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Chekhov 40 stories pp. 99-138

Heartache, Anyuta, The Proposal, Vanka, Who Is to Blame?, Typhus, Sleepyhead
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  1. tinker
    do random, unplanned work or activities; spend time idly
  2. reveler
    a celebrant who shares in a noisy party
  3. pang
    a sudden sharp feeling
  4. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  5. bewail
    express sorrow or regret about something
  6. foal
    a young horse
  7. slop
    deep soft mud in water or slush
  8. peg
    a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
  9. unprepossessing
    creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression
  10. sallow
    unhealthy looking
  11. nincompoop
    a stupid foolish person
  12. extempore
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  13. impetuously
    in an impulsive or hasty way; without taking precautions
  14. nib
    the writing point of a pen
  15. bleary
    tired to the point of exhaustion
  16. clapper
    metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound
  17. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  18. hoarfrost
    ice crystals forming a white deposit
  19. garland
    a circular band of flowers or other foliage
  20. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  21. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  22. reverie
    an abstracted state of absorption
  23. scamper
    run or move about quickly or lightly
  24. gurgle
    make sounds similar to bubbling water
  25. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  26. scald
    burn with a hot liquid or steam
  27. stole
    a wide shawl or scarf worn around the shoulders
  28. flit
    move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
  29. buffet
    piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room
  30. throb
    pulsate or pound with abnormal force
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