English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

 hear anything of
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James?
B: No, I haven’t heard a thing.
A: And I often wonder what Sanjay ended up doing. 
I’ve lost touch with him too. 
Thinking back, we had some great times, didn’t we?
B: Yeah. Seeing your phone there 
reminds me of how we used to text under our desks, right under 
the teacher’s nose.
A: Yeah, that 
takes me back to
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the day my phone rang when a school inspector was observing our 
class and I got into big trouble.
B: Yes, I have 
a vague memory
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of that. Actually, 
it’s all coming back to me now
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. They confiscated 
your phone and you stormed out of the classroom!
A: Yeah. But I must say that 
what stands out in my mind
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is the amazing freedom we used to have.
B: Me too. When 
I look back, I realise how much things have changed.
A: Yes, I often find myself 
reminiscing about
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my teenage years and wonder if our children will have 
the same happy memories when they grow up.
B: Yes, we all tend to 
look at the past through rose-tinted spectacles
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, don’t we? But I guess a bit of 
nostalgia
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does nobody any harm!
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not knowing what has happened recently
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where he is and what happened to him
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if I remember correctly
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think about the past
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receive any news about
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makes me remember
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not a very clear memory
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I’m beginning to remember it more clearly
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what I remember more than other things (you can 
also say 
sticks out in my mind)
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thinking about pleasant things that happened in
the past
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see only the pleasant things about a situation and 
not notice the things that are unpleasant (you can 
also say