7. people Flashcards

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of strong, solid construction.

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Ford has certainly improved its Super Duty trucks tremendously in the past two decades but those old trucks were still pretty #well-built.

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above a weight considered normal or desirable.

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As long as you’re not considerably #overweight for your height and age according to your doctor, don’t worry about it.

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(especially of children) disobedient; badly behaved.

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She had a funny look on her face, like a #naughty child who’s just been found stealing cookies from the cookie jar before dinner.

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a small depression in the flesh, either one that exists permanently or one that forms in the cheeks when one smiles.

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The smile stretched pink generous lips and produced a #dimple on his left cheek.

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pleasant or attractive.

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Deeply enchanted by the #charming environment, he decided to settle down for good.

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become pale in one’s face from shock or fear.

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What lay before her struck her like a dagger, causing her to #pale with fear, even begin to sob silently.

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(of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure.

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To do good deeds simply to obtain good karma would be to act from a #selfish motive, and would not earn much merit.

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cosmetics such as lipstick or powder applied to the face, used to enhance or alter the appearance.

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In pursuit of the ultimate #makeup and skin-care toolkit, we turned to the pros themselves to find out what they’re really using to get the job done.

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each of the upper and lower bony structures in vertebrates forming the framework of the mouth and containing the teeth.

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Most diprotodonts have three pairs of incisors in their upper #jaws , but this number is reduced to one pair in one family, the wombats.

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cut the hair off one’s face with a razor.

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I noticed he had #shaved and cut his hair so he resembled that boyish man I thought I knew three years ago.

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absorbed in or involving thought.

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She is #thoughtful and reflective, and I have enormous respect for her passionate dedication.

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the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character.

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Drawings and dialogue combine to create distinctive #personalities for these birds.

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beautiful; very attractive.

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The new designer on Scarlet is a genius and has made the mag look all glossy and sexy and generally even more #gorgeous than it was.

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unpleasant or repulsive, especially in appearance.

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American society, on the other hand, has always regarded the fat person as #ugly and offensive.

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having or showing dogged determination not to change one’s attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so.

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They are, alas, meeting with the same #stubborn resistance as Cliff.

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a small burrowing insectivorous mammal with dark velvety fur, a long muzzle, and very small eyes.

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After I’d mowed the other day, a #mole burrowed just under the surface of the lawn, leaving mounds of dirt and raised tunnel-bumps all over the place.

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feeling or showing envy of someone or their achievements and advantages.

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His house is huge and his dogs were so happy and friendly when I arrived, but now the oldest seems #jealous of the attention he is giving me.

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highly unpleasant, especially to the senses; physically nauseating.

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Dinner was disgustingly gross and #nasty; it was some custom British food that they all loved but non-British hated.

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the front surface of a person’s or animal’s body between the neck and the abdomen.

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She had her arms crossed in front of her #chest and one eyebrow raised.

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(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

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Use #sharp tools no matter what type of plant you’re pruning.

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offensively impolite or ill-mannered.

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She instantly felt guilty for the times she had been #rude to him.

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(of a person) old or aging.

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Two historic almshouses have been put up for sale as they are no longer suitable for #elderly people.