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Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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To shake when you are cold

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Shiver

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To shake with fear

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Quiver

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An extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial

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Ordeal (n)

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Feeling of admiration

“To be in ____ of sth”

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Awe (n)

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Synonym of confused

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Baffled (adj)

Bewildered (adj)

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An incredible achievement and very difficult

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No mean feat(n)

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To do terrible in sth

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To not fare(v) well

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8
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An who always wants to do things with you in excess

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Clingy (adj)

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9
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The babysitter that sleeps in the house with the family

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Au pair

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To talk down to sb.

To talk to sb in a way that makes you look superior and makes the other feel like a child.

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To patronise sb

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To go quickly somewhere and only do that

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To pop down (to do sth or somewhere)

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12
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The time then light first begins to disappear.

Synonym of twilight

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(At) dusk

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13
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Verb meaning to fix clothes

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To sew

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14
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Verb meaning to put seeds into the ground during farming

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To sow

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15
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Intransitive verb (no object)

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Rise

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16
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Transitive verb (needs object)

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Raise

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17
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Office/school supplies

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Stationery

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18
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Adjective meaning “not moving”

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Stationary

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19
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Being the first mentioned of two, adjective

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The former

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20
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Being the last mentioned of two, adjective

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The latter

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21
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Adjective meaning to be clever and funny

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Witty (noun: witt)

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22
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Being able to express yourself very articulately

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Eloquence(n)

Eloquent(adj)

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23
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Friendly, teasing conversation

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Banter (n,v)

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24
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Verb meaning to fade, grow weaker, shrink to zero

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Dwindle (dwindling: adj)

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25
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To have a verbal fight with sb

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To have a ROW with sb

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26
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Adjective meaning rough voice

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HUSKY voice

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27
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Adjective meaning shaky voice

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WOBBLY voice

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28
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Adjective meaning aggressive, not friendly voice

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HARSH voice

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29
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Adjective meaning relax, chill voice

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MELLOW

SOOTHING voice

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30
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Adjective meaning to be tired, feeling of falling asleep. As a resumt of an activity or typically medications

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Drowsy (noun: drowsiness)

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31
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Too old to be doing what they are doing. Negative meaning

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Geriatric

32
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Behaves like a child but you are an adult. Negative meaning

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Childish
Puerile
Juvenile
Infantile

33
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Behaves innocently, like a child. Positive meaning

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Childlike

34
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Looks like a child, for appearance only. Positive meaning

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Youthful

35
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Synonym of conduct, behavior

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Demeanor

36
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Fully developed in body or mind, as a person. Positive meaning

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Mature

Adult

37
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To shrink, bend or crouch, especially in fear

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Cringe (v)

Cringeworthy (adj)

38
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Adjective synonym of irritating/ annoying

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Irksome

39
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Noun, future possibility. Follow by the preposition “of”

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Prospect

40
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To make an incident serious seem less serious

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To downplay sth

41
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You become/do more of sth than sb else

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To outgrow sth

42
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For knowledge and research means to be complete without any missing information
For student or worker means sb who does things completely, leaves nothing unfinished

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Thorough (adj)

Thoroughly (adv)

43
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Adjective meaning reckless and stupid

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Foolhardy

44
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Adjective for sb who pay much attention to detail in their work, really positive

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Conscientious

Conscientiousness (n)

45
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Sth you want to happen but actually is impossible

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Sth is wishful thinking (adj)

46
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Adjective synonym of relaxed, easy-going

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Laid-back

47
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To change direction suddenly

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To veer

48
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Synonym of salary

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Remuneration (n)

49
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A strong feeling of disappointment, betrayal when sb’s promises are not met

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Disenchanted (adj)

Disenchantment (n)

50
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To take sth apart, to pull sth apart

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To dismantle, disassemble

51
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To have a lot of work to do, so you are too busy to have fun

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To be deluged (with work)

To be snowed under

52
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A time period

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Era

53
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  1. How much money you make in one year

2. Refers to employees (they constantly change)

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Turnover (n)

54
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Criticism doesn’t get to you

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Thick-skinned

55
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Proud, stubborn

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Stiff-necked

56
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Another way of saying “beginner”

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Wet behind the ears

57
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Sth you say when sth is suspicious

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“I smell a rat”

58
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Dull lifestyle

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To be in a rut

59
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Unable to decide

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To be in two minds about sth

60
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To be slightly bold

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To be bit thin on top

61
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Referring to madness/ insanity

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To have a screw loose

Off one’s head

62
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Referring to fear

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Hair-raising

Have kittens

63
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Referring to anger

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Throw a wobbly

Hot under the collar

64
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To pay too much

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To pay through the nose for sth

65
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To talk about business or work in a situation where you shouldn’t

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To talk shop

66
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The ability to talk

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To have the gift to the gab

67
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Sth is useless or problematic

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Sth is a white elephant

68
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A tough situation caused because of not having enough money

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To be in a tight squeeze

69
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When sb gives a speech w/o preparing for it, that person speak:

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Off the cut

70
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If a couple share the cost of a meal in a restaurant, they go:

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Dutch

71
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An older woman trying to look and dress like a much younger one

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Mutton (old sheep) dressed as lamb

72
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Sb is not longer young anymore

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No spring chicken

73
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Very interested in everything

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As keen as mustard

74
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Beautiful

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A sight for sore eyes

75
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A husband

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Hen-pecked

76
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To make a situation worse than it already is

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To EXACERBATE a situation

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