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Lam

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WordDefinition
runverbTo move swiftly.
thrashverbTo beat mercilessly.
bunknounOne of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
scarperverb(intransitive) To depart quickly; to escape, to flee, to run away.
threshverb(transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
getawaynoun(informal) A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.
flailnoun(transitive) To wave or swing vigorously
break awayverbTo become separated, literally or figuratively.
run awayverbTo flee by running.
turn tailverb(idiomatic) To turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away; to reverse direction; to leave or flee.

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WordDefinition
thrashverbTo beat mercilessly.
runverbTo move swiftly.
scarperverb(intransitive) To depart quickly; to escape, to flee, to run away.
run awayverbTo flee by running.
turn tailverb(idiomatic) To turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away; to reverse direction; to leave or flee.
break awayverbTo become separated, literally or figuratively.
getawaynoun(informal) A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.
flailnoun(transitive) To wave or swing vigorously
bunknounOne of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
threshverb(transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
wallopnounA heavy blow, punch.
whacknounTo hit, slap or strike.
lynchnoun(transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.
fleeverb(intransitive) To run away; to escape.
escapeverb(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
rimnounAn edge around something, especially when circular.
linnoun(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To desist, to stop, to cease.
ummverbAlternative form of um (“to make the umm sound to express confusion or hesitancy”). [(intransitive) To make the um sound to express uncertainty or hesitancy.]
socknoun(clothing) A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
sknounInitialism of South Korea: a country in East Asia. [A country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Official name: Republic of Korea. Capital: Seoul.]

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