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1
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conferred

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to discuss a subject / meaning that has been given (conferred)

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precint

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area within the walls

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jolt

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to push or shake abruptly

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the noose

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death by hanging

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solace

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comfort or consolation in a time of great distress or sadness

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fidget

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quick, small movements cause by impatience or nervousness

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breakthrough

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sudden, dramatic and important discovery or development

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tipped

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attached or cover the end or extremity of something (mountains tipped with snow)

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distraught

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very worried and upset, shattered

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burial

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funeral

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bounty

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sum paid to kill someone/capture someone

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remnant

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part left when the grater one has been used alredy

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outwit

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outsmart, defeat or get the better of (someone) by being clever or cunning.

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deceive

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make someone to believe in something that is not true, typically to gain advantage// give a mistaken impression

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hoard

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store of money or valued objects/information. ie hoard of information, hoard of gold

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manure

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compost, artificial fertilize

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distress

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extreme anxiety, sorrow or pain//difficulty caused by money

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stick-up

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armed robbery with a gun

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ragged

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old and torn

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cattle

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cow//ox

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getaway

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short holiday or weekend// an escape or quick departure

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toile

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type of fabric

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lush

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very rich and providing great sensory

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hollow

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empty//having a hole// w. no value

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herds

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large amount of animals that are kept together

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aglow

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glowing

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deem

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to consider. ie it was deemed a great success

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dehorn

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remove horns

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undergoing

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experience or be subject to something (typically unpleasant)

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uncanny

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strange or mysterious

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dandified

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excessive concern, elaboration

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furnace

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enclose where materials can be heat a high temperatures

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unmoored

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insecure, confused, not longer attached

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realm

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a kingdom, domain, sphere, area

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stocked

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excited or euphoric

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congruities

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congruencias

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dynamo

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potencia

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jeopardize

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poner en riesgo

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yeast

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levadura

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dormant

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inactivo, latente

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sprawl

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to sprawl is to lie, with arms and legs spread//urban sprawl is an unrestricted growth

42
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unlivable

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uninhabitable//not able to be lived in

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heed

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pay attention to. take notice of

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yield

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produce. provide// surrender

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dealt

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pp deal

46
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disguise

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conceal one’s appearance, give another appearance

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amused

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entretenido

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Flank

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be on each or one side of

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relentless

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strict, persistent

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diminish

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make or become less

51
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bond

A

join or be joined securely to something else, especially by means of an adhesive substance, heat, or pressure.
“press the material to bond the layers together”

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fixate

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cause (someone) to acquire an obsessive attachment to someone or something.
“she has for some time been fixated on photography”

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airing

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a public expression of an opinion or subject.

“these are ideas I feel might be worth an airing

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reluctance

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unwillingness or disinclination to do something.

“she sensed his reluctance to continue”

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skewer

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a long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food, typically meat, together during cooking. can be use as a verb “to skewer” the meat

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grapple

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engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; wrestle.
“passersby grappled with the man after the knife attack”. ie. wrestle, tussle

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pored

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be absorbed in the reading or study of.

“Heather spent hours poring over cookbooks”

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rumble

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make a continuous deep, resonant sound.

“thunder rumbled, lightning flickered”

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verge

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edge or border

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stem

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originate in or be caused by.

“many of the universities’ problems stem from rapid expansion”

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commute

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travel some distance between one’s home and place of work on a regular basis.
“she commuted from Westport in to Grand Central Station”//reduce (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death) to one less severe.
“he commuted the sentences of hundreds of convicts”

62
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clash

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violet confrontation//mismatch the colors

63
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pent-up

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repressed, suppressed

64
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throw in the towel

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to surrender, give up. Bernie threw in the towel yesterday

65
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it’s in the shop

A

it’s being fixed

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