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To Abridge |
Verb. To make a book, play, or piece of writing shorter by removing details and information that is not important. |
The book was abridged for children. |
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A crib |
Noun. A small bed for a baby or young child with high bars around the sides so that the child cannot fall out. |
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A maternity |
Noun. The state of being a mother. |
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A radiant look |
Adjective. Obviously very happy, or very beautiful. |
He gave a radiant smile when he heard the news. |
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A whim |
Noun. A sudden wish or idea, especially one that cannot be reasonably explained. |
We booked the trip on a whim. For a husband who could indulge my every whim! |
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A fetus |
Noun. A young human being or animal before birth, after the organs has started to develop. |
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To obliterate |
Verb. Often passive: to remove all signs of something, either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen. To make an idea or feeling Disappear Completely. |
The missile strike was devastating - the target was totally obliterated. Maybe she gets drunk to obliterate painful memories. |
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A severity |
Noun.
1. Seriousness (of an accident etc.)
2. The quality of being very unkind or unpleasant. |
Even the doctors were shocked by the severity of his injuries.
He spoke with great severity. |
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Lying double up |
To bend over at the waist, often due to pain or laughter. |
After eating at that restaurant, I was doubled up with stomach pain for most of the night. |
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A mirth |
Noun. Literary. Laughter, humor, or happiness. |
Her impersonation of our teacher were a source of considerable Mirth. |
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A muscle contraction |
Noun. One of the very strong and usually painful movements of the muscles in the womb that help to push the baby out of the mother's body during the process of birth. |
She was having regular strong contractions every 4 minutes. |
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A house porch |
Noun. A covered structure in front of the entrance to a building. U.s. a veranda |
We set out on the porch to cool off. |
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A liberal arts |
Noun. Subjects and disciplines. College or university subjects, such as history, languages, and literature, that develop student's general education rather than preparing them for a particular job. |
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To go bananas |
INF Phrase To become extremely angry or excited. |
She'll go bananas when you tell her the news. |
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A window dressing |
Noun. The skill of decorating shop windows and arranging goods in them so that they look attractive to people going past. |
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A bombshell |
Noun. A sudden and often unpleasant piece of news. |
My sister dropped a bombshell by announcing she was leaving her job. |
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To comfort someone |
Verb. To make someone feel better when they are sad or worried. |
The girl's mother was at home today, being comforted by relatives. |
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A permit |
Noun. An official document that allows you to do something or go somewhere. |
She has managed to obtain a temporary residence permit. |
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An outward |
Adjective. Before noun Relating to how people, situation, or things seems to be, rather than how they are inside. |
If he is suffering, he certainly shows no outward sign of it. The outward appearance of the building has not changed at all in 200 years. |
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A fleeting |
Adjective. Short or quick. |
A Fleeting glimpse. This is just a fleeting visit. |
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1. In the other respect.
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If there areonly the two possibilities |
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In another respect |
If there are more possibilities. |
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A wordless smile |
Adjective.
Without any words. |
We sat in wordless contemplation of The View. |
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To chatter |
Verb. 1. To talk for a long time about things that are not important. 2. If animals chatter, they make quick, repeated noises. |
1. She spend the morning chattering away to her friends. 2. The gun shot made the monkeys chatter in alarm. |
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An inevitable strike |
Adjective. Certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented. |
The accident was the inevitable consequence of carelessness. Eventually the inevitable happened and he had a heart attack. |
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A suffocating situation |
Adjective. 1. Informal: something that is suffocating makes you feel uncomfortably hot or unable to breathe. 2. Preventing: preventing something or someone from improving or developing in a positive way |
1. I've got to open the windows - it's suffocating in here! 2. The book tells the story of a woman escaping from a suffocating marriage. |
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An old chum |
Noun. Informal. A friend. |
They were old school chums |
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To falter |
Verb. Hesitating To lose strength or purpose and stop, or almost stop. |
The dinner party conversation faltered for a moment. Her friends never faltered in their belief in her. |
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He was bewildered |
Adjective. Confused and uncertain. |
He set up in bed, bewildered, unsure of where he was. |
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A nursery school |
Noun. A school for children between the ages of about 2 and 5 |
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A white lie |
Noun. A lie that is told in order to be polite or to stop someone from being upset by the truth. |
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To walk on someone |
Phrasal verb. To treat someone inconsiderately. Be inconsiderate of someone's feelings. |
Why do you let him walk on you like that all the time? It's difficult not to walk on her feelings, as her sensitivity is so much finer than other people's. |
