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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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The signers of this document pledged to covenant and combine ourselves together into one a civil body politick
Mayflower compact
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In medieval times a fletcher made these objects used in conjunction with objects made by this other person
Arrows Bowyer made bows
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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
Teamsters
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Job of one who reads during church services and not I ate his liver with some fava beans
Lector
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A psephologist studies these events See phal uh gist
Elections General ones happen every 2 years
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In the streets it’s your rival; maxo kream rhymes the word with drop
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
Cyrano de Bergerac Sare no duh ber ghu rack
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A type of trapdoor spider with blue eyes has this spicy fictional desert planet in its name
Arrakis Uh rack is
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Orange flowers used to adorn altars called oh friend duhs during day of the dead festival dates from Aztec times
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
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
You are the sunshine of my life
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Tetrakaidekaphobia Tetra kai deck uh phobia
Fear of 14
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150 years anniversary
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
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
Muh nork uh
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At around age 8 in 1035 future English king William 1 succeeded his father as Duke of this in France
Normandy
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Founder of Motown
Berry gordy
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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
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
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
Jaques Cartier Car t A