To Talk About Oneself Achievements Especially in A Way That Shows Pride or Too Much Pride

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excellent; I think that what Keane


terrific /təˈrɪfɪk/ wonderful has done is just terrific.
to turn over into a
different position
with a sudden So are you flipping all
flip /flɪp/ quick movement this?
the state of being
saved from the For salvation, try the
salvation /sælˈveɪʃn/ power of evil Buddhist temple.
to talk about
oneself
achievements
especially in a way I'm not very good at
that shows pride or tooting my own horn,
toot own horn /tuːt əʊn hɔːn/ too much pride but I do love to paint.
a very dark grey And…this is a charcoal
charcoal /ˈtʃɑːkəʊl/ colour portrait.
to understand
somebody’s words I misconstrued the
misconstrue /ˌmɪskənˈstruː/ or actions wrongly situation.
Well, I'd better mosey
along before Mr.Ulbrich
comes back and socks
mosey along /mɒzi əˈlɒŋ/ to go away me in the eye.
a person who Of course, walking away
belongs to the from the bourgeois scene
bourgeois /ˈbʊəʒwɑː/ middle class wasn't easy.
a very stupid Well, any blockhead can
blockhead /ˈblɒkhed/ person arrange a subhead.
Well, I thought there was
a large empty a void in my life and
void /vɔɪd/ space Walter filled it.
to get money or
some advantage
from somebody by He's diddled every skirt
diddle /ˈdɪdl/ cheating them on the air circuit.
to produce a lot of How can you still be
crank out /kræŋk aʊt/ something quickly cranking out paintings?
to fill a place or
area with too many Now, please clear out the
things, so that it is clutter before the taste
clutter /ˈklʌtə(r)/ untidy police arrived.
to sing a tune with
hum /hʌm/ your lips closed That set was humming.
not very obvious or
subtle /ˈsʌtl/ easy to notice But subtle doesn't sell.
We're gonna make a
crackerjack /ˈkrækədʒæk/ excellent crackerjack team.
I think it's creepy,
maudlin /ˈmɔːdlɪn/ overly sentimental maudlin and amateurish.
a clear difference
or contrast
especially between
people or things Keane's work is
that are similar or completely without
distinction /dɪˈstɪŋkʃn/ related distinction.
a home for children
whose parents are I grew up in an
orphanage /ˈɔːfənɪdʒ/ dead orphanage?
intended to cause
very strong feelings What she said is pretty
inflammatory /ɪnˈflæmətri/ of anger inflammatory.

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