The Underground Railroad
complicated vocabulary in Colson Whitehead's novel
complicated vocabulary in Colson Whitehead's novel
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| Sprache | English |
| Kategorie | Englisch |
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| Erstellt / Aktualisiert | 22.09.2019 / 22.09.2019 |
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slot
big split
burr-headed
very short-haired
lithe
flexible
to loll
to stand relaxedly
to hustle
to move energetically
to preside
to hold the position of an authority
to season sb. (US-South slang)
to rape sb.
to concoct
to design
bounty
gift
to whittle
to carve with a knife
impending
approaching
to squint one's eyes
to close one's eyes half
stash of whisky
secret store of whisky
to grapple
to fight
to be attuned
to be kept in step with
instigator
provocateur
to carouse
to booze
eddy
turbulence
reverie
daydreaming
to swoop down on a prey
to land suddenly on a prey
racket
sound / noise
lash
whip
to leer
to stare in an ugly way
to prowl
to sneak
to traverse
to zig-zag roll
sumptous
luxurious
valet
servant
trajectory
direction
adept
expert
limerick
five-line humorous or erotic poem
reprobate
sinner
canvas
heavy tent fabric
to addle somebody's senses
to ruin sb.'s senses
exasperation
wrath
to trot sb. out
to display sb.
revel
entertainment
to converge
to unite o.s.
to dissemble
to pretend
to holler
to scream
pyre
heap of combustibles to burn a corpse
