February 4th Flashcards

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Q

To be slow to do something because you don’t really want to do it; to be reluctant to do something because you may be nervous about it

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Hesitant (EX: Nik was hesitant to stay home all alone.)

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2
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To crash or run into something

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Collide (EX: Nik was not looking where he was going when he was riding his bike, so he collided with the bush by the side of the garage.)

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3
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When you get possessions such as money, jewelry, clothing, property (like a house) from someone else, usually when they’ve died.

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Inheritance (EX: when our grandfather died, our family got his inheritance of $5 million.)

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4
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To get in the way of other people being able to solve their own problems or handle their own situations; to make things more difficult for other people when you get involved.

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Interfere (EX: my brother and I were building our house out of cards but when our little kitten wanted us to play instead, she interfered with what we were doing and knocked the house down.)

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5
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The body of a dead animal

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Carcass (EX: The carcass of the dead deer was laying by the side of the road.)

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6
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And Italian expression meaning a total disaster or failure.

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Fiasco (EX: when the chicken escaped from the barn and got into our house it was a total fiasco.)

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