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  • 1expensive — /Ik spensIv/ adjective 1 costing a lot of money: That s a very expensive camera. Is it insured? | the most expensive restaurant in town | expensive to produce/run/buy etc: Cadillacs are beautiful cars but expensive to run. | prohibitively… …

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  • 2mistake — I UK [mɪˈsteɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms mistake : singular mistake plural mistakes *** Metaphor: Making a mistake is like falling over, or like being clumsy and dropping things. She stumbled over the speech. ♦ You tripped up there: what… …

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  • 3mistake — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, colossal (esp. AmE), great, huge ▪ It is a great mistake to assume that your children will agree with you. ▪ bad, dreadful …

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  • 4mistake — mis|take1 [ mı steık ] noun count *** 1. ) something that you have not done correctly, or something you say or think that is not correct: make a mistake: I won t make the same mistake again! Don t worry, it s an easy mistake to make. correct a… …

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  • 5expensive — ex|pen|sive W2S1 [ıkˈspensıv] adj costing a lot of money ≠ ↑cheap ▪ the most expensive restaurant in town ▪ Petrol is becoming more and more expensive. ▪ Photography is an expensive hobby. expensive to buy/run/produce/maintain etc ▪ The house was …

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  • 6expensive — ex|pen|sive [ ık spensıv ] adjective *** 1. ) something that is expensive costs a lot of money: He always wears expensive clothes. It can be very expensive to train new personnel. expensive tastes (=liking things that cost a lot of money): young… …

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  • 7expensive */*/*/ — UK [ɪkˈspensɪv] / US adjective 1) something that is expensive costs a lot of money He always wears expensive clothes. It can be very expensive to train new personnel. expensive tastes (= liking things that cost a lot of money): young people with… …

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  • 8mistake*/*/ — [mɪˈsteɪk] noun [C] I 1) something that you have not done correctly, or something you say or think that is not correct spelling/grammar mistakes[/ex] 2) something that you do that you later wish you had not done, because it causes a lot of… …

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  • 9expensive — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, prove, seem, sound ▪ Her suit looked extremely expensive. ▪ become, get …

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  • 10Cupid's Mistake — Cupid’s Mistake Poster art Directed by Young Man Kang Produced by Gregory Hata …

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