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Definitions 2 Flashcards

1
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Seeming to last for ever

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Never-ending

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2
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A thing that can be seen and touched, but is not alive

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Object

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The act of choosing not to be involved in an agreement

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Opt out

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4
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Made of paper or paperlike material

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Paper

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5
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To choose sb/sth carefully from a group of people or things

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Pick out

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A quantity of things heaped together

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Piles of

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7
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Made of plastic

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Plastic

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Sth that you have or own

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Possession

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Pots, dishes, etc. made with clay that is baked in an oven

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Pottery

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A thing that is grown or produced, usually for sale

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Product

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11
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To be seen or heard by sb

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Reach out (to)

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A flat shape with four straight sides, two of which are longer than the other two, and four angles of 90

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Rectangular

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13
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Torn, either partly or into separate pieces

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Ripped

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14
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Things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them

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Rubbish

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15
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To use up or finish a supply of sth

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Run out of

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16
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Covered with rust

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Rusty

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17
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A work of art that is a solid figure or object made by carving or shaping wood, stone, clay, metal, etc.

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Sculpture

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18
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Causing more problems and difficulties instead of solving them; not achieving what you wanted to achieve but having an opposite effect

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Self-defeating

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19
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To be made from a type of fine smooth cloth made from silk thread

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Silk

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20
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Completely flat and even, without any lumps, holes or rough areas

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Smooth

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To organize the contents of sth; to tidy sth

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Sort out

22
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To fill a container and go over the edge

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Spill out

23
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A large number or amount of sth; a lot of sth

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Stacks of

24
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To stretch your body or arrange your things over a large are

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Spread out

25
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A figure of a person or an animal in stone, metal, etc., usually the same size as in real life or langer

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Statue

26
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Interesting and unusual enough to attract attention

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Striking

27
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Used to refer to a substance, material, group of objects, etc., when you do no know the name

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Stuff

28
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Extremely attractive or impressive

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Stunning

29
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A flat piece of stone that has writing on it

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Tablet

30
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To move sth from one place to another

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Take out

31
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Twisted together in an untidy way

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Tangled

32
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A device that controls the flow of water from a pipe

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Tap/faucet

33
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An object whose name you do not use because you do not need to or want to, or because you do not know it

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Thing

34
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Making people think seriously about a particular subject or issue

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Though provoking

35
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To get rid of sth that you no longer want

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Throw out

36
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Very small in size or amount

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Tiny

37
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An instrument such as a hammer, screwdriver, saw, etc. that you hold in your hand and use for making things repairing things, etc.

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Tool

38
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A small electric lamp that uses batteries and that you can hold in your hand

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Torch/flashlight

39
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Allowing you to see through it

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Transparent

40
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Shaped like a triangle

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Triangular

41
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Causing stress or anxiety

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Troubling

42
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A container made of glass, etc., used for holding cut flowers or as a decorative object

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Vase

43
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A large cupboard for hanging clothes in which is either a piece of furniture or built into the wall

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Wardrobe/closet

44
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An object such as a knife, gun, bomb, etc. that is used for fighting or attacking sb

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Weapon

45
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To become, or make sth become, thin or unusable, usually because it has been used too much

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Wear out

46
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Having a lot of written evidence to prove, support or explain it

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Well documented

47
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Much deserved

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Well earned

48
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Known about by a lot of people

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Well known

49
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Including or dealing with a large number of different subjects or areas

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Wide ranging

50
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Having a curving and twisting shape

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Winding

51
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Able to say or write clever, amusing things

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Witty

52
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Made of wood

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Wooden

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