Marek Flashcards
(82 cards)
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go astray
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to leave the correct path
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fall behind
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to not keep up with the competition
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pull over
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statute of limitations
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the time period within which a crime can be prosecuted
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cordon off
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beep
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ditzy
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ditty
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9
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chirrup
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muster your wits
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muster a smile
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muster troops
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pass muster
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cut the mustard
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do a good job
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avert
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dais
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17
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slush
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sleet
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ubiquitous
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drive your point home
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to state something in a very forceful and effective way
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beside the point
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not relevant; not important
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running on fumes
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jerrycan
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24
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a warning triangle
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indicators
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craven
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make a beeline
go straight for something
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stop dead in my tracks
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omens
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homies
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zest
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bearings
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stoking the fire
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a dye
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stave off
to prevent
36
clef
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sprig
38
plight
39
up the ante
increase risk
40
to run the water
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to go hungry
not eating
42
portly
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stout
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hip
fashionable, cool
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a poetry slam
An organized event of live performance poetry
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barbed wire
47
ballpark
approximate
48
worth your salt
good at your job
49
sentient
conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving
50
bulletin board
51
seizure
a sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain that makes you lose control of your body
52
doctoring
change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify
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plopped into
placed, a bit randomly
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bred
raised
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trade fair
56
posed
presented
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innocuous
harmless
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open up the floodgates
get people talking/crying
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gusts
sudden, strong blasts of wind
60
palisades
a fence, or a line of high cliffs
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fanning the flames
make something worse
62
gender reveal parties
63
swaths
a broad strip or area of something
64
saddles
65
saddle with
give someone a task that is difficult or hard work
66
usher
67
to usher in
to introduce
68
to fare
to travel
69
to overhaul
to renovate or change something
70
make a point of
make a special effort
71
cough
sounds like off, coffee, coffin
72
upbeat
positive and cheerful
73
budding
developing [like the early stage of a flower]
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tepid
lukewarm, unenthusiastic
75
soap operas
shows running for many years, often melodramatic
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bunking off
skipping school
77
put your foot down
to say no to something
78
snapping at someone
being aggressive
79
moving the goalposts
changing the rules
80
missionaries
people who work to spread their religious beliefs
81
an adage
a wise saying, a wise phrase
82
missions
religious settlements run by Catholic priests and friars
