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30 Cards in this Set
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casserole |
a mixture of meat or beans with liquid and vegetables cookedfor a long time in the oven
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to sweat something out |
to suffer through an ordeal |
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A lot of good that was |
It was useless! |
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bittersweet |
Containing happiness and sadness |
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to make a play for |
to try to pick up a girl, to make her your girlfriend |
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qualify that... |
to add something to what you say to make its meaning less certain
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stabbing pain |
A sudden sharp pain like a knife entering our body |
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twinge |
a sudden slight pain |
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fluttering |
a slight pain that comes and goes |
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to amplify |
to make bigger, more serious |
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to break down |
to lose control, to give in and start crying |
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throw in the towel |
to give up, to surrender |
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don't have a prayer |
don't have a chance |
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with blood |
with blood relations, relatives |
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sheer hell |
total hell |
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nasty |
dirty, evil |
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hoards of |
large groups of |
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enormously relieved |
to feel much, much better |
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squeeze by on something |
to just get by on something |
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losing steam, grinding down |
Slowing down, getting ready to end |
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a pain in the bun "ass" |
Annoying |
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bitch over trivialities |
complain about small unimportant things |
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the surf |
the sea |
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a kid going on seven |
A kid who is almost seven years old |
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keep up a good front |
pretend to be cheerful, happy |
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morbid |
showing too much interest in unpleasant things such as death:
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zig-zag all over the joint |
to go back and forth over her body |
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scrawny |
too thin |
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ashen |
pale lacking color due to sickness |
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to slap on something |
to put on quickly with great force |
