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Mark Austin reports on the five Olympic hopefuls picked by ITV News

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year

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  • noun
  • Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
  • Used to refer to the age of a person

live

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  • adjecitve
  • Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
  • Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
  • Glowing because burning; hot
  • Not yet killed (for food)
  • adverb
  • (Music, drama) as it is performed
  • verb
  • To be alive
  • To experience a particular type of life
  • To make your home in a house or town

how

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  • adjecitve
  • To what degree? in what amount?
  • adverb
  • (Used to explain the way to do something)
  • exclamation
  • For what purpose or reason?
  • (Used to ask someone or something's condition)

happy

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  • adjecitve
  • Feeling pleasure or joy; glad

able

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  • adjecitve
  • Skilled; good at something
  • Having the ability to do something

horse

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  • noun
  • Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
  • Stand or frame used to support something
  • verb
  • To fool around stupidly

than

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  • conjunction
  • Used to compare two things that are not equal

lucky

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  • adjecitve
  • Fortunate; having good things happen by chance

forward

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  • adjecitve
  • Toward what is ahead; in front
  • Acting in a socially aggressive manner; pushy
  • adverb
  • Toward the front in place; in front
  • Toward a future time; to a more advanced state
  • verb
  • To send something to another address or person

won

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  • verb
  • To gain something you want because of your efforts
  • To succeed in a game or contest

other

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  • adjecitve
  • A thing different from that mentioned
  • determiner
  • (Something) else; not the first (one)
  • pronoun
  • Being the one and only thing of that category

one

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  • pronoun
  • You; we; people in general; someone
  • The thing or person previously referred to
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to people generally
  • Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
  • number
  • Number 1

you

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  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general

little

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  • adjecitve
  • Being short in length of time
  • Not great in size, amount, or degree; small
  • Being very young or younger than others
  • adverb
  • By an amount or degree that is not very much
  • Not often; rarely
  • noun
  • A person's name

this

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  • adjecitve
  • Used to indicate something already been discussed
  • Used to indicate something happening around now
  • adverb
  • An indication by a physical motion or gesture
  • A specific amount of
  • determiner
  • Person, thing, or idea near you
  • pronoun
  • Person, thing that has already been discussed

word

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  • noun
  • Unit of language that has a meaning
  • Promise
  • Short remark or piece of information
  • verb
  • To express something by choosing particular words

the

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  • article
  • Used to refer to something already mentioned
  • Used to show there is only one of something
  • determiner
  • Used to describe all of a family

love

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  • noun
  • Person's name
  • A very strong feeling of affection
  • The person you care very deeply about
  • Strong, deep emotional and sexual attraction
  • verb
  • To care for and like someone very strongly, deeply
  • To like doing very much; enjoy greatly
  • To feel a strong emotional and romantic attraction

start

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  • noun
  • First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • First opportunity to achieve something, e.g. a job
  • Sudden action or movement because you are scared
  • other
  • Beginning of something in place or time
  • verb
  • To do, be or happen for the first time; begin
  • To turn something on

well

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  • adjecitve
  • Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
  • Healthy and in good condition
  • adverb
  • In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
  • In a complete, total, or full manner
  • A great and considerable degree
  • In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
  • exclamation
  • Used to begin or continue a particular statement
  • Used to show you want to start saying something
  • Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
  • You say this to change the topic of a conversation
  • Used to indicate you are making a final remark
  • noun
  • Long deep hole in the ground to get water
  • verb
  • To cause your eyes to fill with tears

just

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  • adjecitve
  • Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
  • Doing or being what is right or fair
  • Legally correct; having enough evidence
  • adverb
  • Almost; nearly
  • Exactly at the time of
  • Exactly (the same as, like)

hour

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  • noun
  • 60 minutes
  • Particular time of the day
  • Fixed, regularly occurring time

amazing

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  • adjecitve
  • Surprising in a pleasing way
  • verb
  • To cause wonder; to surprise completely

control

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  • noun
  • A device designed to operate a machine
  • Participant in experiment that is left untouched
  • Act to dominate or command; make manageable
  • A law limiting the growth or spread of something
  • A place which overseas or manages e.g. a factory
  • verb
  • To direct or influence the behavior of something

adams

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time

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  • noun
  • Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
  • Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
  • Occasion when something happens
  • Period or occasion that something occurred
  • Period in history or the past
  • Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
  • How long an event takes; duration
  • verb
  • To check speed at which music is performed
  • To choose a specific moment to do something
  • To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
  • To schedule something to occur at a specific moment

training

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  • noun
  • Act of educating someone to get better at
  • verb
  • To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
  • To educate someone in something, e.g. medicine
  • To cause a plant to grow a certain way by cutting
  • To point a certain way or toward something
  • To practice to get better at a thing, e.g. sports

those

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  • determiner
  • The people or things we are talking about
  • pronoun
  • The objects far from the speaker

myself

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  • pronoun
  • The same person who did the action mentioned
  • My regular, usual, or healthy self

hannah

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never

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  • adverb
  • Not ever; not at any time

competitive

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  • adjecitve
  • Being strongly driven to win or be better than

piece

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  • noun
  • A counter in a board game
  • Small part of something larger
  • verb
  • To put items together to assemble something

begin

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  • verb
  • To do the first part of an action; to start

few

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  • pronoun
  • Not many, a small number

alistair

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definitely

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  • adverb
  • Without question; beyond doubt

fact

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  • noun
  • Something that is known or proved to be true

for

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  • preposition
  • Used to show the purpose, or need of something

eight

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  • number
  • 8

would

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  • other
  • Used to indicate something imagined
  • Used to ask or request something politely
  • Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
  • Used to indicate a preference
  • Used to indicate a reaction
  • Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
  • Used to indicate willingness or ability to do

yet

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  • adverb
  • At a later time (used after ‘not’)
  • (Used to emphasize that thing is, will be greater)
  • Eventually; at a future time
  • Until now; up to the present
  • conjunction
  • Adding to what has been said, often as a contrast

pride

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  • noun
  • Sense of your own importance and worth
  • verb
  • To be proud of something you did

quite

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  • adverb
  • Not very; fairly
  • Very; In a complete or total manner

can

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  • noun
  • A metal container for storing food
  • other
  • Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
  • verb
  • To have permission to
  • To be possible to do
  • To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container

happiness

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  • noun
  • State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction

against

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  • preposition
  • In physical contact with, as for support; next to
  • In opposition to; disagreeing with

brother

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  • noun
  • A boy or man who shares a parent with you

routine

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  • adjecitve
  • Happening or done regularly or habitually
  • Always the same; boring through lack of variety
  • noun
  • Regular or habitual way of behaving or doing
  • Series of actions that make up a performance

medal

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  • noun
  • Metal award, often round, usually for courage

now

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  • adverb
  • At the present time or moment
  • Right away or in the next possible moment
  • Used to refer to something that just happened
  • Time between the present and a moment in the past
  • conjunction
  • Resulting from or because of something

sum

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  • noun
  • Amount when all is added together; total
  • verb
  • To add two or more numbers together; total

really

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  • adverb
  • Used to stress something that is said; definitely
  • In a true or accurate manner
  • Very

survey

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  • noun
  • Broad view or general description of something
  • Act of measuring land or property to make a map
  • Set of questions used to ask people about a topic
  • verb
  • To offer a broad view or general description
  • To measure an area of land to make a map of it
  • To ask people a question about a particular topic

sport

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  • noun
  • Something that is done for fun, e.g. football
  • Game or physical exercise with rules
  • Someone with a good attitude when things go badly
  • verb
  • To do something for fun, e.g. playing with animals
  • To wear, or show something off by wearing it

but

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

life

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  • noun
  • All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • Period of time things live, from birth to death

good

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  • adjecitve
  • Proper, appropriate or right
  • (Of an amount) enough; plenty
  • Excellent; high quality
  • Acting well or properly; of moral character
  • In a positive or happy emotional state
  • noun
  • Advantage or benefit

yorkshire

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  • other
  • A former large county in northern England; in it was divided into three smaller counties

expect

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  • verb
  • To believe something is probably going to happen

final

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  • adjecitve
  • That will not be changed; permanent
  • Being the last thing in a series
  • noun
  • Last game in a series in a competition

not

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  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

dream

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  • noun
  • A wish or hope for something to happen
  • Imagination or image of something you want
  • Images, thoughts, feelings experienced when asleep
  • verb
  • To wish for something to happen
  • To experience thoughts, images while asleep

she

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  • pronoun
  • Female person or animal mentioned before
  • (Refers to female person mentioned before)

practise

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  • verb
  • To work as a doctor or lawyer
  • To do something many times to improve a skill

that

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  • adjecitve
  • The person or thing being talked about
  • Used to identify something both the speakers know
  • adverb
  • Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
  • To such a degree
  • conjunction
  • Used to connect a noun clause
  • Used to introduce an adverbial clause
  • Used to introduce a noun clause
  • determiner
  • Used as a noun to refer to something
  • pronoun
  • Referring an object far away
  • Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’

watch

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  • noun
  • Period of time someone is responsible for guarding
  • Device you wear on your wrist that shows the time
  • Official warning statement, e.g. of bad weather
  • verb
  • To keep in check, manage, or control something
  • To look at something for entertainment, e.g. TV
  • To guard a place or people; protect child, etc.
  • To look at carefully to work out what is happening
  • To protect and care for someone or something

first

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  • adjecitve
  • 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
  • noun
  • Something that has not happened before
  • Position of the winner of a competition

find

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  • noun
  • Object discovered by chance
  • Things that have been discovered from searching
  • verb
  • To become aware of something that is happening
  • To discover or meet by chance
  • To decide if someone is guilty of a crime, or not
  • To learn through study, research, or effort
  • To discover something by looking for it

happen

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  • verb
  • To take place or occur

bunch

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  • noun
  • A group of things of the same kind
  • verb
  • To group people or things closely together
  • (Cloth) to gather/be gathered together in folds

even

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in influence, power, possibility etc.
  • Being divided equally or fairly
  • (Of teams/contest) with similar chances of success
  • Smooth, level, or regular
  • Can be divided by 2; ending in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0
  • At a regular, equally steady manner
  • Remaining steady and unchanging
  • adverb
  • (When this is surprising) as well; too
  • (Used to compare two things/stress the difference)
  • verb
  • To make something level; to flatten
  • To make something equal

sink

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  • noun
  • Large bowl in a kitchen or washroom for washing
  • verb
  • To push something down into the ground
  • To dig (a well)
  • To move down toward a lower point
  • To decrease in value or amount

like

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in status or kind to something else
  • Similar; the same
  • adverb
  • For example
  • preposition
  • Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
  • In a way similar to the way something is done
  • Such as; for example
  • verb
  • To want to
  • To find something pleasing; to prefer something

win

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  • noun
  • Success in beating the other team or competitors
  • Success in a game or contest
  • verb
  • To get something as a prize because of a success
  • To gain something you want because of your efforts
  • To succeed in a game or contest

silver

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  • adjecitve
  • Being the shiny gray color of mercury
  • noun
  • Person's name
  • Shiny gray color
  • Near white color metal with high value
  • Objects made from silver, such as dishes, forks
  • verb
  • To coat something with a layer of silver
  • To polish silver objects to make them shine

house

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  • noun
  • Place where a specific activity or business occurs
  • Building in which a family, person lives
  • verb
  • To give someone a place to live
  • To contain or store something

get

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  • verb
  • To become affected by illness or disease
  • To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
  • To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
  • To go somewhere to obtain something
  • To (cause to) do a particular thing
  • To obtain, receive or be given something
  • To currently have
  • To prepare for use
  • To understand something being said or read

what

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  • pronoun
  • Thing or things that; the same kind as
  • Used to emphasize something you are about to say
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
  • Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
  • adverb
  • To a certain degree
  • determiner
  • Question words used for asking for information
  • exclamation
  • Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
  • Used to ask people to repeat something they said

right

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  • adjecitve
  • Correct or true
  • The south side of you looking at the rising sun
  • adverb
  • Exactly in a place or time
  • Being appropriate for a particular event
  • In a straight or direct manner
  • noun
  • Something you are legally or morally allowed to do
  • Ideal of what is just and good
  • Political view based on conservatism
  • verb
  • To fix something previously wrong or unjust
  • To make upright, as a boat that has turned over

people

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  • noun
  • Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • Men, Women, Children

family

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  • noun
  • Close group of people or organizations
  • A group of people who are related through blood
  • Group of related plants or animals

superstar

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  • noun
  • Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

pool

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  • noun
  • Amount collected, e.g. money, for some purpose
  • Small body of still water
  • Game of hitting balls on a table with long sticks
  • Small area of water for swimming bound by walls
  • verb
  • (Of a liquid) to collect into a small area
  • To make a collection of (resources, money etc.)

down

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  • adjecitve
  • Being sad, sick, or unhappy
  • Not operating, working, or functioning as expected
  • adverb
  • In a sitting or lying position
  • Towards or on the ground, floor, or bottom
  • Written or copied onto a piece of paper or book
  • noun
  • A period of play in American Football
  • The soft, smooth hairs that cover a bird's body
  • preposition
  • Along something's path, course, or direction
  • Going from a higher position to a lower position
  • verb
  • To eat or drink very quickly and without stopping

then

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  • adverb
  • A time that is not now
  • Following another thing in time or arrangement
  • Following on reasonably from what was just stated
  • At that time, not now

quiet

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  • adjecitve
  • Hidden, or done in a private way
  • Not loud; making very little sound
  • verb
  • To cause to become calmer or less loud

tell

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  • verb
  • To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • To be able to guess
  • To say or communicate information to someone
  • To inform, but without speaking; indicate
  • To have a negative effect on someone
  • To order someone to do something; command
  • To recognize something based on certain signs
  • To report something to an authority
  • To explain something or teach someone something

week

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  • noun
  • Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday

yeah

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  • exclamation
  • Another way of saying 'yes'

miley

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city

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  • noun
  • Area with many buildings, roads and people

from

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US / frəm /

UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /

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  • preposition
  • Starting at a particular place, time or level

bike

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  • noun
  • 2-wheeled vehicle ridden by pushing on foot pedals
  • verb
  • To ride a bicycle or motorbike

clean

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US / kli:n /

UK / klin /

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  • adjecitve
  • Not marked in any way; blank
  • Done according to the rules or standards; fair
  • Free from disease or sickness
  • Being free from dirt or marks; washed
  • Behaving well; not breaking any rules; legal
  • adverb
  • Completely; entirely
  • verb
  • To make free from dirt or marks; washed
  • To make neat and orderly e.g. a room
  • To remove the inner parts of an animal

think

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  • verb
  • To have an idea about something without certainty
  • To have an idea, opinion or belief about something

chuff

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  • Noising puffing or explosive sound

satisfaction

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US / ˌsætɪs'fækʃn /

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  • Happy feeling because of something that you did
  • Providing enough to make someone happy

olympic

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  • adjecitve
  • Of or relating to the Olympic Games

come

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US / kʌm /

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  • verb
  • To arrive at a place
  • (Of mail) to be delivered
  • To move toward someone; go with someone
  • To reach a certain point or state

lot

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  • What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • A group of people seen together
  • Item for sale at an auction
  • Small area of land used for a purpose e.g. parking

relief

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US / rɪˈli:f /

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  • noun
  • Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
  • Artwork, e.g. part of wall, that partly sticks out
  • People who replace other workers and their duties
  • Release from worry, stress or tension

call

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US / kɔ:l /

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  • noun
  • A order or request for action
  • The sound an animal makes, often when in danger
  • A correct prediction, e.g. a decision in a game
  • A short visit to a place or person
  • A decision by a referee or umpire in a game
  • verb
  • To make a request or order for action
  • (Animal) to make sounds to warn of danger
  • To announce the date of an election
  • To make a judgment about something
  • To give someone or something a name
  • To guess in advance the result or outcome
  • To visit a place or person for a short time
  • To phone someone
  • To speak, announce or shout in a loud voice

certainly

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US / ˈsə:tnli /

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  • adverb
  • Sure; of course

kid

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US / kɪd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Made from young goat skin
  • noun
  • Child or young person
  • Young goat
  • verb
  • To make fun of someone in a gentle way; to tease

train

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  • noun
  • Line of people, animals moving the same direction
  • Vehicle that carries people and runs on rails
  • Long rear section of a (e.g. wedding) dress
  • Series of events happening one after another
  • verb
  • To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
  • To educate someone in something, e.g. medicine
  • To cause a plant to grow a certain way by cutting
  • To point a certain way or toward something
  • To practice to get better at a thing, e.g. sports

arrive

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US / əˈraɪv /

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  • verb
  • To reach the place you are traveling to

and

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US / ənd /

UK / ənd, ən,ænd /

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  • conjunction
  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another

mess

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US / mes /

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  • noun
  • Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
  • verb
  • To make something untidy or dirty

laura

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most

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  • adverb
  • Very; extremely
  • Greatest possible degree
  • pronoun
  • Nearly all of something

sometimes

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US / ˈsʌmtaɪmz /

UK / ˈsʌmˌtaɪmz /

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  • adverb
  • Only at certain times; occasionally

olympics

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UK / oʊ'lɪmpɪks /

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  • other
  • The Olympic Games

local

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US / ˈləʊkl /

UK / ˈloʊkl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Relating to a particular area, city, or town
  • noun
  • Bus or train, that stops at most stations
  • People who live in the area being discussed
  • The pub you most frequently go to

meet

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US / mi:t /

UK / mit /

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  • noun
  • Sporting competition e.g. swimming
  • verb
  • To provide something that is necessary
  • To come together at a certain time or place

mad

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UK / mæd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Very angry
  • Enthusiastic about something
  • Being or acting wildly and uncontrollably

two

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US / tu: /

UK / tu /

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  • number
  • 2

out

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  • adverb
  • No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
  • Away from home, business, or the usual place
  • In a direction/movement away from inside or center
  • noun
  • Act when a batter cannot continue playing
  • verb
  • To tell people a secret

something

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US / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

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  • adverb
  • In some degree or measure
  • noun
  • a person or thing of some value or consequence
  • pronoun
  • Thing that is not yet known or named
  • Approximately

where

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US / hwɛə /

UK / hwɛr, wɛr /

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  • conjunction
  • At or in the place which
  • In whatever place
  • pronoun
  • Word you use to ask the location of something

game

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US / ɡeɪm /

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  • noun
  • Activity with rules that people play to have fun
  • Birds and animals people hunt to kill and eat
  • Match between two teams

velodrome

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UK / ˈvelədroʊm /

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  • noun
  • Banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing

consider

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US / kən'sɪdə(r) /

UK / kənˈsɪdər /

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  • verb
  • To think carefully about something

imagine

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UK / ɪˈmædʒɪn /

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  • verb
  • To think creatively about; form mental picture of

day

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UK / de /

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  • noun
  • A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
  • The period of time when it is light outside
  • Person's name

bronze

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UK / brɑ:nz /

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  • noun
  • Having a yellowish olive-brown color
  • Alloy of tin and copper with a dark tan color

team

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UK / tim /

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  • noun
  • Group of people working on a task together
  • Group of people playing a sport together

actually

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UK / ˈæktʃuəli /

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  • adverb
  • Used to add new (often different) information

normal

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  • adjecitve
  • Standard or regular way of doing something
  • Having standard mental or physical ability, health

race

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UK / res /

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  • noun
  • Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
  • People who share physical features or culture
  • verb
  • To take part in a running or swimming competition
  • To move or go at a very fast pace
  • To take someone, something to a place very quickly

obviously

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  • adverb
  • In a way that is obvious/easy to see or understand

sure

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UK / ʃʊr /

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  • adjecitve
  • Having no doubts about something
  • Have confidence in your own words or actions
  • Firmly established or held; being firm or stable
  • Being correct or true
  • adverb
  • What you say to agree willingly

here

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UK / hɪr /

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  • adverb
  • In this place; at this location, position or time

overcome

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US / ˌəʊvə'kʌm /

UK / ˌovɚˈkʌm /

A2
  • verb
  • To succeed in a struggle against; defeat

probably

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US / ˈprɒbəbli /

UK / ˈprɑbəbli /

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  • adverb
  • That is likely to happen or be true

after

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US / 'ɑ:ftə(r) /

UK / ˈæftɚ /

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  • adverb
  • Later than another time, or behind something
  • conjunction
  • Following something before
  • preposition
  • When an event happened or time has passed

massive

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US / ˈmæsɪv /

UK / ˈmæsɪv /

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  • adjecitve
  • Very big; large; too big

try

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UK / traɪ /

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  • noun
  • Act of putting the ball over the rugby goal line
  • verb
  • To make an effort, to attempt to do something
  • To examine someone or something in a court of law
  • To test to see if it is good or you like it
  • To make a person go through hardship; test
  • To examine something to see if it works

exactly

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US / ɪgˈzæktli /

UK / ɪɡˈzæktli /

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  • adverb
  • No more and no less than; precisely

feel

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US / fi:l /

UK / fil /

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  • verb
  • To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • To sense through direct contact; touch

cycling

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US / 'saɪklɪŋ /

UK / 'saɪklɪŋ /

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  • noun
  • Act of riding a bicycle
  • verb
  • To go through a series of events repeatedly
  • To ride on a bicycle

performance

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US / pə'fɔ:məns /

UK / pɚˈfɔrməns /

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  • noun
  • Act of doing something
  • Activity done to entertain an audience

true

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UK / tru: /

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  • adjecitve
  • Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual

many

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  • determiner
  • Used to refer a large number of things

aged

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US / eɪdʒd /

UK / ˈedʒɪd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Very old; got older
  • noun
  • Older people in general
  • verb
  • To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
  • To get older

look

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  • noun
  • Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
  • The way someone, something appears to be
  • Act of searching for or examining something
  • verb
  • To appear to be; seem

all

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US / ɔ:l /

UK / ɔl /

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  • adverb
  • Completely; totally
  • determiner
  • Being every one of something
  • pronoun
  • 100% of something; the complete amount

stake

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  • noun
  • Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
  • Money bet in a game that can be won or lost
  • The share you have in a company
  • Post stuck in the ground you can tie things to
  • verb
  • To bet or wager on an outcome
  • To risk something important by taking a risk

who

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US / hu: /

UK / hu /

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  • pronoun
  • Which person
  • Used to introduce information about people

top

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US / tɒp /

UK / tɑp /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being good or great; excellent
  • Being the most in degree or quality
  • noun
  • Item of clothing covering shoulders to waist, hips
  • A cover or lid
  • Part (e.g. road) that is the furthest away
  • Highest or upper part or point of something
  • Best or highest status or position
  • Flat upper surface or edge of an object
  • Child's toy that spins on its point
  • Upper section or leaves of fruits and vegetables
  • Winning in a sport or contest
  • verb
  • To be higher or larger than a specific value
  • To arrive at the highest point of something
  • To put a cover or layer or over something
  • To kill; murder
  • To hold the highest position on a list
  • To be more important, successful or better than
  • To beat someone or win at a game

pay

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  • noun
  • Money you receive from your job, work, etc.
  • verb
  • To give money for goods or work done
  • To give (attention, respect, etc.) to
  • To be punished or suffer for something you did
  • To make (a visit) to a person or place

old

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  • adjecitve
  • Having existed for a long time, not young or new
  • Age of a person since birth

everything

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  • pronoun
  • All of the things mentioned

bit

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  • noun
  • Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • Small piece of something
  • verb
  • (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught

take

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US / teɪk /

UK / tek /

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  • noun
  • Filming of a single scene for TV or the movies
  • verb
  • To accept something that is offered
  • To use a method of traveling, e.g. a bus or train
  • To use a camera to make (a photo)
  • To pick up something and go away with it
  • To study a subject in school
  • To attempt to pass (an exam)
  • To require a certain amount of time, money, space

nicola

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show

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  • noun
  • False display of love, emotion or action
  • An event for displaying or promoting goods
  • Play, opera or theater production
  • Presentation that is broadcast on TV or radio
  • verb
  • To be easily seen or displayed
  • To display your emotions or feelings
  • To let someone see something; display
  • To explain or teach how something is done
  • To lead someone somewhere; point them to something
  • To prove something to be true, correct
  • To reveal or allow something to be seen

move

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  • noun
  • Act of moving a playing piece in chess, etc.
  • An action; doing something
  • Step taken to achieve a goal
  • verb
  • To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • To cause something to change to a different place
  • To change where people live or a business operates
  • To take action to do or achieve something

believe

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US / bɪ'li:v /

UK / bɪˈliv /

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  • verb
  • To think or accept that something is true
  • To have a particular opinion about something

their

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US / ðɛː /

UK / ðer /

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to them

strange

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  • adjecitve
  • Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected

reflect

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US / rɪ'flekt /

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  • verb
  • To indicate or be a sign of something
  • To bounce back light, heat, sound from a surface
  • To show an image in glass, water, a mirror etc.
  • To think of something seriously and carefully

they

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US / ðeɪ /

UK / ðe /

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  • pronoun
  • Two or more people, animals, or things

result

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US / rɪ'zʌlt /

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  • noun
  • Something produced through tests or experiments
  • Final score of a competition, election or game
  • verb
  • To be the outcome of other causes and effects

swimming

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US / ˈswɪmɪŋ /

UK / ˈswɪmɪŋ /

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  • noun
  • The act of moving through water
  • verb
  • To move through water by moving parts of the body

nice

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  • adjecitve
  • Being attractive or of high quality or value
  • Good or enjoyable
  • Being kind or friendly

dale

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US / deɪl /

UK / del /

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  • noun
  • Area of low land between hills or mountains
  • Person's name

gold

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US / gəʊld /

UK / goʊld /

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  • noun
  • Soft yellow metal that is very valuable
  • Person's name
  • adjecitve
  • Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets

beijing

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US / /

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  • proper noun
  • The capital of China, in the northeast of the country; population 8,580,400 (est. 2006). Beijing bec

away

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US / ə'weɪ /

UK / əˈwe /

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  • adjecitve
  • Not present
  • adverb
  • Disappear completely
  • Doing something with a lot of energy
  • Not here; far from here; in a different direction
  • To a different area, location

his

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US / hɪz /

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  • pronoun
  • Something belonging to a male person

end

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  • noun
  • The point where a process or activity stops
  • A point that marks the limit of something; finish
  • Goal or desired result
  • The tip, edge or limit of something
  • verb
  • To be the last part of something

competitor

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UK / kəmˈpɛtɪtɚ /

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  • noun
  • Someone taking part in race, business, etc.

world

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US / wɜ:ld /

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  • noun
  • All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • Political division due to some kind of similarity

emotion

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  • noun
  • A feeling such as sadness, anger or love

with

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  • preposition
  • As an employee of a certain company
  • Against something or someone
  • By using something as a means
  • Due to; because of
  • Including
  • Possessing as a feature
  • Related to
  • (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
  • Used to express that people or things are together

elation

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US / iˈleɪʃn /

UK / ɪˈleʃən /

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  • noun
  • Feeling of great joy or happiness

lewis

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  • noun
  • A steel device for gripping heavy blocks of stone or concrete for lifting, consisting of three piece

foot

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  • noun
  • Base of something such as a mountain or vase
  • Length of 12 inches or about 25 cm
  • Lowest part of the leg we use to stand on

organize

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US / ˈɔ:gənaɪz /

UK / ˈɔ:rgənaɪz /

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  • verb
  • To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party

could

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  • other
  • Past form of 'can' to mean have ability
  • Used to ask for something politely, or to offer

brutally

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US / 'bru:təlɪ /

UK / ˈbrutl:ɪ /

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  • adverb
  • In a very violent or mean way

have

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US / həv /

UK / hæv /

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  • verb
  • To drink, smoke, eat or use something
  • To experience the effects of something
  • To organize an event, or join in an activity
  • To own, possess, or hold something
  • To cause to happen or produce a particular effect

gather

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  • noun
  • Fold in cloth, as in a full skirt
  • verb
  • To bring objects together into one place
  • (Of liquids) To come to a head, as in boil
  • To collect foods such as wild berries or crops
  • To increase or accumulate
  • To bring people, animals together into a group
  • To activate strength, courage to prepare for task
  • To understand or believe some information

obstacle

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US / ˈɒbstəkl /

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  • noun
  • Object that blocks a path or course

smith

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  • noun
  • Someone who works hot metal to make things
  • Someone who works hot metal by hammering it
  • other
  • Religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in
  • Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in )
  • Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade
  • Someone who works at something specified

before

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  • adverb
  • At a time earlier than the present; previously
  • conjunction
  • In advance of something happening
  • preposition
  • In front of someone or something

know

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US / nəʊ /

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  • verb
  • To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • To feel sure or be convinced about something
  • To discover or be aware of something
  • To be able to distinguish
  • To have knowledge of things
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  • It was in the Yorkshire Dales where I watched the Brownlee brothers train before the Games and the 35 hours a week on foot, on bike and in the pool certainly paid off.
  • When I found them after their win, they were on top of the world, surveying the city of the Games and reflecting on their triumph.
  • It's a strange bunch of emotions, there's relief in there, happiness, elation, satisfaction, pride, but it's like I've never been there before, I don't quite know what to feel and it's definitely not sinking in yet.
  • And what are you looking forward to most of all?
  • I gather you're looking forward to getting away from moving house?
  • I've just bought a house and so I've moved away from Alastair, so I'm looking forward to having a nice, clean, organised house.
  • I'm just looking forward to a normal life.
  • He's a bit of a mess is he?
  • Oh he is a bit of a mess sometimes, yeah.
  • Before the Games, Laura Trott took me to her local velodrome where it all began when she was eight.
  • Because I won my first race here.
  • Now she has two golds and has arrived as a cycling superstar.
  • It's massive, I can't even sum it up in words, I really can't and I'm not even sure it's sunk in yet.
  • This morning when I woke up I was thinking, has this actually happened to me?
  • I'm just a little 20 year old just trying to do what I do and I don't know, it's just mad.
  • I love it because obviously it's my best piece.
  • For Lewis Smith, the Olympics all came down to the performance of his life on the pommel horse, a high stakes routine he'd practised for years.
  • Now, silver and bronze to show for it and a quiet satisfaction.
  • I've been training 19 years in the sport and for it all to come together at the right time and end up with a bronze and silver medal at the London Olympics, it's just amazing.
  • Was it everything you imagined it would be at London Olympics?
  • Everything and more.
  • The fact that the team did so well, we had one mistake out of 18 routines, it's just, those things don't happen.
  • Hannah Miley and her family showed me the local pool where she started swimming aged 8 and where she still trains now.
  • For her, two finals but no medals in a brutally competitive Olympics.
  • Considering the times and the competitors I was up against, it was probably one of the best races I could have done so I've been really, really happy with how it's gone.
  • I know not many people thought it was the result that I was expected to get but at the end of the day you can't really control what other people do and for me, I was just really chuffed that I was able to come away with a lot better performance than what I did in Beijing.
  • And then there was the boxer they call Babyface.
  • When I met her in Sheffield, Nicola Adams told me that it was her dream to win Olympic gold.
  • Well, Olympic gold is exactly what she's got.
  • It's definitely a fairytale ending isn't it?
  • It's something you dream of as a kid and you never believe it's going to come true.
  • I'm just so proud of myself that I've been able to overcome all obstacles and get in there and do it and get the gold.
  • Nicola Adams, one of the lucky few who had the dream and who are now living it.