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Nuisance: noun /ˈnjuː.səns/ sth or sb that annoys you or causes trouble for you:
Ex: I've forgotten my umbrella - what a nuisance! / I hate to be a nuisance, but could you help me?
/ [+ -ing verb ] It's such a nuisance having to rewrite those letters.
Sort: noun /sɔːt/ (TYPE) a group of things that are of the same type or that share similar qualities:
Ex: We both like the same sort of music.
Reply: verb /rɪˈplaɪ/ to answer:
Ex: "Where are you going?" I asked. "Home," he replied.
Beg: verb /beɡ/ to make a very strong and urgent request:
Ex: They begged for mercy. / [ + speech ] "Please, please forgive me!" she begged (him).
Royal: adjective /ˈrɔɪ.əl/ belonging or connected to a king or queen or a member of their family:
Bride: noun /braɪd/ a woman who is about to get married or has just got married:
Ex: The bride and groom posed for pictures outside the church.
Shifty: adjective /ˈʃɪf.ti/ looking or seeming dishonest: Ex: He has shifty eyes.
Trial: noun /traɪəl/ a test, usually over a limited period of time, to discover how effective or
suitable sth or sb is: Ex: They're doing clinical trials on a new drug.
Curious: adjective /ˈkjʊə.ri.əs/ strange and unusual. Synonym: peculiar (STRANGE)
Ex: There was a curious-looking man standing outside.
Joy: noun /dʒɔɪ/ great happiness:
Ex: They were filled with joy when their first child was born.
Framed: adjective /freɪmd/ surrounded by a border:
Ex: a framed photograph
Brass: noun /brɑːs/ (METAL) a bright yellow metal made from copper and zinc:
Ex: The door handles were made of brass.
Looking-glass: noun /ˈlʊk.ɪŋ ˌɡlɑːs/ a mirror
Trice: noun /traɪs/ in a very short time:
Ex: Jim had the wheel mended in a trice.
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Scrambled eggs: noun /ˌskræm.bəld ˈeɡz/ eggs mixed with a little milk and mixed again as they are
being fried
Spoiled: adjective /spɔɪld/ also mainly uk spoilt, /spɔɪlt/ A spoiled child is allowed to do or have
anything that it wants to, usually so that it expects to get everything it wants, and does not show
respect to other people. Ex: You're behaving like a spoiled brat!
Fair: adjective /feər/ old use or literary (of a woman) beautiful: Ex: a fair maiden
Sublime: adjective /səˈblaɪm/ extremely good, beautiful, or enjoyable:
Ex: sublime beauty / The book has sublime descriptive passages.
Charm: verb /tʃɑːm/ to attract sb or persuade sb to do sth because of your charm:
Ex: We were charmed by his boyish manner.
Cat’s pyjamas: An adjective used by hipsters of the 1920's to describe a person who is the best at
what they do.
Silly: Synonym: Fool

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Absurd: adj /əbˈsɜːd/ stupid and unreasonable, or silly in a humorous way:
Ex: Don't be so absurd! Of course I want you to come.
Routine: noun /ruːˈtiːn/ a usual or fixed way of doing things:
Ex: There's no set/fixed routine at work - every day is different.
Awful: adj /ˈɔː.fəl/ extremely bad or unpleasant:
Ex: He suffered awful injuries in the crash. / We had awful weather.
Wild: adj /waɪld/ uncontrolled, violent, or extreme:
Ex: When I told him what I'd done, he went wild (= became very angry).
Scrag: V/skraɡ/ Br: handle roughly; beat up. // 2 US: kill by strangling or hanging
Ex: my brothers were hoping he'd put a foot wrong so they could scrag him.
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Flaming: adj /ˈfleɪ.mɪŋ/ (Oxford dictionary)
1- Burning fiercely and emitting flames. Ex: ‘they dragged her away from the flaming car’
2- Very hot. Ex: ‘flaming June’
3- Of a bright orange or red colour. Ex: ‘her flaming hair’
Skin: V /skɪn/ to remove the skin of sth:
Ex: The hunters skinned the deer they had killed.
Rotten: adj /ˈrɒt.ən/ decayed: // very bad:
Ex: The room smelled of rotten vegetables. // rotten weather
Guts: N /ɡʌts/ (Oxford dictionary)
1- The stomach or belly. Ex: ‘the terrible pain in his gut’
2- Medicine Biology The lower alimentary canal or a part of this; the intestine.
3- Entrails that have been removed or exposed in violence or by a butcher.
Huntsman: N /ˈhʌnts.mən/ sb who hunts animals with a gun or other weapons // in Britain, sb
who uses dogs and rides a horse to hunt animals, esp foxes, for sport
Buddy: N /ˈbʌd.i/ used when talking to a man, sometimes in a friendly way but often when you are
annoyed:
Ex: Drink up and go home, buddy.
Drag: V /dræɡ/ to move sth by pulling it along a surface, usually the ground:
Ex: She dragged the canoe down to the water.
Filthy: adj /ˈfɪl.θi/ extremely or unpleasantly dirty:
Ex: That girl just gave me a filthy look (= looked at me in a very unpleasant, disapproving way).
Slit: V /slɪt/ pr part slitting | past t and part slit: to make a long, straight, narrow cut in sth:
Ex: He slit open the envelope with a knife. // She killed herself by slitting her wrists.
Rib: N /rɪb/ a bone that curves round from your back to your chest: // a piece of meat taken from
this part of an animal
Ex: My son broke a rib when he fell off a ladder. // He cooked rib of lamb for Sunday lunch.
Fear: N /fɪər/ an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried
by sth dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening or might happen:
Ex: Trembling with fear, she handed over the money to the gunman.
Spake: V old use or humorous UK /speɪk/ past simple of speak:
Ex: Thus spake the expert.

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Give sb a break: Ph /breɪk/
1- to allow sb some time away from their work or regular activities: Ex: I babysit every Friday to
give her a break.
2- to stop criticizing or annoying sb, or behaving in an unpleasant way: Ex: Give her a break - she's
only a child and she didn't mean any harm.
Poised: adj /pɔɪzd/ If an object or a part of your body is poised, it is completely still but ready to
move at any moment:
Ex: My pencil was poised over the page, ready to take down her words.
Flutter: V /ˈflʌt.ər/ If your heart or stomach flutters, you feel slightly uncomfortable because you
are excited or nervous:
Ex: Every time I think about my exams my stomach flutters!
Melt: V /melt/ to turn from sth solid into sth soft or liquid, or to cause sth to do this:
Ex: The snow usually melts by mid-March.
Beat it!: slang: go away!
Bet: V /bet/ If you say you bet (sb) that sth is true or will happen, you mean you are certain that it
is true or will happen:
Ex: I bet you (that) she's missed the bus.
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Safety's sake: N /ˈseɪf.ti/ a state in which or a place where you are safe and not in danger or at
risk:
Ex: For your (comfort and) safety, we recommend you keep your seat belt loosely fastened during
the flight.
Bullock: N /ˈbʊl.ək/ a young male cow, esp one that has had its testicles removed
Cheat: V /tʃiːt/ to behave in a dishonest way in order to get what you want:
Ex: Anyone caught cheating will be immediately disqualified from the exam.
Cry out: ph V /kraɪ/ to shout or make a loud noise because you are frightened, hurt, etc.:
Ex: She cried out in pain as the bullet grazed her shoulder.
Disgusting: adj /dɪsˈɡʌs.tɪŋ/ extremely unpleasant or unacceptable: Syn: foul, loathsome,
repellent, revolting
Ex: It's disgusting that there are no schools or hospitals for these people.
Boiled: adj /bɔɪld/ (of food) cooked in water that is boiling:
Ex: boiled eggs/ham
Tough: adj /tʌf/ Tough food is difficult to cut or eat: Opp: tender (SOFT)
Ex: This steak is very tough. / These apples have tough skins.
Hitch: V /hɪtʃ/ to get a free ride in sb else's vehicle as a way of travelling:
Ex: They hitched a lift to Edinburgh from a passing car.
Parlour maid: N /ˈpɑːləmeɪd/ A maid employed to wait at table.
Horse racing: N /ˈhɔːs ˌreɪ.sɪŋ/ a sport in which people race on horses, usually to win money for
the horses' owners
Jockey: N /ˈdʒɒk.i/ a person whose job is riding horses in races:

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Awfully: adv /ˈɔː.fəl.i/ very or extremely, when used before an adjective or adverb:
Ex: It's an awfully long time since we last saw each other.
Shocking: adj /ˈʃɒk.ɪŋ/ offensive, upsetting, or immoral:
Ex: The sex scenes in the book were considered very shocking at the time when it was published.
Vice: N /vaɪs/ a moral fault or weakness in someone's character: (= bad habit)
Ex: Greed, pride, envy, and lust are considered to be vices. / My one real vice is chocolate.
Squander: V /ˈskwɒn.dər/ to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using
them to your advantage:
Ex: They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun.
Resource: N /rɪˈzɔːs/ /ˈriː.sɔːs/ a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country, organization,
or person:
Ex: Britain's mineral resources include coal and gas deposits.
Racetrack: N /ˈreɪs.træk/ mainly us (UK usually racecourse) a wide, usually circular, path with a
grass surface, on which horses race, or the area that includes this path and buildings around it
Backing: N /ˈbæk.ɪŋ/ support, esp money, that sb gives to a person or plan:
Ex: If I go ahead with the plan, can I count on your backing?
Leave it to me: I’ll be responsible for it
Gambling: N /ˈɡæm.blɪŋ/ the activity of betting money, for example in a game or on a horse race:
Ex: Gambling can be an addictive habit.
Eventide: N /ˈiː.vən.taɪd/ evening
Hitch: V /hɪtʃ/ to get a free ride in sb else's vehicle as a way of travelling:
Ex: They hitched a lift to Edinburgh from a passing car.
Slip in: ph V/slɪp/ to enter a place without being noticed
Ex: She slipped in through the back door.
Gate: N /ɡeɪt/ a part of a fence or outside wall that is fixed at one side and opens and closes like a
door, usually made of metal or wooden strips // a section of a fence or outer wall that can swing
open to let you through:
Ex: I pushed open the gate and went into the backyard.
Counting house: N /kaʊntɪŋ haʊs/ in the past, the office or building in which a person's or an
organization's accounts or money were kept
Count out sth: ph V /kɑʊnt/ to count each item in a group one at a time:
Ex: She pulled out her wallet and slowly counted out what money she had.
Parlour: N /ˈpɑː.lər/ (esp in the past) a room in a private house used for relaxing, esp one that was
kept tidy for entertaining guests:
Ex: the front parlour // an Edwardian parlour
Footman: N /ˈfʊt.mən/ a male servant whose job includes opening doors and serving food, and
who often wears a uniform
Servant: N /ˈsɜː.vənt/ a person who is employed in another person's house, doing jobs such as
cooking and cleaning, especially in the past
Creep: V /kriːp/ to move slowly, quietly, and carefully, usually in order to avoid being noticed:
Ex: She turned off the light and crept through the door.

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Tiptoe: N /ˈtɪp.təʊ/ on your toes with the heel of your foot lifted off the ground:
Ex: The children stood on tiptoe in order to pick the apples from the tree.
Mighty: adj /ˈmaɪ.ti/ very large, powerful, or important:
Ex: In the next game they will face the mighty Patriots. / The mighty River Po
Hall: N (also hallway) the room just inside the main entrance of a house, apartment, or other
building that leads to other rooms and usually to the stairs:
Ex: I left my bags in the hall.
Grab: V /ɡræb/ to take hold of sth or sb suddenly and roughly:
Ex: He grabbed (hold of) his child's arm to stop her from running into the road.
Senior: adj /ˈsiː.ni.ər/ high or higher in rank:
Ex: She's senior to me, so I have to do what she tells me.
Have a go: (idiom) to try to do sth
Ex: "I can't get the window open." "Let me have a go (at it)."
Stony broke: adj /ˌstəʊ.ni ˈbrəʊk/ If sb is stony broke, they have no money.
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Ascot: N /ˈæs.kət/ a wide, straight piece of material worn like a tie in the open neck of a shirt
Steeplechase: N /ˈstiː.pəl.tʃeɪs/ a long race in which horses or people have to jump over fences,
bushes, etc., either across the countryside or, more usually, on a track
Mistletoe: N /ˈmɪs.əl.təʊ/ an evergreen plant (= one that never loses its leaves) that grows on
trees, with small, white fruits and pale yellow flowers. Mistletoe is often used as a Christmas
decoration, and it is traditional to kiss someone under it:
Ex: They were kissing under the mistletoe at the office party.
Daft: adj /dɑːft/ silly or stupid:
Ex: It was a pretty daft idea anyway. // Don't be daft - let me pay - you paid last time.
Fore and aft: adv in or at the front and back or the beginning and end // Backwards and forwards.
Rush: V /rʌʃ/ to move or go somewhere very quickly:
Ex: rush to/into/out of sth Rescue workers rushed to the site of the chemical fire.
Raise: V /reɪz/ to cause sth to increase or become bigger, better, higher, etc.:
Ex: The government plan to raise taxes. / Our chat has raised my spirits (= made me feel happier).
Dough: N /dəʊ/ old-fashioned slang money:
Ex: I don't want to work but I need the dough.
Back: V /bæk/ to give support to sb or sth with money or words:
Ex: The management has refused to back our proposals.
Pawn: V /pɔːn/ to leave a possession with a pawnbroker, who gives you money for it and can sell it
if the money is not paid back within a certain time: Syn: hock informal
Ex: Of all items pawned, jewellery is the most common.
Borrow: V /ˈbɒr.əʊ/ to take money from a bank or other financial organization and pay it back
over a period of time:
Ex: Like so many companies at that time, we had to borrow heavily to survive.
We could always borrow some money from the bank.
Manager: N /ˈmæn.ɪ.dʒər/ the person who is responsible for managing an organization:

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Bookie: N /ˈbʊk.i/ (also bookmaker, US/ˈbʊkˌmeɪ·kər/): a person whose business is accepting and
paying out money risked on a particular result of something, esp. horse races
Share:
1- V /ʃeər/
*to divide food, money, goods, etc. and give part of it to someone else: Ex: Will you share your
sandwich with me? // We should share (in) the reward.
* If two or more people share an activity, they each do some of it: Ex: Shall we share the driving?
2- N
*a part of sth that has been divided between several people: Ex: The total bill comes to €80, so our
share is €20. // We ought to make sure that everyone gets equal shares of the food.
*a part of sth that several people are involved in: Ex: She's not doing her share of the work.
*One of the equal parts that the ownership of a company is divided into, and that can be bought
by members of the public: Ex: The value of my shares has risen/fallen by eight per cent.
Sin: N /sɪn/ the offence of breaking, or the breaking of, a religious or moral law:
Provided that: /prəˈvaɪd/ if, or only if:
ILO conventions allow schoolchildren to work during their holidays and free time provided that
strict safety measures are taken.
*provide that: LAW a law or rule that provides that sth must happen states officially that it must
happen:
Ex: Rule 222-2 provides that all notices of shareholder meetings shall be sent to shareholders not
less than seven days before the date of the meeting.