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Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Flashcards

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Elote en vaso :

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CORN IN A CUP
Corn in a cup (“elote en vaso”) is a Mexican street food. It is made with fresh corn kernels mixed with mayonnaise, cheese, lime and chile.

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The words “can mean “hard like rock, stony”, in the literal sense. In the more figurative sense, someone who is this is stubborn or inflexible, like a mule, mulish.

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adamant” and “adamantine”

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means to inflict a heavy blow”. We tend to use “it” to mean “affected by love, love-struck”.

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Smitten” is the past participle of “to smite”,

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On a restaurant menu, items that are this are priced and ordered separately. A menu marked “table d’hôte” (also called “prix fixe”) is a fixed-price menu with limited choice. “Table d’hôte” translates from French as “table of the host”.

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“à la carte”

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The was a network of trading routes that crossed North Africa and Asia, connecting Europe to West Asia.

Route that facilitated the spread of Buddhism

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Silk Road

The routes get the name from the lucrative trade in silk from China.

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Australia Territory include this island named for a December 1643 sighting

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Christmas Island

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June 13 1924 is the birthday of this brand you can use to wipe your away thr happy tears you shed on 100th birthday

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Kleenex

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Person who fishes with a hook line and rod

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Angler

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Though she doesn’t look it this feline character is turning 50 in 24

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Hello kitty

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Officially Puerto Rico is a U.S. this a term also used by these other states

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Commonwealth
Kentucky Virginia Pennsylvania Massachusetts

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Nicknames
Surfing legend duke kuh han uh mo coo has Been called this 2 word nickname that describes any dominant person or expert

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Big kahuna

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Double double toil and trouble fire burn and this bubble

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Cauldron
Macbeth
Eye of newt toe of frog tongue of dog

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Best picture snafu

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La la land incorrect
Moonlight won
Faye dunnaway announced and Warren Beatty there

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Capital of U.S. July 4 1776

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Philly
DC 1800

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Boston college
Xavier
Georgetown

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Jesuit college 28 total

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CPR performed to this song

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Bee gees staying alive
100-120 bpm

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Bestselling books by decade
Fear and loathing in las vEgas
The world according to harp

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70s

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Bestselling books by decade
Mrs dalloway
Lady chatterleys lover

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1920s

19
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Long long way to run in a sound of music song +
Spainsh for of
= to dim

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Fade

20
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A word that can follow make +
I in objective case
= type of sports venue

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Dome

21
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Math term and or Greek letter +
A britishism foe thanks
= a form of bread

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Pita

22
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78 no 1 hit they sang you’re once twice this title

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3 times a lady
Commodores

23
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This group proclaimed quite Scottishly their intention to walk this many miles
804.672 km

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Proclaimers
500 miles

24
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Regarding this meatloaf song it’s a yes on wanting you and needing you but loving you ….ooo sorry now don’t be sad cause

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2 out of 3 ain’t bad

25
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The signers of this document pledged to covenant and combine ourselves together into one a civil body politick

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Mayflower compact

26
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In medieval times a fletcher made these objects used in conjunction with objects made by this other person

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Arrows
Bowyer made bows

27
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Originally these people were employees to drive a bunch of horses ; now it’s a union with serious drive and not one to be messed with

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Teamsters

28
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Job of one who reads during church services and not I ate his liver with some fava beans

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Lector

29
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A psephologist studies these events
See phal uh gist

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Elections
General ones happen every 2 years

30
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In the streets it’s your rival; maxo kream rhymes the word with drop

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Opp

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A species of fish with a long snout is named down this character with a big ol nose from a 1897 play

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Cyrano de Bergerac
Sare no duh ber ghu rack

32
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A type of trapdoor spider with blue eyes has this spicy fictional desert planet in its name

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Arrakis
Uh rack is

33
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Orange flowers used to adorn altars called oh friend duhs during day of the dead festival dates from Aztec times

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marigolds

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Stevie’s music evoked the circus for Smokey Robinson who wrote the lyrics for what became this hit for this Smokey band

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Tears of a clown
Smokey and the miracles

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Stevie wonder title line that precedes that’s why I’ll always stay around you are the apple of my eye forever you’ll stay on my heart

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You are the sunshine of my life

36
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Tetrakaidekaphobia
Tetra kai deck uh phobia

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Fear of 14

37
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150 years anniversary

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Ses quh centennial

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A shade of orange bears the name of this Ivy League university where the orange and the black is a traditional song

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Princeton

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Victory by thr duc de Richelieu at mahon on this island not the largest of the balearics may have given Mayo its name

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Muh nork uh

40
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At around age 8 in 1035 future English king William 1 succeeded his father as Duke of this in France

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Normandy

41
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Founder of Motown

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Berry gordy

42
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Since 2000 grand duke Henri has been head of state of this European country the world only grand duchy
Awn re

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Luxembourg

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On view at the national museum of women in thr arts isa a self portrait of frida khalo dedicated to this Russian exile

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Trotsky
Knew each other in Mexico City

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The explorer may have been to Brazil in the early 16th century before going west again giving Canada its name on a later trip

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Jaques Cartier
Car t A

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