chinese 13
Vocabulary Cards: 100
- 1.
- amputated
- 2.
- surge
- 3.
- remedial Action Plans
- 5.
- The sun smouldered through a thin summer haze.
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- smoulded
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- His darkly smouldering eyes never left her face.
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- That's a lot of people smouldering with resentment...
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- A number of buildings around the Parliament were still smouldering today...
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- optometrist
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- embarked
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- osteoarthritis
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- The listeners were perplexed and incredulous.
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- incredulous
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- persistent
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- He phoned again this morning. He's very persistent.
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- A persistent shortfall in demand will weigh on supply.
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- hallmark of life.
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- coup attempt
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- flaxseed oil
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- omnibus
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- groaned
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- reconciliation
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- mussel
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- shimmering watercress soup
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- non-impact excercise
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- squatting
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- arbitration
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- auspices
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- On the first kind of question, the auspices are good.
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- rashes
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- It would be rash to rely on such evidence...
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- Don't do anything rash until the feelings subside.
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- acoustic
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- The church is acoustically perfect.
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- knee braces
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- pivot
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- The pedal had sheared off at the pivot.
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- crutches
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- erversity on stilts, or crutches
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- lame excuse
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- We thought he had just found a lame excuse for being a miser.
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- squatting pan
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- protocol
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- simultaneously
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- ..the simultaneous release of the book and the album..
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- monogamous relationship.
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- mocking
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- Behind the mocking laughter lurks a growing sense of unease.
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- lurking
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- Around every corner lurked doubt and uncertainty.
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- Is there danger lurking in your lunch?
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- bottlenecks
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- variegated
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- The leaves are a variegated red.
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- Semiminiature.
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- ovate
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- Leaf blade ovate to narrowly ovate, abaxially glaucous.
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- wild chives
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- trot
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- stile
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- globose
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- culm
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- brow furrowed
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- posse
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- ..a posse of reporters...
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- vault
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- ..the vault of a great cathedral.
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- He could easily vault the wall...
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- diffused
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- Diffusing a light also reduces its power...
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- The sun slid behind trees, its last light diffused by wintry branches.
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- binomial
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- Vermiculite is a material that can hold air, water and nutrients.
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- debatable
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- It is debatable whether or not antibiotics would make any difference
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- altar
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- Napoleon's army was sacrificed on the altar of folly in the disastrous Russian campaign.
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- conducive
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- Make your bedroom as conducive to sleep as possible...
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- That is not conducive to a harmonious partnership.
- 87.
- Is the bed conducive to restful sleep?
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- deprived
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- One in four people worldwide are without adequate homes...
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- The old methods weren't adequate to meet current needs..
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- induce
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- .an economic crisis induced by high oil prices.
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- He might decide that it is best to induce labour.
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- I would do anything to induce them to stay...
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- His friend's plight had spurred him into taking part.
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- Redundancy is the spur for many to embark on new careers.
- 100.
- So what exactly is causing this plight?