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  • 21awkward */*/ — UK [ˈɔːkwə(r)d] / US [ˈɔkwərd] adjective 1) a) difficult to deal with and embarrassing After he spoke there was an awkward silence. Luckily nobody asked any awkward questions about what he was doing there. It s a bit awkward, because he s my… …

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  • 22Awkward Squad — The phrase Awkward Squad is used usually to refer to any grouping of individuals, normally within an existing organisation or structure, who wittingly or otherwise associate together to resist or obstruct change and are possibly stubborn in doing …

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  • 23awkward — adj. 1 difficult VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ make sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …

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  • 24awkward — awk|ward [ ɔkwərd ] adjective ** 1. ) difficult to deal with and embarrassing: After he spoke there was an awkward silence. Luckily nobody asked any awkward questions about what he was doing there. It s a little awkward, because he s my friend… …

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  • 25awkward — awkwardly, adv. awkwardness, n. /awk weuhrd/, adj. 1. lacking skill or dexterity; clumsy. 2. lacking grace or ease in movement: an awkward gesture; an awkward dancer. 3. lacking social graces or manners: a simple, awkward frontiersman. 4. not… …

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  • 26Awkward — Seriendaten Deutscher Titel Awkward – Mein sogenanntes Leben Originaltitel Awkward …

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  • 27awkward — /ˈɔkwəd / (say awkwuhd) adjective 1. lacking dexterity or skill; clumsy; bungling. 2. ungraceful; ungainly; uncouth: awkward gestures. 3. ill adapted for use or handling; unhandy: an awkward method. 4. requiring caution; somewhat hazardous: there …

  • 28awkward — adjective 1) the box was awkward to carry Syn: difficult, tricky, cumbersome, unwieldy; Brit.; informal fiddly 2) you re being really awkward Syn: unreasonable, uncooperative, unhelpful …

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  • 29Awkward Annie — Infobox Album | Name = Awkward Annie Type = Album Artist = Kate Rusby Released = 3 September, 2007 Recorded = Pure Records Studio, South Yorkshire Genre = Folk Length = 51:51 Label = Pure Records Charts = #32 UK Producer = Kate Rusby Reviews =… …

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  • 30awkward — adjective 1) the box was awkward to carry Syn: difficult, tricky; cumbersome, unwieldy Ant: easy 2) an awkward time Syn: inconvenient, inappropriate, inopportune …

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