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Don’t waste these three: Time, Money and Energyvery surprised
very surprised: amazed, astonished, astounded, dumbfounded, staggered, flabbergasted, gobsmacked BrE informal, speechless, be lost for words, can't believe your eyes/ears surprised
flip-flops
thongs=flip-flops
open summer shoes, usually made of rubber, with a V-shaped band across the front to hold your feet
camel training
camel training
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a long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles
a camel train
wild flowers
wild flowers
fields full of beautiful wild flowers
come into leaf/flower
come into blossom
the flower of something literary the best part of something
young men killed in the flower of their youth
in flower: a plant or tree that is in flower has flowers on it
flower arrangement
flowers arranged together in an attractive way
Agony aunt
An agony aunt is a newspaper columnist who gives advice to people having problems, especially personal ones.
folding
foldaway= folding
a folding bicycle, bed, chair etc has parts that you can bend or fold together to make it easier to carry or store
turban
turban
a long piece of cloth that you wind tightly round your head, worn by men in parts of North Africa and Southern Asia and sometimes by women as a fashion
bowling
bowling
an indoor game in which you roll a large heavy ball along a wooden track in order to knock down a group of pins
fire extinguisher
fire extinguisher
a metal container with water or chemicals in it, used for stopping small fires
tow
tow
to pull a vehicle or ship along behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain
Our car had been towed away
a ladder in my tights
a ladder in my tights
a long thin hole in stockings or tights where some stitches have broken = run American English
spiral staircase
spiral staircase
a set of stairs arranged in a circular pattern so that they go around a central point as they get higher
staircase
staircase
a set of stairs inside a building with its supports and the side parts that you hold on to
