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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
to make expression of pain or strong dislike
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stutter
zaikatsya
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sheen
bright smooth surface. when you sweat your body is sheened with sweat
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gust
sudden strong wind
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decapitate
cut off the head of the person
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folly
stupidness, stupid action
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tantamount
having same effect as smth
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to pound
to hit, beat repeatedly
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cowling
metal cover of engine
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skid
to slide along a surface
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snap
to cause smth thin to break a sound of crack
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speck
small piece, amount
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contemplate
spend time considering a possible future action
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shrilly
in a way that is loud, high, and unpleasant or painful to listen t
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thrust
to push suddenly and strongly
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ache
a continuous pain that is unpleasant but not very strong:
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fling
to throw something or someone suddenly and with a lot of force:
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groan
a deep, long sound showing great pain or unhappiness
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quell
o stop something, especially by using force. patience and courage that stops growing anger in you.
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lassitude
physical or mental tiredness:
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itch
an uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails:
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a whoosh
a soft sound made by something moving fast through the air or like that made when air is pushed out of something
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hum
a continuous low sound
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clanking
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
to hit something and cause a noise
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clutch
to take or try to take hold of something tightly, usually in fear, worry, or pain
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a splotch
a mark or spot that does not have a regular shape
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to lacerate
to cut or tear something, especially flesh (soft part of body between body and skin)
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totter
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.
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to swell
increase in amount; adj: very good, excellent
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eerie
strange in a frightening and mysterious way
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to gaze
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.
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frantic
almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such as worry
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trinket
a small decorative object, or a piece of jewellery that is cheap or of low quality
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to sizzle
to make a sound like food cooking in hot fat:
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smolder
to burn slowly with smoke but without flames
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to flank
to be at the side of someone or something
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to scald
to burn the skin with boiling liquid or steam: | when you touch hot boiling water
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whiny
having a complaining tone, in high sad voice
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snottal
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
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chastise
to criticize someone severely
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desultory
without a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest
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dolefully
in a way that is, looks, or sounds very sad
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perturbed
worried
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to abate
to become less strong, pace down, cool off, taper
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gibber
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
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frolic
happy behaviour, like that of children playing: a harmless frolic It was all fun and frolics until it began to pour down with rain.
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revelation
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
willingness to believe that something is real or true, especially when this is unlikely
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slender
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.
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cunning
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.
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indictment
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
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celibacy
Someone who is celibate does not have sex, especially because they have decided to never have sex.

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