the mail's inspirational woman of year 2

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问题 English 答案 English
If you have ____ you have a feeling that you want to cry
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lump in your throat
I felt a lump in my throat,
if you ______, you pull it away from your face and tie it at the back
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scrape your hair back
she found the confidence to scrape back her hair and show her face.
a _____ is one at which people wear special formal clothes, such as tuxedos for men
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black-tie event
we held our black tie anniversary dinner
a pleasant pattern of rising and falling sound in sb's voice or in music
Pol. śpiewna intonacja
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lilt
she sang classical solos in her wonderful, lilting voice.
(of a voice) śpiewny, melodyjny
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lilting
lilting voice.
feeling weak and looking unhealthy because you are very tired
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washed out
she looked utterly washed out and could hardly speak.
to mix words, ideas, sentences etc so that they are not in the right order and do not make sense
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scramble
her brain was so scrambled
to reply in a rude way to someone that you are supposed to obey
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answer back
her pupils start to answer back or show attitude
to get rid of something [= throw away]
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discard
we are actually allowing extremely valuable young people to be discarded.
if you are not important, valued or successful, you life will ______.
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amount to nothing
Their lives will amount to nothing
Pol. znosić, cierpieć
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endure
they endure unfulfilling relationships
to waste
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squander
It's a shocking way for young lives to be squandered.
British English informal a toilet
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loo
he was attacked in the boy's loos,
to try to make someone angry or upset by saying unkind things to them
Pol. szydzić, drwić
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taunt
she was extremely bright at school, but was taunted by other girls
to gradually persuade sb to do sth by being nice to them, or making promises to them
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cajole
She would go to their house and cajole, encourage and persuade them to come out.
to suddenly speak angrily to someone or criticize someone angrily
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lash out
Bullied at school, he would react by lashing out
a violent man
Pol. zbir, oprych
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thug
He threw a chair back at a group of thugs who had cornered him.
to force a person or animal into a position from which they cannot easily escape
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corner
a group of thugs who had cornered him.
to suddenly stop being able to control your anger, anxiety, etc. in a difficult situation
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snap
at home his younger siblings still managed to provoke him, and this time he had snapped.
to hold a weapon or tool that you are going to use
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wield
Terry was wielding the cricket bat around his head.
very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue with people
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meek
He meekly handed it over.
someone who saves you from a difficult or dangerous situation
Pol. zbawca
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saviour
she offered herself as teacher, saviour and mother to many shattered teenagers.

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