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/'eksfaɪlz/

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/'eksfaɪlz/

noun - a popular TV show in the 1990s about FBI agents Mulder and Scully investigating strange and supernatural cases

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/'ʃɔ:tkʌt/

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/'ʃɔ:rtkʌt/

noun - a quicker way to get somewhere

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/ˌprezn'teɪʃən/

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/ˌpri:zen'teɪʃən/

noun - a series of slides (Powerpoint etc.) that are used when somebody gives a talk

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/'slaɪd/

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/'slaɪd/

noun - one of the pages in a presentation

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/'wʊli/

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/'wʊli/

adjective, British English - people or their ideas that are vague and not clear

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/laɪk ə bʊl ɪn ə 'tʃaɪnə ˌʃɒp/

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/laɪk ə bʊl ɪn ə 'tʃaɪnə ˌʃɑ:p/

phrase - in a very clumsy way, likely to break things

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/'steɪ/

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/'steɪ/

verb - to remain in a particular state

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/əˌlaɪv ənd 'wel/

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/əˌlaɪv ənd 'wel/

adjective - definitely not dead yet, still very active, still very popular

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/ʌn'kɒnʃəsli/

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/ʌn'kɑ:nʃəsli/

adverb - not knowingly or deliberately

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/ˌself'kɒnʃəsli/

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/ˌself'kɑ:nʃəsli/

adverb - in an embarrassed way, nervously due to being afraid of what others might think

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/ʌn'kɒnʃəs/

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/ʌn'kɑ:nʃəs/

adjective - done unintentionally, without knowing

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/'kɒnʃəsli/

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/'kɑ:nʃəsli/

adverb - in a deliberate way

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/'nɒk/

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/'nɑ:k/

verb - to hit something hard

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/'teɪk/

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/'teɪk/

verb - to accept someone's advice

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/ˌeɪtʃ'ɑ:/

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/ˌeɪtʃ'ɑ:r/

noun - abbreviation for human resources