Vocab Vokabeln Flashcards
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be over the moon
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being extremely happy
-> first bike as present
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have a flair for
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being naturally good
-> first time golf and making hole
3
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go down to the wire
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until the last moment unclear
-> marathon, dont know winner until picture aalysis
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once in a blue moon
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very rarely happening
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stumped
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unable to answer
nagatively surprised
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(to) talk shop
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(to) talk about work
7
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firing on all cylinders
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powerful
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feeling under the weather
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not feeling good
9
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wires crossed
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being confused
10
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a marked man
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in danger of of smth. happening
11
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middle of nowhere
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nothing much around
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stuck between a rock and a hard place
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being in difficult situation with no good option
13
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has us over a barrel
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person has power to put someone in difficult situation
14
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docusoap
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entertaining program about real people
15
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shovelware
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useless application on electronic devices
16
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frankenfood
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genetically modified food
17
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voicejail
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taking forever to get a real person on the phone
18
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bowels
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part of the alimentary canal below the stomach
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enclose
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surround or close off on all sides
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fierce
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being fearless
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hardship
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severe suffering
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limb
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large branch of a tree
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thread
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long thin strand used in sewing
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tribe
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clan
group of people
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obtain
get hold of in any way
26
get
receive smth.
27
acquire
get smth.
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receive
being given
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procure
obtain smth.
30
tall
measure of total lenth in the vertical plane
31
big
large in size or amount
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high
relative measure between two points
33
wealthy
herited
no longer worries about money
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rich
large amount of money earned
35
loaded
slang, having great deal of money
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affluent
group or area having money
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prosperous
successful in material terms
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promise
declaration to do/ not do
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pledge
solemn binding promise
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vow
promise to perform
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oath
promise made before someone
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smell
faculty or power of perceiving odours
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odour
charactersistic smell good/ bad
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fragrance
quality of pleasant odour
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scent
distinctive
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aroma
distincitve/ persuasive and pleasant or savory smell
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bravery
condition of being contatious
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courage
quality of mind to face danger
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gallantry
nobility of spirit
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boldness
being fearless
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valour
great courage in the face of danger
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incense
burning substance/ making someone angry
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fait-accompli
cannot be changed
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bete-noire
smth. I hate
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cul-de-sac
end of street
deadend
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per annum
yearly
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de facto
infact
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bungalow
one story house
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chutney
spicy jam
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cordon bleu
very fine exquisite cusine
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vis-a-vis
face to face
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blase
bored
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ad lib
to improvise
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inter alia
among other things
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joie de vivre
joy of life
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carte blanche
complete freedom
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laissez-faire
not to interfere
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habeas corpus
right to a trial
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non sequitur
statement not logical
70
juggernaut
big truck
71
art nouveau
movement in art 19th and early 20th century
Jugendstil
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Connoisseur/ connoisseuse
person who has expert knowledge and keen discirmination in some field
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Debonaire
pleasant and freindly in a cheerful way
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Epitome
short statement of the mainpoints of a text;
person or thing that is representative or typical of a whole class
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Epithet
adjective, noun, or phrase used to characterize some person or thing
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ex officio
by virtue of one's office
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ex post facto
done or made afterward
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femme fatale
an alluring woman
79
habeas corpus
any of various wrtis ordering a person to be brought before a court
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harakiri
ritual suicide by disembowlement, often practiced to avoid disgrace
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joie-de-vivre
love of life
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kamikaze
suicide attack by a Japanese airplane pilot in WW 2
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kudos
credit or praise for an achievement
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liaison
linking up of parts of a whole in order to bring about proper coordination of activities
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nom-de-plume
pen name
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persona nongrata
unbidden person who is not well-liked or wanted by the powers that be
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savoir-faire
ready knowledge of what to do or say
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savoir-vivre
good manners
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doctom boom
an elaborate art project
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bacchanalian
being drunk
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relationship fared
worked as good as ...
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Holds him out as
represents him
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demented
insane
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curate
decide about
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fiddle with
play with
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large crevasse
big gap/ big difference
97
klieg lights of fame
person of public
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We are starting to camp out there
not differentiating privacy and public
99
lay of the land
exposing oneself
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sift through
skipping through
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egotism
only about ourself
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voyeurism
enjoyment seeing others in pain
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blogged their way through
sharing their experience
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ordeal
pain
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happen upon it
same
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queries
searches on the internet
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explicit
defined
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worth cherishing
respect others privacy
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anecdotes
day to day experiences
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frankly
honestly
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the valley
exposing it on the internet
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disclosure rate in the long run
exposing more and more online
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astound
confuse
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predators
bad people
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keep in check
control what is being posted
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promise than peril
more promise than danger
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probe
researche
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blossom
first being felt
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scuttling around
crawling
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sparks flew
connection
121
peak
at their highest
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monogamy with clandestine adultery
secret end of a marriage
123
swept away
departing
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crave the intoxication
crave the high
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as their first rush of infatuation fades
first rush of being in love
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steps up
raises
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heated infatuation induced by PEA
highest level of being in love
128
gait and giggle
act of persuasion
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yield up
lift, come behind
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elude or grasp
hide
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hollow
empty space inside
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indicated
pointed out
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falsification
changing smth. to deceive
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insistence
demanding smth. forecefully
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gullible
easy tricked
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genuine patients
legitimate
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the writing is on the wall
clear smth. negative about to happen
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a narcotic withdrawal
symptoms when no longer access to drug
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wincemakingly expensive
shocking/ painful in visual way
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crackdown on
take strong action against smth.
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strain
genre
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space-smearing faster than light drives
spaceships at light speed
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traverse
cross over
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pejoratively
uncomplimentary
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stun
amaze
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the sublime
awesome
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tranquility tinged
peacefulness
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His fanzine
paper by fans
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ter-jerkers
emotional appeal
150
yarn
old
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whisker away from camp
near to labour camp
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take a whack at it
try to do smth.
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blast-scarred
effected by explosion
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lumbering
slow moving
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crewed working stiffs
working for the paycheck
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sinister megacorporation
evil giant company
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undergo a merger
coming together
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eponymous
mentioned in ..
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sleek, snouty
smooth shining
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lopes
move
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bided his time
wait for proper opportunity
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blasé
boring
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buggy
full of error
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the bottom line is
fundamental
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plausibility
credibility
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physicality
intellectuality
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lenient
sparing, forgiving
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hubris
arrogance
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with impunity
exemption from punishment
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no stake in
no interest in
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dwarfed by
smaller
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probes
explores
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in turn trumped by the brute enormity
to be beaten by smth.
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ode to
anthem
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all-encompassing
wide, broad
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potent allure
great appeal
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icy susurration of sorrow and snow
icy whisper of fear
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goateed
beard in form of goat
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bound in irons
chained
180
boreal
northern
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stalwart
sturdy
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vodka-fortified Russophiles
admirer of Russia
183
in their tracks
right there in the moment
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sibir
sound one makes when cold
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cackling babushka
chatty grandma
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enamored
amazed
187
Seismologists
scientists investing earthquakes
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Paleontologists
scientists exploring animals with spines
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poke
explore
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scour its pelagic plateaus
clean higher platforms of ocean
191
pristine
natural
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mummified wooly mammoths
remain of mammooths
193
on a lark
for fun
194
offshoot
detour
195
iron curtain
political meataphor for political boundary dividing Europe
196
perestroika
political de-orientation of the Russians
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dread
feared
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expanses
wilderness
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rutted traces
deep narrow marks
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locales
locations
201
gulag
system of labour camp in Soviet Union
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recounts
telling someone about it
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surly
bad tempered
204
bum Renault van
shabby car
205
wry levity
excessive
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Decembrists
member of group Russian revolutionaries
207
snuffed out
wiped out
208
tome
book
209
heed
careful attention
210
imponderable vastness
unpredictable
211
Managment gurus
influence on business manager
212
globe-trotting
to travel the world
213
sorely
to a very high degree of intensity
214
durable
sustainable
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boasts
act of talking with excessive pride
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gripping sequel
exciting book/ film
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parochial
restricted
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shun
avoiding
219
Business-to business
send direct marketing to another business
220
Company men
employees who put allegiance to the company
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Hip youngsters
very modern
222
market niches
defines product feature
223
staid-sounding
serious
224
gobbled up
used or wasted a lot
225
snuff
extinguish
226
Flycatchers
birds that catch insects
227
spate
large number of simular things
228
crime ridden
having high incidence of criminal activity
229
uncelebrated
not publicly acclaimed
230
sustained
continuing
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vast array
large range
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prosper
to succeed or make money
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rural backwaters
place that is isolated
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best and brightest
most skilled
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bulk
mass size
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dogged
stubborn
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subsidiaries
company belonging to another
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prosaic
average
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relentless
increasingly intense
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content to
state of satisfaction
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forewarned
tipped off ahead of time
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synonym for anger
ire
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synonym for modest
tame
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synonym for gap
gulf
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synonym for clothing
garb
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to soothe
to appease
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to oppose
stood up
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to show utter contempt for a religion
blasphemy
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synonym for harmless
benign
250
gesture of respect for a religion
genuflect
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forbid and permit same time
sanction
252
hypocrisy
double standard
253
more than adequate
abundance
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randomly
arbitrarily
