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I enlisted the help of my best friend, Ben.

1. ASK FOR (HELP) 2. JOIN

He used to call me up in the middle of the night.

He chose a position at a prestigious investment bank.

to step awkwardly while walking or running and fall or begin to fall:

to step awkwardly while walking or running and fall or begin to fall:

captivate

to hold the attention of someone by being extremely interesting, exciting, pleasant, or attractive.

1. Thanks. I'm not hungry any more/any longer. 2. She no longer works here. 3. She doesn’t work here any longer. 4. One day I could stand it no longer / I couldn’t stand it any longer. 5. I will ask no more questions./ I won’t ask any more questions.

1. I'm leaving but please don't broadcast the fact. 2. The ceremony was broadcast on the internet.

1. to spread information to a lot of people. 2. to send out a programme on television or radio:

I don't like the way he winks and smirks at me whenever he sees me.

to smile in a way that expresses satisfaction or pleasure about having done something, or knowing something that is not known by someone else:

1. You may hold biases, consciously or not, towards people who are different to you. 2. I don't think she's consciously rude to people - it's just the way she is.

You don’t know how you came to that conclusion.

1. He presented data to underpin his argument. 2. When restoring the building, the first priority was to underpin the exterior walls by adding wooden supports along the foundations.

to give support, strength, or a basic structure to something:

She heard a faint, almost imperceptible cry.

unable to be noticed or felt because of being very slight.

1. There's some really high-grade (= high quality) musicianship on this recording. 2. Carla got a grade A in German.

1. a level of quality, size, importance, etc.: 2. a number or letter that shows how good someone's work or performance is:

I gave her very explicit directions how to get here.

clear and exact:

If he keeps doing stuff like that he's going to wind up in prison!

to find yourself in an unexpected and usually unpleasant situation, especially as a result of what you do:

1. The number of staff we can take on will be determined by how much money we're allowed to spend. 2. Your health is determined in part by what you eat. 3. Eye colour is genetically determined.

to control or influence something directly, or to decide what will happen: