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14 Cards in this Set
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Loafer
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• A person who idles time away
• Folgado |
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Blasé
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• unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before
• Example: she was becoming quite blasé about the dangers. |
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Straphanger
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• A standing passenger in a bus or train.
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Ravenous
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• adj morto de fome, esfomeado
• extremely hungry: (of hunger or need) very great; voracious : ex: "a ravenous appetite." |
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huddle
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• verb [ intrans. ] crowd together; nestle closely : they huddled together for warmth.
• aconchegar-se |
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wan
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• pálido
• pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion • weak; strained. |
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Scatter
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• espalhar
• verb [ trans. ] throw in various random directions |
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Jaded
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• cansado, aborrecido
• adjective tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something |
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FALTER
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• start to loose strength or momentum
• Esmurecer • Speak in a hesitant or unsteady voice |
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SPECTER
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• ghost / fantasma
• widely feared as a possible dangerous occurrence |
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STOKE
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• Encourage or incite
• Atiçar • Add coal or fuel to |
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STIFLE
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• make unable to breathe properly; suffocate
• restrain oneself acting on (an emotion) - "she stifled a giggle" • abafar • stifled - afetado |
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HUNCH
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• raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward
• Palpite |
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DEFECTION
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• Desertion,
• from verb desertar, renunciar |
