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prevalent
A condition or belief that is prevalent is common.
e.g.: Smoking is becoming increasingly prevalent among younger women.
culprit
When you are talking about a problem or bad situation, you can refer to its cause as the culprit.
smash hit
A smash hit or a smash is a very popular show, play, or song.
e.g.: The show was a smash hit.
finalist
A finalist is someone who reaches the stages of a competition or tournament by doing well or winning in its earlier stages.
e.g.: The twelve finalists will be listed in the Sunday Times.
in one's teens
If you are in your teens, you are between thirteen and nineteen years old.
e.g.: My late teens and early twenties were really rough years.
dyslexia
If someone suffers from dyslexia, they have difficult with reading because of a slight disorder of their brain.
debut
The debut of a performer or sports player is their first public performance, appearance, or recording.
kick off
If an event, game, series, or discussion kick off, or is kicked off, it begins.
e.g.: The shows kick off on October 24th.
militia
A militia is an organization that operates like an army but whose members are not professional soldiers.
dash
If an event or person dashes someone's hopes or expectations, it destroys them by marking it impossible that the thing that is hoped for or expected will ever happen.
empty-handed
If you come away from somewhere empty-handed, you have failed to get what you wanted.
e.g.: Delegates from the warring sides held a new round of peace talks but went away empty-handed.
collateral
Collateral is money or property which is used as a guarantee that someone will repay a loan.
e.g.: Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.
public nuisance
If something or someone is, or causes, a public nuisance, they break the law by harming or annoying members of the public.
taint
If an unpleasant substance taints food or medicine, the food or medicine is spoiled or damaged.
e.g.: Rancid oil will taint the flavor.
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