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Vocab 5 Flashcards

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Break the ice

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Flunk

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to fail an exam or course of study:

[ T ] I almost flunked chemistry.

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Bough

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A large branch

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Stop light

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Traffic light

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Chop

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Cut

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Frivolity

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behavior that is silly and not serious, or things that are silly and not important:
You shouldn’t treat such a serious subject with frivolity.
I’m far too busy to waste time on frivolities like going to the movies

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Cut through

Deforest

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Not it !

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Eu não !

Morreu !

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Enny meeny miny moe

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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Nursery rhyme

Description
“Eeny, meeny, miny, moe”—which can be spelled a number of ways—is a children’s counting-out rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag, or for selecting various other things. It is one of a large group of similar rhymes in which the child who is pointed to by the chanter on the last syllable is chosen.

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Drump up

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drum up sth
— phrasal verb with drum verb
UK /drʌm/ US

to try to increase business activity or get support for something:
drum up business/demand/sales Retailers are trying to drum up sales with price cuts.
drum up enthusiasm/interest/support

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So and so

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Fulano

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Nourishment

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the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition.
“tubers from which plants obtain nourishment”

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Icicles

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Havoc

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Caos

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Theatricality

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Related to theater

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Skidattle

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To Get Out of Some Place In a Hurry, Usually Accompanied with the Sound made by Curly from the Three Stooges. If you skidattle, you leave extremely quickly
Ohh Snap, PoPos, Let’s Skidattle.

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Veal

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Hiatus

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Onesie

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Swaddle

( baby vocabulary )

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Completionist

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Crooked

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not forming a straight line, or having many bends:
You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.
His front teeth are crooked.

done through cheating or other dishonest behavior:
Their efforts centered on crooked deals in which officials took bribes.

Dishonest

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Plaid

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Estampa xadrez

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