PSLE English Flashcards

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Integral

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Important, Fixed

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Amiss

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Off, different, abnormal

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Depression

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Overwhelmed (too much to handle) with immense sadness

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Grand Aunt/ Grand Uncle

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Your grandmother or grandfather’s sister or brother

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Sophisticated

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modern

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Chocolate

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Is a candy (if you are dumb then you will not know this!)

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Arduous

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Different, tiring

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trekked

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Long,tiring journey

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Trudged

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Walk slowly with heavy steps

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Stomped

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Walk heavily

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Sauntered

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Walk in a slow, relayed manner

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Wearily

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Tired

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Gullible

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Easily persuaded to believe something

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Bored

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Lacking interest

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Thoughtless

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Not showing consideration

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purposefully

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Show determinations

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Purposely

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Intentionally

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Verify

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Make sure something is true

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Clarify

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Make less confusion

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Rectify

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Correct

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Modify

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Change

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Reliable

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Able to be trusted

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Infallible

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Incapable of making mistakes

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impeccable

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Highest standard

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Dependable

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Trustworthy

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Deserting

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Leave in a way which is considered disloyal

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Abandoning

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Give up

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Discontinuing

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Stop doing something

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Positive

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Desirable quality

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Vanish

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Disappear

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Wane

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Loosen

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Plunge

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To move

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Overriding

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More important than anything else in particular situation

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Overbearing

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Trying to control other people in an unpleasant way

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Overwhelming

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Very great , very strong

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Overarching

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Very important, because it include or influence many things

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37
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Eulogy

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Speech

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Epitaph

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Write about someone who has died

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Erratum

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An error in writing or printing

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40
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Epilogue

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Ending

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41
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Referral

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An act of referring someone or something

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Diagnosis

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The identification of nature of an illness

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43
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Prescription

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An instruction written by doctor that authorises a patient to be provided with a medicine or a treatment

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Memorandum

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Written message and business or diplomacy

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Inflicted

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cause something unpleasant to be suffered by somebody or something

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Impeded

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Delay or prevent someone or something by obstructing them

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Impinged

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have an effect or impact especially a negative one

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Influence

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The capacity to have an effect on the character development of behaviour or someone or something or affect itself

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Devoted

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Very loving or loyal

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Unwavering

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Steady and resolute

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Dedicated

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Devoted to a task or a purpose

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Unassuming

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Not pretentious or arrogant

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Priceless

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So precious that it’s value cannot be determined

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54
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Valueless

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No value

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Worthless

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Having no real value or use

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Penniless

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Having no money very poor

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Renounced

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Formally declare one’s abandonment of claims, right, or possession

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renounced

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Formally declare one abandonment of claim, right, or possession

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Announced

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Make a public and typically formal declaration about fact, occurrence, our intention

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Denounced

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Publicly declared to be wrong or evil

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Pronounced

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Make a sound of a word or part of the word in a correct or a particular way

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Insensitivity

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Lack of concern or response

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Aloofness

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Not friendly

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negligence

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Failure to take proper care in doing something

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Disregard

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Pay no attention or ignore

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Reside

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have one permanent home in a particular place

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Precede

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Come before something in time

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Recede

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Go or move back away from a previous position

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proceed

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Begin or continue course of action

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Called on

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Pay a visit to someone or make use of someone or something as a source of help

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Called up

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To summon together

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Called off

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to draw away or cancel

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Called back

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To telephone someone again

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Expertly

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In a highly skilful way

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Explicitly

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In a clear and detailed manner, leaving no room for confusion and doubt

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Extensively

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In a way that covers or affects a large area

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Expressively

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Effectively conveying thought or feelings

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Resolute

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Determined

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Obstinate

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Stubborn

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Aggressive

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Likely to attack, usually due to uncontrolled anger

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Ominous

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Feeling of bad luck, gloomy

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Amicably

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No disagreement

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Coherently

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Speak clearly

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Deliberately

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Purposely (do something)

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Simultaneously

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Two/Many things happening at once (person/group)

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Classify

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To group things based on their similarities

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Fragments

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Small Shattered pieces, not whole

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Rubble

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Debris of collapsed building / stone pieces

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Debris

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Broken pieces scattered on the ground

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Acquitted

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Free someone from criminal charge

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Convicted

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Charged and imprisoned

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Freed

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Set free

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Condoned

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Accept and cover for someone for their wrongdoing

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Accelerate

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Speed up (vehicles)

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Benevolence

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Kindness of heart

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Conscientiousness (Noun)

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The value of working hard continuously

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Conscientiously (Adverb)

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The value of working hard continuously

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Proficient

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Master a skill

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Hastily

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Fast or quickly, Hurry up

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Promptly

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On time

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Idle

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Free, nothing to do

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Sluggish

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Very tired and slow moving

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Inexperienced

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No experience, untrained

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Perspective

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View point, opinion

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Bewilderment

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In Shock

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Adversity

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Difficult situation

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Skeptical

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Not easily persuaded, no trust

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A high pitched shriek

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Screaming

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Pterodactyl shriek

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Higher pitch screaming

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Accommodation

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Place to stay (usually not your own home)

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Remodelling

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Recreate

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Time-consuming

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Take up too much time

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Chuckled

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Laugh in a low pitch/quietly

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Determination

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Persevering

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Battleground

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Place where a fighting or competition is going on

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Albeit our nervousness

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Even though we were nervous

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Albeit

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Even though, although, anyway

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Flag off

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Start (e.g. race)

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Scrambling away

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Rushing

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hiccups here and there

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things going wrong along the way

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Sweating buckets

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Perspiring a lot

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Keep off

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Get out (of certain places, not allowed)

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Prying eyes

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Peeking

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on our toes

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Very anxious

125
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like ants in the boiling pot

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antsy, anxious, stressed

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antsy

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Anxious, nervous, impatient

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got ants in your pants

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antsy

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anxiety

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nervous, anxious

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clammy palms / palms were sweating

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nervous

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Anxiety tickled down my spine, reminding me of the impending doom I am about to face.

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Worried for the future, anxious

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Impending

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About to happen

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Eulogise

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Praise highly in speech or writing

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Extol

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Praise enthusiastically, Exalt

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Acclaim

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Praise

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Set

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To prepare something

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Fixed

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Stay the same

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Authorised

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To give official permission

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Established

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Accepted, created

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Endless

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No end

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Boundless

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Not limited (e.g. knowledge)

141
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Intentional

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On purpose

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Unintentional

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Not on purpose

143
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Consistent

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Always stays the same (e.g. habits)

144
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Continuous

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Happening for a period of time