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To eat something really quickly |
To hork something down |
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to crush food into smaller, softer pieces with the teeth so that it can be swallowed |
Chew |
This meat is difficult to chew Verb |
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to cause food, drink, pills, etc. to move from your mouth into your stomach by using the muscles of your throat |
swallow |
My throat is so sore that it really hurts when I swallow Verb |
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a person who owns or rents a small piece of land and grows crops, keeps animals, etc. on it, especially one who has a low income, very little education, and a low social position. This is usually used of someone who lived in the past or of someone in a poor country |
peasant |
Most of the produce sold in the market is grown by peasant farmers Noun |
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very unusual, special, unexpected, or strange |
extraordinary |
He told the extraordinary story of his escape. Adjective |
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Something is in a way that is very noticeable or unusual |
singularly |
He is singularly qualified for the job |
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a pleasantly strong taste or smell |
tang |
the tang of sea air |
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a statement that describes something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc. than it really is, or the act of making such statements |
understatement |
It's an understatement to say the workers are worried about their futures. |
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extremely unpleasant |
gross |
"Oh, gross!" she said, looking at the flies buzzing above the piles of dirty plates.
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- to stay in the same place or in the same condition - to continue to exist when other parts or other things no longer exist |
- The doctor ordered him to remain in bed for a few days - Only a few hundred of these animals remain today. |
- rester , demeurer - rester |
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an idea or opinion formed before enough information is available to form it correctly |
Try to go into the meeting without too many preconceptions about what the other group wants. |
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