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hardworking or diligent
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a zest for life
(pronunciation)joa de vive
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apprentice-protected by someone else
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impulsive or on a whim - impulsively impractical
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craving power and doing whatever it takes to get it
niccolo machiavelli
the prince
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the feeling associated with a word
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able to use both hands
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dextrous-hands
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in disguise
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in-not
cogn-cognoscere-to know
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untidy in appearance
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to spread or scatter
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evil in a sneaky way
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a nicer way of something not so nice
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over and over to the point of annoyance
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double crossing, tricky
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warlike, overly aggressive
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a longing for the past
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a digression, a straying from the subject
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tango, tangere- to touch
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a back and forth relationship
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kind
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bene-good
vole-to wish or to want
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a minor social error
french-false step
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the driving force behind something
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a lose, lose situation
A literary word from a novel called Catch-22, the main character is in WWII he either fights and dies or he pretends hes crazy and goes into an insane asylum.
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promising good things
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just friends not romantic
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to weasel or to worm (your way out of)
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an example set for others to follow
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almost insignificant
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a situation gone totally wrong
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someone's double
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doppel- double
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taking pleasure in the pain of others
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disturbing in an upsetting way-upsetting in a disturbing way
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tightly held together
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to come to a conclusion based on information given
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a category of something sophisticated
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a cure-all
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unplanned (like a speech)
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ex-out of or from
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an expert of something sophisticated
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connaitre-conocer-to know
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completely unselfish
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gentlemanly
cheval-horse
chevalier-knight, horseman
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unreturned "love"
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to cast out of a social group
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ostraka-black clay pottery and if there were enough pieces they would be exiled
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accidental
unintentional
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someone you confide in/trust
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A slip of the tongue that might reveal what you were secretly thinking.
Sigmund Freud (a famous psycologist)
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to stray from the subject
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number one enemy
latin based
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experienced through someone else
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an extended break (TV)
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a random statement that doesn't logically fit the conversation
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promising bad things
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jokingly sarcastic
one of the three words in English that has all five vowels in order
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dangerously unstable
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carefree or unconcerned
an upperclassman, a horseman
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a bitter verbal attack
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to speak badly about
the word 'about' never follows malign
mal - bad
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a moment of sudden realization
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an unwelcome person
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socially awkward
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a lack of caring about something
path-feeling
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a. To associate with people who are socially better than you
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back and forth conversation
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out of touch
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passing the point of no return
Rubicon is a river
Caesar and his men was on one side. Crossing the river means war. Caesar crossed. |
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an uncultured person
Gulliver's travels
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lasting for a brief time fleeting
middle school love
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having a big buildup and a disappointing ending
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a name that is wrong
nom-name
battle ground academy- military school
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to desire something that you don't have
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a win that comes at too high a cost
Pyrrhus- led troops to victory but fields were salted by the enemy
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