Question | Answer |
1. contend with-v: compete with someone or for something | |
2. woo-v: try to make (someone) love you : to try to have a romantic relationship with (someone) | |
3. the former-n: the first one of two things or people that have been mentioned | |
4. the latter-n: the second one of two things or people that have been mentioned | |
5. feud-n: long and angry fight or quarrel between two people or two groups | |
6. rough-adj: not gentle or careful : causing or likely to cause harm or injury | |
7. chivalry-n: honorable and polite way of behaving especially toward women | |
8. whining-n: high, crying sound dogs make; complaining in an annoying way | |
9. shelf (shelves)-n: flat board which is attached to a wall, frame, etc., and on which objects can be placed | |
11. lurking-adj: wait in a secret or hidden place especially in order to do something wrong or harmful | |
12. gathering-n: occasion when people come together as a group | |
13. eager-adj: very excited and interested | |
14. limbs-n: legs and arms | |
15. brood-v: think a lot about something in an unhappy way | |
16. jockey-n: someone who rides horses in races | |
17. overtake-v: to move up to and past (someone or something that is in front of you) by moving faster | |
18. crestfallen –adj: very sad and disappointed | |
19. gloat-v: show in an improper or selfish way that you are happy with your own success or another person's failure | |
20. cheerily-adv: with happy feelings |
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