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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