Vocabulary Flashcards

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HOWEVER

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despite whatever amount or degree

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YEARLY

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every year or once every year

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3
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FILLED WITH

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full of the stated thing

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4
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THATCHED ROOF

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a roof of a building made with straw or reeds

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5
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UNDERNEATH

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under or below

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WARM

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having or producing a comfortably high temperature, but not hot

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SLIPPERY

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wet, smooth or oily so that it slides easily or causes something to slide

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8
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MESS UP

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something which has been done badly

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9
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CANOPY

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a cover fixed over a seat or bed, etc. for shelter or decoration

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KETTLE

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a covered metal or plastic container with a handle and a shaped opening for pouring, used for boiling water

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STEW

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a type of food consisting usually of meat or fish and vegetables cooked slowly in a small amount of liquid

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LEFTOVERS

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food remaining after a meal

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OVERNIGHT

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for or during the night

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HANG UP

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to fasten or support something at the top leaving the other parts free to move, or to be held in this way

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SIGN

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something showing that something else exists or might happen or exist in the future

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WEALTH

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a large amount of money or valuable possessions that someone has.

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17
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CHEW

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to bite something with your teeth, usually in order to taste its flavor.

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18
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PEWTER

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a bluish grey metal which is a mixture of tin and lead

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19
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LEAD

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a type of metal

20
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LEACH

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to remove a substance from a material, especially from earth, by the process of water moving through the material, or to remove parts of a material using water

21
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POISONING

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an illness caused by eating, drinking or breathing a dangerous substance

22
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DEATH

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the end of life

23
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CONSIDERED

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to believe someone or something to be, or think of them as something

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STALE BREAD

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no longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for too long

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WORM
a small animal with a long narrow soft body without arms, legs or bones
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MOLD
a soft green or grey growth which develops on old food or on objects that have been left for too long in warm wet air
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ACCORDING TO
as stated by
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BURNT
past simple and past participle of burn
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LOAF
bread which is shaped and baked in a single piece and can be sliced for eating
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KNOCK OUT
to make yourself ill or unconscious with tiredness
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ALE
any of various types of beer, typically one that is dark and bitter
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BURIAL
the act of putting a dead body into the ground, or the ceremony connected with this
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GATHER
get together with other people
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WAKE
when the family and friends of a dead person meet in order to look at the dead body the night before it is buried, or when they meet after a dead person has been buried to drink and talk about the person's life
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RUN OUT
to finish, use or sell all of something, so that there is none left
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DIG UP
to take something out of the ground by digging
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COFFIN
a long box in which a dead person is buried or burnt
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BONE
any of the hard parts inside a human or animal that make up its frame
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SCRATCH
to rub with your nails
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ALIVE
not dead
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TIE
to fasten together two ends of a piece of string or other long thin material, or to (cause to) hold together with a long, thin piece of string, material, etc.
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STRING
–(a piece of) strong thin rope which is made by twisting very thin threads together and which is used for fastening and tying things
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WRIST
the part of the body between the hand and the arm
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BELL
a hollow metal object shaped like a cup which makes a ringing sound when hit by something hard, especially a clapper
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GRAVEYARD
a place, often next to a church where dead people are buried