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Flashcards by Carolina Mello, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Carolina Mello
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| abate | to become less stronger |
| accordance | If something is done in accordance with a rule/law/wish,etc it follows or obbeys that rule. |
| accuracy | being exact or correct |
| acquire | to get something |
| adorn | to add something decorative to a person or thing |
| advocate | to publicly support or suggest an idea, development or way of doing something |
| aim at | if information is aimed at a particular person or group of people, it is made know in a way that influences them or makes them interested in something |
| alarmingly | in a way that causes worry or fear |
| alight | to get out of a vehicle, especially a train or bus |
| alike | used after referring to two groups of people or things to show that both groups are included |
| alter | to change, or to make someone or something change |
| amazed | extremely surprised |
| anecdote | a short often funny story, especially about something someone has done |
| approach | to come closer in distance or time |
| assertively | behaving confidently and as if not frightened to say what they want or believe |
| assist | to help |
| assure | to tell someone confidently that something is true, especially so that they do not worry |
| avail | use, porpuse, advantage or profit |
| bark | (of a dog) to make a loud rough noise to shout someone in a forceful manner |
| be banging your head against a brick wall | to try to do something that is very difficult or impossible to achieve and therefore causes you to feel annoyed |
| bear | to accept, tolerate or endure especially something umpleasant |
| befriend | to be friendly towards someone |
| beloved | loved very much |
| bench | a long, usually hard, seat for two or more people, often found in public places, or a long table for working on |
| bet | I bet you (that) she's missed the bus (aposto) used when you are certain that something is true or will happen |
| bin | a container for waste |
| bitterly | in a way it shows strong negative emotion such as anger or disappointment |
| bleat | when a sheep or goat bleats, it makes a high, shaking sound to complain in a annoying way |
| blistered | covered inn blisters (painful red swellings on the skin) |
| blizzard | a severe snow storm with strong winds |
| blood-stained | with marks of blood on it |
| boost | to improve or increase something |
| bound | going to |
| branch | one of the offices or groups that forms part of a large business organisation |
| breakneck | carelessly fast and dangerous |
| bunch up/together | to move close together to form a tight group |
| cabin | a small simple house made of wood |
| carry on | to continue doing something, or to cause something to continue |
| casualty | a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war |
| causative | acting as a cause of something |
| charmingly | inn a pleasand and attractive way |
| clammy | sticky and slightly wet in a unpleasant way ex: My hands felt all clammy |
| colleague | one of a group of people who work together |
| collision | when two vehicles hit each others with force or a strong disagreement |
| companion | a person or animal that you are really close and spent a lot of time with |
| compare favourably | if something compares favourably with something else, it is as good as or better than it |
| compelling | very exciting and interesting and making you want to watch or listen |
| consciously | in a determined or intentional way |
| corpse | a dead body, usually of a person |
| credible | able to be believed or trusted |
| Croak | when you croke because you have a sore or dry throat, you speak with a rough voice |
| crop up | to happen or appear unexpectedly |
| CV | a short written description of your education, qualification, previous jobs and sometimes also your personal interests, which you send to an employer, when you are trying to get a job, curriculum vitae |
| dawn | if a day or period of time dawns, it begins |
| deadline | a time or day by which something must be done |
| debt | something, especially money, which is owed to someone else, or the state of owing something |
| deceive | to persuade someone that something false is the truth, to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage, to trick |
| decipher | to discover the meaning of something written badly or in a difficult or hidden way |
| defendant | a person in a law case who is accused of having done something illegal |
| defiance | when you refuse to obey someone or something |
| degree | a course of study at a college or university, or the qualification given to a student who has done this course |
| depict | to represent or show something in a picture or story |
| descent | a movement down |
| despair | the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improse a difficult or worrying situation |
| differ | to be not like something or someone else, either physically or in another way |
| disguise | (verb) to give a new appearance to a person or thing, especially in order to hide its true form (noun) something that someone wears to hide their true appearance |
| dismay | a feeling of unhappiness or disappointment |
| dither | to be unable to make a decision about doing something |
| diverge | to follow a different direction, or to be or become different |
| drive mad/crazy | to make someone extremely annoyed |
| drop out | to not do something that you were going to do, or to stop doing something before you have completely finished |
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