Engelska - To hell with dying

The exercise was created 2019-03-20 by Elin8. Question count: 33.

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  • neglected forgotten, ignored, not taken care of
  • the brink of death almost dying
  • expire here: die
  • straggly growing/ spread out irregularly
  • fare make it, cope, succeed
  • shiftless (as the day was long) lacking ambition, energy (as the day was long = very much so)
  • mint chest of money
  • thinnish thin
  • kinky here: thick and curly (about hair)
  • squinty cross-eyed
  • stingy a stingy person doesn't like/ want to spend money. the opposite of generous
  • keel over fall over
  • commotion noise
  • loll hang loosely, drop
  • squall scream, cry
  • wary of afraid of, not showing trust in someone/ something
  • sinking fast dying, losing consciousness
  • crossover move from one side to another, here: dying
  • shake a leg hurry up
  • dallying doing something slowly
  • kick the bucket die
  • accustomed to used to
  • ham a person who acts in an exaggerated way when somebody is watching, a drama queen...
  • implacable something that cannot be changed (death for instance)
  • misty here: filled with tears
  • prop up support with a pillow for instance
  • scratchy rough
  • a trifle a little...
  • jarring a harsh sound
  • dilapidated old, worn down, neglected
  • rickety not stable, about to break
  • spry filled with life, mischievous
  • china porcelain

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