extensive reading 3 Flashcards

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to be nice, have a special treatment

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to have a soft place in one’s heart for

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quiet and easy to influence, persuade, or control

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docile

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to reduce or remove the effect of something unwanted by producing an opposite effect

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to counteract

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an occasion when you allow someone or yourself to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for you

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indulgence

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to collect large amounts of something and keep it for yourself, often in a secret place

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to hoard (like a magpie)

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to turn out to be a great shock

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to cost a pang

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to walk with small, delicate steps, in a way that does not look natural

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to mince

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to close an entrance or container so that nothing can enter or leave it

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to seal up

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a large, white bird with very long legs that walks around in water to find its food

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a stork

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to feel a strong desire to sleep or to fall asleep

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to drop with sleep

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to cause difficulty to someone, or to cause someone to feel angry, annoyed, or upset

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to vex

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12
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permission or agreement

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consent

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to try to change or have an influence on things that are not your responsibility, especially by criticizing in a damaging or annoying way

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to meddle in

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bad and impossible to change or improve

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incorrigible

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to persuade someone gently to do something or go somewhere, by being kind and patient, or by appearing to be

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to coax

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the act of hurting someone or doing something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you

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retaliation

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to reproach smb

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to crow smb over with smth

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18
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behaving in a way that is slightly bad or wrong, but that is not too serious

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roguish

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someone who has done something wrong

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culprit

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strong feelings of not approving of something or someone

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disapprobation

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a sudden period of uncontrolled anger like a young child’s

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tantrum

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the quality of being unreasonably determined, especially to act in a particular way and not to change at all, despite what anyone else says

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obstinacy

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23
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to get control or influence

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to prevail on

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24
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to cause repeated suffering or anxiety

(of a ghost) to appear in a place repeatedly

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to haunt

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to welcome someone, or signal the beginning of something
to usher smth/ smb in
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to satisfy a need or wish
to quench
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an occasion when many large animals or many people suddenly all move quickly and in an uncontrolled way, usually in the same direction at the same time, especially because of fear
stampede
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to stay in one place in the air, usually by moving the wings quickly to stand somewhere, especially near another person, eagerly or nervously waiting for their attention to stay at or near a particular level
to hover about
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to find yourself in position of not understanding or realizing something
to be taken unawares
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to ask for something in a way that shows you need it very much
to beseech
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the quality of being strange and not what most people would do or expect
perversity
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to make a person or animal unable to move or stop looking at something because they are so interested, surprised, or frightened
to transfix
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belief in something that is not true
delusion
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a mark on something that spoils its appearance
a blemish
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strong belief in a religion that is shown in the way someone lives
piety
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physically strong and solid or thick, and therefore unlikely to break or be hurt
sturdy
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to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents, or something else that they want
to bribe
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(of God or someone in authority) to order something to happen
to ordain
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extremely dangerous
perilous
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the action of depriving someone of membership in an organization
expulsion
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the act of stopping something happening, operating, etc. for a period of time a punishment in which a person is temporarily not allowed to work, go to school, or take part in an activity
suspension
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to lie or sit enjoying the warmth especially of the sun
to bask in smth
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в своей стихии
to feel oneselfin one's own element
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to avoid doing or stop yourself from doing something
to refrain from
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feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin.
to repent
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(of a liquid or gas) to escape from a hole or crack in a pipe or container; (of a container) to allow liquid or gas to escape (of secret information) become known
to leak out
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involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning
elaborate
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a problem or difficulty
tribulation
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courage or confidence of a kind that other people find shocking or rude
audacity
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to reduce or be reduced in size or importance
to diminish
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great enthusiasm or love
ardour
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something that blocks you so that movement, going forward, or action is prevented or made more difficult
obstacle
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able to be made, done, or achieved
feasible
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food that decays quickly
perishable
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an amount that is too large, or is more than is needed
surfeit
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a mass of air or water that spins around very fast and pulls objects into its empty centre literary: a dangerous or bad situation in which you become more and more involved and from which you cannot escape
vortex
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a divine creative impulse or inspiration
afflatus
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the action of reading through something, especially to find the part you are interested in
perusal
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splendid and expensive-looking
smptuous
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to do or begin to do something, especially something that will take a long time or be difficult
to undertake
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to cover something very roughly with something sticky or dirty
to bedaub
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suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation (of a person or other living thing) lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble
to languish
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a feeling of anger, especially caused by someone damaging your feeling of being proud of yourself
pique
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to move around without hurrying, and in a relaxed and pleasant way
to potter about
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to visit or travel to a lot of different places, enjoying yourself and not worrying about other things you should be doing
to gad around/about
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to change an order that has already been given, especially by giving a new order
to countermand (an order)
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something that causes pain or suffering
affliction
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in a way that involves a lot of something, or a lot of different things
promiscuously
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(of a woman) healthy-looking and slightly fat, with large breasts
buxom
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kindness and generosity, especially towards an enemy or someone you have defeated
magnanimity
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not straight or level
askew
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caused by, or full of respect and admiration
reverential
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the end of a story, in which everything is explained, or the end result of a situation
denouement
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courage over a long period
fortitude
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full of energy and enthusiasm; impossible to stop
irrepressible
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to burn the skin with boiling liquid or steam | to put something in boiling water or steam in order to make it completely clean
to scald