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dreadfully

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extreme

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grim

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very serious or gloomy, unattractive or forbidding

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forbidden

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prohibited, banned, vetoed

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forgery

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counterfeit, falsificate to make fraud

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delved

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reach inside of something and share

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struck: pp of strike

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hit someone

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bruise

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contusion, lesion, injury

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tether

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tie an animal

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cleaver

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tool used by butcher

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prod

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to persuade, to poke something or someone

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gusher

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effusive person//where the oil come out without being pumped

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spew

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expel in large quantities

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bound

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to limit

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avail

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use or take advantage (utilidad)

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thereby

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as a result of that

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allotment

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plot of land rented to someone.// allocated to a particular person

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eager

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strong desire to do or have something. ie he was eager to learn

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tuck

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fold, specially bedclothes, under mattress, child.

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jabbing

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poke roughly

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jeering

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make rude and mocking remarks

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rags

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piece of old clothes

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skillet

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pan

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mumbles

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say something indistinctly

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wag

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move rapidly

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rattling

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very good of its kind

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grit

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small loose particle of sand

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holler

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give a laud shout or cry

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paraphernalia

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equipment needed for a particular activity

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flocks

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number of birds flying together

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eerie

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strange

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drag

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pull with difficulty

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foreman

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man whose labor is supervise others

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weep

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shed tears

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mow

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cutted

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fret

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be constantly or visible anxious

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snuff

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extinguish a candle

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stout

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fat, heavy, thick

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stork

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avestruz

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choppy

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entrecortado

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frakish

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unusual, strange

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slanting

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positioned in a sloping direction

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sprig

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descendant

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blemish

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mark, (blame)

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stealthy

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behaving in a surreptitious or cautious manner

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mangy

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in a poor condition

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rosebud

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unopened flower

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flunk

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to fail at reaching the required standard

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fend

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look after oneself, with no help

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gumption

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iniciative

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faze

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disconcert

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raged

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violent anger

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bleak

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inhospitable

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hems

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restrict the space of movement

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conceal

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hide

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ashtray

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cenicero

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baffle

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bewilder (abrumar) or perplex

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dash

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run in a hurry

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plopped

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small sound dropping into the water

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sob

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cry noisily

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whir

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make a low continuous sounds

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prickly

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irritable

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berate

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criticize

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supper

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evening meal

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squint

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entrecerrar

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spinters

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solterona

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mossy

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mohoso

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jammed

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squeeze or pack tightly

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crouch

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position on knees to defend yourself

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jabber

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talk in rapid, excited and incomprehensible way

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yelp

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short, sharp cry of pain or alarm

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creak

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making sounds when movin. ie stairs creaked

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wreck

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badly damaged or destroyed

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goo

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excessive sentimentally

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smudges

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become smeared when rubbed. ie mascaras that smudges

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fidgets

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small movements of impatience or nervousness

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