American HW 3 Flashcards

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Furious

A

Very angry
Or
Done with a lot of energy, effort, or speed

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Sculpture

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An object made out of stone, wood, clay etc by an artist
Or
The art of making object out of stone or wood etc

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Futile

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Adj: action that is futile is useless because it has no chance of being successful=pointless
Noun:futility

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Thoroughly

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Cometely
Or
Carefully

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5
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Lifelikr

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A lifelike picture etc looks exactly like a real person or thing

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Cucumber

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cu‧cum‧ber

ˈkjuːkʌmbə $ -ər

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Smack

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verb
to hit someone, especially a child, with your open hand in order to punish them➔ slap
to hit something hard against something else so that it makes a short loud noise:

smack your lips
to make a short loud noise with your lips before or after you eat or drink something to show that it is good:

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Nod

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nɒd
Verb
1to move your head up and down, especially in order to show agreement or understanding

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Pile

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/pail/
arrangement of things
A group of several things of the same type that are put on top of each other
pile of
large amount [countable] a large amount of something arranged in a shape that looks like a small hill:

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Putter around

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/pʌtər/

to spend time doing things that are not very important in a relaxed way

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Spin

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spɪn
verb
turn around
turn around and around very quickly, or to make something do this

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Descendant

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de‧scen‧dant
dɪˈsendənt
someone who is related to a person who lived a long time ago, or to a family, group of people etc that existed in the past

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