Lesson №4. Vocabulary. Flashcards

(30 cards)

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joy

A

great happiness

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facial expression

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the look on someone’s face, showing what they feel or think

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recognize

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to know someone or something because you have seen or heard him or her or experienced it before

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temper

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mood or emotional state

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basic

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simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something can develop

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disgust

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a strong feeling of disapproval and dislike at a situation, person’s behaviour, etc.

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ancestor

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a person related to you who lived a long time ago

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poisonous

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very harmful and able to cause illness or death

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annoyed

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angry

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frightened

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feeling fear or worry

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confusing

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Something that is confusing makes you feel confused because it is difficult to understand

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destruction

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the act of destroying something, or the fact of being destroyed

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persuade

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to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it

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queue

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a line of people, usually standing or in cars, waiting for something

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queue-jumping

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the action of unfairly going to the front of a queue

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do me/us a favour!

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is sometimes used in an ironic way when a person wants someone to do something that he or she should do anyway

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pretend

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to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people or as a game

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stall

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a large table or a small shop with an open front from which goods are sold in a public place

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badge

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a small piece of metal or plastic with words or a picture on it, that you carry with you or fasten to your clothing or something else, in order to show who you are, that you are a member of a group

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settle down

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to become familiar with a place and to feel happy and confident in it

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good stuff

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good news or information; something you say to encourage or praise someone. “The team is ready to launch the project.”

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explode

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to break up into pieces violently, or to cause something to do this

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obsession

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something or someone that you think about all the time

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split up

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If two people split up, they end their relationship or marriage

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arrangement
a plan for how something will happen
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engaged
having formally agreed to marry
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desperately
extremely or very much
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delay
to make something happen at a later time than originally planned or expected
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congratulations
an expression communicating to someone how pleased you are about his or her success or happiness
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reduce
to become or to make something become smaller in size, amount, degree, importance, etc.