Flora and fauna (= plants and animals) Fauna

starve somebody/yourself She's starving herself to try to lose weight.

Many of the prisoners looked half starved.

The other way round

1. 
   ​in the opposite position, direction or order
   
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     I think it should go on the other way round.
     
2. 
   ​the opposite situation
   
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     I didn't leave you. It was the other way round (= you left me).
     

Supplement
a thing that is added to something else to improve or complete it

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  vitamin/dietary supplements (= vitamins and other foods eaten in addition to what you usually eat)
  
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  supplement to something Industrial sponsorship is a supplement to government funding.
  

Soluble
​that can be dissolved (= mixed with a liquid until it forms part of that liquid) in a liquid

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  soluble aspirin
  
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  a highly soluble gas
  
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  soluble in something Glucose is soluble in water.
  
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  The disulphate was easily soluble in water.
  

Keep/stay/steer clear (of somebody/something)

1. 
   ​to avoid a person or thing because they may cause problems
   
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     Steer clear of the centre of town at this time of the evening.
     

Beverage

1. 
   ​any type of drink except water
   
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     laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages
     
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     Studies on the consumption of various alcoholic beverages have been conducted.
     

Brake
a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle

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  to put/slam on the brakes
  
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  the brake pedal
  
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  She stopped with a squeal/screech of the brakes.
  

Fast
​a period during which you do not eat food, especially for religious or health reasons

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  to go on a fast
  
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  to break (= end) your fast
  

Gut
the tube in the body through which food passes when it leaves the stomach

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  It can take up to 72 hours for food to pass through the gut.
  
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  I had a terrible pain in my guts after eating too many plums.
  

SYNONYM intestine
Modest= humble
not very large, expensive, important, etc.

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  modest improvements/reforms
  
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  He charged a relatively modest fee.
  
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  She grew up in a modest little house in the suburbs.
  
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  The research was carried out on a modest scale.
  

Evolve
to develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complicated form; to develop something in this way

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