14/10 Flashcards

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having or displaying a violent or ferocious aggressiveness

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Fierce

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having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet / feeling or showing anger, hurt, or resentment because of bad experiences or a sense of unjust treatment

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Bitter / bitterly

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fall or drop straight down at high speed

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Plummet

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Phrasal Verb: to raise

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To bring someone up

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Phrasal Verb: endure / stand

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Put up with

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Phrasal Verb: unexpectedly visit

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To drop in

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Phrasal Verb: to give accommodation

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To put someone up

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Phrasal Verb: to die

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To pass away

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Phrasal Verb: to respect / admire

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To look up to

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Phrasal Verb: vomit

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To throw up

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Phrasal Verb: to renovate

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To do sth up

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Phrasal Verb: to postpone

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To put off

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Phrasal Verb: to have a serious disagreement and stop being friends

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To fall out with someone

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Phrasal Verb: become unconscious

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To passed out

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Phrasal Verb: to reconcile

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To make up with someone

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Phrasal Verb: to cancel

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To call off / call sth off

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Phrasal Verb: to learn without studying

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To pick up sth

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  1. a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed:

■ the line or edge formed where the two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top.

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Ridge

the North-East ridge of Everest.

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sharpen with a whetstone.

■ make sharper or more focused or efficient:

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To hone

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Out of control

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Out of hand

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  1. [attrib.] nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis):
  2. (especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so:
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Sheer

  • she giggled with sheer delight
  • it’s been sheer hard work.
  • the sheer ice walls.
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Top of a mountain

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Summit

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a member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet, renowned for their skill in mountaineering.

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Sherpas

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make determined efforts to deal with (a problem or difficult task

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To tackle

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either side of the face below the eye
Cheeks
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active and energetic
Brisk / briskly
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stylishly luxurious and expensive
Swanky
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1. the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.
Façade
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fail to care for properly / not pay proper attention to; disregard
Neglect
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look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something
To peer
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the floor of a fireplace
Hearth
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having a full rounded shape
Plump
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pleasing or liked on account of having qualities or interests that are similar to one's own
Congenial
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Repolho
Cabbage
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Ameixa
Plum
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aggressively greedy or grasping
Rapacious
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having an excessive desire or appetite for food / having or showing an intense and selfish desire for wealth or power
Greedy
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strange; odd
Queer
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1. a strip of wood or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room.
Threshold
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1. a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young.
Nest
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eccentric or slightly mad
Dotty
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resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction
Ernest / earnestly
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give out steady light without flame / to be shine
To glow / glowing
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emit a long, deep audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or similar
To sigh
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delicately small and pretty
Dainty
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stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave
To linger
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touch quickly and gently with the flat of the hand
To pat / patted
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the upper or outer edge of an object, typically something circular or approximately circular
Rim
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a smell that is only smelt briefly or faintly
To catch a whiff
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preserved in vinegar or brine
Pickled
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slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face
A wrinkle
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small amount of something
A trifle
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small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something
A blemish
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be indecisive
To dither / dithering (thinking)
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smile broadly
Grin
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prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger
Wail / wailed
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a short, sharp cry, especially of pain or alarm
Yelp
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look or gaze in a lascivious or unpleasant way
To leer
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diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength
Dwindle / dwindling
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hold the complete attention of (someone) as though by magic; fascinate
Spellbind / spellbinding
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capture the complete attention of (someone); transfix
Mesmerize / mesmerizing
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extremely impressive or daunting / spectacular
Awesome
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Too much romantic
Cheesy
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lacking interest or excitement
Dull
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Loads of sth
Heaps of sth / shitloads of sth