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  • 121concede — verb 1 ADMIT STH IS TRUE (T) to admit that something is true or correct although you wish it was not true: You could be right I suppose , Sheila conceded. | concede (that): I concede that he s a good runner, but I still think I can beat him. 2… …

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  • 122opportunity — noun 1 (C, U) a chance to do something or an occasion when it is easy for you to do something: I just thought it was too good an opportunity to miss. | opportunity to do sth: You have had plenty of opportunity to observe our way of doing things.… …

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  • 123split — 1 /splIt/ verb past tense and past participle splitpresent participle splitting 1 INTO GROUPS also split up (I, T) if a group of people splits or is split, it divides into two or more groups, because one group strongly disagrees with the other:… …

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  • 124term — 1 noun (C) ONE WAY OF REGARDING SOMETHING 1 in financial/artistic/psychological etc terms if you describe or consider something in financial etc terms, you are mainly interested in the financial etc side of it: In artistic terms, the film was… …

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  • 125close*/*/*/ — [kləʊz] verb I 1) [I/T] if you close something, or if it closes, it moves to cover an open area I was just closing my eyes to go to sleep when the phone rang.[/ex] Did the fridge door close completely?[/ex] 2) [I/T] to stop doing business for a… …

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  • 126part*/*/*/ — [pɑːt] noun I 1) [C] one of the pieces, sections, or aspects that something consists of The top part of the shoe is made of leather.[/ex] We walked part of the way, then took a bus.[/ex] The hardest part of my job is controlling the budgets.[/ex] …

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  • 127up*/*/*/ — [ʌp] grammar word I summary: Up can be: ■ an adverb: Their voices could be heard up in our room. ■ a preposition: He climbed up the steps. ■ an adjective: the up escalator ■ used after the verb ‘to be : He was up early the next morning. 1) higher …

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  • 128square — ▪ I. square square 1 [skweə ǁ skwer] adjective 1. square metre/​mile etc PROPERTY an area of measurement equal to a square with sides a metre long, a mile long etc: • The new site will provide 10 million square feet of office space. 2. 5 feet/​2… …

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