Sandra Flashcards
(114 cards)
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shallow
A
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disbanded
A
broken up
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shoehorn
A
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tabby
A
5
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garments
A
6
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maternity ward
A
7
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admission
A
8
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rack up
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to get a large number or amount of something
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sap
A
10
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pivotal
A
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pivot
A
12
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making money hand over fist
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making or losing a lot of profit extremely fast
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pollen
A
14
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hay fever
A
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thermals
A
16
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mead
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honey wine
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conceal
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to hide
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zeal
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strong enthusiasm
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beaker
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glass container for measuring and pouring liquids
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beam
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a long piece of wood to support ceilings/floors
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a gleam
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a glimmer
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wreath
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sounds like teeth
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pheasant
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sounds like pleasant
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intermission
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a break, usually between two parts of a film or performance
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marked down items
goods on discount
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stout
a dark beer
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mutton
meat from sheep
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hodge podge
a confused mixture
29
curry favor
seek to gain approval
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sticking out like a sore thumb
31
parlance
a particular way of speaking
32
the pond
the atlantic
33
stomping
walking heavily, or hitting the ground with your feet
34
bogus
fake
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hot off the press
freshly printed, new
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flood, pronunciation?
sounds like mud, blood, dud, for example
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a dud
something that fails, especially bombs/explosives
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religious
relating to religion; having a belief in religion
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everything that or everything what?
everything that
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a skit
comedy routines
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unleavened bread
bread made without yeast
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evade
to avoid or not be hit by something
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tarnished
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a resurgence
rising again
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shuttered
closed down
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hurdles
obstacles
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greener pastures
better places
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exodus
an exiting of people from an area
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advent
the beginning of something
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past of feel
felt
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threaten / pronunciation
sounds like wet
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dismantling
taking apart
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endorsing
supporting
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rule out
to eliminate or exclude
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engine / pronunciation
sounds like imagine
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early / pronunciation
sounds like bird, word, murder
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crippling
damaging
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overhauling
a thorough examination of a system, with large changes made
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leasehold
like rent but longer, for 10 years for example
60
serfs
a person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times, a peasant, basically
61
get wind of
to hear about something
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phone it in
to do something with low enthusiasm or effort
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well I'll be!
a phrase expressing surprise
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perishability
the ability of a food to decay and decompose
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shrivel
66
wilt
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curb
to restrain or control
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stake
an amount of money invested in a company
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to prompt
to encourage, to suggest
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despicable
hateable
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tines
the points of a fork
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cramming
preparing hastily for an exam
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stint
a period of time
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swearing like a sailor
using a lot of curse words
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paving the way
preparing the way
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unveil
to uncover
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ditch
to get rid of something
78
iterations
new models or versions
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the sack
the bag you take when you are fired from your job
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guise
an external appearance, cover, mask
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cold calling
phoning people who have not requested a call in order to try to sell them something
82
landline
a traditional non mobile telephone, plugged into the wall
83
stunned
when you use a taser to make someone unconscious, for example
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blow open
to use explosives to open something, or to reveal/open something more generally
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steering
leading or giving a direction to something
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a claim
something said which could be true or false
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hunk
a guy with big muscles
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chunk
a large piece of something
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cushy
comfortable, easy
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to cushion a fall
to soften something bad
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arouse
wake a person from sleep, or wake a specific feeling
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ranks
lines of people standing in formation
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to steer
to use the wheel to change direction in a car
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incredulous
not believing
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looming
when something scary is coming closer
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height
sounds like kite, might, fight etc.
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pitch
the highness or lowness of a sound
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nobody want to know
add "s"
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inept
unskilled; clumsy
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dwindle
diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength
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slump
falling in your chair, not sitting straight
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to fare
to go, to travel
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a pile
a group of things on top of another, usually messy
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reckon
to think
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diminish
decrease in some way
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unruly
difficult to control
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smidge
a small bit of something
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drinking the kool aid
believing in crazy ideas
109
dwell
live in a place
110
snot
nasal mucus
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rowdy / rambunctious
loud, lively
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awe
feeling of amazement
113
choose:
I have difficulty to follow maths
choose:
I have difficulty following maths
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to abide
to tolerate
