a Slavic dance with a fast and typically quickening tempo, featuring a step in which a squatting dancer kicks out each leg alternately to the front
1. a sudden forceful recoil 2. (informal) an illicit payment made to someone in return for facilitating a transaction or appointment
a group of people related by blood
a soldier’s or hiker’s bag with shoulder straps, carried on the back, and typically made of canvas or other weatherproof material
to strike a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door
(informal) to feel as if one is about to vomit; to retch
a sledge drawn by dogs, used by the people of Labrador
to peep surreptitiously
1. to strike or propel forcibly with the foot 2. (informal) to succeed in giving up (a habit or addiction)
a monetary unit of Russia and some other countries of the former Soviet Union, equal to one hundredth of a rouble
(historical) a peasant in Russia wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labour
a heavy stone used by small craft as an anchor
(North American informal) a mad or eccentric person
a sharp twist or curve in something that is otherwise straight
a canoe of a type used originally by the Inuit, made of a light frame with a watertight covering having a small opening in the top to sit in
(Scottish & Northern English) a church
a fine, fibrous cotton-like substance which grows around the seeds of the ceiba tree, used as stuffing for cushions, soft toys, etc...
a small open-fronted hut or cubicle from which newspapers, refreshments, tickets, etc... are sold
a substance used by North American Indians as a substitute for tobacco or for mixing with it, typically consisting of dried sumac leaves and the inner bark of willow or dogwood
(informal) a kilometre
the Church of Scotland as distinct from the Church of England or from the Episcopal Church in Scotland
1. an acquired or natural skill at doing something 2. a tendency to do something
a small worthless object, especially a household ornament
an industrial city in SW Russia; population 408,100 (est. 2008). It was the scene of an important Soviet victory in the Second World War.
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