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Anonymous  +  320601 Sat, 27 Jan 07 09:39 AM
Could you help me with these words? What do they mean?

1) They whipped around.
 
2) I think this should put an end to the oaf´s teaching career.

3) He made a chirruping noise.

4) ... boomslang skin ....

5) Getting his comeuppance for sacking her.
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Marius Hancu  +  320633 Sat, 27 Jan 07 11:54 AM
1) provide more context

4) a skin like a boomslang snake skin
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boom·slang   

: a large boigid tree snake (Dispholidus typus) of southern Africa variously colored green or brownish black and having retiring ways and a back-fanged mouth that render it practically harmless to man despite its powerful venom

http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com
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for the other three, look at this dictionary:

http://www.m-w.com
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Anonymous, 184 days ago
1) whipped around basically means to turn around really fast.

2) Normally a large person that's clumsy and stupid... It's hard to describe


I think you had "boomslang" answered, but I'm not to sure about the rest... Sorry!

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