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calamity
a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering
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candidate
a person who is competing to get a job or elected position
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careering
the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life
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category
a type, or a group of things having some features that are the same
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caulking
a substance used for filling in the gaps around the edge of something, for example a bath or shower
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caution
great care and attention
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cease
to stop something
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cemetery
an area of ground in which dead bodies are buried
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chaos
a state of total confusion with no order
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charred
burned and black
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choreographer
the skill of combining movements into dances to be performed
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clemency
kindness when giving a punishment
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coarse
rough and not smooth or soft
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coax
to persuade someone gently to do something or go somewhere, by being kind and patient
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combination
he mixture you get when two or more things are combined
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commence
to begin something
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commit
to do something illegal or something that is considered wrong
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committee
a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information for it
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communicate
to share information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body, or using other signals
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community
the people living in one particular area
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companion
a person you spend a lot of time with often because you are friends or because you are travelling together
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compel
to force someone to do something
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composition
the way that people or things are arranged
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comprehend
to understand something completely
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comrade
a friend, especially one who you have been involved in difficult or dangerous, usually military, activities with
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conceited
too proud of yourself and your actions and abilities
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condemn
to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons
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conferred
to exchange ideas on a particular subject
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confine
to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way
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conscience
the part of you that judges how moral your own actions are and makes you feel guilty about bad things that you have done or things you feel responsible for
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conscious
awake, thinking, and knowing what is happening around you
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conspire
to plan secretly with other people to do something bad, illegal, or against someone's wishes
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contemporary
existing or happening now
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conventional
traditional and ordinary
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coy
keeping something secret
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cultivate
to prepare land and grow crops on it
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Card 2

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a person who is competing to get a job or elected position

Back

candidate

Card 3

Front

the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life

Back

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Card 4

Front

a type, or a group of things having some features that are the same

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

a substance used for filling in the gaps around the edge of something, for example a bath or shower

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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