Lost dogs & lonely hearts 2

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a piece of paper that you are given which shows that you have paid for sth
Pol. kwit
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receipt
she confronted him with the receipts
a feeling or expression that continues for a very short time
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a flicker of sth
a flicker of something she now realised was smugness.
if you show too much satisfaction with your own cleverness or success you are ____. - used to show disapproval
Pol. zadowolony z siebie
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smug
when she confronted him with the receipts- a flicker of something she now realised was smugness.
to shake for a short time because you are afraid or cold, or because you think something is very unpleasant
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shudder
Rachel shuddered hard
to move into a particular position suddenly, making a short sharp noise, or to make something move like this
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snap
Rachel snapped her attention back to the meeting.
used in order to tell someone to control their emotions
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get a grip
Get a grip, she told herself.
a painting done with oil paints, or the piece of cloth it is painted on
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canvas
a large photo-to-canvas portrait
looking like an owl and seeming serious and clever
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owlish
a large photo-to-canvas portrait of his four owlish grandchildren.
a middle-sized dog with long hair, kept as a pet or trained to control sheep
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collie
a miserable black and white Border collie
slightly crazy
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bonkers
Dot was legendary in the family for her bonkers attitude to dogs
a ____ reply, message etc uses very few words and often shows that you are annoyed
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terse
'bonkers' being Rachel's mother's terse diagnosis
very strange and unusual, and difficult to understand or explain
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weird
Rachel herself thought it wasn't so weird
lack of interest or thought
Pol. rozmarzenie, zadumanie
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vacancy
Gerald mistook her Oliver-induced vacancy for bereavement distress.
if you are ___ you have lost a close friend or relative because they have recently died
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bereaved
bereavement distress.
to repeat the main points of something that has just been said
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recap
I'll recap, shall I?'
to write a short piece of information quickly
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jot sth down
she jotted down notes
a private house where you pay to sleep and eat [= guesthouse]
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boarding house
she could inherit the boarding kennels,
Pol. oszcowanie, ocena
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valuation
she'd have to arrange a valuation for probate
law the legal process of deciding that someone's will has been properly made
Pol. urzędowe zatwierdzenie testamentu, świadectwo autentyczności testamentu
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probate
a valuation for probate
doing what you are expected to do and behaving in a loyal and obedient way
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dutiful
her pen moved dutifully across the page

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