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Ss Book Flashcards

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Intelligence

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the ability to learn, understand, and make judgments or have opinions that are based on reason:
eg: a child of high/average/low intelligence.
• It’s the intelligence of her writing that impresses me
- for example a child of high or average, low intelligence; it’s the intelligence of her writing that impresses me.
- some people has got the ability or the intelligence of writing or listening or some arts or lob lob

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Astronaut

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space traveler, one who flies in a spaceship

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Hypothesize

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assume, presume, adjudge, consider, suppose, hypothesize

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Row

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the children had created a tremendous row

we witnessed a row between that husband and wife
make (or kick up) a row

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Attend

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they attended the wedding

do you still attend that school?

be present in a place; care for, serve (attend to); accompany
Unattended

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Occupy

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inhabit, live in; fill, take up; engage, keep busy

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Loop

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make a circular shape (with thread, string, etc.)

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Pea

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1 the round seed of a kind of climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable: We had roast beef, potatoes and peas for dinner.

2 the plant which produces these seeds: We planted peas and beans this year.

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Follicle mite

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مو خوره

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Sack

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Bag

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Medieval

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Monk

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male member of a religious order

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Tense

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Tense the muscle

pull taught, stretch tight; make anxious or nervous; become anxious or nervous; become tight, contract
. Make a muscle tight or rigid

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Groggy

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the mountain climbers looked groggy

unsteady, off-balance; dazed, befuddled, drowsy; drunk (Archaic)
. Dazed, weak or unsteady, especially from tiredness or illness
And sometimes for those people who drag a lot we can use it too

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Sword

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Slip

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Move in a quick and ( sometimes )graceful way
Slippy

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Do up

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do, perform, carry out, accomplish, fulfill, do up
.Fasten

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Mindboggling

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amazing, overwhelming, the mind-boggling size of the milky way
. Very strange and hard to imagine/ comprehend

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Munch

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to chew (food etc ) noisily with the lips closed: She was munching her toast.
. Munching: Eating in a noisy way

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Recur

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past participle reˈcurred –
verb
to happen again; to come back again: This problem keeps recurring.
. Recurring: happening again and again

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Painstakingly

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AU adverb
[‘peɪnzteɪkɪŋlɪ]
carefully; meticulously; diligently
. very carefully and thoroughly

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Tedious

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boring and continuing for a long time: a tedious speech/speaker.

the book is tediously long

a tedious speech, monotonous,
. it’s a kind of tiredness
. boring and laborious/going on for a long time

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Stroke

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Indivitual pen marks

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Snail

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Elephant trunk

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Staircase

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set of steps

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Flesh

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Thwack

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Co-ordinate

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to adjust (a movement or action) so that it fits in or works smoothly (with other movements or actions): In swimming the movement of one’s arms and legs must be co-ordinated.

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Densely

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thickly, impenetrably

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Overflow

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the milk boiled and started to overflow
spill over, be filled to the point of flowing over; fill to the point of running over

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Swatter

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Digestive tract

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34
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Company

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I enjoy her company

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Parasite

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[ˈpӕrəsait]

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Itch

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Itchy

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Mite

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38
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Rehearse

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39
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Stem(med)

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Charm

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41
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Arrogant

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42
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cockroach

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type of insect

43
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Inconsistency

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When sth doesn’t doesn’t match sth else
Opposite of consistentency

44
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Random

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Happening without any particular reason or pattern

45
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Worse-case scenarios

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The worst possible situation

46
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Compromises

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peace, agreement, collusion, accord, accordance,

47
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Scabies

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48
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Bizarre

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strange, unusual, odd
-the bizarre appearance of the natives frightened the child
-a bizarre sequence of events
. Strange or weird

49
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A contest

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a struggle, competition etc to gain an advantage or victory: a sporting contest.
. Competition
. refers to Mary, Percy Shelley and Lord Byron’s competition to write a ghost story.

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A vision

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. Something you imagine seeing
. Refers to Mary’s dream had created

51
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Monstrous

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. Hideous
. Refers to the body the scientist in Mary’s dream had created

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A tune

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Song, melody,

53
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Hideous

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[ˈhidēəs]

terrible, disgusting, abominable, hateful

54
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Vividly

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Brightly
. Refers to how we sometimes dream

55
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Struggled to find an idea

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Could’nt think of anything
. refers to Mary Shelley trying to come up with an idea for a ghost story

56
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A melody

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. A tune
. Refers to the piece of music Paul Mccartney dreamed of

57
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Composition

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. A work of music or literature
. Refers to the piece of music Paul McCarteny played on the piano after his dream

58
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Ready-made

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Useable immediately
Refers to Paul McCartney’s melody

59
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A round

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A game of golf or cards

60
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Cricket

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outdoor sport played with ball and bat (popular in England)

61
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Intrinsically

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in an essential manner, naturally, inherently, innately

62
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Upgrade

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Promotion, raise

63
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Nip: (v)

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To go somewhere quickly or for a short time
It’s a kind of journey

64
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prescription (n)

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a piece of paper on which a doctor writes what medicine a sick person should have, so that they can get it from a pharmacist

65
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Helluva (adj)

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used to emphasize that someone or something is very good, bad, big etc:

He’s got a helluva temper.
He’s a helluva nice guy.
Related to feature or character

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desperate (adj)

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• willing to do anything to change a very bad situation, and not caring about danger

67
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deprivation (n)

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the lack of something that you need in order to be healthy, comfortable, or happy
Stress on the second part

68
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Switch off (v)

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to relax for a short time

69
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Yatch (n)

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a large boat with a sail, used for pleasure or sport, especially one that has a place where you can sleep

70
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Etc

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adverb etc. (etcetera)
and so on, and so forth

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Trick (v)

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to deceive someone in order to get something from them or to make them do something

72
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Head off (v)

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To leave to go to another place

73
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Hideout (n)

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a place where someone goes because they do not want anyone to find them

secret place, hiding-place, hideaway, refuge, shelter

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Boast (v)

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to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions

to talk with too much pride: He was always boasting about how clever his son was

brag, exaggerate about oneself
nobody believed his boast

Great boast little toat (idiom) پز عالی جیب خالی , he has lots of boast but nothing for eating

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Geotage (v)

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76
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Geotag (v)

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a piece of electronic data that shows where someone or something is and can, for example, be attached to a photograph or comment on social media

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Grounded (adj)

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A child or young person who is grounded is not allowed to go out as a punishment

You restrict your children don’t go out

78
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Ground (v)

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to stop a child going out with their friends as a punishment for behaving badly

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Unattended (adj)

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left alone without anyone in charge

80
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air pistol

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a small gun which is fired by means of air pressure

81
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At least

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used to emphasize
that something is good in a bad situation: It’s a small house but at least there’s a garden

82
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All the same

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Equally
acceptable, making no difference

83
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By and large

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You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true/ in general

84
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Apparently

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It seems/I heard that (you
this information from another person/indirectly)

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