◾️◼️ ⬛️ - hush money 💸
◽️◻️ ⬜️ - money laundering 💰

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✳️ - underneath it all
= in reality, actually
~ He might seem unkind, but underneath it all, he's a very caring person.

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🖌🖋🖍 - Reducing time clauses
- ON HEARING the bell ...
= IMMEDIATELY / WHEN they HEARD the bell ...

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💠 - -ing clauses

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◽️◻️ ⬜️ - More than one

◾️◼️ ⬛️ - All but one

Singular or plural? 💀☠️👽

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◽️◻️ ⬜️ - More than one

Singular or plural? 💀☠️👽

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◾️◼️ ⬛️ - All but one

Singular or plural? 💀☠️👽

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⚫️ - powerful - synonyms

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🌕 - formidable /ˈfɔː(r)mɪdəb(ə)l/; /fə(r)ˈmɪdəb(ə)l/ (adj.)

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✳️ - ill-gotten gains

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✴️ - sell someone short

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▶️ - assuage /əˈsweɪdʒ/ (verb) - formal

💰 - money - phrasal verbs 💰💰💰

1️⃣ - pay off
2️⃣ - fork out
3️⃣ - run up
4️⃣ - rip off
5️⃣ - save up
6️⃣ - put aside
7️⃣ - squirrel away

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⚪️ - juncture /ˈdʒʌŋktʃə(r)/ (noun) - formal

~ The talks are at a critical juncture.

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⚫️ - at this juncture /ˈdʒʌŋktʃə(r)/ - spoken formal

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✴️ - undergird /ʌndəˈɡəːd/ (verb)

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✳️ - undergird /ʌndəˈɡəːd/ (verb) - synonyms

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🔘 - undergird /ʌndəˈɡəːd/ (verb)

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