Headway Flashcards
(145 cards)
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Barely
‘Be-ly
A
Syn.: hardly
Exp.: she is very old and barely able to walk
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Hibernation
‘Hi-be-natation
A
خواب زمستاني
3
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Emaciated
I-‘mai-ci-a-ted
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Extremely thin from lack of food or illness
4
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Remote
Re-‘moute
A
Far away
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Scrapes
S’craipe
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Remove
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Windscreen
A
شيشه جلوي ماشين
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Wrap
Rrap
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Cover
In/ around
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Run out
A
تمام شدن
Run out of sugar
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Intensive
In-‘ten-sive
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Involving a lot of a tivity or effort in a short period of time
Intensive care, intensive course
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Elk
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Moose
يك نوع گوزن
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Sceptical
S’cep-ti-cal
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Doubtful
N.: sceptic
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Avalanche
‘Av-al-unch
A
بهمن
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How come
A
Why
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Mix the eye
A
There is sth behind what we see
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Igloo
‘Igloo
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A house made from blocks of hard snow or ice
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Sack
‘Saack
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Fire
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Bust
‘Bust
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ورشكست شدن
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Beggar
‘Beg-ge
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متكدي
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Dawn
‘Don
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لحظه طلوع آفتاب وقتي اولين روشنايي ديده ميشه
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Towed away
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كشيدم وسايل نقليه
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Property
‘Pro-pety
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- خصوصيت و ويژگي
2. The thing or things that someone own
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Tycoon
Ty-‘coon
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پولدار و موفق
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Supper
‘Sup-pe
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Dinner
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Bulletin
‘Bul-le-tin
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A news reported on tv or radio
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Stuntman
S'tunt-man
A man who do dangerous action to entertain people
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Thriller
'Thrill-e
A book or film that tells an exciting story about murder
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Star
V.
كسي كه در نقش اول فيلم بازي مي كنه
In
Exp.: Eastwood starred in The good, the bad,the ugly.
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Hooked
Enjoy it very much
On
Exp.: got hooked on tv
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Page- turner
كسي كه نمي تونه كتاب رو زمين بذاره و مدت زيادي اون رو مي خونه
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Plot
'Plot
1. A secret plan by a group of people to do sth harmful or illegal
2. The event that from the main story of the book
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Transcend
Tran-'send
To go beyond the usual limits of sth
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Genre
'Jhun-re
ژانر
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Sensuous
'Sen-chu-es
Adj
Pleasing to your sensees
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Manipulating
Ma-ni'p-iu-lat-ing
Clever at controlling or deceiving people
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Cautious
'Cou-tious
Adj
Careful to avoid danger or risks
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Sinister
'Sin-is-te
Making u feeling that sth evil, dangerous, or illegal is happening or will happen
Exp.: there is a sinister side to these events.
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Maternal
Motherly
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Paternal
Fatherly
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Disastrously
Di-'sus-tres-ly
Very bad or ending in faliour
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Modest
'Mad-est
Don't want to talk about their abilities or achievements
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Possessiveness
Po-'sses-ive-ness
1. Wanting someone to have feeling of love or friendship for u and no one else
2. Unwilling to let other people to use sth u own
Of/ about
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Lure
'Liu
Attract to do sth wrong
Into/away
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Promise of sweet
گول زدن با يه وعده خوب
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Vinegar
'Vin-e-ga
١. سركه
| ٢. ترش رو
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Curtain
'Cu-ten
پرده
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Clinging
'Cling-ing
Hanging
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Commit suicide
'Su-i-cide
خودكشي كردن
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Railing
نرده مثلا بالكن
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Twelfth
دوازدهم
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Awakened
Au-'waik-end
Woken up
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Gaze
Gaiz
Look
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Precaution
Pre-'cou-tio
Sth u do in order to prevent sth dangerous
Of/ against
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Dummy
'Dummy
ماكت انسان
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Deserted
De-'set-ed
Adj
Empty and quiet bec no people are there
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Clutching
Clutch
Holding tightly
Syn.: grip, grasp
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Anchorage
'An-cor-age
1. A place where ship can anchor
(لنگر)
2. A place where sth can be firmly fastened
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Courage
'Cour-age
شجاعت
Syn.: nerve
Exp.: She list her nerve
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Ultimate
'Al-ti-met
Final
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Speculate
'Spec-oo-late
حدس و گمان زدن
N.: speculation
Spec-oo-'lation
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Limelight
'Lime-light
مورد توجه بودن به ويژه توسط تلويزيون و روزنامه
In/out of the
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'Nov-el-ty
N.
The quality of being new, unusual and interesting
Exp.: The novelty of the idea
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Fade
Wear off
| Disappear
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Fortnight
'Fort-night
2 weeks
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Alert
A'let
Notify
'Nou-ti-fy
Of/that
Inform
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Tenant
'Ten-ent
مستاجر
Opp.: landlord, landlady
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Interpretation
In-te-per-'ta-tion
تعبير و تفسير
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Curious
'Cu-ri-ous
فضول
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Stench
S'tench
N.
Very strong bad smell
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Pale
V.
رنگ پريده بودن
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Feeble
'Fee-ble
Extremely weak
Opp.: strong
Adv.: feebly
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Naked
'Nai-ked
Bare
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Vegan
'Vi-gen
خام خوار
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Atheist
'Ai-thies
بي اعتقاد به خدا
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Teetotaller
Tee-tot-ler
Someone never drinks alcohol
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Pacifist
'Pac-i-fist
صلح طلب
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Naturist
'Na-tur-ist
دوست دار طبيعت
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Thinking of
برنامه براي كاري داشتن
Exp.: I am thinking of changing my car
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Glistening
'Glis-en
To shine and look oily or wet
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Treasure
'Tre-jhe
1. A group of valuable things
| 2. Someone who is useful or important for u
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Scalding
S'could-img
Adj
Extremely hot
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Frantically
''Fran-tic
Extremely worried and frightened so u can't control yourself
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Ingredient
in-'gri-dient
مواد اشكيل دهنده
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Conspiracy
Con-s'pi-ra-cy
توطئه
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Monarchy
'Man-a-ki
سلطنتي
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Proof
'Proof
Facts, information that prove sth is true
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Wicked
'Wick-id
Adj
Behaving in a way that is morally wrong
Syn.: fiendish
'Find-ish
Adv.: fiendishly
N.: fiendishness
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Hoax
Haux
N.
Trick
A false warning about sth dangerous
Exp.: a bomb hoax
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Mundane
Boring
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Buy into
Believe
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Devise
Di-'vise
To plan or invent a new way of doing sth
Syn.: hatch
To form a plan in secret
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Tampere
'Tam-pe
Interfere
مداخله و دستكاري كردن چيزي
مثلا ترمز ماشين براي آسيب به كسي
With
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Flutter
'Flut-te
Blowing
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Breeze
Breeez
A gentle wind
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Stunning
S'tun-ning
Adj.
Extremely attractive or beautiful
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Unanimous
Yu-'nnan-i-mes
All people involved agree
Unanimously
All
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The beginning of the case
An argument
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Conceal
Con-'cil
Trying to hide carefully
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Florist
'Flor-ist
١. كسي كه درجايي كار ميكنه كه گل و گياه خانگي مي فروشن
٢. مغازه فروش گل و گيه خانگي
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Elaborate
E-'lab-o-ret
باز كردن مطلب با همه جزئيات
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Blissful
'Bliss-ful
Extremely happy and enjoyable
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Feed up
تغذيه كردن
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Intrusion
In-'tru-jhen
وقتي زندگي شخصيت ناخواسته تحت تاثير اتفاقي قرار مي گيره
N.
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Wealth
'Welth
ثروت
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Butler
'But-le
سرپرست خدمتكاران منزل
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Bearable
'Bear-able
سخت اما قابل تحمل
Opp.: unbeaeable
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Paranoia
Par-a-'noya
بيماري احساس عدم اعتماد به افراد و مضنون بودن به همه
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Rumour
'Ru-me
شايعه
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Alleged
A'l-lejd
موضوعي كه كسي مي گه اتفاق افتاده ولي اثبات نشده
Adj
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Flag
Flaaag
پرچم
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Plausible
'Plou-sible
Likely to be true or successful
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Sth went crazy
با يك موضوع تركونده شد
Exp.: internet went crazy with...
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Millennium
Mi-'le-ni-on
A period of 1,000 years
Millennia
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Load
Load
A large quantity of sth
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Suitor
'Soo-te
خواستگار
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Admit
Ad-'mit
To agree unwilling that sth is true os someone is right
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Sincere
Sin-sie
Adj
U believe that sth is true
Exp.: sen ere thank u
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Cost a fortun
Very expensive
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Race
'Race
To move very quickly
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Weird
Wied
اتفاق خيلي عجيب و غيرعادي
Adj.
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By the time
Until
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Get on
سوار شدن
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Underneath
Under-'neath
Directly under another object or covered by it
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Plumber
'Plub-e
تعميركار لوكه آب و حمام و توالت
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Chambermaid
'Chem-be-maid
خانم تميز كننده اتاق هتل
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Adore
A'dore
Love someone and proud of them
V.
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Stall
Sto..l
لژ، بهترين جاي سالن
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Trailer
'Trail-e
Advertisement for a movie
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Script
Script
نمايشنامه يا فيلمنامه
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Rehearsal
Re-'he-sel
تمرين قبل از نمايش، يا اجراي كنسرت
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Starring role
نقش اول
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Matinee
'Ma-ti-mey
The performance of play or film in the afternoon
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Prequel
'Pre-cul
Sequel
'Si-cil
پيش درآمد
عاقبت
(فيلم)
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Documentary
Doc-u-'men-ta-ry
مستند
N.
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Blockbuster
'Block-'buste
فيلم موفق
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Interval
'In-te-val
Pause
Between
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Whodunnit
Who-'dun-it
فيلم پليسي
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Hardback
'Had-back
جلد كتاب
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Set off
برنامه ريزي براي سفر
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Turn up
Arrive
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Cheer up
Be happy
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Suspect
Sus-'pect
مضنون و مشكوك بودن
Opp.: truth
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Incredulity
In-cre-'du-li-ty
Disbelief
N.
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Trivial
'Triv-i-al
Not important or serious
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Bizarre
Bi-'zza
Adj
Very unusual and strange
Adv.: bizarrely
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Earn
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