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• normal (vanlig) ordinary
• to look at someone or something for a long time and not move your eyes (stirra) stare
• unusual, exceptional (enastående) extraordinary
• a split in the roof of the mouth (gomspalt) cleft palate
• terrified, really scared (skräckslagen) petrified
• to meet someone you know when you haven't planned to meet them (stöta på varandra/träffas) bump into each other
• start laughing (börja skratta) start cracking up
• annoyed, upset, or disappointed bummed
• the case is meant as final, that cannot change case closed
• in a bad mood (på dåligt humör) grumpy
• a usually audible discharge of intestinal gas that may cause others to leave the room (prutta) fart
• oddities; things that don't fit the pattern (defekter) anomalies
• very easy (så lätt) a walk in the park/piece of cake
• to raise and lower your shoulders usually to show that you do not know or care about something (rycka på axlarna) shrug
• saliva spilling from the mouth (dregla) drool
• understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed (med facit i hand) hindsight
• not fully awake; in a dazed condition (yrvaket) groggily
• headmaster, the one in charge of the teachers/students at a school principal
• false accusation (orättvis/falsk anklagels bum rap

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