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Intelligence

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the ability to learn, understand, and make judgments or have opinions that are based on reason:
eg: a child of high/average/low intelligence.
• It’s the intelligence of her writing that impresses me
- for example a child of high or average, low intelligence; it’s the intelligence of her writing that impresses me.
- some people has got the ability or the intelligence of writing or listening or some arts or lob lob

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Astronaut

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space traveler, one who flies in a spaceship

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Hypothesize

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assume, presume, adjudge, consider, suppose, hypothesize

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Row

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the children had created a tremendous row

we witnessed a row between that husband and wife
make (or kick up) a row

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Attend

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they attended the wedding

do you still attend that school?

be present in a place; care for, serve (attend to); accompany
Unattended

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Occupy

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inhabit, live in; fill, take up; engage, keep busy

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Loop

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make a circular shape (with thread, string, etc.)

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Pea

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1 the round seed of a kind of climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable: We had roast beef, potatoes and peas for dinner.

2 the plant which produces these seeds: We planted peas and beans this year.

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Follicle mite

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مو خوره

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Sack

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Bag

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Medieval

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Monk

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male member of a religious order

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Tense

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Tense the muscle

pull taught, stretch tight; make anxious or nervous; become anxious or nervous; become tight, contract
. Make a muscle tight or rigid

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Groggy

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the mountain climbers looked groggy

unsteady, off-balance; dazed, befuddled, drowsy; drunk (Archaic)
. Dazed, weak or unsteady, especially from tiredness or illness
And sometimes for those people who drag a lot we can use it too

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Sword

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Slip

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Move in a quick and ( sometimes )graceful way
Slippy

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Do up

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do, perform, carry out, accomplish, fulfill, do up
.Fasten

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Mindboggling

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amazing, overwhelming, the mind-boggling size of the milky way
. Very strange and hard to imagine/ comprehend

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Munch

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to chew (food etc ) noisily with the lips closed: She was munching her toast.
. Munching: Eating in a noisy way

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Recur

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past participle reˈcurred –
verb
to happen again; to come back again: This problem keeps recurring.
. Recurring: happening again and again

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Painstakingly

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AU adverb
[‘peɪnzteɪkɪŋlɪ]
carefully; meticulously; diligently
. very carefully and thoroughly

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Tedious

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boring and continuing for a long time: a tedious speech/speaker.

the book is tediously long

a tedious speech, monotonous,
. it’s a kind of tiredness
. boring and laborious/going on for a long time

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Stroke

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Indivitual pen marks

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Snail

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Elephant trunk
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Staircase
set of steps
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Flesh
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Thwack
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Co-ordinate
to adjust (a movement or action) so that it fits in or works smoothly (with other movements or actions): In swimming the movement of one's arms and legs must be co-ordinated.
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Densely
thickly, impenetrably
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Overflow
the milk boiled and started to overflow spill over, be filled to the point of flowing over; fill to the point of running over
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Swatter
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Digestive tract
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Company
I enjoy her company
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Parasite
[ˈpӕrəsait]
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Itch
Itchy
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Mite
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Rehearse
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Stem(med)
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Charm
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Arrogant
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cockroach
type of insect
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# Inconsistency
When sth doesn’t doesn’t match sth else Opposite of consistentency
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# Random
Happening without any particular reason or pattern
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# Worse-case scenarios
The worst possible situation
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Compromises
peace, agreement, collusion, accord, accordance,
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Scabies
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Bizarre
strange, unusual, odd -the bizarre appearance of the natives frightened the child -a bizarre sequence of events . Strange or weird
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A contest
a struggle, competition etc to gain an advantage or victory: a sporting contest. . Competition . refers to Mary, Percy Shelley and Lord Byron's competition to write a ghost story.
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A vision
. Something you imagine seeing . Refers to Mary’s dream had created
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Monstrous
. Hideous . Refers to the body the scientist in Mary’s dream had created
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A tune
Song, melody,
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Hideous
[ˈhidēəs] terrible, disgusting, abominable, hateful
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Vividly
Brightly . Refers to how we sometimes dream
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Struggled to find an idea
Could’nt think of anything . refers to Mary Shelley trying to come up with an idea for a ghost story
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A melody
. A tune . Refers to the piece of music Paul Mccartney dreamed of
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Composition
. A work of music or literature . Refers to the piece of music Paul McCarteny played on the piano after his dream
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Ready-made
Useable immediately Refers to Paul McCartney’s melody
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A round
A game of golf or cards
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Cricket
outdoor sport played with ball and bat (popular in England)
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Intrinsically
in an essential manner, naturally, inherently, innately
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Upgrade
Promotion, raise
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Nip: (v)
To go somewhere quickly or for a short time It’s a kind of journey
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prescription (n)
a piece of paper on which a doctor writes what medicine a sick person should have, so that they can get it from a pharmacist
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Helluva (adj)
used to emphasize that someone or something is very good, bad, big etc: He's got a helluva temper. He's a helluva nice guy. Related to feature or character
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desperate (adj)
• willing to do anything to change a very bad situation, and not caring about danger
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deprivation (n)
the lack of something that you need in order to be healthy, comfortable, or happy Stress on the second part
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Switch off (v)
to relax for a short time
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Yatch (n)
a large boat with a sail, used for pleasure or sport, especially one that has a place where you can sleep
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Etc
adverb etc. (etcetera) and so on, and so forth
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Trick (v)
to deceive someone in order to get something from them or to make them do something
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Head off (v)
To leave to go to another place
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Hideout (n)
a place where someone goes because they do not want anyone to find them secret place, hiding-place, hideaway, refuge, shelter
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Boast (v)
to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions to talk with too much pride: He was always boasting about how clever his son was brag, exaggerate about oneself nobody believed his boast Great boast little toat (idiom) پز عالی جیب خالی , he has lots of boast but nothing for eating
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Geotage (v)
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Geotag (v)
a piece of electronic data that shows where someone or something is and can, for example, be attached to a photograph or comment on social media
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Grounded (adj)
A child or young person who is grounded is not allowed to go out as a punishment You restrict your children don’t go out
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Ground (v)
to stop a child going out with their friends as a punishment for behaving badly
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Unattended (adj)
left alone without anyone in charge
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air pistol
a small gun which is fired by means of air pressure
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At least
used to emphasize that something is good in a bad situation: It's a small house but at least there's a garden
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All the same
Equally acceptable, making no difference
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By and large
You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true/ in general
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Apparently
It seems/I heard that (you this information from another person/indirectly)

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