay very close to sth

Lap sth up

To enjoy sth very much

As is

in the state that something is in at the present time

Face off

to meet an opposing person, group, or sports team to argue or compete

pat yourself on the back

To praise sb for doing sth good

Stand down

To give up your position or job

Strip down

to remove the unnecessary parts of a system or process in order to make it more simple or efficient

Block sth off

to close a road, path, or entrance so that peoplecannot use it

Immiscible (adj)

It is common knowledge that oil and water are _____. For example, pouring olive oil water results in two distinct layers

Walkout (n)

There was yet another ____ yesterday at the factory over the question of tea-breaks (walk)

Trilingual (adj)

Our principal is virtually ____ in English, Chinese and Vietnamese (language)

Bloodshot (adj)

I don’t think Tom’s getting too much sleep lately. His eyes are terribly ____ (bleed)

Soft-soap (v)

Don’t think you can ____ me! (Soap)

Work-shy (adj)

disliking work and trying to avoid it when possible:

Dissuade sb from doing sth

Persuade sb not to do sth

At the end of your tether

having no strength or patience left

Quick fix

something that seems to be a fast and easy solutionto a problem but is in fact not very good or will not last long

Flesh out sth

to add more details or information to something

Immediately (adv)

close to something or someone in distance or time

Writhe

to make large twisting movements with the body

On the contrary

To say the opposite is true

Unfounded (adj)

_____ statements, feelings, opinions are wrong because they are not based on facts (found)

Overbearing (adj)

An ____ person tries to make other people do what he or she wants in an unpleasant and forceful way (bear)

Well-spoken

I remember her as a quiet, hard-working and ____ girl (speak)