English - Mango Flashcards

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Dry humor

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The comedian shows no emotion when telling the jokes

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Pun

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Using a word in a funny way based on sound/meaning

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Double entendre

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Something which can be understood in two ways

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Innuendo

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Suggestion of something (often, distasteful or sexual) but not referred to directly

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5
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Irony

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When you mean the opposite of what you say

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Witty

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Showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour

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Wordplay

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The witty exploitation of the meanings and ambiguities of words, especially in puns (“so many of the jokes are based on wordplay”)

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Slapstick

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Style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy / Comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events

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Wry

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Often used to describe a sarcastic look or smile / Meaning is changed to communicate something different / Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour

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10
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Kinetic

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Relating to or resulting from motion

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Steam

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Hot vapor

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To pave the way

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To create the circumstances to enable something to happen or be done

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To store

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To collect and put aside

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To tap into

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To take advantage of something

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15
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Interchangeably

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When something can be used in the same manner as something else

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Lacking

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Deficient or inadequate

17
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Compliance

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The act of obeying an order, rule, or request

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To tout

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To attempt to persuade people of the merits of someone or something

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