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English 5/6M Flashcards

1
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cause someone else to make a great of noise

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raises the roof

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2
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happy

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sunny smile

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3
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comfortable life

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bed of roses

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4
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pretend to be sad

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crocodile tears

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5
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raining hard

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raining cats and dogs

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6
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favorite

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apple of my eye

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7
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pay what you eat/ buy

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foot the bill

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8
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play jokes

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pull a leg

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9
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very close

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neck to neck

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10
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bad condition (near to damage/death)

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last legs

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11
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hurry up

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shake a leg

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12
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having only just enough money to live and nothing extra

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hand to mouth

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13
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something given to another person since the owner does not
like to use it anymore or it does not fit (just like clothes)

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hand-me-downs

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14
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provide everything that someone needs

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hand and foot

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15
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attentive

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all ears

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16
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walk

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on foot

17
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fail to be heard; ignored

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deaf ears

18
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learn something in such a way you can say it from memory

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by heart

19
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help

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lend a hand

20
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hear by chance

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get wind of

21
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A devices or tools used to add color and interest to an idea; awaken the imagination.

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Figures of speech

22
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Giving human traits or characteristics to something that is not human

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Personification

23
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Comparing two objects using “like” or “as”

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Simile

24
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Comparing two different things directly.

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Metaphor

25
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Using exaggeration in emphasizing something.

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Hyperbole

26
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Real meaning is exactly the opposite of what is literally conveyed

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Irony

27
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Using words whose sounds suggest a thing or action.

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Onomatopoeia

28
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Dictionary definition of the word.

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Denotation

29
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The secondary meaning of the word associated to your emotions.

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Connotation

30
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Refers to the combining the initial part of one word and the last part of another word.

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Blending

31
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Refers to the shortening of a word with more than one syllable

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Clipping

32
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Refers to the joining of separate words to produce a single word

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Compounding

33
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Refers to the adding of a prefix or suffix to a root word to come up with a new word.

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Affixation

34
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Refers to the forming of new words using the initial letters of the word which are pronounced letter by letter.

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Initialism

35
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Refers to the forming of new words using the initial letters of the word which
are pronounced as a single word

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Acronyms

36
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Refers to the forming of a new word by rearranging the letters of other words.

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Anagrams

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