People And Relationships Flashcards
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Systematic, careful
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Methodical
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Too patriotic
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Chauvinistic
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Become too excited and lose control
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Get carried away
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Wishing to do one’s work or duty well and thoroughly
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Conscientious
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Ready to help
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Obliging
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Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely
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Superficial
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Inclined to say things that upset or offend people
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Tactless
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Understanding instictively
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Intuitive
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Hard-working
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Diligent
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Calm, does not easily become excited or angry
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Placid
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Being deceitful
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Cunning
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Personality that attracts people to you
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Magnetic personality
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Not trusting, suspicious of others
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Distrustful
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Diligent and hard-working
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Industrious
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Having good judgement
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Shrewd
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Spends too much money or uses too much of something
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Extravagant
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Practical and sensible
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Down-to-earth
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Thinking of others rather than yourself
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Altruistic
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Gloomy
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Morose
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Inclined to speak in a severe and critical way
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Sharp-tongued
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Given or giving without restraint; unsparing
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Unstinting
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Determined to do something
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Dogged
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Using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully
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Thrifty
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Simple and plain and costing a little
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Frugal
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Not sensible or restrained; excessive
Immoderate
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Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so
Obstinate
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Mean; ungenerous
Stingy
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Very willing to spend money or uses too much resources
Parsimonious
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Work-obsessed
Workaholic
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Inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true
Dogmatic
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Having the ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage
Astute
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(Of language or style) terse and vigorously expressive
Pithy
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Bad-tempered and sulky
Sullen
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Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner
Brusque
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Sparing in the use of words; abrupt, curt
Terse
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Not acting in accordance to moral principles
Unprincipled
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Having or showing no moral principles, not honest or fair
Unscrupulous
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Using or expressed in more words than needed
Verbose
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Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
Garrulous
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Thin in an attractive way
Slender
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Unattractively thin and boney-looking
Scrawny
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Very tall and thin, and usually moving awkwardly
Lanky
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Tall, with long, thin arms and legs and rather awkward movements, often used of men and boys
Gangling/gangly
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With a quite large, solid body; used of men and women
Stout
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Short snd with a body that is wide across the shoulders and chest
Stocky
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Short snd with a body that is wide across the shoulders and chest
Stocky
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Increase in body size, especially by gaining more muscle
Bulked up
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Thin and healhty
Lean
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Thin but strong
Wiry
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Untidy, scruffy (the opposite would be smart or neat; 'kempt' does not exist
Unkempt
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Always well-dressed, neat and smart-looking
Never a hair out of place
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In oerfect condition, smart
Immaculate
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Dark-coloured, used about skin
Swarthy
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Sallow
Yellowish
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Looking ill and tired
Haggard
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Make an expression of pain or strong dislike
Grimace
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Gave a bad-tempered, Angry look
Scowled
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Looking in an unpleasant, sexually interested way
Leering
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Made a quick, light hitting movement
Tapping/drumming fingers
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- Positioning lips in an attractive way
- positioning lips in a look of annoyance
Pout (2 meanings)
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acts on a sudden idea without thinking first (often negative)
impetuous
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similar to impetuous, but can be used in a more positive way
impulsive
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gives exaggerated expression of pleasure, praise or gratitude
effusive
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easily excited by things
excitable
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always selfishly promoting your own position or interests; informal
pushy
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nervous or uncomfortable because you know what people think about you or your actions
self-conscious
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calm and reasonable and showing good judgement
well-balanced
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reserved or says very little (generally negative)
taciturn
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inward-looking and quiet
introvert
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outward-looking, energetic and sociable
extrovert
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energetic and friendly, finds it easy to be with others
outgoing
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lacks confidence
diffident
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has a low opinion of himself
low self-esteem
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not immediately sociable
reserved
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unfriendly and not sociable
aloof
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(not) easy to be sociable with or start conversation with
(un)approachable
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unfriendly and thinks herself better than others
haughty
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does not believe others deserve respect
disdainful
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thinks herself wonderful
conceited
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has an exaggerated sense of her importance
self-important
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prefers not to exaggerate her own qualities
modest
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treating someone well and politely, often with admiration
respectful
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willing to believe simple things, perhaps because of inexperience
naive
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easily deceived
gullible
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always takes thinks seriously
conscientious
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unwilling to change, despite persuasion
obstinate
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similar to obstinate but stronger; informal
pig-headed
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love began the first time they saw each other
love at first sight
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fell deeply, madly in love
fell head over heels in love
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is only attracted to
only had eyes for [name]
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romantically obsessed with
infatuated with
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almost stupidly or blindly in love with
besotted with [name]
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affectionate relationship between people of the opposite sex that is not sexual
platonic relationship
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liked each other the moment we met
hit it off
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people who feel close in spirit and understand each other deeply
soulmates
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someone you admire because they do or think the same as you
a man/woman after her own heart
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have a very good, enjoyable relationship
get on like a house on fire
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very close, good friends
bosom friends/buddies/pals
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always want to be together, very close
inseparable
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relationship or feeling of togetherness
bond
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a person whose interests or attitudes are similar to one's own
kindred spirits
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appropriate for or very similar to each other
well-matched
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the strong connections and relationships that bind family members together
family ties
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two people (or groups of people) have a person or group in common that they both know
mutual acquaintances
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to have great respect for (someone or something)
holds her in high regard
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to be very close friends and share secrets...
as thick as thieves
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having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner
amiable
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insincere; pleasant with someone and then unpleasant about them behind their back
two-faced towards
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countries or people who join together to fight for a common cause
allies
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people who own a business together
business partner
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people in competition with each other in a negative, aggressive way
bitter/arch rivals
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people who will always hate each other
sworn enemies
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not friendly, cold
disloyal to/ dishonest with/ distant towards
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extremely honest
scrupulously honest
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loyalty that is always strong and never becomes weaker
complete and unswerving loyalty
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always loyal in supporting a person, organization, or set of beliefs or opinions
staunchest alley
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expressing an opinion about something or someone
deeply critical of
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collapse
breakdown
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not understanding something correctly
genuine misunderstandings
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serious disagreement that divides people
rift can develop
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have different opinions
don't see eye to eye
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have a poor relationship
been on bad terms
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become bad
turned sour
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separate
split up
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had good and bad times
has had its ups and downs
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up and down like a car on a road with bumps
bumpy relationship
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family split up by divorce
broken home
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quarrel in a family causing bad feeling for many years
family feud
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want very strongly
crave/ have a craving for
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feel very strongly that you want
thirst/ have a thirst for
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it means that you want something that you do not have, and often can never have
yearns to
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to want to possess it very much
coveted
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make a dangerous or tense situation calmer
defuse
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stop someone feeling angry
placate
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end a disagreement between two people or groups by acting in a friendly way towards both sides
conciliate
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end a disagreement by giving the other side an advantage that they are demanding (normally used in a disapproving way)
appeasing
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feeling great pleasure and happiness, more formal than ecstatic
exultant
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be extremely happy
to rejoice
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expressing great happiness, especially in victorty
jubilant
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perfect happiness
bliss
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happy, ignorant
blissfully
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to be very happy
full of the joys of spring
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extremely pleased
thrilled to bits
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you feel extremely happy about something
floating/walking on air
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extremely pleased and happy
over the moon
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feeling of strong, often active, dislike or opposition towards something or someone
antipathy
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feeling of intense dislike or an unwillingness to do something
aversion
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means opposed to, usually used with 'not'
averse to
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intense hatred
loathing
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intense disgust
abhorrence
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lack of respect for something
scorn
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a feeling of being annoyed
irritation
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a feeling of being extremely upset or worried
distress
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a feeling of being very worried or frightened
alarm
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showed a rude lack of interest in others
offhand
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displaying wealth or possessions in vulgar way
ostentatious
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too formal and showing that you think that you are more important than other people
pompous
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tries to appear more serious or important than she is
pretentious
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silly and childish
peurile
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not taking care in the wat you work
sloppy
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changes her feelings suddenly without reason
fickle
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too concerned about unimportant details
nit-picking
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unpleasant and rude
obnoxious
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unhappy and disappointed
dejected
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sad, alone and not cared for
forlorn
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very shocked and upset
devastated
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extremely worried and upset
distraught
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unhappy
down
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very unhappy
miserable
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nine-month period when a woman is expecting a baby
pregnancy
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pregnancy begins with this
conception
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the thing that happens with the mother's egg during conception
fertilised
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a fertilised egg evolves into this
embryo
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the place where an embryo grows
womb/uterus
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medicine that can help during conception
fertility drugs
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one of several techniques available to help people with fertility problems have a baby. An egg is removed from the woman's ovaries and fertilised with sperm in a laboratory
IVF
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an embryo evolves into this
foetus
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the source of nutrition for the foetus
placenta
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after 40 weeks the mother delivers the baby
goes into labour
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getting the uterus to contract before labor begins on its own
be induced
181
helps the mother deliver the baby
midwife
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the surgical delivery of a baby through a cut (incision) made in the birth parent's abdomen and uterus
caesarean section
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a child produced from an egg that was fertilized outside of a woman's body and then put back into the woman's body to finish developing
test tube baby
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the condition of being very old; used especially to talk about someone who has a long healthy life
ripe old age
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a person who receives a pension, especially the retirement pension
pensioner
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terms covering a wide range of rented housing for older and/or disabled or other vulnerable people
sheltered accommodation
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slow and unsteady in movement because of weakness in old age
doddery
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no longer in possession of all one's mental faculties, especially on account of old age
gaga
189
to think and react quickly when something dangerous or difficult happens unexpectedly
have all her wits about her
190
the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily life and activities
dementia
191
an event where close friends and family of the deceased gather together to pay their respects to their loved one
wake
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a legal written document that specifies where and to whom you wish your property and possessions
will
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occurring or found at intervals or various locations rather than all together
scattered
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deprived of a close relation or friend through their death
bereaved
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a place where a dead person's body is cremated
crematorium
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the action or practice of burying a dead body
burial
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an expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of the death of a person's relative or close friend.
condolences
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On the point of dying, very ill
to be at death's door
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dead people
fatalities
200
died
perished
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violently killed
slaughtered
202
the dead person
the deceased
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to leave something in a will
to bequeath
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to receive something from someone who has died
to inherit
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without having made a will
(to die) intestate
