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to back out v
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to decide not to do sth that you intended to do previously
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backache n
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an ache localised between shoulders and bottom
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to backtrack v
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to turn back; to go back to a previous stage
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to backup v
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to produce duplicate copies of data on different storage media for emergency purposes
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to balance sth against sth else v
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to compare the value of one plan, argument, etc. with that of another
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to be not the only game in town anymore
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a phrase used to indicate that a previously important person, organization, thing or concept has lost its dominating position
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to beget (begat, begotten) v
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to be the cause of sth; to give existence to so/sth (as father)
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behemoth n
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giant
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benchmark n
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sth which can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
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beneficiary n
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someone who gets an advantage out of something
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binder n
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folder or file made of cardboard or plastic
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binding adj
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executed with proper legal authority; "a binding contract"
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blank n
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clean and empty, not written or printed on, containing nothing
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blanket adj
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flat, global, across-the-board
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blueprint n
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technical drawing; in a wider sense something intended as a guide for making sth else
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bold adj
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a font style with thick heavy lines
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bookkeeping n
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the activity of recording (business) transactions
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border n
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a line that indicates a boundary or frame
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to be bound (law) v
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to be obliged to follow a rule or to fulfil an obligation
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branch office n
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subsidiary
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to brand v
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to label as a unique product
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brave adj
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courageous, fearless
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brave new world
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title of a novel by Aldous Huxley, which is famous of its depressingly explicit description of the dangerous symptoms of a totalitarian society, often compared with George Orwell's "1984"
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to bridge v
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to close a gap
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buffer n
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a kind of temporary storage
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bumper (BE) / fender (AE) n
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a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
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bundle n
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package
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bus n
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a common pathway, or channel, between multiple devices (a 16-bit bus transfers two bytes at a time over 16 wires; a 32-bit bus uses 32 wires, etc.)
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business intelligence n
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computer-based techniques used in spotting, digging-out, and analysing business data and their correlations
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to bypass v
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to avoid sth
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