New Words Flashcards

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Deluded adj
Delude V

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  • believing something that is not true.
    -Make someone believe something that is not true
    We delude ourselves that we are in control
    He’s deluding himself if he thinks he’s going to be promoted this year
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Here’s to many more

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Here’s to many more” is an expression used to wish someone happiness or success, and is often said before drinking a toast. For example, you might say “Here’s to many more birthdays

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Gloomy

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Dark or poorly
ausing or feeling depression

gloomy forecasts about the economy

“a gloomy corridor badly lit by oil lamps

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Fiddlling

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y trivial or petty.
“fiddling little details”
To spend time in an activity that doesn’t have a real purpose.
They spend hours just fiddling when they should have been working

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Rule out

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Exclude the possibility

exclude someone or something as a possibility

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Carry away

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Sometimes I get a bit carried away

lose self-control.
“I got a bit carried away when describing the final game”

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Flip

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turn over with a sudden quick movement.

a sudden quick movement

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Daunting

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making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to achieve something:

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Rambling

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(of writing or speech) lengthy and confused or inconsequential.

the activity of walking in the countryside for pleasure.

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Rambling

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(of writing or speech) lengthy and confused or inconsequential.

the activity of walking in the countryside for pleasure.

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Foresight

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