Exam 1 - senior year Flashcards
(159 cards)
1
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bubble away
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?
2
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contribute to
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chip in
3
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eroding
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devastating, spending, wasting
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not have enough (money)
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to be strapped for (cash)
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to be strapped for (cash)
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not have enough (money)
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at (one’s) wits’ end
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At the limit of one’s mental resources; utterly at a loss.
7
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whit’s ends
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fed up with, (na rubu)
8
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leach
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pijavica
9
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to sponge off sbd
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live @ another person’s expense
10
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retirement perks
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benefits, advantages
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to forfeit
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give sth up, to lose, to be deprived from
12
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a titbit
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(delicious) leftover, specially attractive piece of food
13
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do away with
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- to make an end of
- to eliminate
14
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called off
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cancelled
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carry out
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complete, perform
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to be layed off
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lose job???/
17
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turn down
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refuse, reject
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withdrawn
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shy, reserved (povucen)
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uneasy
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worried about sth
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bewildered
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really confused (isprepadan)
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Circumspect
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caucious
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distraught
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Very upset (izbezumljen)
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Overawed
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careful (strahopostovanje)
-impress (someone) so much that they become silent or inhibited
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Unnerved
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Feeling afraid, discouraged
- obeshrabljen
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Fickle
Capricious, Mercurial
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evocative
Remind of something
| - reminiscent, suggestive
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Hindsight
understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed
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Ingrained
Bilt in
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Reminisce (about)
recall, remember
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Recollection
memory, remembrance, impression, reminiscence
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Breakdown
- retreat,
| - failure, collapse, disintegration
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Stand up to
Face boldly
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See something through
You doing something despite difficulties
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See-through versus
Give up
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To come down to
The most important aspect of something
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Come from
Originate from
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Pass something on
Give something to next-generation
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Account for
Be responsible for something
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Make up (your mind)
Decide
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Break it down into its constituent parts
divide into core (essential) parts
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Looking into
Research
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Come up with
Conclude
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Get away with something
Not be punished
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Work it out
Solve, find answer
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Come across
Bump into somebody or something
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Go for somebody
attack
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Pass out
faint
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Put up with something
Tolerate, bear, handle
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Set off
?
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strive to
- try very hard
| - try, fight for
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WITTED
duhovit, funny, Jocular
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let somebody down
betray
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Do something up
redecorate
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Get around to doing something
Find time to do something
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Put somebody up
Provide food and shelter
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Get through to somebody
Difficult to reach somebody
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Action-packed
full of activity or exciting events
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hearthwarming
making you feel happy, usually because other people are being kind
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Quick-witted
able to think of good ideas or good answers quickly
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Cool-headed
always staying calm in difficult situations
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run-down 1
1 so tired that you do not feel well
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run-down 2
2 in bad condition because no one has spent money on repairs
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Narrow-minded vs.
tolerant
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Self assured
Very confident
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Thirst-quench
?????
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thick skinned
Not care what somebody thinks
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Light-hearted
funny (movie)
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cut-price ticket
Discount
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As to=
About
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Fair-skinned
pale
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Narrow-minded
disliking or not interested in ideas or cultures different from your own
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shoe-string budget
do not have a lot of funding
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heart-throb
a man who is very attractive, especially a young movie actor or pop singer
74
Watch TV to UNWIND
To relax
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WELL-DRAWN tv character
Portrayed very complexly
76
State verbs:
believe, belong, enjoy, Forget, love, hate,prefer, remember, understand, one
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wail
make a long, high cry of pain
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dismal
Miserable, Unhappy
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to hack
- cut, chop
| - Cut with hough, heavy blows
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baffled
Confused
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to smudge
Make a dirty mark
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vicious
cruel & agressive
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tinkle
Light, high ringing sound
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Scramble
Move quickly or awkwardly up a steep slope or over rough ground by using one's hands as well as one's feet
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mimic
copy in a funny way what somebody does, the way sbd speaks
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a gale of hysteria
To sound of people laughing uncontrollably
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twitch
Make a sudden, small movement without meaning to
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Draw oneself up
stand up to one's full
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obscurley
For a reason that was difficult to identify
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a snub
an insult
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apprehensive
anxious, worried, uneasy
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disillusioned
disappointed in someone or something that one discovers to be less good than one had believed:
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elated
thrilled, delighted, very happy
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accessible
available, usable
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apprehensive
afraid, concerned, suspicious
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back down
give up
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by and large
1 altogether
2 generally
3 usually
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categorically
trully, exactly
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disenchanted
let down
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disillusioned
disappointed
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disoriented
lost
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for the time being
1 during
| 2 meanwhile
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gravely
deaply, grately
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loosely
aproximately
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make up mind
1 decide
| 2 agree
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once in a while
occasionally
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onwards
ahead, forward
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overwhelmed
affected, beaten
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paradoxically
conflicting
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partial
incomplete
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perplexed
confused, bewildered
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petrified
1 hardened
| 2 terrified
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promptly
immediately
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recollection
remembrance, memory
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remorseful
guilty, ashamed
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resolutely
bravely, decisivly
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supposedly
seemingly
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swiftly
quickly
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tense
under pressure
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thereby
by that
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thus
so
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time after time
over and over
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trait
characteristic
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traumatic
frightening
125
utight
nervous
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absent-minded
tending to forget things or to not notice things
127
action-packed
full of activity and excitment
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all time
for now and forever
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buff
sandy color
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cold-blooded
cruel or callous
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covet
desire strongly
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edgy
nervous
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escapism
avoidance
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exhilarate
make very happy
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far-fetched
hard to believe
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get into something
absorb, get
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get down
descend, to bring down
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gripping
Jagged, opp. Of dull
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gross
large, fat
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hair-rising
breathtaking
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hearth-throb
sweethearth
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maroon
abandon
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light-hearthed
carefree, untroubled
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resent
be angry about
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sequel
conclusion
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third rate
miserable
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wacky
acting crazy
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Time after time
Repeatedly
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At the time
Then
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For the time being
For now
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Any moment now
Very soon
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The whole time
All the time
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Endless
Never ending
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Once in a while
Occasionally
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Not for a moment
?
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At once
Immediately
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In the end
Finally
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Ungracious
Lacking charm and good taste
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Scramble
Move quickly and with difficulty using hands to help
