The Petsitters Club Flashcards
(92 cards)
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Quavery
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Shaky or unstead
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Mucky
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Covered with or consisting of dirt or filth
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Mutter
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Say something in a low or barely audible voice
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Jiggle
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Move about lightly, and quickly from side to side or up and down
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Mystify
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Utterly bewilder or perplex
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Gulp
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Swallow (drink or food) quickly or in large mouthful, often audibly
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Scamper
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(Especially with small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement
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Snoopy
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(inquisitive; prying; nosey) likely to snoop
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Obstinate
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Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action
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Stomped down
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To bring the foot down onto an object surface forcibly
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Trample
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To tread heavily / destructively
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Clang
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A loud, resonant, metallic sound
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Soot
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A black powdery or flaky substance consisting largely of amorphous carbon
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Perch
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alight or rest on something
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Grimly
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in a very serious, gloomy, or depriving manner
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Hearth
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The floor of a fireplace
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Downhearted
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Discouraged; in a low spirits
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Gruffly
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With a deep and rough voice with often sounds unfriendly
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Scuttle
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To run with quick short steps
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Nibble
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To bite something with small bites
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Whizz
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to move very quickly, making a high, continuous sound
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Yank
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to pull something/ somebody hard
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Hiss
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to make a sound like a long āsā
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Prod
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to push somebody or something with your finger or with a pointed object
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slowpoke (informal)
a person who moves, acts or works too slowly
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dashing
attractive and full of confidence
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Mutter
to speak or say something in a quiet voice that is difficult to hear
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simmer down
to be calm after a period of anger or excitement
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thataway
in that direction
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clear off
to go or run away
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berk
a stupid person
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sneer
to show that you have no respect for somebody by the expression on your face or by the way you speak
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sprawling
spreading in an untidy way
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munching
to eat something steadily / often noisily, especially something hard and or dry
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squeak
to make a short high sound that is not very loud
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blub
to cry
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ropey
not in good condition; of bad quality
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scorn
a strong feeling that somebody/ something is stupid or not good enough
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nudge
to push somebody gently, especially with your elbow, in order to get their attention
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rifle
to search quickly through something in order to find / steal something
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double take
you wait for a moment before you react to something that has happened, because it is very surprising
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tail away
to follow somebody closely, especially in order to watch where they go and what they do
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sharpish
quickly, in a short time
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diddum
used for showing sympathy, especially in a way which is not sincere
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taunt
to try to make somebody angry or upset by saying unkind things about them, laughing at their failures.
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seer
to laugh at somebody or shout rude remarks at them to show that you do not respect them
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hunched
bending the top part of your body forward and raising you shoulders back.
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squashed
flat, soft, or out of shape as a result of being crushed or squeezed with force
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Growly
Resembling a growl
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Lumber
You have to deal with something or someone that you don't want to.
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muck about
to spend time doing things that are not useful or serious
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Flipping
Used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance
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cracking
very impressive or effective
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hover
to stay in the air in one place
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vaster
great in size, amount, degree
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straining
intense or violent exertion
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snuffle or snuffly
breathing in quickly and repeatedly through the nose, usually because you are crying
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waddle
to walk with short steps, moving the body from one side to the other
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wondrous
marvelous, wonderfully
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strutting
walking or moving with a strut
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thumping
pounding
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bellow
emit a deep loud roar
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rootling
British world for root
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Prance
to walk or dance in an energetic way
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Standstill
a situation or condition in which there is no movement or activity at all
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Puffing / puff
breathe in repeated short gasps
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trussed
(of a chicken or other bird) having had the wings and legs tied before cooking
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shuffling
walk by dragging one's feet along with without lifting them fully on the ground
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swerving
to change direction, especially suddenly
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swoop
especially of a bird, move rapidly downwards through the air
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ticks
a regular short, sharp sound, esp that made by a clock or watch
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clutch
grasp or seize (something) tightly or eagerly
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swirl
characterized by rapid movement
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thump
*thump on the back
to strike or beat with or as if with something thick or heavy so as to cause a dull sound
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wobble
* i shook my head so hard my helmet wobble
move unsteady from side to side
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pat
*he patted me on the back
touch quickly and gently with the flat of the hand
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skidded
*the ball skidded into the roses again and i went to fetch it
slide, typically sideways
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Suss
*Jake laughed and said i was amazing at sussing things out
- realize or grasp (something)
- attempt to work out (a situation, person's character, etc)
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scurried
(the dog scurried back down the hill)
(of a person or small animal)
move hurriedly, with short quick steps
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bleated (baaaah! bleated the sheep)
make characteristic wavering cry
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trotted (the sheep stared at him them trotted away)
(with reference to a horse or other 4 legged animal)
proceed or cause to proceed at a pace faster than a walk
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bramble
(she was standing on the edge of the hillside, looking down at the bramble bushes)
a bramble is a any rough, prickly shrub, usually in the genus Rubus
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swopped
(we whopped round which was exceedingly difficult)
past test of swap
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nippy
SLANG/INFORMAL rather cold, chilly
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craning (craning back at us)
to stretch in order to look at something
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frantically
(Giles and Kelly paddled frantically, desperate to catch them up)
hurriedly
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Nutters
someone who is crazy, silly, or strange
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Spluttering
(You can say that again, said biscuits, spluttering)
to speak in a quick and confused way, producing short, unclear noises because of surprise, anger, etc.
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scummy
dirty
ie. Scummy water or another liquid is covered with a layer of an unpleasant substance
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waft
to (cause to) move gently through the air.
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wail
to make a long, high cry, usually because of pain or sadness
ie. The women gathered around the coffin and began to wail, as was the custom in the region.
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copiously
in large amounts
ie. we ate and drank copiously at the party.
