#2 Flashcards

(28 cards)

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Author

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Person who has written something

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Authorize

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To give power or permission to

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Auxiliary

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Available to provide extra help

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Ballet

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Kind of dancing performed on a stage that uses dance, music and costumes

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5
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Bankruptcy

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Condition of financial failure

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Beginning

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Start of something

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Belligerent

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Angry and Agressive

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Beneficial

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Producing food or helpful results

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Benign

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Not causing death or serious injury

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Bibliography

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List of books, magazines, and articles

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Bilingual

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Able to speak and understand two languages

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Bizarre

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Very usual and strange

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Bookkeeper

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Person whose job is to keep the financial records

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Boulevard

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Wide and usually important street that is decorated nicely

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Brevity

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The use of few words to say anything

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Brilliant

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Brochure

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Small, thin book or magazine that usually has many pictures and info

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Browbeat

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To use threats or angry speech to make do

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Buffet

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Self serve restaurant

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Business

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Work that is part of a job

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Cafeteria

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A place where people get food at a counter and carry It to a table to eat

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Calamari

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Squid used as food

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Calendar

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Camouflage

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Concealment by means of disguise

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Cancelled
To have stopped something.
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Cancellation
To end or no longer produce
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Carnivorous
Subsisting or feeding on animal tissue
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Attendance
of people present at an event or meeting