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scrabble
- Verb:Scratch or grope around with one's fingers to find, collect, or hold on to something.
- Noun:An act of scratching or scrambling for something.
- Synonyms:verb. scratch - scribble - scrape - scrawlnoun. scribble - scrawl
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wilting
Verb:(of a plant, leaf, or flower) Become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop.(of a person) Lose one's energy or vigor.
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batter
- Verb:Strike repeatedly with hard blows; pound heavily and insistently: "a prisoner was battered to death with a table leg".(of a wall) Have a receding slope.
- Noun:A semiliquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water used in cooking, esp. for making cakes or for coating food before frying.(in various sports, esp. baseball) A player who is batting.A gradual backward slope in a wall or similar structure.
- Synonyms:verb. beatnoun. paste - dough
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piddling, trifling
пустячный
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sizzle
- Verb:(of food) Make a hissing sound when frying or cooking.
- Noun:A hissing sound, as of food frying or cooking.
- Synonyms:verb. hissnoun. fizzle - hiss - fizz
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jaunt
- Noun:A short excursion or journey for pleasure.
- Verb:Make such an excursion or journey.
- Synonyms:excursion - outing - trip - tour - hike
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grime
- Noun:Dirt ingrained on the surface of something, esp. clothing, a building, or the skin.
- Verb:Blacken or make dirty with grime.
- Synonyms:noun. dirt - filth - dirtiness - muck - soot - squalorverb. soil - stain - befoul - smirch - sully - foul - smear
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schlump
Noun:A slow, slovenly, or inept person.
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slender
стройный
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grit
- Noun:Small, loose particles of stone or sand.
- Verb:Clench (the teeth), esp. in order to keep one's resolve when faced with an unpleasant or painful duty.
- Synonyms:noun. gravel - sandverb. grate - grind - creak - gnash
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mucker
Noun:A rough or coarse person.A person who removes dirt and waste, esp. from stables.
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coon·skin
Noun:The pelt of a raccoon.
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ballsy
Tough and courageous.
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shudder
- Verb:(of a person) Tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or repugnance.
- Noun:An act of shuddering.
- Synonyms:verb. shiver - tremble - shake - quake - quiver - thrillnoun. shiver - thrill - tremble - quiver - tremor - shake
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hasty
- Adjective:Done or acting with excessive speed or urgency; hurried.
- Synonyms:hurried - rash - quick - precipitate - speedy - rapid
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taunt
язвительное замечание
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appall
- Verb:Greatly dismay or horrify: "bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some officials".
- Synonyms:appal - horrify - dismay - frighten - scare - terrify
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munch
- Verb:Eat (something) with a continuous and often audible action of the jaws: "he munched a chicken wing".
- Synonyms:chew - champ - masticate - crunch
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glitter
- Verb:Shine with a bright, shimmering, reflected light.
- Noun:Bright, shimmering, reflected light.
- Synonyms:verb. sparkle - glisten - twinkle - gleam - scintillate - glintnoun. sparkle - lustre - luster - glint - brilliance - sheen
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patter
- Verb:Make a repeated light tapping sound.Talk at length without saying anything significant.
- Noun:A repeated light tapping.Rapid or smooth-flowing continuous talk, such as that used by a comedian or salesman.
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lore
- Noun:A
- body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular
- group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth.The
- surface on each side of a bird's head between the eye and the upper
- base of the beak, or between the eye and nostril in snakes.
- Synonyms:knowledge - learning - science
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huddle
- Verb:Crowd together; nestle closely: "they huddled together for warmth".
- Noun:A crowded or confused mass of people or things.
- Synonyms:verb. crowdnoun. throng - crowd
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swivel
шарнирное соединение
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fettle
- Noun:Condition, esp. physical; trim.
- Verb:Trim or clean the rough edges of (a metal casting or a piece of pottery) before firing.
- Synonyms:noun. condition - state - shape - posture - situation - statusverb. mend
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passel
Noun:A large group of people or things of indeterminate number; a pack.
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traipse
- тащиться
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tote
- Verb:Carry, wield, or convey (something heavy or substantial): "help him tote the books"; "a gun-toting loner".
- Noun:A
- system of betting based on the use of the totalizator, in which
- dividends are calculated according to the amount staked rather than...
- Synonyms:verb. carry - bear - transport - convey - haulnoun. totalizator - totalizer
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vicious
- Adjective:Deliberately cruel or violent.(of an animal) Wild and dangerous to people.
- Synonyms:wicked - malicious - evil - bad - perverse
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chuck
- Verb:Throw (something) carelessly or casually.Touch (someone) playfully or gently under the chin.
- Noun:A playful touch under the chin.A
- device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill,
- typically having three or four jaws that move radially in and out.Food or provisions.
- Synonyms:throw - fling - cast - toss - pitch - heave - dash
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meander
- Verb:(of a river or road) Follow a winding course.
- Noun:A winding curve or bend of a river or road: "the river flows in sweeping meanders".
- Synonyms:verb. wind - twist - wander - coil - ramble - snake - roamnoun. winding - bend
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ruse
- Noun:An action intended to deceive someone; a trick: "Eleanor tried to think of a ruse to get Paul out of the house".
- Synonyms:trick - wile - artifice - stratagem - guile - dodge
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tantrum
Noun:An uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration, typically in a young child.
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frat
Noun:A students' fraternity.
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gnaw
- Verb:Bite at or nibble something persistently.Bite at or nibble (something).
- Synonyms:nibble - fret
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decrepit
- Adjective:(of a person) Elderly and infirm.Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.
- Synonyms:ramshackle - dilapidated - senile
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incessant
- Adjective:(of something regarded as unpleasant) Continuing without pause or interruption: "the incessant beat of the music".
- Synonyms:continual - unceasing - continuous - ceaseless
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natter
- Verb:Talk casually, esp. about unimportant matters; chatter.
- Noun:A casual and leisurely conversation.
- Synonyms:verb. tattle - babble - gossip - blab - talk - chatternoun. chat - gossip
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hoarse
- Adjective:(of a person's voice) Sounding rough and harsh, typically as the result of a sore throat or of shouting.
- Synonyms:husky - raucous - throaty - gruff - rough - harsh - thick
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iffy
- Adjective:Full of uncertainty; doubtful: "the prospect seems iffy".
- Synonyms:doubtful - dubious
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cadaverous
- Adjective:Resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony.
- Synonyms:cadaveric - ghastly
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gringo
Noun:derogatory. A white person from an English-speaking country (used in Spanish-speaking regions, chiefly Latin America).
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blood·cur·dling
Causing great horror; terrifying.
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thrum
- Verb:Make a continuous rhythmic humming sound.Cover or adorn (cloth or clothing) with ends of thread.
- Noun:A continuous rhythmic humming sound: "the steady thrum of rain on the windows".(in weaving) An unwoven end of a warp thread, or a fringe of such ends, left in the loom when the finished cloth is cut away.
- Synonyms:verb. strumnoun. fringe
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quarry
- Noun:A place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted.An animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey.A diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows.
- Verb:Extract (stone or other materials) from a quarry.
- Synonyms:noun. preyverb. mine
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vertebra
- Noun:Each
- of the series of small bones forming the backbone, having several
- projections for articulation and muscle attachment, and a hole...
- Synonyms:backbone
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willowy
- Adjective:Bordered, shaded, or covered by willows.(of a person) Tall, slim, and lithe.
- Synonyms:slender - slim - lissom - lissome - svelte - pliant
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lofty
- Adjective:Of imposing height.Of a noble or exalted nature: "lofty ideals".
- Synonyms:high - proud - sublime - exalted - noble - elevated
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cringe
- Verb:Bend one's head and body in fear or in a servile manner: "he cringed away from the blow"; "surrounded by cringing yes-men".
- Noun:An act of cringing in fear.
- Synonyms:verb. crouch - grovel - cower - crawlnoun. adulation - servility - obsequiousness
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hobble
- Verb:Walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury.
- Noun:An awkward way of walking, typically due to pain from an injury.
- Synonyms:verb. limp - haltnoun. limp
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strand
- Verb:Drive
- or leave (a boat, sailor, or sea creature) aground on a shore: "the
- ships were stranded in shallow water"; "a stranded whale".
- Noun:The shore of a sea, lake, or large river: "a heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand".A single thin length of something such as thread, fiber, or wire, esp. as twisted together with others: "a strand of cotton".
- Synonyms:verb. groundnoun. shore - coast - beach - bank
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cajole
- Verb:Persuade
- someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery: "he cajoled
- her into selling the house"; "she cajoled to win his support".
- Synonyms:coax - wheedle - blandish - flatter - persuade - adulate
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shuck
- Noun:An outer covering such as a husk or pod, esp. the husk of an ear of corn.Exclamation:Used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation.
- Verb:Remove the shucks from corn or shellfish.
- Synonyms:noun. husk - shell - hull - pod - peel - rind - scaleverb. shell - peel - husk - pare - pod - hull
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spittle
- Noun:Saliva, esp. as ejected from the mouth.
- Synonyms:spit - saliva - sputum - slobber - slaver - gob
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perk
- Verb:Become more cheerful, lively, or interesting.(of coffee) Percolate.
- Adjective:Perky; pert.Noun:Money, goods, or other benefit to which one is entitled as an employee or as a shareholder of a company.
- Synonyms:adjective. arrogant - perkynoun. perquisite
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plaintive
- Adjective:Sounding sad and mournful.
- Synonyms:sad - mournful - sorrowful - doleful - lugubrious
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hasty
- Adjective:Done or acting with excessive speed or urgency; hurried.
- Synonyms:hurried - rash - quick - precipitate - speedy - rapid
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gunslinger
- Noun:A man who carries a gun and shoots well.A forceful and adventurous participant in a particular sphere.
- Synonyms:gunman
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linger
- Verb:Stay
- in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to
- leave: "she lingered in the yard, enjoying the warm sunshine".Spend a long time over (something): "she lingered over her meal".
- Synonyms:tarry - delay - loiter - procrastinate
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tussle
- Noun:A vigorous struggle or scuffle, typically in order to obtain or achieve something.
- Verb:Engage in such a struggle or scuffle: "the demonstrators tussled with police".
- Synonyms:noun. fight - struggle - scuffle - scramble - fighting - frayverb. fight - scuffle - scrap - struggle - wrestle - grapple
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insatiable
- Adjective:(of an appetite or desire) Impossible to satisfy: "an insatiable hunger".
- Synonyms:insatiate - voracious - greedy - unquenchable
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pelt
- Verb:Attack (someone) by repeatedly hurling things at them: "two boys pelted him with apples".
- Noun:The skin of an animal with the fur, wool, or hair still on it.
- Synonyms:verb. throw - showernoun. skin - hide - fur - fell - leather
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shatter
- Verb:Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.Damage or destroy (something abstract): "the crisis will shatter their confidence".
- Synonyms:smash - break - crush - destroy - crash - wreck - shiver
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