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English Phrasebook
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  • criminalperson who has done a crime​
  • criticalexpressing criticism or crucial
  • crowdedvery full of people​
  • crucialextremely important
  • cruelcausing pain deliberately
  • cultivationpreparing and growing crops or plants
  • culturalrelating to culture
  • culturebeliefs and ways of a group
  • cumbersomedifficult to carry because of weight or shape
  • curiositya strong desire to learn or know something
  • curiouseager to learn or know something new
  • curlywith many curls or waves​
  • currenthappening now
  • currentlyat the present time (emphasizes an ongoing situation or temporary state)
  • cursedSomething strange, unsettling, or oddly humorous, often in a dark or surreal way.
  • curvedhaving a curve
  • cynicallydistrustful of human integrity
  • dailyhappening every day​
  • damnto condemn or criticize strongly
  • damn!an expression of anger, frustration, or surprise
  • dance routinea sequence of choreographed dance movements performed in a specific order
  • dancingmoving the body to music
  • dangerouslikely to cause harm
  • darkwith little or no light
  • datafacts or information in numbers or text​