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Form or accumulate steadily

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Members of the working class (= a social group that consists of people who own little or no property and who have to work, usually doing physical work, to get money)

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He preached to anyone who would listen that the workers of the world were being abused by the wealt…

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A way of thinking about the world

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Our world view is quite different from that of writers in the fourth century bc., these people are …

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Said at the end of a statement to show unhappiness or anger about what has been stated

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I have to work on saturday, worse luck.

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To be very useful or helpful

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This recipe book is worth its weight in gold - it tells you everything you need to know., boys who …

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Enjoyable or useful despite the fact that you have to make an effort

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It was a long climb to the top of the hill, but the view from the top was worth it.

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Deserving to be given attention, noticed, etc.

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Two points in this report are especially worthy of notice., three or four tracks on the album are w…

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Unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition

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Used to express strong dislike for a particular thing.

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They wouldn't be caught dead wearing a gps watch

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Someone dislikes something very much

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I wouldn't be caught dead wearing a dress like that – it's like something my grandmother would wear!

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Brought to a state of great tension

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To try to protect someone too carefully

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You can't wrap (up) your children in cotton wool forever.

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Arrange or fold as a cover or protection

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If you are wrapped up in someone or something, you are very interested in him, her, or it and ignore other people or things

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She's always been completely wrapped up in her children.

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If one thing is another thing writ large, it is similar to it but larger or more obvious

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Hollywood is often said to be american society writ large.

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Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

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Reduce the estimated value of something

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Not exciting or special

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Their performance was nothing to write home about.

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Put into writing; write in complete form

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A short account of the news

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Said to mean that there are clear signs that something will fail or no longer exist

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To make someone pleased/annoyed with you

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As a teenager, clare was always getting on the wrong side of her mother.

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Continuously or repeatedly over a period of years.

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They rented the same bungalow year in, year out

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Every year, especially in a way that seems boring

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We go to mike's parents every summer - it's the same thing year in, year out.

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Easily frightened

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Used to express emphatic agreement.

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‘the weather's been bad.’ ‘you can say that again!’

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Outward appearances are not a reliable indication of the true character of someone or something.

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And i think that, like this movie says, you can't judge a book by its cover.

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Said to show that you cannot know what something or someone is like by looking only at that person or thing's appearance