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adj.
light in color: That wall is ~ed in a very pale green. |
pale
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n.v.
a small light brown spot on the skin, often from being in the sun: She develops <n.> ~s in the summer. |
freckle
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n. half of a sphere or a ball,half of the earth:
The earth is divided by the equator into the Northern and Southern ~s. |
Hemisphere
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n.
a vehicle that slides on runners over the snow, and that is pulled by animals: In Alaska, we saw dogs pulling a ~. |
sled
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n. [U]
a type of brightly colored stone made of tiny sea animals, used in making jewelry: My sister has a ~ necklace. |
coral
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n.
in the ocean, a long bar made of sand, coral, etc.: A ship hit a coral ~ and sank. |
reef
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v. [T] 1 to await, expect:
I ~ that the weather will improve soon. |
anticipate
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n. 1 an animal that lives by killing and eating others:
Hawks and lions are ~s. |
predator
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v. 1 [I;T] to make threats:
A manager ~s to fire an employee unless her work improves. |
threaten
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adj. accepting of different beliefs and behavior:
The boy's parents are ~ of his naughty behavior. |
tolerant
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v. [T] 1 to take legal responsibility for acting as parents to a child:
We ~ed two children whose parents were killed in an accident. |
adopt
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n. 1 a type of animal that can live both in water and on land:
Frogs and newts are ~s. |
amphibian
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n. a warm-blooded animal, the female of which feeds its own milk to its young:
~s range from whales at sea to mice and humans on land. |
mammal
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v. to grow to full size or full mental abilities:
Human babies ~ slowly. |
mature
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v. to feed on grass:
The sheep ~ in the field. |
graze
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n. an animal, such as a kangaroo or an opossum, whose female members have a pouch to carry their young in: ~s are common in Australia.
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marsupial
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v. to look like s.o. or s.t. else:
The boy ~s his father; they both have blond hair and blue eyes. |
resemble
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n. a hole in the ground where animals live, (syn.) a den: Rabbits live in ~s.
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burrow
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n. a person who lives in a certain area:
The ~s of San Francisco enjoy a view of the Golden Gate Bridge. |
inhabitant
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n. a person who studies human life and civilizations through items of the past such as buried houses, statues, pots, etc.:
Indiana Jones is an ~ who went to Egypt to look for a famous artifact. |
archaeologist
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adj. lasting, or meant to last, forever or for a long time:
They hoped their marriage would be ~. |
permanent
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n. any building or covering (tree branches, a cave, etc.) that gives physical protection:
When it started to rain, we found ~ under a tree. |
shelter
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n. the persons from whom one is descended (great-grandmother, great-grandfather, etc.):
Nobunaga Oda is the ~ of the figure skater Nobunari Oda. |
ancestor
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phrasal v. to agree to be friends again, (syn.) to reconcile:
The couple had a fight, but then ~~ and kissed. |
make up
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