ESL_979,C440

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a situation comedy; a television show with a single group of characters in a different situation each week, designed to be funny and entertain people

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sitcom

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clever, funny, and intelligent

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witty

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things that make people laugh; things that are funny

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humor

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acting superior to others, especially more intelligent or sophisticated

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highbrow

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a short story or a question and answer that is told to make people laugh

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joke

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a genre or category of movies, shows, and plays that entertain people and make the audience laugh

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comedy

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goofy, silly, and irresponsible

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screwball

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physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel; the use of absurd physical actions to make people laugh, especially in a movie, show, or play

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slapstick

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immature; for children, not for adults

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juvenile

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a type of humor that copies or exaggerates something else to make fun of it, sometimes in a mean way, in order to make people laugh or think about something in a new way

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satire

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crazy and unexpected; weird and unpredictable

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wacky

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to stop acting superior; to stop thinking that one is better than other people

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to get off (one’s) high horse

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snobby; very proud and a little bit mean to others; stuck up

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snooty

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picky; choosy; wanting and selecting only certain characteristics in something

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discriminating

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an ability to produce or appreciate intellectual humor where the funny story or joke is told in a serious, quiet way and the listener has to think to realize why something is funny

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dry sense of humor

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saying bad things about oneself, undervaluing one’s abilities, or saying that one is not good or important, often used for humor

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self-deprecating

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something that is very boring and uninteresting and makes people want to fall asleep

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snoozefest

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to be very boring; to be very uninteresting

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to bore (someone) to death

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to meet someone’s needs; to satisfy someone; to give someone what he or she is looking for; to make someone feel content

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to do it for (someone)

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a phrase meaning that one dislikes with what another person likes, but accepts that people are different and believes their preferences cannot be explained

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there’s no accounting for taste

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an invisible bug that can make people sick; a very small living thing that cannot be seen but that makes people ill

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bacteria

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unsafe or dirty because it contains bacteria or other materials that could make people ill

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contaminated

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forced separation from other people because one is sick or might be sick

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quarantine

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a person who can make other people sick with a disease but who does not get sick with the disease themselves

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healthy carrier

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to demand something from someone else by explaining the reason why it should be given to one

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to petition

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with many cases of people getting sick with the same disease within a short period of time

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outbreak

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when blood stops going to the brain for a period of time, causing damage or death if it that period is too long

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stroke

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for a disease to be easily spread from one person to another

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contagious

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a car used for racing that is usually an American made car

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hot rod

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a competition between two cars and their drivers to see who can reach the end of one-quarter mile (.4 kilometer) track first

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drag racing

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for something to be completely disordered and confused

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chaos

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involving the entire country; including an entire nation

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national

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for machines or methods to contain advanced technology

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sophisticated

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having many different parts; with many details

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complex

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being difficult or confusing because it has many details or many parts

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complicated

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having many details and parts; having a design with many parts

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intricate

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a long, narrow cut, usually one made to guide the motion of something that travels over it

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groove

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to publicly criticize someone or something by making fun of it

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to lampoon

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a person who prefers to be by him or herself; someone who prefers to not associate with others people

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loner

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hobby; an activity that someone does regularly for enjoyment rather than for work

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pastime

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to make someone or something free of dirt, marks, or stains

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to clean

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to make something completely clean, usually the skin

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to cleanse