Spring 2004

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• duplicitous deceitful, two-faced
• deplete a battery decharge a battery, draining its voltage
• odious repulsive, extremely unpleasant
• gutted by flame destroyed completely by fire
• mea culpa used as an acknowledgement of one's fault or error
• sardonic grimly mocking or synical
• nincompoop foolish or stupid person
• ingénue an innocent or unsophisticated young woman, esp in a film or play
• menial of work, not requiring much skill and lacking prestige
• stumped of a question or a problem, be to hard for, baffle
• taoiseach Irish word for leader or chief
• rebuke expression of sharp disapproval or critisism
• unheralded not previously announced, expected or acclaimed
• More political clout more political influence or power (etymology - a heavy blow) uttal klaut
• litigation the process of taking legal action (rättstvist)
• vinter a person engaged in winemaking
• latch on begin to understand, begin to become interested
• iffy full of uncertainty, doubtful
• lash speak angrily to, critizise
• out on a limb isolated, where no one is joined or supported by anyone else
• flautist flute player
• scrap slang - a fight or a quarrel
• carnival float utsmyckat fordon på karnival
• scree loose stony debris on a rock, stones, gravel
• nick a small cut or notch
• harbinger forerunner of something, a person or a thing that announces the approach of another
• paralegal someone who works in a law company, with some legal training, but not qualified as a lawyer
• foot the bill pay the bill
• foreclosing in legal terms, utmätning, also to prevent something from being a possibility in teh future
• honeycomb a structure of hexagonal cells of wax made by bees to store honey
• tot a very young child, parvel
• runt the smallest and weakest animal in a group born at the same time
• mescal liqueur made from agave
• pelagic relating to the open sea
• forage fish small pelagic fish being preyed on by bigger fish
• Brummie from Birmingham
• bollard a short post preventing traffic into an area or on the dock of a ship, pollare
• garrot small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage
• Letterman when student is awarded the first letter of their uni, to be put on their jacket. Later varsity jacket
• crux the decisive or most important issue of the matter
• tramp stamp disparaing, a tattoo on the on a woman's lower back
• chalk up attribute something to a particular cause (he chalked it up to June being confused and strange)
• sternum breast bone
• skywriting airplanes writing a message in the sky
• gab talk at length about trivial matters
• vato guy or dude, Spanish origin
• snapback baseball cap with large brim

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