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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Varied Expressions
My teacher gave us a homework about varied expressions, for example:angry, we replaced it with "a ball of anger".Is there any expressions for the word "sad", frighten" and "nervous"?
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a sad sack frightened to death; frightened of one's own shadow; frightened out of one's wits As nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chair
- a sad sack frightened to death; frightened of one's own shadow; frightened out of one's wits As nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chair
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a sad sack
frightened to death; frightened of one's own shadow; frightened out of one's wits
As nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chair
frightened to death; frightened of one's own shadow; frightened out of one's wits
As nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chair
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Angry - to see red or "seeing red" or enraged.
Also try anxious, aprehensive for nervous
Startle (meaning frighten a little bit)
Also try anxious, aprehensive for nervous
Startle (meaning frighten a little bit)
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