Lap Is Laz Ew Lee Flashcards

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This is a sleeveless undershirt worn by women that extends down to the waist.

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A camisole (also “cami”)

“Camisole” is a French word that we imported into English that ultimately derives from the Latin “camisia” meaning “shirt, nightgown”.

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This adjective “” meaning “high quality and luxurious” derives from the opulent hotels in New York, London, Paris, etc.

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ritzy

Ritz hotels

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“Sussudio” is a 1985 song written and recorded by him
The song’s title is a pseudoword that be coined himself while composing. Apparently, he intended to replace “sussudio” with a real word, but couldn’t come up with anything that scanned as well.

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Phil Collins

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This is an indoor arena in downtown Indianapolis is host to several local basketball teams, including the WNBA’s Indiana Fever and the NBA’s Indiana Pacers. The facility opened for business in 1999, then named the Conseco Fieldhouse. It was designed to look like a college field house, hence the name “fieldhouse”, and hence the primary use as a basketball arena.

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Gainbridge Fieldhouse

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sits at the northern tip of the Persian Gulf, sharing a border to the north with Iraq. After WWI, it was a Protectorate within the British Empire and then gained independence from the UK in 1961. Iraq annexed it in 1990, which led to the Gulf War of 1990-1991.

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The State of Kuwait

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(OB/GYN)

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obstetrics and gynecology

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7
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(FLOTUS)

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First Lady of the United States

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Cola super deep bore is thr deepest artificial point on planet
7.6 miles or 12.2 km

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Russia - did it because wanted to have deepest
Drill - bore
Cola peninsula up by Finland

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9
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Object associated with event horizons

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Black hole

event horizons - boundary beyond which effects can’t affect observer

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Live through this and celebrity skin are most popular albums by this mostly female 90s alternative band

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Hole
Courtney love
Neils a fan !

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03 film holes was the film debut of this controversial young actor

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Shy luh luh buff

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12
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Major sport has the most players on the field at a time
Bonus number

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Australian rules football
36 total

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She was only 18 when writing Frankenstein as a competition between future husband and this other poet
Bonus year first published

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Mary Shelly
Percy Shelly husband
Other poet. -Lordy Byron
1818
Modern day Prometheus

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