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| Block out a thought | To try not to think about something. |
| Channel one’s efforts into something | To attempt to do one thing rather than a wider range of things, to concentrate on sth |
| Foresight | The ability to see what is likely to happen in the future and to take appropriate action |
| Diplomacy | The skill of being careful to say or do things that will not offend people |
| Persuasion | The ability to make somebody believe that something is true |
| Team spirit | The feeling of pride and loyalty that exists among the members of a team and makes them want their team to do well or be the best |
| Set a goal | To decide on what one hopes to achieve |
| Pursue a goal | To make efforts to achieve something, often over a long period of time |
| Gut instinct | A feeling based on emotion rather than reason |
| Push beyond one’s limits | To try to do something new or difficult, something that requires effort |
| Interpret | To decide on what the meaning or significance of something is |
| Javelin | A long spear used in sports competitions |
| Claw one’s way | To move somewhere with great difficulty, trying desperately to find things to hold on to |
| Be in contention for something | To have a chance of winning something |
| Potential | Likely, possible |
| To become automatic | Become second nature |
| To solve the most difficult part of a task | Break the back of something |
| To work to the point of exhaustion, early in the morning and late at night | Burn the candle at both ends |
| Channel one´s efforts | To attempt to do one thing rather than a wider range of things, to concentrate on sth |
| Charisma | Ability to attract, influence and inspire people by one’s personal qualities |
| Claw back | To get back (something) with difficulty |
| Contented | Satisfied with things as they are |
| Delegate | To authorize and send (another person) as one's representative |
| Detrimental | Having a harmful or damaging effect on sth |
| Dip | A sharp downward course; a drop |
| Disillusioned | Disappointed with something that did not meet one’s expectations |
| Displeased | Annoyed or angered about something |
| External | Outer circumstances |
| Doing the legwork | Doing the physical work. |
| Elimination | Eradication |
| From rags to riches | Going from very poor to very rich. |
| Get / earn a salary | Receive money for your work |
| Affluent | Prosperous, wealthy |
| As long as they are prepared to really stretch themselves | On the condition that people are ready to work hard. |
| Beaming | Smiling happily. |
| Become a little wearing | Mentally or physically tiring. |
| Carried off | Won unexpectedly |
| Carry on | Continue |
| Carry out | Accomplish |
| Carry over: spread | Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time |
| Live up to something | To prove equal to, to carry out. to achieve what is expected. |
| Leave no stone unturned | Try every possible course of action in order to achieve something. |
| Internal | Inner circumstances |
| (In)surmountable | (in)capable of being overcome; (in)superable |
| Incompatible | So different in nature as to be incapable of coexisting. |
| A high-achiever | Those people who achieve a goal. In school, it would be a student who gets high marks, good grades. They do the work that is required and do it well. |
| Get sidetracked | To delay the progress of something by causing people to waste time on something else that is unimportant |
| Fraction | A tiny amount or proportion of something |
| Foresight | The ability to see what is likely to happen in the future and to take appropriate action |
| Inch your way towards (something) | To move or cause to move slowly or by small degrees |
| Get / gain control of a situation | Secure your position |
| Get / gain / earn a reputation | Become recognised by a certain characteristic or ability |
| Get / gain / earn some body respect | Become esteemed, highly regarded. |
| Get / gain / earn /win a title | Receive a descriptive or distinguishing name |
| Get / gain experience | Form an understanding of |
| Fraction | Producing wealth; profitable |
| Nerver-acking | Phrase which describes something that makes you extremely nervous. |
| Niggling | Causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety. |
| On the spur of the moment | Suddenly; without previous planning |
| Permutation | One of the ways in which a number of things can be ordered or arranged |
| Plug away at something | To keep trying very hard to do something even though it is difficult |
| Query = inquiry | A question, especially one expressing doubt or requesting information. |
| Resilient | (of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. |
| Ruthlessness | Being very harsh or cruel |
| Skipper | A captain of a ship or boat |
| Get / gain the advantage over | Achieve a better position |
| Get / gain / win / earn a promotion | Receive a better salary or position |
| Get / gain / win / earn the right to do / have sth | Be permitted to do / have sth |
| The going was rough | It was not easy. |
| Incivility | Incivility |
| Take something by storm | To suddenly be very successful in a particular place or with a particular group of people |
| Through thick and thin | In good times and bad |
| To boost your confidence | To increase your confidence |
| To seize | Take hold of; grab |
| To tackle | To undertake to handle, master, solve; to deal with (a person) on some problem, issue, etc. |
| Undeterred | Not discouraged or dissuaded. |
| Unfazed | Not worried, bothered |
| War-torn | Racked or devastated by war. |
| Well-rounded | Comprehensively developed and well-balanced in a range or variety of aspects |
| Work wonders | Do a lot of good for something |
| Ingrates | Ungrateful people. |
| Keeping up with the Joneses | Competing with those around them. |
| Keep on top of things | Control the goings-on |
| The lack of cohesion between the reality and the message | In reality he did not do it that way himself. |
| Massively | Massively |
| Need a helping hand | To require assistance/support. |
| To combat | Take action to reduce or prevent (something bad or undesirable) |
| To retrain | Teach sb / learn new skills to enable them to do a different job. |
| Glean | Obtain (information) from various sources, often with difficulty |
| Truancy | The practice of children staying away from school without permission |
| Lay off | Not to employ any longer, usually when there is not enough work to do |
| Pressing | (adj) = (of a problem) that needs to be dealt with immediately |
| Anonymity | Keeping one’s identity secret from others |
| Hooligan | A young person who behaves in a noisy and violent way in a public place |
| Surveillance | The careful watching of sb by the police or army |
| Trafficmaster | An advanced traveller information system which uses sensors and cameras to record changes in speed, number plates |