Catcher in the Rye

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This set of flashcards helps learn English at a secondary school level, focusing on vocabulary and expressions from "The Catcher in the Rye." It includes words like "moccasins," "hitchhiking," and "curb," covering diverse topics such as clothing, travel, and everyday objects. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to learn from the target language to the source language. Ideal for students and travelers, this flashcard set aids in building a strong vocabulary foundation for intermediate learners.

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Anglais

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Anglais

Niveau

Collège

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30.10.2018 / 10.03.2021

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dough

flour combined with water or money

nun

a woman member of a religious order

snappy

impatient or irritable

spontaneous

something which happens all of a sudden

digression

a departure from the main topic

faintly

slightly

humbly

not proud or arrogant

morally

with reference to the principles of behaviour

boozing

drinking alcohol

patting

stroking each other in a romantic way

horsing around

killing time

curb

pavement

hitchhiking

stopping cars and travelling with them

moccasins

shoes made of soft leather

a double-decker bus

a bus with two floors

rear

a space behind something

carrousel

a continuously revolving device on which items are placed

to soak

to be throughly wet

to bawl

to cry

it killed me

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expression about how deeply affected someone emotionally

scrawny

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unpleasantly thin

phony

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fake

slob

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a lazy, untidy person

to ostracize

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to avoid someone intentionally

crook

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a criminal or a cheater

hot-shot

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someone who is very successful, especially someone young

sarcastic

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to criticize something in a humorous way

compulsory

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required,mandatory

illiterate

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unable to read and write

to annex

to take possesion of an area by force

to flunk out

to have to leave school

qualm

a feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing

stiff

rigid as if dead

rostrum

a raised surface on which a person makes a speech

to grope

to feel with your hands in order to find something

aggravating

annoying

descriptive

serving to describe

mention

a reference

lousy

very poor or bad

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leukemia

a cancer of blood cells

to tee off

to start the first hole in a game of golf

pacifist

a person who believes that war is unjustifiable

monastery

a religious house

monks

a religious community of men

prince

someone who is valorous and noble

aces

top-quality

swell

very good

given the ax

being expelled

hysterical

affected by a wildly uncontrolled emotion

lavish

rich

pipes

a man having sexual intercourse with a woman

conscientious

wishing to do one's work well

snobbish

a person with an exaggerated respect for wealth

chucking

throwing something carelessly

unanimous

two or more people being fully in agreement

snotty

showing a superior attitude, rude

absent-minded

showing a forgetful disposition

acquintance

a person who knows slightly

incognito

with the real identity concealed

screwball

a crazy person

crumby

something that is not favorable

bellboy

an attendant in a hotel who carries guests' luggage

to squirt

ejecting a liquid from your mouth with a stream

horny

feeling sexual excitement

tigress

a passionate woman

suave

charming and elegant

putrid

very unpleasant

brassy

loud,noisy

witty

funny

lawn

grassplot

ripples

curls on the surface of water

dope

drugs

fiend

drug addict

flitty

gay

knockers

a woman's breasts

pansy

girly

rake

immoral pleasure seeker

nonchalant

calm,relaxed,unconcerned

peculiar

specific to a person or category

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