The Joy Luck Club Twenty-six Maligant Gates Flashcards

(69 cards)

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Curio shops

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Stores that sell souvenirs and tourist items

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Imparted

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Passed on

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Dim sum

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Small stuffed dumplings

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Eluded

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Escape the notice of

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Solemnity

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Seriousness

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Toilet water

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Cologne

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Relented

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Gave in

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Adversaries

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Opponents

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Obscured

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Kept hidden

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Hopalong Cassidy

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Cowboy television star from the early years in tv

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Benevolently

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Kindly

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Diminishing

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Decreasing

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Etiquette

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Rules of manner and behavior

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Humility

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Modesty

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Tao society

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A neighborhood group named after Chinese mystical philosophy called Taoism

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Grand master

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Position of high achievement in chess

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Plaited

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Braided

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Phlegmy

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Mucous filled

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Malodorous

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Bad smelling

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Made many concessions

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Gave in on many points

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Morbid

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Gruesome

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Barricaded

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Blocked

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Chasm

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A deep gulf in the earth

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War bride

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A foreign woman who is forced to leave his or her country because of war

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Shwo buchulai
Words cannot come out
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Shemma yisz
What meaning?
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Renovated
Fixed up (a house)
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Bolted
Dashed
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Jauntily
In a lively manner
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Mei gwansyi
It doesn't matter
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Swagger
Arrogance/cockiness
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Chagrined
Disappointed
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Brashness
Rash assertiveness
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Assuredness
Confidence
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Opinionated
Being sure you're right and not listening to other opinions
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Waigoren
Foreigners
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Verbatim
Word for word
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Co-conspirator
Person who helps devise a plan ( often a dangerous or illegal one)
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Conjoined
Connected
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Contras
Anti-government rebel group in Nicaragua
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Rift
Emotional separation
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Celestial
Heavenly
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Revelation
Eye-opening information
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Secluded
Hidden
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Nengkan
Ability to do anything you put your mind too
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Crevices
Cracks
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Dangsying tamende shenti
Take care of them
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Yiding
You must
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Shards
Fragments
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Orbs
Circles/ spheres
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Coveting
Craving
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Prodigy
Highly talented child
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Ni kan
You watch
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Lamented
Said sadly
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Reproach
Blame
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Mesmerizing
Hypnotizing
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Lilting
Spirited (music)
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Sonatas
Classical music in 3 parts usually focusing on one instrument
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Trills
Two notes played quickly back and forth
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Arpeggios
Chords played note by note
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Preludes
Short opening pieces of classical music
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Discordant
Disagreeable- sounding
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Dutifully
Motivated by duty
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Conspired
Secretly planned
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Spinet
A kind of piano
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Stricken
Hurt
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Devastated
Destroyed
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Gawkers
People who stare
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Fiasco
Failure