Lesson 63 Flashcards

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Unwieldy

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Difficult to handle

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Cumbersome

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Awkward because of being large, heavy or not effective

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Burdensome

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Causing difficulties or work

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Ponderous

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Slow and awkward because of being very heavy or large

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Lumbering

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Heavy movement

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Weighed down

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Carrying very heavy things

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Weigh up

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Consider and compare

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Weighed out

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Weighed a quantity of loose goods

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9
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Weighed on me

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Troubling my mind

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Weighed in

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Added more points to the argument

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11
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Thicken

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make thicker

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12
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Sift

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Shake it in a sieve to separate the grains

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13
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Lumpy

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Have solid pieces in it

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14
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Congealed

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Become thick and solid

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Solidified

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Become solid

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Thin

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Make thinner

17
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Thin out

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Become less dense

18
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Thinned out

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Made it less thick

19
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Dilute it / water it down

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Add water

20
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Impenetrable

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Impossible to move through

21
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Impervious

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Liquid cannot pass through

22
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Weighty

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Describes a subject, book or piece of work that is important or serious