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 Go ahead=to start to do something

 To give/get the go-ahead=to give/get permission
 Runway=pistă de aterizare
 To anger=to make someone angry
 To raise fears of
 Exhaust pollution
 Compulsory=obligatoriu
 Foreseeable=previzibil
 To be widely regarded
 Prospect=the possibility that something good might happen in the future
 Spokeperson=a person who is chosen to speak officially for a group or
organization
 Pledge=a serious or formal promise, especially one to give money or to be a
friend, or something that you give as a sign that you will keep a promise
 To do something by its pledges
 Misleading=înșelător
 To compel=a forța
 Compulsive gambler/drunker
 To gamble=to risk money, for example in a game or on a horse race
 To give a compeling speech=a oferi un discurs convingător
 To go back on a promise
 Prominent figure=persoană importantă
 To involve=a presupune
 To concern=to cause worry to someone
 Good prevails over evil.
 Prevalent=mai mult decât
 Protuberant=sticking out (=to be very easy to notice)
  Prominent=very well known and important
 Prevalent=existing very commonly or happening often
 Petulant=easily annoyed and complaining in a rude way like a child
 To overpower=to defeat someone by having great strength or power
 Sole=being only one, single
 To do extensively damage
 In perilous=in danger
 To detain=a reține
 Finding=a piece of information that is discovered during an official examination of
a problem, situation, or object
 To tackle=a aborda
 Expert on
 To baffle=to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain
something
 To come up with something=to suggest or think of an idea or plan
 Verge=the edge or border of something
 Common knowledge=a fact that everyone knows
 To disclaim=to say that you have no responsibility for, or knowledge of,
something thas has happened or been done
 Union=Sindicat
 To hold out something=to offer or consider something as a possibility
 Pride=satisfaction
 On a regular basis
 To challenge the figures=a pune sub semnul întrebării
 Out of proportion=disproporționat
 Out of proportion≠in direct proportion
 To put a strain on your eyes=a suprasolicita
 To put someone at the disposal
 At your disposal=la dispoziția ta
 To be given the award in recognition of

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  To make reference
 Joint=belonging to or shared between two or more people
 Chain=lanț
 Link between=a connection between two people, things or ideas
 Heated (debate)=excited or angry
 Outlandish=strange and unusual and difficult to accept or like/bizarre
 Outspoken=expressing strong opinions very directly without worrying if other
people are offended
 Outlying=far away from main towns and cities, or far from the centre of a place
 Outright=completely or immediately
 To enclose=a include
 To expose=to publicly show that someone or something is bad or dishonest
 Postponement=a delay to an event because someone plans or decides that is
should happen at a later date or time
 To bring something about=to cause something to happen
 Bid=an attempt to achieve or get something
 To clash=to fight or argue
 To hold=to keep someone in a place so that they cannot leave
 To quit=to resign
 (Government) reshuffle=an occasion when the positions of people or things
within a particular group are changed/remaniere
 Toll=suffering, deaths, or damage=>death toll
 To boost=to increase
 To loom=to happen soon and cause worry
 Ordeal=a very unpleasant and painful or difficult experience
 Pit=mine
 To dismiss=to give the boot/sack
 To dismiss=to decide that something or someone is not important and not worth
considering

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  To bear/keep something in mind=to remember a piece of information when you
are making a decision or thinking about a matter
 Recession=a period when the economy of a country is not successful and
conditions for business are bad
 Boat-people=oameni care emigrează
 Blackmind=șantaj
 To stand by someone=to support or to be loyal
 To be due for=to be ready
 To draw up=> gândire + realizare
 Vow=promise