Voc Flashcards by Olena Kuznetsova

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Aground

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Stuck on the bottom of a sea or river

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Albatross

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A large sea bird with long wings

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Ancestor

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A family member from a long time ago

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Basking

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Lying in warmth and comfort

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Battered

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Damaged by repeated use or blows

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Booklet

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A small book with a few pages

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Buried

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Put into the ground and covered

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Canal boat

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A narrow boat used in a canal

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Conquered

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Won control over a place or people

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Crew

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The people who work on a ship or plane

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Cruise

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A journey by ship for pleasure

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Defeated

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Beaten in a contest or battle

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Descendants

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People born from the same family line

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Elanders

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A surname or proper noun (contextual)

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Enormous

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Very large

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Expedition

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A journey for a special purpose

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Extraordinary

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Very unusual or special

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Fascinates

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Greatly interests or attracts

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Fetch

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To go and bring back

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Fiction

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Stories that are not real

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Fierce

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Very strong or violent

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Flick

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A quick, light movement

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Inference

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A conclusion based on evidence

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Infested

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Filled with something harmful or unwanted

Mainland

The main part of a country, not an island

Myth

An old story that explains something

Offspring

A person's or animal’s young

Overboard

Falling off a boat into water

Prediction

A guess about what will happen

Proofreading

Checking writing for mistakes

Publications

Books or other printed works

Raft

A flat boat made of logs or tubes

Retrieval

The act of getting something back

Seals

Sea animals with flippers

Shark-infested

Filled with sharks

Victorious

Having won something

Voyages

Long journeys, usually by sea

Carved

Cut into a shape