English Vocabulary

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Vindictive

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an unhealthy desire for revenge

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Ingratiation, ingratiate

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to try and get someone to like them through flattery (lots of compliments)

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Apocalypse

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the end of the world

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Abbreviate

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to make something shorter

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Bloated

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when you eat too much and you have a food baby

to be swollen

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Alleviate

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To get rid of an illness or a problem

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Anxiety - Anxious

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to be nervous

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Berate

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to scold or criticize someone in a repetitive manner - parents often berate their children when they do something wrong or stupid

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Abundant

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rich and various

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Boisterous

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noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.

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naive

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simple; innocent

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forgery

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a fake thing that is meant to trick someone into thinking it was the real thing

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merchandise

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cargo; things that are sold or traded

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envious - envy

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jealousy; to want something that other people have

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ambitious - ambition

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brave; like to challenge with difficult things

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insecure

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not confident or assured; uncertain and anxious

not well attached to something

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preserve

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to protect from going bad or from disappearing

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abandonment - abandon

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leave somebody or something (like ditch somebody)

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materialistic

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somebody is really material; just care about the money and stuffs

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awkward

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weird; embarrassing

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profitable

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able to make profits

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misinterpret

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misunderstand

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awareness

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to see something or know about it

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reveal

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show something that be hide

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frustration

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kind of angry and upset; don't want to do something anymore

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nostalgic

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get the past positive feeling again

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regret

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do something wrong and feel bad; want to take something back

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thriving

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doing well; growing well and properly

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crusade

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to fight with a purpose or for a cause

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loathe

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hate; really hate

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abort

abortion

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stop something in the middle of it

abortion = end a pregnacy mid way

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altercation

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to have a really bad argument or like a fight with somebody

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abduct

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take somebody away

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fabricate

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fake; you make something up

to make something

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benign

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safe not dangerous

a tumour that is not cancer

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remarked

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just to say something

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dominance

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control and power over somebody or people usually in a negative way

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portrayal

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a personality of a person in a story (usually use for a real person)

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portrait

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a painting or drawing of a person usually just the upper body

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savoured

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really enjoy it; want to enjoy it for a long time

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shallow

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not deep; just at the surface

a person who is just simple or basic

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hovered

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to float or stay in one place for sometime

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stare

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look at a person

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dignity

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being worthy, self worth, sense of pride

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beneath

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below

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egotism

egotistical

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self-centered; a person just thinks about himself

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narcissism

narcissistic

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self-centered; a person just thinks about himself

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obscene

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something that hard to see

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established

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start from; the beginning date

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mystified

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unbelievable or to be amazed like at a magic show

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coincidental

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two people don't have a date between them, but they meet together in some place. (巧合的)

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interupted

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cut the conversation; to go the middle of the conversation

stop for a little bit then come back

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dilemma

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difficult choice between two things, no easy answer

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predominant

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something that is overpowering a landscape, view, thought et cetera

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proactive

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active before, i.e. to take steps to prevent something or to solve a problem before it happens

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inconsiderate

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not thinking about other people

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inhibitions

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trouble; problem make by self

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overcome

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pass something; get over

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obsessive, obsessed

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to be overly concerned with something, to be really interested in something (taking over your life)

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honour

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Worthy of respect (荣誉)

or to fulfill a request or agreement

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unique

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special/one of a kind

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embrace

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to hug closely or wrap your arms around someone usually someone close to you

to accept or support an idea

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philosophical

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think about something deeply (哲学) to think about important questions

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compelled

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pushed towards (want) to doing something or pulled away (not want) to do something

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humid

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air is wet, the weather is hot

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conceal

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hide, unseen,cannot see

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endeavoured - Endeavour

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working hard (v.)

hard thing to do (n.)

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benevolence

(opp.) malevolence

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to have a good-willed intention

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(in) agony

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an immense feeling of pain

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vowed

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make a promise (really formal promise)

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fainted

faint

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suddenly pass out or black out

feel like you are light headed/might pass out

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eternal

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forever

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vengeance

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really care about revenge; full of revenge

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eager

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passionately want to do something; cannot wait for something to happen

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reluctant

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really not want to do something, often something that you need to do

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appetite

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to be really hungry

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desire

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really want to do something

or something you really want

(mostly use in the third person)

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perplexing = enigma

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hard to solve; difficult to understand;

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vessel

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(now.) boat; ship

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faith

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to believe in something without evidence (v.)

a religion (n.)

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desolated

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nobody else

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voluntarily

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to do so out of choice, as a volunteer

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unbearable

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cannot deal with it

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suspected

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to have good reason to believe somebody did something (usually it's guilt)

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unicorn

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the horse with a horn

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gigantic

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really really really big

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effort

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take a lot of energy or time; hard to deal with

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indifferent

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don't care

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perceived

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to see (or using other senses) something

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superstition

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to believe in something that is not physical (magic or supernatural)

Often used to describe a belief that has to do with bad luck - like not walking under a ladder

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occasionally

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not so frequently

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enormous

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really really big

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limbs

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arms and legs

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blast

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explosion

often used to say you had a good time

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ceased

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to stop

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breeze

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small wind

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perils

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risky and dangerous

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trial

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it's being proved whether you are guilty or not

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fondly

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good memories of past

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Tyranny

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Cruel or oppressive control or government

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engulf

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a

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somber

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sad, thoughtful

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burden

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something heavy that should be carried and slow people down

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dismal

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really really terrible

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opaque

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can't see through it

clear (opp.)

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descended

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go down

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spectacle

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something that really catches your attention

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enthusiasm

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really want to do something, really motivated

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ease

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to go to something easily and slowly

easy (n.)

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despite

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to do something when there is a reason not to do it

despite + reason

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impressed

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something that is memorable and noticeable

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devoted

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spend a lot of energy and time on something or somebody

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whispered

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use low voice to talk about something so that others cannot hear

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scandal

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something makes other people think poorly about someone

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amuse

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to enjoy and have fun

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murmured

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say something to self

to say something not so loudly to others

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extreme

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not usual, thrilling

very very

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enraged

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to be made angry

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vacant

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empty

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vantage

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a

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spectrum

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a range

like: color spectrum

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lure

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(n./v.) the thing that attracts others

to attract

like: fishing

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cobwebbed

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the dead spider web

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hesitant

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little stop before to do something

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riddle

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a word puzzle and there is a trick

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devouring

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eat quickly

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horde

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get a lot of something, keep it and hide it

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gaze

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look at something