June 21 Flashcards

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scowl

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To wrinkle or contract the brow as an expression of anger or disapproval. See Synonyms at frown.
v.tr.
To express (displeasure, for example) with a frowning facial expression.
n.
A look of anger or frowning disapproval.

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by the numbers

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(American English) following closely the accepted rules for doing something: I want this to go smooth and by the numbers.

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on the double

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Rapidly; faster than one normally goes.

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capricorn

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sign of the zodiac, goat with a tail

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morbid

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  1. Given to or characterized by unwholesome thoughts or feelings, especially of death or disease: read the account of the murder with a morbid interest.
    2.
    a. Of, relating to, or caused by disease; pathological or diseased: morbid changes in tissues.
    b. Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome: a morbid fear of heights.
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