2.6 Flashcards

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Down in the dumps

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Feeling unhappy

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Choke sth back

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Manage with difficult to control ur tears, feeling

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3
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Start on at sb (abt sth)

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Critize sb or start to complain sbt sth

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4
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Tense up

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Ur muscles become tight or stiff

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On edge

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Nervous bc u’re expecting Something bad to happen

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6
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Shake somebody up

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Give somebody a very unpleasant Shock so that they are upset of frightening

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7
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Jump out of your skin

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Move suddenly because you are surprised are afraid

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Shake like a leaf

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Make suddenly, quick movements, up-and-down or side to side because you are fighting it or nervous

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9
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A Sit down

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A rest was sitting in a chair

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10
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Perk up

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Feel more cheerful orr lively affter feeling sad, ill

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11
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Bottle sth up

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Hide your feelings especially over a long period of time

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12
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Be/get worked up

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Get very upset upset about something

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13
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On tenterhooks

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Nervous because you do not know what is going to happen

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