Annoyance Flashcards

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sympathize

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I sympathize deeply with his family

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Overhear

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To Hear especially by accident: I overheard a conversation between two boys

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get on my nerves

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stop whinging’ you are getting on my nerves

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Bug

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annoy, botther- stop bugging me

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bother(none)

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an annoying situation

I don’t want to put you to any bother

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act up

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to behave badly: his kids started acting up

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irritate

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to annoy somebody especially by something: that man really irritate me

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Pet peeves

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weak coffee is one of my pet peeves

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complain

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I’m going to complain to the manager about this

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Complaint(none)

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the most common complaint is about poor service

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suffer

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I hate to see an animal suffering, he suffered a massive heart attack

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calm and collected

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After 5 minutes I became calm and collected

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calm

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his presence had a calming influence

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an activist

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A person who works to achieve political or social change

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Right

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You have no right to stop me from going in there

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fabulous

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very great’ extremely good

17
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courteous

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Polite- A courteous young man

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Respectful

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feeling or showing respect opp disrespectful (adj)

We all stood in respectful silence

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insure(verb)

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buying insurance, the car is insured against fire and theft