anticipatory
adjective
relating to the feelings that you get when you are expecting something to happen
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Feeling interested and excited
excited
adjective
very happy and enthusiastic because something good is going to happen, especially when this makes you unable to relax
flushed with success/triumph etc
very excited and happy in a way that is obvious to other people, when you have achieved something good
can’t put something down
used for saying that you think a book is so interesting or exciting that you cannot stop reading it
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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