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English Language Vocabulary Flashcards

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1
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Sense of smell

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Metallic tang of stainless steel invading my nostrils

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Bed rail

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  • The cold metal bed rail imprisoning and mocking me
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3
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Sense of smell 2

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The pungent scent of…

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4
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Unison

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Saying something at the same time

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5
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Brown eyes

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Hazel pools of their eyes

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Gilded

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Golden, the gilded sun

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Torpid

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Tired or sluggish, a torpid haze

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Festooned

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Decorated

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Bellicose

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Aggresive

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10
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Somnambulant

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Sluggish

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Ethereal

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extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world

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Idyllic

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Extremely happy, peaceful

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13
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Epiphany

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A sudden grasp of reality or understanding

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14
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Lithe

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Thin, graceful

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15
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Euphoria

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The feeling off intense happiness or excitement

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Malformed

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Grotesque

17
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Overgrown leaves and weeds

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Overgrown Foliage

18
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Covered

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Shrouded

19
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In a way that soemthing bad is going to happen

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Ominously

20
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Soft gentle sounds produced by wind movement

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Whispering winds

21
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Moving or swaying shadows

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Dancing shadows

22
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Warm yellow red golden colours

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Golden hues

23
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Smooth silence

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Velvet silence

24
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Metaphor of night sounds which sound almost like a song

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Midnigt symohony

25
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Laughter filling the space with happiness and movement

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Her laughter was a melody that danced around the room

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Personifies time emphasises ability to rob peoples precious moments

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Time, that elusive thief, stole moments from their embrace

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Metaphor to describe deel sadness and emotional depth in someones eyes

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His eyes were pools of sorrow, reflecting the pain within

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