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14/10 Flashcards

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having or displaying a violent or ferocious aggressiveness

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Fierce

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having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet / feeling or showing anger, hurt, or resentment because of bad experiences or a sense of unjust treatment

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Bitter / bitterly

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2
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fall or drop straight down at high speed

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Plummet

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Phrasal Verb: to raise

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To bring someone up

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Phrasal Verb: endure / stand

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Put up with

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5
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Phrasal Verb: unexpectedly visit

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To drop in

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Phrasal Verb: to give accommodation

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To put someone up

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Phrasal Verb: to die

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To pass away

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Phrasal Verb: to respect / admire

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To look up to

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Phrasal Verb: vomit

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To throw up

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Phrasal Verb: to renovate

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To do sth up

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Phrasal Verb: to postpone

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To put off

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Phrasal Verb: to have a serious disagreement and stop being friends

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To fall out with someone

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13
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Phrasal Verb: become unconscious

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To passed out

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Phrasal Verb: to reconcile

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To make up with someone

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Phrasal Verb: to cancel

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To call off / call sth off

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Phrasal Verb: to learn without studying

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To pick up sth

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  1. a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed:

■ the line or edge formed where the two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top.

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Ridge

the North-East ridge of Everest.

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18
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sharpen with a whetstone.

■ make sharper or more focused or efficient:

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To hone

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19
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Out of control

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Out of hand

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  1. [attrib.] nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis):
  2. (especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so:
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Sheer

  • she giggled with sheer delight
  • it’s been sheer hard work.
  • the sheer ice walls.
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Top of a mountain

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Summit

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a member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet, renowned for their skill in mountaineering.

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Sherpas

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make determined efforts to deal with (a problem or difficult task

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To tackle

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24
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either side of the face below the eye

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Cheeks

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active and energetic

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Brisk / briskly

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stylishly luxurious and expensive

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Swanky

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  1. the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.
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Façade

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fail to care for properly / not pay proper attention to; disregard

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Neglect

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look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something

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To peer

30
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the floor of a fireplace

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Hearth

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having a full rounded shape

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Plump

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pleasing or liked on account of having qualities or interests that are similar to one’s own

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Congenial

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Repolho

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Cabbage

34
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Ameixa

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Plum

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aggressively greedy or grasping

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Rapacious

36
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having an excessive desire or appetite for food / having or showing an intense and selfish desire for wealth or power

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Greedy

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strange; odd

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Queer

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  1. a strip of wood or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room.
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Threshold

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  1. a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young.
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Nest

40
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eccentric or slightly mad

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Dotty

41
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resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction

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Ernest / earnestly

42
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give out steady light without flame / to be shine

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To glow / glowing

43
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emit a long, deep audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or similar

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To sigh

44
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delicately small and pretty

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Dainty

45
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stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave

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To linger

46
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touch quickly and gently with the flat of the hand

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To pat / patted

47
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the upper or outer edge of an object, typically something circular or approximately circular

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Rim

48
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a smell that is only smelt briefly or faintly

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To catch a whiff

49
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preserved in vinegar or brine

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Pickled

50
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slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face

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A wrinkle

51
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small amount of something

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A trifle

52
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small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something

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A blemish

53
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be indecisive

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To dither / dithering (thinking)

54
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smile broadly

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Grin

55
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prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger

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Wail / wailed

56
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a short, sharp cry, especially of pain or alarm

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Yelp

57
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look or gaze in a lascivious or unpleasant way

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To leer

58
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diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength

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Dwindle / dwindling

59
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hold the complete attention of (someone) as though by magic; fascinate

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Spellbind / spellbinding

60
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capture the complete attention of (someone); transfix

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Mesmerize / mesmerizing

61
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extremely impressive or daunting / spectacular

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Awesome

62
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Too much romantic

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Cheesy

63
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lacking interest or excitement

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Dull

64
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Loads of sth

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Heaps of sth / shitloads of sth

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