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self-made

Self-made is used to describe people who have become successful and rich through their own efforts, especially if they started life without money, education, or high social status.      adj   usu ADJ n
He is a self-made man., ...a self-made millionaire.

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made, self, -made, made up

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selfie	n.	self-taken picture	[Slang];[Fam.]
lose it	exp.	go crazy; get angry; lose self-control	E.g.: I will lose it if we keep listening to this song.
make no mistake about it	exp.	phrase meant to emphasize the speaker's self-assurance	syn.: you can bet on it; trust me; you can count on it; I'm telling you...
upcycle	v.	to recycle somethiing and make it into something more upmarket	a necklace made of upcycled plastic bags
clickety-clack	o.	word used to describe the sound made by the wheels of a train	by extension, it can be applied to other rhythmic similar sounds (for example, the sound of a clock or of a typing machine)
bicycle-kick	n.	term used in football when a player makes an acrobatic movement using his legs
workover	n.	work and operations made in drilling for maintaining petroleum or Gas wells effective
to dig	nnpl.	to make a hole in ground, with a spade for example
! mielnik	n.	Makes new purchases everyday keep up to make a new position with many individual connection gainers in the winning economy.
! component	n.	one of several parts that together make up a whole machines, system etc.	A component that is vital for my life is a computer because i use it everyday to do homework and email.
drop a bomb	exp.	make a sensational announcement	[Fig.] E.g.: Today's newspapers dropped a bomb about the President's past.
jerk smb. around	exp.	deliberately make things difficult for someone; sabotage
a bargaining chip	exp.	something used to make someone do what you want	We can use the money as a bargaining chip in the negotiations.
make sthg fly	v.	make something succeed strongly and rapidly
get the wheels turning	v.	launch the process, launch the project, make sure that progress is under way	idiom
beat one's brain out	id.	make a lot of efforts to understand something

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