1 Flashcards

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dreadfully

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extreme

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grim

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very serious or gloomy, unattractive or forbidding

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forbidden

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prohibited, banned, vetoed

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forgery

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counterfeit, falsificate to make fraud

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delved

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reach inside of something and share

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struck: pp of strike

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hit someone

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bruise

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contusion, lesion, injury

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tether

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tie an animal

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cleaver

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tool used by butcher

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prod

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to persuade, to poke something or someone

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gusher

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effusive person//where the oil come out without being pumped

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spew

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expel in large quantities

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bound

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to limit

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avail

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use or take advantage (utilidad)

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thereby

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as a result of that

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allotment

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plot of land rented to someone.// allocated to a particular person

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eager

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strong desire to do or have something. ie he was eager to learn

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tuck

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fold, specially bedclothes, under mattress, child.

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jabbing

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poke roughly

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jeering

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make rude and mocking remarks

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rags

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piece of old clothes

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skillet

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pan

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mumbles

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say something indistinctly

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wag

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move rapidly

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rattling
very good of its kind
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grit
small loose particle of sand
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holler
give a laud shout or cry
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paraphernalia
equipment needed for a particular activity
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flocks
number of birds flying together
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eerie
strange
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drag
pull with difficulty
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foreman
man whose labor is supervise others
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weep
shed tears
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mow
cutted
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fret
be constantly or visible anxious
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snuff
extinguish a candle
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stout
fat, heavy, thick
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stork
avestruz
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choppy
entrecortado
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frakish
unusual, strange
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slanting
positioned in a sloping direction
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sprig
descendant
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blemish
mark, (blame)
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stealthy
behaving in a surreptitious or cautious manner
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mangy
in a poor condition
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rosebud
unopened flower
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flunk
to fail at reaching the required standard
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fend
look after oneself, with no help
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gumption
iniciative
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faze
disconcert
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raged
violent anger
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bleak
inhospitable
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hems
restrict the space of movement
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conceal
hide
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ashtray
cenicero
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baffle
bewilder (abrumar) or perplex
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dash
run in a hurry
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plopped
small sound dropping into the water
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sob
cry noisily
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whir
make a low continuous sounds
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prickly
irritable
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berate
criticize
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supper
evening meal
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squint
entrecerrar
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spinters
solterona
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mossy
mohoso
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jammed
squeeze or pack tightly
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crouch
position on knees to defend yourself
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jabber
talk in rapid, excited and incomprehensible way
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yelp
short, sharp cry of pain or alarm
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creak
making sounds when movin. ie stairs creaked
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wreck
badly damaged or destroyed
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goo
excessive sentimentally
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smudges
become smeared when rubbed. ie mascaras that smudges
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fidgets
small movements of impatience or nervousness