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wheeze

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make high, rough while breezing with difficulty

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sternly

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I will not drink your coffee- said mom sternly (showing disapproval)

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rumple

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Kazybek used to have rumpled hair all the time until i started to teach him to brush his har.
rumpled bed is what I criticized him for

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pallid

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very pale, unattractive

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cocky

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confident young rude person

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flare

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burn brightly for short period of time

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thump

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hard hitting sound. Wolf of wall street, guy thumping his chest with his fist with: hmm-hmmmmm
thump of headache when you stand up very quickly from lying position

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creak

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sound that door makes when you move it

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recline

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lean back with upper body horizontal. Koke reclines every evening on the sofe in eastern room

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fumble

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do smth awkwardly w hands.

social awkward situation: looking at your phone at social gatherings ANXIETYYYY

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sludgy

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soft wet and thick.

when you touch spoon right after dipping it to honey

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tumble

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fall quickly without control

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peephole

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hole of a door to see who is knocking the door to enter

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cot

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small bed for baby

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loathe

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hate someone or smth

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to mug

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attack a person in private place and steal his money GOPSTOP

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to leer

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to look at someone in unpleasant way

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catatonic

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stiff and not reacting as if dead. freeze of scare

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trespass

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to go into someone’s land w/o permission

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stroke

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sudorogi,

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moan

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long, low sound of suffering. sexual woman stunning sound

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bruise

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sinyak, fingal

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to thrash

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hit a person or animal as punishment

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elude

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i know who you mean, but her name eludes me.

if smth eludes you, you do not succeed in achieving it

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to grimace

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to make expression of pain or strong dislike

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stutter

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zaikatsya

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sheen

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bright smooth surface. when you sweat your body is sheened with sweat

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gust

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sudden strong wind

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decapitate

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cut off the head of the person

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folly

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stupidness, stupid action

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tantamount

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having same effect as smth

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to pound

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to hit, beat repeatedly

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cowling

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metal cover of engine

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skid

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to slide along a surface

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snap

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to cause smth thin to break a sound of crack

36
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speck

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small piece, amount

37
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contemplate

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spend time considering a possible future action

38
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shrilly

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in a way that is loud, high, and unpleasant or painful to listen t

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thrust

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to push suddenly and strongly

40
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ache

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a continuous pain that is unpleasant but not very strong:

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fling

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to throw something or someone suddenly and with a lot of force:

42
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groan

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a deep, long sound showing great pain or unhappiness

43
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quell

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o stop something, especially by using force. patience and courage that stops growing anger in you.

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lassitude

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physical or mental tiredness:

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itch

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an uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails:

46
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a whoosh

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a soft sound made by something moving fast through the air or like that made when air is pushed out of something

47
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hum

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a continuous low sound

48
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clanking

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to make a short loud sound like that of metal objects hitting each other, or to cause something to make this sound

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to thump

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to hit something and cause a noise

50
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clutch

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to take or try to take hold of something tightly, usually in fear, worry, or pain

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a splotch

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a mark or spot that does not have a regular shape

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to lacerate

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to cut or tear something, especially flesh (soft part of body between body and skin)

53
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totter

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to walk with difficulty in a way that looks as if you are about to fall. Photo on the edge of a roof for some hype.

54
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to swell

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increase in amount; adj: very good, excellent

55
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eerie

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strange in a frightening and mysterious way

56
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to gaze

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to look at something or someone for a long time, especially in surprise or admiration, or because you are thinking about something else:
That’s what mom usually do when talk to her.

57
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frantic

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almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such as worry

58
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trinket

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a small decorative object, or a piece of jewellery that is cheap or of low quality

59
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to sizzle

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to make a sound like food cooking in hot fat:

60
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smolder

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to burn slowly with smoke but without flames

61
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to flank

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to be at the side of someone or something

62
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to scald

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to burn the skin with boiling liquid or steam:

when you touch hot boiling water

63
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whiny

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having a complaining tone, in high sad voice

64
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snottal

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rude and behaving badly, especially by treating other people in a way that shows that you believe yourself to be better than them:
covered w mucus from the nose

65
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chastise

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to criticize someone severely

66
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desultory

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without a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest

67
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dolefully

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in a way that is, looks, or sounds very sad

68
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perturbed

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worried

69
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to abate

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to become less strong, pace down, cool off, taper

70
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gibber

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to speak quickly in a way that cannot be understood, usually when you are very frightened or confused
Jack coming up gibbering and trying to kill Wendy

71
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frolic

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happy behaviour, like that of children playing:
a harmless frolic
It was all fun and frolics until it began to pour down with rain.

72
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revelation

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the act of making something known that was secret, or a fact that is made known:
a moment of revelation
[ + that ] His wife divorced him after the revelation that he was having an affair.
Shocking revelations about their private life appeared in the papers.

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credulity

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willingness to believe that something is real or true, especially when this is unlikely

74
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slender

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thin and delicate, often in a way that is attractive:
He put his hands around her slender waist.
The plant’s leaves are long and slender.

75
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cunning

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Cunning people are clever at planning something so that they get what they want, especially by tricking other people, or things that are cleverly made for a particular purpose:
a cunning plan/ploy
He’s a very cunning man.

76
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indictment

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a sign that a policy, system, society, etc. is bad or wrong:
This seems to me to be a damning indictment of the government’s education policy.

a formal statement of accusing someone:
The charges on the indictment include murder and attempted murder

77
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celibacy

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Someone who is celibate does not have sex, especially because they have decided to never have sex.

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