Vocabulary Flashcards

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To shake when you are cold

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Shiver

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To shake with fear

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Quiver

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An extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial

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Ordeal (n)

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Feeling of admiration

“To be in ____ of sth”

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Awe (n)

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Synonym of confused

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Baffled (adj)

Bewildered (adj)

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An incredible achievement and very difficult

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No mean feat(n)

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To do terrible in sth

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To not fare(v) well

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An who always wants to do things with you in excess

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Clingy (adj)

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The babysitter that sleeps in the house with the family

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Au pair

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To talk down to sb.

To talk to sb in a way that makes you look superior and makes the other feel like a child.

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To patronise sb

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To go quickly somewhere and only do that

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To pop down (to do sth or somewhere)

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The time then light first begins to disappear.

Synonym of twilight

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(At) dusk

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Verb meaning to fix clothes

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To sew

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Verb meaning to put seeds into the ground during farming

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To sow

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Intransitive verb (no object)

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Rise

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Transitive verb (needs object)

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Raise

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Office/school supplies

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Stationery

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Adjective meaning “not moving”

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Stationary

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Being the first mentioned of two, adjective

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The former

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Being the last mentioned of two, adjective

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The latter

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Adjective meaning to be clever and funny

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Witty (noun: witt)

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Being able to express yourself very articulately

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Eloquence(n)

Eloquent(adj)

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Friendly, teasing conversation

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Banter (n,v)

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Verb meaning to fade, grow weaker, shrink to zero

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Dwindle (dwindling: adj)

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To have a verbal fight with sb
To have a ROW with sb
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Adjective meaning rough voice
HUSKY voice
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Adjective meaning shaky voice
WOBBLY voice
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Adjective meaning aggressive, not friendly voice
HARSH voice
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Adjective meaning relax, chill voice
MELLOW | SOOTHING voice
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Adjective meaning to be tired, feeling of falling asleep. As a resumt of an activity or typically medications
Drowsy (noun: drowsiness)
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Too old to be doing what they are doing. Negative meaning
Geriatric
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Behaves like a child but you are an adult. Negative meaning
Childish Puerile Juvenile Infantile
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Behaves innocently, like a child. Positive meaning
Childlike
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Looks like a child, for appearance only. Positive meaning
Youthful
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Synonym of conduct, behavior
Demeanor
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Fully developed in body or mind, as a person. Positive meaning
Mature | Adult
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To shrink, bend or crouch, especially in fear
Cringe (v) | Cringeworthy (adj)
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Adjective synonym of irritating/ annoying
Irksome
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Noun, future possibility. Follow by the preposition "of"
Prospect
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To make an incident serious seem less serious
To downplay sth
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You become/do more of sth than sb else
To outgrow sth
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For knowledge and research means to be complete without any missing information For student or worker means sb who does things completely, leaves nothing unfinished
Thorough (adj) | Thoroughly (adv)
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Adjective meaning reckless and stupid
Foolhardy
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Adjective for sb who pay much attention to detail in their work, really positive
Conscientious | Conscientiousness (n)
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Sth you want to happen but actually is impossible
Sth is wishful thinking (adj)
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Adjective synonym of relaxed, easy-going
Laid-back
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To change direction suddenly
To veer
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Synonym of salary
Remuneration (n)
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A strong feeling of disappointment, betrayal when sb's promises are not met
Disenchanted (adj) | Disenchantment (n)
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To take sth apart, to pull sth apart
To dismantle, disassemble
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To have a lot of work to do, so you are too busy to have fun
To be deluged (with work) | To be snowed under
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A time period
Era
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1. How much money you make in one year | 2. Refers to employees (they constantly change)
Turnover (n)
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Criticism doesn't get to you
Thick-skinned
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Proud, stubborn
Stiff-necked
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Another way of saying "beginner"
Wet behind the ears
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Sth you say when sth is suspicious
"I smell a rat"
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Dull lifestyle
To be in a rut
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Unable to decide
To be in two minds about sth
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To be slightly bold
To be bit thin on top
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Referring to madness/ insanity
To have a screw loose | Off one's head
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Referring to fear
Hair-raising | Have kittens
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Referring to anger
Throw a wobbly | Hot under the collar
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To pay too much
To pay through the nose for sth
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To talk about business or work in a situation where you shouldn't
To talk shop
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The ability to talk
To have the gift to the gab
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Sth is useless or problematic
Sth is a white elephant
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A tough situation caused because of not having enough money
To be in a tight squeeze
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When sb gives a speech w/o preparing for it, that person speak:
Off the cut
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If a couple share the cost of a meal in a restaurant, they go:
Dutch
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An older woman trying to look and dress like a much younger one
Mutton (old sheep) dressed as lamb
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Sb is not longer young anymore
No spring chicken
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Very interested in everything
As keen as mustard
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Beautiful
A sight for sore eyes
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A husband
Hen-pecked
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To make a situation worse than it already is
To EXACERBATE a situation