L Of The R #1-60

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clutch

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v
to hold tightly

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wholly

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adj
completely

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sharp-eyed

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adj
very good eye sight

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keen-eared

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adj
very good hearing

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maggot

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n
a small insect/worm that eats dead flesh

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loathsome

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adj
something that you intensely dislike, makes you disgusted

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abominate

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v
something that greatly offends and/or disgusts you or something true and good

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nuance

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n
subtle difference or distinction

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conquer

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v
to defeat, to occupy enemy land, to have victory over

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cure

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v
to heal from something

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unbearable

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adj
intolerable, unable to be endured

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nasty

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adj
gross, disgustingly horrible, terrible, etc

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furtive

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adj
sly, shifty, covert

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raw at the job

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adj
new and unskilled, inexperienced

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treacherously

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adv
unstable, insecure, on the brink of serious danger, ready to betray

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endure

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v
suffer through something

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harsh

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adj
unpleasantly strict, difficult to bear, severe

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sniveling

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adj
weeping and crying and sniffing, connotes someone who whines and complains

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timid

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adj
shy, afraid to speak or meet or do something

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revive

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v
renew, come back to life, opposite of 'fade'

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cunning

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adj
sly, smart, but using intelligence for evil or personal gain

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crept

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v
walked/crawled carefully, secretively, slowly

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cradles

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v,n
v = to hold securely, to cuddle n= rocking bed for a baby

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errand

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n
something you have to go out to do, a task, shopping

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mischief

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n
annoying action, small (annoying) misbehavior

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stab

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v
to put the blade of a knife into flesh, a quick often violent action

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vile

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adj
loathsome, horribly unpleasant, morally debased (wrong)

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deserve

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v
to merit, to be qualified for

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witty

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adj
intelligent, smart, clever, often in a quick and humorous way

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exile

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v,n
v=to force to leave a country, area or group
n=a person who has been forced to leave

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sprang

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v, past tense
to jump up, to come quickly out of the ground, a situation

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squawk

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n
a harsh cry; the noise of a large bird like a parrot

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shear

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v
to cut something like grass or hair all one length

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eavesdropping

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v
to spy with ears, not eyes; secretly listen in on someone's' private conversation

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bristle

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v,n
v=to get angry so that hair stands up straight (maybe not literally, but figuratively
n=the hair on a pig or elephant, the things making the brush on a toothbrush or hairbrush

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dithering

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adj
excited and nervous, not focused or positive, just going around and around w/o much sense

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choke

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v
to cut off the air, to grab someone around the neck to cut off their airflow

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sniff

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v
to smell, to breath in quickly to catch the scent of something

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glimpse

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n
a quick look, brief and incomplete view of something

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snort

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v,n
v=the action of air comes forcibly out of the nose
n= the noise of that action often for animals, but to show disgust from people

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console

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v
to comfort

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disheveled

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adj
out of order, messy, often used for appearances of hair and clothes

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striding

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v
walking with large, purposeful steps

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prying

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v
to open something by wedging something else in a tight crack and wiggling it and working the joint open

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halted

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adj
stopped in the middle of moving

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hedge

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n
a row of bushes at the edge or a field or property, sometimes called a hedgerow

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slacking off

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adj
to be lazy, not doing a complete and thorough job when in the past you did

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willow

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n
a kind of a tree with long dangling branches that usually grows by water. There are willows around Hoan Kiem lake

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ribbon

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n
thin, long colorful piece of fabric for tying up hair or bonnets or decoration

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peeping in

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v
looking in secretively, usually where you shouldn't be looking, but sometimes in a game with children

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pipe resin

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n
brown/black somewhat sticky substance from tree sap or left after smoking tobacco in a pipe

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curl

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v,n
v=to turn back into oneself, for ribbon, roads, bodies, etc
n= the curved section of hair or ribbon

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nod

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v,n
v=to indicate a greeting or agreement with the up/down motion of the head
n=the act described

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pale

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adj
not bright, but a lighter, softer color often used to describe the cheeks of sick people or gentle colors

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clammy

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adj
damp and cold, sometimes from weather (Hanoi in the spring) or fever

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bleary eyed

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adj
just before or after sleep, not able to see clearly or distinctly

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expedition

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n
a complicated and/or dangerous journey, often into unknown territory

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outcrop

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n
describing an area where stone juts out of the hillside or mountain side

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truss up

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v
to tie up, especially to tie the legs together used for birds before cooking them or people you don't want to run away