Language stay in Fort Lauderdale

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This flashcard set helps learn English, focusing on vocabulary and expressions for everyday communication. It includes words like "crude," "murky," and "draughty," along with phrases such as "to keep your head above water" and "a breath of fresh air." The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to practice from the target language to the source language. Ideal for travelers, students, or anyone improving their fluency, this set is particularly useful for intermediate learners looking to expand their vocabulary and express themselves more naturally.

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not longer useful, not modern/current (Adj.)

outdated

when something deserves attention (Adj.)

remarkable

to agree with something/someone (V.)

to concur with something/someone

to stop existing (whole species of animals) (V. + Adj.)

to become extinct

safe to drink (Adj.)

potable

spoken description of something (during a sports game, documentary, etc.) (N.)

commentary

when the streets are so full, that the vehicles aren't able to move (N.)

gridlock

time during the day when many people drive from home to work/to work from home (N.)

rush hour

dirty air from cars/factories (N.)

smog

change to a lower number/amount (V.)

to decline

ordinary, usual (Adj.)

average

having (cold) air blowing through (Adj.)

draughty

sensible & practical

down to earth

delighted about something

over the moon

new, different, exciting

a breath of fresh air

have just enough money to live on

to keep your head above water

very dark, foggy, not clearly expressed (Adj.)

murky

haven't been broken down, plain, almost in natural state (Adj.)

crude

something you do as a prevention of something dangerous to happen (N.)

precaution

to leave something out, not include something (V.)

to omit something

to take something away (calculating, minus)

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to subtract something

the feeling that you have to vomit

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nausea

extremely unhappy (Adj.)

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distressed

town next to another town/village (N.)

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neighbouring town

to allow / to give permission (V.)

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to permit

to go beyond something/to become better than something/somebody in something (V.)

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to surpass something/somebody in something

highest (position, importance) (Adj.)

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uppermost

possible to be done (machbar) (Adj.)

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feasible

to gather (V.)

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to congregate

gathering, meeting (N.)

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assembly

something that seems real, but isn't real / Fata morgana (N.)

mirage

the money borrowed from the bank when you want to buy a house/property (N.)

mortgage

how is it called when you kill someone but not on purpose? (N.)

manslaughter

specific word for the break between the plays in a theatre (N.)

interval

to find it really difficult to do something

to have great difficulty in doing something

to imagine/foresee something (V.)

to envisage something

onetime thing / oneshot deal (N.)

one-off

job / position (N.)

post

person who has to go to jail (N.)

convict

to find somebody guilty of something (V.)

to convict somebody of something

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written information from the doctor that you give the pharmacist, which tells what kind of medicine a person needs (N.)

prescription

foot doctor (N.)

pediatrist

eye doctor (N.)

optometrist

cancer doctor (N.)

oncologist

doctor for brain/nervous system (N.)

neurologist

heart doctor (N.)

cardiologist

to do something ahead of time to keep something (sickness) away (Adj.)

preventative

a person (job) that gives beauty treatments (hair, skin, nails, etc.) (N.)

beautician

to travel around with a car (V. + N.)

to take a road trip

to disagree with something (V.)

to object to something

norm/usual (Adj.)

customary

having a harmful substance added (Adj.)

contaminated

to put harmful substances/poison in something (V.)

to contaminate something

strong/rough (Adj.)

abrasive

the situation of being poor (N.)

poverty

very very important (Adj.)

crucial

the number of people living someplace (N.)

population

happened/existed before something (Adj.)

to detailedly explain something (V.)

to explicate something

dark, dim, shadowy (Adj.)

gloomy

brave, courageous, fearless (Adj.)

daring

to stop something (V.)

to cease something

to capture, get, obtain something/somebody (V.)

to seize something/somebody

terrible, horrible, awful (Adj.)

dreadful

having many mountains (Adj.)

mountainous

sad, low-spirited, disappointed (Adj.)

disheartened

to trust somebody (to keep your secrets/to tell your secrets) (V.)

to confide in somebody

to tell what you really think

to speak your mind

to have a (verbal) fight

to have a row

effect, influence (N.)

impact

to think about something carefully before deciding (V.)

to consider something

not logical (Adj.)

illogical

opposite of sharp (Adj.)

dull

extremely weak (Adj.)

feeble

excellent, brilliant (Adj.)

superbly

completely, totally (usually in a negative way) (Adv.)

utterly

sincere, real, not pretended (Adj.)

genuine

appropriately (Adv.)

aptly

amount of snow/dirt that breaks off and slides down a mountain (N.)

avalanche

unlikely to happen/be true

far-fetched

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