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1
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Lousy

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Very bad

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Lousy with sth

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Full of sth

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Run-down

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Fatigued, weary, exhausted

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Crumby/ crummy
2 meanings

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1.Dirty and shabby
2. Cheap, worthless

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Hotshot

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Highly successful and aggressive

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To bash

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To strike with a crushing or smashing blow

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Grandstand

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The main seating area of a stadium

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Scrawny

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Excessively thin
Meagre and stunted

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Faggy/ faggot

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Insulting- gay man

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Slob

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A person who is lazy and has low standards for cleanliness

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Foil

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One of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing

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Flunk

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To give smb a poor grade so that he fails the exam
Fail to reach the required standards

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To apply oneself

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To make oneself work hard in order to complete sth successfully

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14
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To chuck

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To throw carelessly

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To have no wind

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To have no endurance

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16
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Crew cut

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A classic short hairstyle that is tapered at the sides and back

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17
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To taper

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To diminish or reduce in thickness towards the end

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To get a bang out of sth

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To drive excitement or pleasure from sth

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19
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Half- assed

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Stupid, not considering carefully enough

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20
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To stoop over

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To bend the upper body forward and downward; to crouch; to lean

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21
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To chuckle

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To laugh quietly

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22
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Grand

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Magnificent

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23
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Tack

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A small, sharp broad-headed nail

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Chiffonier

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A tall chest of drawers

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Turd

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A lump of excrement

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Firecracker

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A loud, explosive firework

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Corny

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Showing no new ideas or too often repeated; not funny or interesting

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Qualm

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An uncomfortable feeling when in doubt if you are doing the right thing

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Parlor

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A store that provides a service rather than selling goods

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Liable
2 meanings

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  1. Likely to
  2. Legally responsible for
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To shove

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To push with a quick, violent movement

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Stiff
2 meanings

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  1. Dead body
  2. Severe and strong, not easily bent
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33
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Swell
2 meanings

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Adj- really nice
V- to enlarge

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34
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Rostrum

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A raised platform for speakers

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Sore
2 meanings

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  1. Angry, upset
  2. Painful, tender
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36
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Peak

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The part at the front of the hat that sticks above your eyes

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37
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To barge in on smb

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To rudely interrupt

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Ledge

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The narrow shelf along the bottom edge of a window

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39
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Goner

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Smb about to die

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40
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Fiddle around with
2 meanings

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  1. For a machine - to try to make it work
  2. To waste time doing unimportant things
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41
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To horse around

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To play roughly and carelessly so that you can hurt smb or damage sth

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42
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Jock strap

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Жокейска каишка

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43
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Clunk

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The sound made by a heavy object hitting sth hard

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44
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Horny

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Hard and strong, made of horn

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45
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To keep tabs on

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Monitor the activities/ development

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46
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Conceited

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Too proud of own achievements; arrogant

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47
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To aggravate
2 meanings

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  1. To annoy
  2. To make worse
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48
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Houndstooth

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A usually small brocken check textile pattern

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49
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Can

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Bathroom (informal)

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50
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To chew the rag

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To chat in a leisurely and prolonged way

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51
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Lather

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The foam formed when a detergent is agitated with water

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52
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To be up the creek

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To be in a difficult situation

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53
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Creek

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A narrow area of water that flows into the land

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54
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Half/ full nelson

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Wrestling positions, holding smb so that it is hard for him to move

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55
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Viselike

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Very tight

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56
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Checkers

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A board game with 12 circular pieces

57
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Caddy

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Smb that carries your golf clubs for you

58
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Booze hound

A

Alcoholic

59
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Nosy

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Showing too much curiosity about other people’s affairs; to pry into sth

60
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Muffler
2 meanings

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  1. Scarf
  2. A device to deaden noise
61
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To tile

A

To make agitated and angry

62
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Hydrant

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An outlet from a water main from which water can be tapped for fighting fires

63
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Pinball

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A game in which the player presses two buttons in order to hit a small ball

64
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Boardwalk

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A path made of wooden boards, especially along a beach

65
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Hunch

A

a feeling or guess based onintuitionrather than fact

66
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To tee off

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To make angry/ annoyed

67
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Station wagon

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A car with a long body and space behind the back seats

68
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Halitosis

A

Unpleasant breath smell

69
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To gripe

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To complain about sth in a persistent, irritating way

70
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Break a neck

A

To make extraordinary efforts to achieve sth

71
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To sock

A

To hit with force

72
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To bawl

A

To weep/ cry noisily

73
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Janitor

A

A person employed to look after a building

74
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A gore

A

Blood from a wound that has become thick

75
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A tiff

A

A small unimportant quarrel

76
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To snow

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To persuade smb to do sth by deceiving him

77
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Fiend
2 meanings

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  1. Extremely cruel person
  2. Smb very interested in the thing mentioned or enjoys having a lot of it
78
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You are aces

A

You are highly regarded

79
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Gladstone bag

A

Rigid leather suitcase

80
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Wad

A

A tight bundle of sth

81
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Lavish
2 meanings

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  1. Smb that spends a lot
  2. Very impressive and expensive
82
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Lean-jawed

A

Smb with long, thin jaws and sunken cheeks

83
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In the sack

A

In bed, sleeping

84
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Conscientious

A

Very careful to do their work properly, scrupulous

85
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Lousy with rocks

A

Wearing a lot of jewellery

86
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Darn
2 meanings

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  1. To mend a hole in sth knitted
  2. Used to emphasize what you are saying when you are annoyed
87
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Snotty

A

Having a very proud and superior attitude

88
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Snob

A

The substance produced by the nose

89
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Booth

A

A small area separated from a larger public area by screens used for phone calls/ voting

90
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Screwball
2 meanings

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  1. Smb who does strange/ crazy things
  2. For comedy- silly and eccentric
91
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Bellboy

A

A man who works in a hotel, carrying bags/ bringing things to guests’ rooms

92
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To neck

A

To kiss in a sexual way

93
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Suave

A

Polite, ingratiating

94
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To foul up
2 meanings

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  1. To make dirty, to contaminate
  2. To spoil by making mistakes, to confuse
95
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To sooth the crap with

A

To talk to

96
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To soothe

A

To make calm, relieve

97
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Pimp

A

A man who controls prostitutes and arranges clients for them, taking a percentage of their earnings

98
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Putrid
2 meanings

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  1. Sth that has decayed and smells unpleasant
  2. Morally corrupt, depraved
99
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Brassy ( music)

A

Harsh and loud

100
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To hem and haw

A

Hesitate, be indecisive

101
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Hem
2 meanings

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  1. The sound made in clearing the throat
  2. The bottom edge of clothing
102
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Haw
2 meanings

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  1. To utter a sound representing hesitation or a pause in speech
  2. The berry of a hawthorn
103
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Crude

A

Rough, basic, rude

104
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Dopey
2 meanings

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  1. Silly, stupid
  2. Sleepy
105
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Jitterbug

A

A fast jerky American dance, usually to jazz music, popular in the 40’s

106
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Immaterial

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Not important, relevant

107
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Sterling

A

Very good in quality, first -class

108
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Tom Collins

A

A long drink with gin, lime juice, sugar, soda water

109
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Beat- up
Adj

A

Old and in bad condition

110
Q

Licorice stick

A

Clarinet

111
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Licorice

A

A firm black substance with a strong taste used for making sweets

112
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Muckle

A

A large amount

113
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Muckle- mouthed

A

Having a big mouth

114
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To snub

A

To treat with neglect/ contempt

115
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Screened in porch
Screened room

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A room near the exterior of the house covered by window screens

116
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Glider

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A seat for one or two people that swings backwards and forwards, usually used in a porch

117
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To get wise with

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To become presumptuous (самонадеян) or impertinent (нахален)

118
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Newsreel

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A short film of national or international news events, made for showing in cinemas

119
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To toss one’s cookies

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To vomit

120
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Hoodlum

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A criminal, a gangster, a thug

121
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To shoot the bull

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To talk informally about unimportant things

122
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To strike up a conversation

A

To start a conversation

123
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Coat check

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A room in a restaurant/ theatre, where smb can leave their belongings

124
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To shove

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To push along

125
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Flannel suit

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A type of soft- woven suit that is made with an emphasis on softness and comfort

126
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Flitty (n)

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A male homosexual

127
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To flit

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To alter, to shift

128
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Tattersal

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S style of tartan pattern woven into a cloth

129
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Crocked

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Drunk

130
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Horse’s ass

A

Stupid person

131
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Knockers

A

Breast ( vulgar)

132
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Pansy

A

A gay man

133
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Yellow guy

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Cowardly, not brave

134
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Cutting remark

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A remark intended to hurt the feelings of others

135
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To rile smb up

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To induce resentful/ angry agitation

136
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Nonchalant

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Feeling casually calm and relaxed, not displaying any interest or enthusiasm

137
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Tail

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A woman considered as a sexual object

138
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Dolled up

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Dressed in order to look attractive for an event

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