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Last Orders: English vocabulary

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  • defaulter

    a person who does not pay a debt or other money owed

  • tosser

    an annoying or stupid person

  • soppy

    too sentimental or emotional

  • begrudge

    to feel annoyed or resentful because someone else has something good

  • prise

    to force something open with a tool or by using leverage

  • transept

    the part of a church that crosses the main central aisle and makes the building shape like a cross

  • whisking

    to beat or stir food quickly with a whisk

  • wastage

    the act of wasting something, especially money, time, or resources

  • measly

    very small or too small to be satisfying

  • jockeying

    competing hard for an advantage or position

  • forthwith

    immediately; at once

  • humbles

    to make someone feel less proud or less important

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  • lodger

    a person who pays to live in someone else's house, usually in a room

  • hock

    to pawn something, especially to get money quickly

  • rearer

    a person who breeds and cares for animals

  • leavings

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • splice

    to join ropes or cables by weaving their strands together

  • silvering

    the process of turning silver in color

  • butchery

    the killing of many people or animals in a very violent way

  • shrinkage

    the process of getting smaller in size or amount

  • nosing

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • pram

    a baby carriage that you push along while walking

  • hark

    to listen carefully

  • butchering

    the process of cutting an animal into pieces for meat

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