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a connection between two nerve cells
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to care for and protect sb/sth while they are growing and developing
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a connection between two nerve cells
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to care for and protect sb/sth while they are growing and developing
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An involuntary movement, sound, or reaction is made suddenly and in a way that you cannot control.
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to get back your health, strength, or energy after being ill, tired, injured, etc.
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in the best possible or most effective way
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a poisonous substance, especially one that is produced by bacteria in plants and animals
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a cell that carries information within the brain and between the brain and other parts of the body
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the mass of nerves inside the spine that connects all parts of the body to the brain
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a chemical substance produced in the body or in a plant that encourages growth or influences how the cells and tissues function; an artificial substance that has similar effects
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connected with mental processes of understanding
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to become worse
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the part of your nervous system that controls processes that are unconscious, for example the process of your heart beating
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an area in the central lower part of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and the release of hormones
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to control the speed, pressure, temperature, etc. in a machine or system
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to provide information or evidence to prove that sth is true
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to reduce the speed at which sth is traveling or moving
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to make sb's body or mind weaker
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to make it difficult for sb to do sth or for sth to happen
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a channel, or means, used to pass sth on
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to support what sb says by giving information or evidence that agrees with them
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to show that sth is wrong or false
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a particular quality in your personality
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to risk harming or destroying sth/sb
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based on your own ideas or opinions rather than facts
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to show or prove that sth is true
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a condition that makes sb/sth likely to behave in a particular way or to suffer from a particular disease
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to show that an idea, belief, etc. is false; to show that sth is not as good as people think it is
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to continue or maintain sth
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totally different from each other
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to make a part of the body function
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to make a connection in your mind between one thing or person and another
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An animal's prey are the other animals that it hunts and eats in order to live.
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to make sth completely clean
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related to the context of sth
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sth that is likely to cause harm
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to destroy or get rid of sth completely, especially sth bad
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existing or done for a good reason, and therefore considered acceptable or correct
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fair and not influenced by your own or sb else's opinions, desires, etc.
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the process of creating an animal or plant in a laboratory that is an exact copy of another using the DNA of the original animal or plant
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Contradictory statements, information, ideas, or beliefs disagree with each other and cannot both or all be true.
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sth that seems very different from the way it really is
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the quality or fact of being different from another thing
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sth that exists and has a clear identity of its own
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relating to genes, or to the study of genes
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A hereditary disease or quality is passed from a parent to a child in their genes.
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famous and admired for a special skill or achievement
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an accurate copy of sth
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helping to treat or cure illness
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the substance that animal and plant cells are made of
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to state sth as a fact but without giving proof
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to think about sth carefully for a long time
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an animal or human before it is born, when it is beginning to develop and grow
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to get rid of sth that you no longer want or need
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(of a person or remark) very direct; saying exactly what you think without trying to be polite
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behaving in a dishonest way by telling lies and making people believe things that are not true
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(of people or their behavior) hard and cruel; determined to get what you want and not caring if you hurt other people
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making use of an opportunity, especially to get an advantage for yourself without thinking about whether your actions are right or wrong
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admiring yourself too much and thinking about yourself a lot
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able to understand how sb feels because you can imagine what it is like to be them
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unforgiving and behaving cruelly to anyone who hurts you
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being too proud of yourself and what you do
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too willing to believe or accept what other people tell you and therefore easily tricked
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unable to relax or express your feelings in a natural way
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extreme anger
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a hundred times as much or as many
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the level at which one functions with ease and familiarity
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to free from agitation
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to be made up of
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to be considered to be sth
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j impossible to touch, to describe exactly, or to give an exact value
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very difficult or impossible to control, manage, or solve
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extremely useful
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to put people or things into groups according to their qualities
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to treat a person or group differently from another in an unfair way
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to separate people of different races, religions, or sexes and treat them in a different way
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the fact or condition of sth being extremely bad or serious
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a sudden forceful expression of emotion, especially anger
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happening or done for no purpose
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relating to or using your senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch
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to influence sb, or to control sth, in a clever or dishonest way
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to show a feeling, attitude, etc.
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harmful or annoying to other people, or to society in general
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a mental or physical illness which prevents part of your body from working properly
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a pause before doing sth, or a feeling that you should not do it, especially because you are nervous, embarrassed, or worried
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a period during which a serious illness improves for a time and the patient seems to get better
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the feeling of being extremely sorry for sth wrong or bad that you have done
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relating to the brain
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to come from different directions and meet at the same point to become one thing
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to decide and state officially in court that sb is guilty of a crime
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involving punishment by death
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to say exactly what an illness or the cause of a problem is
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to examine or think about sth carefully, in order to understand it
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an activity or a practice that is not according to the usual rules, or not normal
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a part of the brain located at the front of a section called the frontal lobe, which is responsible for decision making and helps regulate your emotions and behavior
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when you blame or criticize sb for sth that has happened
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the act of fixing or adjusting the time, amount, degree, or rate of sth
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feelings of anger and hate that may result in threatening or violent behavior
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near the temple(s) at the side of the head
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the front end of the temporal lobe
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the particular way in which sth is understood or explained
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the act of linking two facts, ideas, events, etc. together
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sb who has a serious and permanent mental illness that makes them behave in a violent or criminal way
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characteristic, distinctive
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moral conduct; virtue; or the principles relating to right and wrong or good and bad behavior
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the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong
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a guilty feeling about doing sth
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expr to be unable to decide what you think about sb/sth, or whether to do sth or not
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expr to ask sb who knows a lot about a subject for information or their opinion
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the ability to react quickly and stay calm in a difficult or dangerous situation
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expr to remember or consider
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expr to think very hard
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the movement of highly skilled and qualified people to a country where they can work in better conditions and earn more money
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n the way you feel or think about sth at a particular time
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to have a very bad memory; to forget things easily
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impossible to excuse or justify, because it is so bad
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to cause a particular reaction or have a particular effect
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to make sb extremely angry
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the reason that makes sb do sth, especially when this reason is kept hidden
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to stop sth from being done or used, especially by law
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relating to thoughts or feelings that you have but do not think about, or do not realize you have
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very careful and with great attention to every detail
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a number, amount, or situation that can change
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very much respected and admired, usually because of being important
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using remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what you say, in order to hurt sb's feelings or to humorously criticize sth
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an amount of sth that is produced
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to interfere with sth or try to change it, especially without having the right to do so
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to announce sth publicly or officially, especially sth positive
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able to be heard
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very small in amount
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(of a plan, piece of equipment, etc.) that uses new and clever ideas
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showing or suggesting sth
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(of a loud sound) to echo through a place
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to do or make sth at the time when it is needed without already having planned it
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to consider one thing to be the same as or equal to another thing
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damage to sb's or sth's reputation; loss of respect or status
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(of an illness or a disease) that cannot be cured and will lead to death, often slowly
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characterized by extremely rapid growth or increase
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If a claim or piece of news is unfounded, it is not based on fact.
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to defend or keep a principle or law
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the fact of being weak and easily hurt physically or emotionally
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having a very severe effect, or being extremely limiting
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the use of sth in a way that is wrong or harmful
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a process in which the genetic material of a person, plant, or animal changes in structure when it is passed on to children, etc., causing different physical characteristics to develop; a change of this kind