Vocabulary, Slang & Word Lists
epub |eng | 2006-10-05 | Author:Boinod, Adam Jacot De [Boinod, Adam Jacot De]
azote de barrio (Spanish, Central America) a criminal who concentrates on a particular neighbourhood accordéon (French) an extensive criminal record A life of crime Italian offers a rich vocabulary for ...
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June 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-03-20 | Author:Rosalind Fergusson
D 15.1 dab 1.1 dabber 2.8 dabble 2.28 dabbler 2.12 dabbling 2.42 dabchick 2.21 dabs 1.2 dace 7.30 dacha 2.14 dachshund 2.36 dachshunds 2.37 dacoit 33.13 dacoits 33.14 dacoity 34.1 ...
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June 7,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-10-06 | Author:Betty Kirkpatrick
STYLE AND VOCABULARY There is, of course, more to good written English than a knowledge of correct grammar and correct usage. Style is also an important issue. Style with regard ...
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April 16,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-09-12 | Author:Ross Petras
liable [LYE-uh-buhl] legally responsible; likely to do or be something, usually in an undesirable sense Liable is another word liable (we couldn’t resist) to be mispronounced merely because we’re lazy. ...
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March 15,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-28 | Author:Yee-Lum Mak
KINTSUKUROI (noun, Japanese) lit. “to repair with gold”; the art of repairing pottery with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken ...
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Vocabulary
November 29,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-06-06 | Author:Tiffany Watt Smith
JEALOUSY You have to trust. That’s what you tell yourself. When you see the e-mail hurriedly closed down and a bright smile—is it too bright?—on the face. Or the door ...
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August 1,2016 )
epub |eng | 2006-06-02 | Author:Richard Bayan [Bayan, Richard]
MONEY-SAVING inexpensive affordable economical thrifty low-cost low-priced value-priced budget-priced discount-priced bargain-priced invitingly priced sale-priced priced to sell rock-bottom prices popular prices unheard-of low prices direct-to-you prices affordably priced surprisingly affordable ...
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June 12,2016 )
epub |eng | 2013-06-08 | Author:Asher Cantrell [Cantrell, Asher]
9. Wolf There’s a reason that we had Auggie Doggie and Doggie Daddy instead of Simon Wolf and his dad, Ted Wolf or whatever. It seems there are no clever ...
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June 9,2016 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Robert Hartwell Fiske [Fiske, Robert Hartwell]
* * * Again, in U.S. Senate and House Committee hearings, the FDA conceded that the packaging and recalled drug violations were minor and posed no immanent health hazard to ...
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June 9,2016 )
epub |eng | 2010-03-05 | Author:Gregory Bergman
franchise player (noun) A player on an NFL, NBA, or NHL team may be so designated when the player is the “face” of the team. Typically, the player will have ...
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March 6,2016 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Elster, Charles Harrington
Word 50: SPLENETIC (spluh-NET-ik) Irritable, ill-tempered; spiteful and morose; given to angry and impatient fits. You can imagine how many synonyms there are for a word that means irritable or ...
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March 4,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-05-31 | Author:Crystal, David
Central, middle; coming between the eldest and youngest in age. From Cumberland: ‘Is that t’auldest lad er youngest?’ ‘It’s nowder, it’s middlemer’. mim (adjective) Berkshire, Cornwall, Durham, Ireland, Norfolk, Northumberland, ...
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March 1,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Laurie E. Rozakis
You can also use homophones to create puns. The key to creating puns is as follows: If you’re writing a pun, you want the words to be spelled alike; if ...
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December 26,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-12-13 | Author:Rimaletta Ray [Ray, Rimaletta]
74. To obtain conversational ease, establish a precise mental and emotional control over your English. 75. Manage yourself mentally and emotionally, and the language will become better managed in you. ...
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December 21,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-12-08 | Author:
fraud [frɔːd] the crime of getting money by not telling the truth gang [gæŋ] an organized group of criminals gun [gʌn] a weapon that shoots bullets homicide (mainly American English) ...
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November 27,2015 )
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