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Jjj Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Raucous

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Making a harsh, loud noise

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Oblique

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Maths: not parallel or right angles. Slanted.
Normal: not expressed or done in the right way

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Throes

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Intense/violent pain and struggle. Accompanies birth, death and change

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Preliminary

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Preceding/done for something fuller or more important

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Mercurial

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Capricious in terms of MOOD

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Volatile

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Capricious, for the worst

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Élude

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Avoid danger in a cunning way/ or failure to obtained

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Nymphomania

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Excessive sexual desire in a woman

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