Destination unit 4

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adapt
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TO CHANGE YOUR IDEAS OR BEHAVIOR SO THAT YOU CAN DEAL WITH THE NEW SITUATION: A successful business is one that adapts to changing situations
alternate
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IF ONE THING ALTERNATES WITH ANOTHER, IT HAPPENS AFTER IT AND KEEPS BEING REPEATED: you go first this game, and then we alternate / HAPPENING ON ONE DAY OR WEEK BUT NOT OT THE DAY WEEK THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS: we usualy go to visit my nana on alternate Sundays
alternative
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SMTH THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE INSTEAD OF SMTH ELSE/ DIFFERENT FROM SMTH ELSE AND ABLE TO BE USED INSTEAD OF IT (alternatywa)
amend
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TO MAKE CHANGES TO DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE IT: could you amend the report before you send it?
conservative
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NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT MUCH CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN THE TRADITIONAL VALUES OF SOCIETY: I grew up in a village where the most of the people were quite conservative
convert
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TO CHANGE YOUR BELIEVES (RELIGIOUS)/ TO CHANGE METHOD OR A SYSTEM
deteriorate
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TO BECOME WORSE: the situation in a village has deteriorated (pogarszać)
distort
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TO CHANGE SMTH SUCH AS INFORMATION SO THAT IS NO LONGER TRUE OR ACCURATE: journalist often distort statistics in order to tell a good story
endure
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TO SUFFER SMTH UNPLEASANT OR DIFFICULT IN A PATIENT WAY OVER A LONG PERIOD: i don't know how the people endure the conditions in prison /TO LAST FOR LONG TIME
evolve
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TO DEVELOP OVER A PERIOD OF TIME
innovative
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NEW ORIGINAL AND ADVANCED
novel
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NEW OR UNUSUAL: this is quite a novel idea
persist
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TO CONTINUE TO DO OR SAY SMTH IN A DETERMINED WAY: you'll get yourself into trouble if you persist behaving in this way
refine
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TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO SMTH IN ORDER TO IMPROVE IT: you need to refine your argument to make it clear
revise
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TO CHANGE YOUR OPINION ABOUT SMN OR SMTH/ TO CHANGE OR IMPROVE WRITTING: i think i'm beginning to revise my opinion of Tom
status quo
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THE PRESENT SITUATION OR THE WAY THINGS USUALLY ARE
sustain
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TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS IN WHICH SMTH CAN HAPPEN OR EXIST: the atmosphere on mars wont sustain lafe
trend
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A GRADUAL CHANGE OR DEVELOPMENT THAT PRODUCES A PARTICULAR RESULT: there is a trend toward small cars these days
breakthrough
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A DISCOVERY OR ACHIEVEMENT THAT COMES AFTER A LOT OF HARD WORK
craft
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TO MAKE OR PRODUCE SMTH SKILLFULLY
manual
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INSTRUKCJA
do away with
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GET RID OF
do up
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REPAIR AN OLD BUILDING, CAR CLOTH
wear out
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USE SMTH A LOT SO THAT IT NO LONGER WORKS
a leopard can't change its spots
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SMN WILL NEVER CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOUR OR CHARACTER
all mod cons
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ALL MODERN CONVENIENCES, THE MACJINES AND PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IN YOUR HOUSE THAT MAKE LIFE EASY AND COMFORTABLE
break the mould
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CHANGE A SITUATION BY DOING SMTH THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT MOST PEOPLE USUALLY DO OR HAVE DON IN THE PAST
change your tune
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CHANGE YOUR OPINION OR ATTITUDE
have a change of heart
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CHANGE YOUR OPINION ABOUT SMTH OR DECIDE NOT TO DO SMTH YOU WERE PLANNING TO DO
reinvent the wheel
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WASTE TIME AND EFFORT TRYING TO DO SMTH THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREDY DONE WELL
stick to your guns
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REFUSE TO CHANGE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING OR DOING DESPITE THE OPPOSITION OR CRITISM OF THE OTHER PEOPLE
the tools of the trade
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THE SKILLS AND EQUIPMENT THET YOU NEED IN ORDER TO DO YOUR JOB
turn over a new leaf
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CHANGE YOUR LIFE BY STARTING TO BE A BETTER PERSON OR STOPPING A BAD HABIT

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