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fanatic |
(noun) a person whose strong admiration for something is considered to be extreme or unreasonable. |
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ironic |
adjetive, interesting, strange or funny because of being very different from what you would usually expect. |
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dismissive |
adjetive, showing that you don´t think something is worth considering. |
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hackneyed |
adjetive, used too often and therefore boring, e.g. a hackneyed phrase. |
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mundane |
adjetive, not interesting or exciting. |
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corny |
adjetive, not original; used to often tobe interesting or to sound sincere. |
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unconvicing |
adjetive, not seeming true or real. |
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far-fetched. |
adjetive, very difficult to believe. |
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contrived |
adjetive, planned in advance and not natural or genuine; written or arrange in a way that is not natural or realistic. |
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atrocious |
adjetive, very bad or unpleasant. |
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eccentric. |
adjetive, considere strange or unusual. |
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compulsive |
adjetive, behaviour that is difficult to stop or control. 2. describes a film, play, sports event, book, etc, that is so intreresting or exciting that you don´t want to stop watching or reading it. |
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cliffhanger |
noun, a situation in a story, movie, competition, etc, that is very exciting because you cannot guess what will happen next, or you don´t find out inmediately what happen next. |
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glamorous. |
adjetive, especially attractive and exciting, and different from ordinary things or people. |
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topical |
adjetive, connected with something that is happening or of interest at the present time. |
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swarm |
verb, move in or form a large group 8usually insects) |
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dirt road. |
noun, a road in the countryside made from soil. |
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to draw up |
verb, come to a halt, stop (usually vehicles) |
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siding |
noun, a short track beside a main railway line, where trains can wait when they are not being used. |
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stoker |
noun, a person whose job is to add coal or other fuel to a fire, specially on a ship or train. |
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dash |
verb, to go somewhere quickly, often used with out/in/off etc as a phrasal verb. |
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toss |
verb, throw something carelessly |
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straggle |
verb, to move or spread untidily and in small number or amounts.
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trash |
verb. Hit a person or animal many times as a punishment. |
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perch |
verb, sit on or near the edge of something. |
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bear. |
verb, accept, tolerate or endure especially something unpleasant. |
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wail |
verb, make a long, haig cry, usually because of pain or sadness. |
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cherish |
verb, keep an idea, a gope or a pleasant feeling in your mind for a long time. |
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bitter-sweet |
adjetive, bringing pleasure mixed with sadness. |
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lingering.
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slow to end or disappear. |
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haunting |
adjetive, beautiful, sad or frightening in a way that cannot be forgotten. |
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fleeting |
adjetive, lasting only a short time. |
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fuzzy |
adjetive. (of an image) having shapes that don´t have clear edges, or a sound especially forom a television, radio, etc, not clear, usually because of other unwanted noises making it difficult to hear. |
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blot out |
verb, hide or block from something, especially the sun. |
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spark |
verb, cuase the start of something |
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conjure up |
verb, make a picture or idea appear in somebody´s mind. |
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trigger |
verb, cause something bad to start. |
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rekindle |
verb, make somebody have a feeling that they they had in the past. |
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flood back |
if memories or feelings fllod back, you suddenly remember them very clearly. |
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traumatic |
adjetive, an experience is traumatic, it makes you feel very shocked and upset. |
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treasure. |
verb, if you treasure something, it is very important to you and gives you a lot of peasure. |
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crack of dawn |
nonu, very early in the morning. |
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engage with |
verb, show interest in. |
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respectable |
adjetive, fairly good (as well as having social meaning) |
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to fall hook, line and sinker |
a fixed expression meaning to fall in love with or believe in completely: commonly used when somebody has been tricked into believing in something, |
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evocative |
adjetive, making you think of a stron image or feeling in a pleasant way. |
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reminiscent |
adjetive, reminding you of a previous strong image or feeling. |
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deserted |
adjetive, with no people, empty. |
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derelict. |
adjetive, in bad condition and empty; usually used for buildings. |
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take heed /give heed to |
pay careful attention to advice or warning |
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predicament |
noun, an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of. |
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have a clear conscience |
to be free of guilt about something or somebody |
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heart. |
noun, the central or most importatn part. A disagreement about boundaries is at the heart of the dispute. |
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breathe (new) life into something. |
to bring new ideas and energy to something. |
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compelling. |
adejtive. If a reason, argument is compelling, it makes you believe it or accept it because it is so strong. |
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mount |
to gradually increase, rise or get bigger. |
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backdrop |
noun the general situation in which particular events happen: their love affiar began aginst a backdrop of war. |
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mirror. |
verb. To represent something honestly.
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paint a picture of |
describe something or somebody in a particular way; The president painted a grim picture of life in the next century.
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laden (with) |
adjetive, to be holding a lot of something; be full of. |
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resonate |
verb, evoke images, memories and emotions. |
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culminate |
verb, to finish with a particular event, or reach a final result after gradual develoment and often a lot of effort |
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a nod to |
noun, a gesture of acknowledgement to something or somebody. |
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doomed |
adjetive, certain to fail, die, or have problems |
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mar |
verb, often passive, to spoil something. |