Learning English

Session 1 - News Review

plagiarise
use the words or ideas of someone else and pretend they are your own

rip off
steal something or copy something

a rip-off
something that is not worth the price OR something which is a copy of something else

bear a striking similarity
to have a very strong similarity

Session 3 - Lingohack

candidate
person who applies for a job or a post

damning
very critical

trend
general development in a situation

Session 4 - The Rue Morgue: 8 uses of 'run'

make your blood run cold (C2)
make you feel very scared

run (A1)
move fast by taking steps that are much quicker than walking

running (B2)
flowing

run up against (something) (C2)
start to experience a problem

runs through (C2)
thinks about

running through (his head) (C2)
thinking about

run the risk of (C2)
do something that might cause something bad to happen

runs away (B2)
escapes; leaves somewhere quickly and/or secretly

runs after (B1)
chased