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Flake out

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Verb: To cancel previously agreed upon plans last minute, or simply not show up

Noun: the act of flaking out

  • so remember that hot girl with half her tits showing from the bar, I was going to have dinner with her last night but the bitch flaked out.
  • hot girls are flake outs as a general rule, it’s supply and demand man.
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tear down

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to destroy or remove a structure or part of a structure

That old house should have been torn down years ago.

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off the hook

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informal

cool; happening
That party was off the hook!

no longer in difficulty or trouble.
“I lied to get him off the hook”
synonyms: out of trouble, in the clear, free, home free; More

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Veal

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Veal is the meat of calves, in contrast to the beef from older cattle. Veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed; however, most veal comes from young males of dairy breeds who are not used for breeding.

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Gory

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adjective
involving or showing violence and bloodshed.
“a gory horror film”
synonyms: grisly, gruesome, violent, bloody, brutal, savage; More
covered in blood.
synonyms: bloody, bloodstained, blood-soaked
“gory pieces of flesh”

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mi·cro·bi·al

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mīˈkrōbēəl/Submit
adjective
relating to or characteristic of a microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation.
“skin is a major source of microbial contamination during a surgical procedure”

Microbial diseases (reading)

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ris·qué

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riˈskā/Submit
adjective
slightly indecent or liable to shock, especially by being sexually suggestive.
“his risqué humor”
synonyms: ribald, rude, bawdy, Rabelaisian, racy, earthy, indecent, suggestive, improper, naughty, locker-room; More

Risque genru (reading)

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sim·plis·tic

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simˈplistik/Submit
adjective
treating complex issues and problems as if they were much simpler than they really are.
“simplistic solutions”
synonyms: facile, superficial, oversimple, oversimplified; More

The model is too simplistic (reading)

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prox·e·mics

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präkˈsēmiks/Submit
noun
the branch of knowledge that deals with the amount of space that people feel it necessary to set between themselves and others.
Feedback

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Transduction

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Transduction is the process by which foreign DNA is introduced into a cell by a virus or viral vector. An example is the viral transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another.

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steam-pow·ered

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ˈstēmˌpouərd/
adjective
powered by an engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam.
“a steam-powered locomotive”

Stream powered printing press (reading)

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land·mass

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ˈlandmas/Submit
noun
a continent or other large body of land.

The northernmost landmass (reading)

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“Out of spite

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“Out of spite” is an English idiom and most usually it means with the desire to harm someone or something. In other words, to deliberately hurt someone because they have hurt you (or because you thought they have hurt you). In a word, revenge.

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steam-pow·ered

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ˈstēmˌpouərd/
adjective
powered by an engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam.
“a steam-powered locomotive”

Stream powered printing press (reading)

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land·mass

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ˈlandmas/Submit
noun
a continent or other large body of land.

The northernmost landmass (reading)

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antsy

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[ant-see]
adjective, ants·i·er, ants·i·est. Informal.
unable to sit or stand still

People are getting antsy (friends)

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bachelorette

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[bach-uh-luh-ret, bach-luh-]
noun
an unmarried young woman.

Bachelorette parties (friends)

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Off the table

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If sth is “off the table”, there will be no more discussions about it.

(Friends)

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I am pumped

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Excited

I am pumped to show them the house (house)

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It’s chopped up

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Small

The kitchen is really chopped up! (House)

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tack·y

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ˈtakē/Submit
adjective
(of glue, paint, or other substances) retaining a slightly sticky feel; not fully dry.
“the paint was still tacky”
synonyms: sticky, wet, gluey, gummy, adhesive, viscous, viscid, treacly; informalgooey

The way he proposed to her was tacky (friends)

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re·string

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rēˈstriNG/Submit
verb
past tense: restrung; past participle: restrung
1.
fit new or different strings to (a musical instrument or sports racket).

The racket has been restrung (friends)

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wooz·y

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ˈwo͞ozē/Submit
adjectiveinformal
unsteady, dizzy, or dazed.
"I still felt woozy from all the pills"
A little woozy (friends)