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My Wordbook (676)
『Kane and Abel』(1979)
/ Jeffrey Archer
(St. Martin’s Paperbacks, p.637)
My Wordbook (676)
■words
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7027) infidelity (n)
7028) dilapidated (adj)
7029) derelict (adj)
7030) swagger (v)
7031) accomplice (n)
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7027) infidelity (n)
After all, that’s the most common day for infidelity.
Will the same time next week suit you, Mrs. Osborne?
(p.139)
= the act of not being faithful to your wife, husband
or partner, by having sex with somebody else
7028) dilapidated (adj)
The city must have suffered from many invaders,
because dilapidated houses were everywhere to be seen.
(p.142)
= old and in very bad condition
7029) derelict (adj)
The boy from Odessa was no match for Wladek – sleeping
in a derelict railway carriage was five-star luxury
compared to living in the dungeons.
(p.143)
= not used or cared for and in bad condition
7030) swagger (v)
The boy looked at him and sneered, before swaggering
towards the corner stall, removing an orange
from the top of a pyramid.
(p.144)
= to walk in an extremely proud and confident way
7031) accomplice (n)
While everyone’s eyes were on his accomplice,
Wladek moved in quickly.
(p.145)
= a person who helps another to commit a crime
or to do something wrong
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