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Vocab Flashcards

1
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Unclench

A

Aflojar

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Nudge

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To push something or someone gently, usually the elbow

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3
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Gleam

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To produce a small bright light

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4
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Sparking

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Brillar

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5
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Grin

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Really big smile

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6
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Tapped

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Golpear

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7
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Spreadeagled

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Abierto

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8
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Relentless

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unceasingly intense

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9
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Fumbled

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Do something awkwardly

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10
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Padded

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Acolchado

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11
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Purged

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Quejarse

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12
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Peer over

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Mirar sobre

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13
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Wretch

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Unhappy person

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14
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Linger

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To take a time to leave or disappear

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15
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Tottered

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To walk with difficulty/ tambalearse

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16
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Bleeding-edge

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Description of ideas, systems, devices that are modern

17
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Summoned

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To order someone to come to a particular place

18
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To glance

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To give a quick short look

19
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Leaned

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To move the top part of the body in a particular direction

20
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Squinted

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To partly close your eyes

21
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Rubbed-off

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To acquire something from other people

22
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Put off

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Postponed

23
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Swell

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To become larger than usual, increase in size or amount

24
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Obliterate (v)

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To remove all signs of something, either by destroying or by covering it

25
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Appaled (adj)

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Having strong feeling of shock or disapproval

26
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Cauldron (n)

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A large round container for cooking in

27
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Blistering (adj)

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Extremely hot

28
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Shiver (v)

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When someone shakes slightly because feels cold, ill, or frightened

29
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Blurted smthg out (ph v)

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To say something suddenly and without thinking

30
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Husky (adj)

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A voice that is husky is low and rough, often in an attractive way, or because of illnes

31
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Sigh (v)

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To breathe out slowly and noisily, expressing tiredness, sadness, pleasure…

32
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Gauge (v)

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To calculate an amount, especially by using a measuring device

33
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Thrive (v)

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To grow, develop, or be successful

34
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Thorough

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When you do something really really well

35
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Drought

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When there is no water

36
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Draught

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Small wind brise

37
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Limb

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Arms and legs

38
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Come in for

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When you are critized for something

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