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The Petsitters Club Flashcards

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Quavery

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Shaky or unstead

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Mucky

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Covered with or consisting of dirt or filth

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Mutter

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Say something in a low or barely audible voice

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Jiggle

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Move about lightly, and quickly from side to side or up and down

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Mystify

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Utterly bewilder or perplex

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Gulp

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Swallow (drink or food) quickly or in large mouthful, often audibly

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Scamper

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(Especially with small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement

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Snoopy

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(inquisitive; prying; nosey) likely to snoop

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Obstinate

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Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action

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Stomped down

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To bring the foot down onto an object surface forcibly

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Trample

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To tread heavily / destructively

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Clang

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A loud, resonant, metallic sound

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Soot

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A black powdery or flaky substance consisting largely of amorphous carbon

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Perch

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alight or rest on something

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Grimly

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in a very serious, gloomy, or depriving manner

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Hearth

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The floor of a fireplace

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Downhearted

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Discouraged; in a low spirits

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Gruffly

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With a deep and rough voice with often sounds unfriendly

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Scuttle

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To run with quick short steps

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Nibble

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To bite something with small bites

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Whizz

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to move very quickly, making a high, continuous sound

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Yank

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to pull something/ somebody hard

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Hiss

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to make a sound like a long “s”

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Prod

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to push somebody or something with your finger or with a pointed object

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slowpoke (informal)

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a person who moves, acts or works too slowly

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dashing

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attractive and full of confidence

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Mutter

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to speak or say something in a quiet voice that is difficult to hear

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simmer down

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to be calm after a period of anger or excitement

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thataway

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in that direction

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clear off

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to go or run away

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berk

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a stupid person

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sneer

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to show that you have no respect for somebody by the expression on your face or by the way you speak

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sprawling

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spreading in an untidy way

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munching

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to eat something steadily / often noisily, especially something hard and or dry

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squeak

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to make a short high sound that is not very loud

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blub

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to cry

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ropey

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not in good condition; of bad quality

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scorn

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a strong feeling that somebody/ something is stupid or not good enough

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nudge

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to push somebody gently, especially with your elbow, in order to get their attention

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rifle

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to search quickly through something in order to find / steal something

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double take

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you wait for a moment before you react to something that has happened, because it is very surprising

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tail away

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to follow somebody closely, especially in order to watch where they go and what they do

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sharpish

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quickly, in a short time

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diddum

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used for showing sympathy, especially in a way which is not sincere

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taunt

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to try to make somebody angry or upset by saying unkind things about them, laughing at their failures.

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seer

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to laugh at somebody or shout rude remarks at them to show that you do not respect them

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hunched

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bending the top part of your body forward and raising you shoulders back.

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squashed

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flat, soft, or out of shape as a result of being crushed or squeezed with force

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Growly

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Resembling a growl

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Lumber

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You have to deal with something or someone that you don’t want to.

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muck about

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to spend time doing things that are not useful or serious

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Flipping

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Used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance

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cracking

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very impressive or effective

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hover

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to stay in the air in one place

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vaster

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great in size, amount, degree

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straining

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intense or violent exertion

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snuffle or snuffly

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breathing in quickly and repeatedly through the nose, usually because you are crying

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waddle

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to walk with short steps, moving the body from one side to the other

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wondrous

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marvelous, wonderfully

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strutting

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walking or moving with a strut

61
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thumping

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pounding

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bellow

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emit a deep loud roar

63
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rootling

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British world for root

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Prance

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to walk or dance in an energetic way

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Standstill

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a situation or condition in which there is no movement or activity at all

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Puffing / puff

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breathe in repeated short gasps

67
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trussed

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(of a chicken or other bird) having had the wings and legs tied before cooking

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shuffling

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walk by dragging one’s feet along with without lifting them fully on the ground

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swerving

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to change direction, especially suddenly

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swoop

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especially of a bird, move rapidly downwards through the air

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ticks

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a regular short, sharp sound, esp that made by a clock or watch

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clutch

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grasp or seize (something) tightly or eagerly

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swirl

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characterized by rapid movement

74
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thump
*thump on the back

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to strike or beat with or as if with something thick or heavy so as to cause a dull sound

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wobble
* i shook my head so hard my helmet wobble

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move unsteady from side to side

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pat
*he patted me on the back

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touch quickly and gently with the flat of the hand

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skidded
*the ball skidded into the roses again and i went to fetch it

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slide, typically sideways

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Suss
*Jake laughed and said i was amazing at sussing things out

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  • realize or grasp (something)
  • attempt to work out (a situation, person’s character, etc)
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scurried
(the dog scurried back down the hill)

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(of a person or small animal)

move hurriedly, with short quick steps

80
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bleated (baaaah! bleated the sheep)

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make characteristic wavering cry

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trotted (the sheep stared at him them trotted away)

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(with reference to a horse or other 4 legged animal)
proceed or cause to proceed at a pace faster than a walk

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bramble
(she was standing on the edge of the hillside, looking down at the bramble bushes)

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a bramble is a any rough, prickly shrub, usually in the genus Rubus

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swopped

(we whopped round which was exceedingly difficult)

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past test of swap

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nippy

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SLANG/INFORMAL rather cold, chilly

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craning (craning back at us)

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to stretch in order to look at something

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frantically
(Giles and Kelly paddled frantically, desperate to catch them up)

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hurriedly

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Nutters

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someone who is crazy, silly, or strange

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Spluttering

(You can say that again, said biscuits, spluttering)

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to speak in a quick and confused way, producing short, unclear noises because of surprise, anger, etc.

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scummy

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dirty

ie. Scummy water or another liquid is covered with a layer of an unpleasant substance

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waft

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to (cause to) move gently through the air.

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wail

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to make a long, high cry, usually because of pain or sadness

ie. The women gathered around the coffin and began to wail, as was the custom in the region.

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copiously

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in large amounts

ie. we ate and drank copiously at the party.

ENGLISH VOCABULARY (5 decks)

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