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A converted car dealership refers to a former car dealership building that has been repurposed for a different use.

pricey: expensive

Smashed Piñata Cakes only uses the highest-quality ingredients.

creep: to move with your body close to the ground; to move slowly on your hands and knees

sneak: to go somewhere secretly, trying to avoid being seen

scenic: having beautiful natural scenery

détente: an improvement in the relationship between two or more countries which have been unfriendly towards each other in the past

lenient: not as strict as expected when punishing somebody or when making sure that rules are obeyed

grateful: feeling or showing thanks because somebody has done something kind for you or has done as you asked

overstate: to say something in a way that makes it seem more important than it really is

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A wartime decoy is a military tactic using deceptive devices to mislead the enemy about the location or strength of forces and equipment.

undervalue: to not recognize how good, valuable or important somebody/something really is

"Outliers: The Story of Success" is a non-fiction book written by Canadian writer Malcolm Gladwell.

deliberate: done on purpose rather than by accident

underwhelming: ​not impressing or exciting you at all

wield something: to have and use power, authority, etc.

mint: to make a coin from metal

slot machine: a machine that you put coins into to play a game in which you win money if particular pictures appear together on the screen; a similar game, played online

payout: a large amount of money that is given to somebody

aforementioned: mentioned before, in an earlier sentence

if there is a scarcity of something, there is not enough of it and it is difficult to obtain it

handful: a small number of people or things

snippet: a small piece of information or news

tantalizing: making you want something that you cannot have or do

stumble upon: to discover something/somebody unexpectedly

workaround: a way of working, especially with a piece of software, that avoids a particular problem but does not actually solve the problem

scrap: a small piece of something, especially paper, cloth, etc.

crumple: to press or crush something into folds; to become pressed, etc. into folds

dumpster: a large open container for putting old bricks, rubbish, etc. in. The Dumpster is then loaded on a lorry and taken away.

dregs: the last drops of a liquid, mixed with little pieces of solid material that are left in the bottom of a container

Polystyrene foam cups are often referred to as Styrofoam.

nimble: able to move quickly and easily

quarry: a place where large amounts of stone, etc. are dug out of the ground

terse: using few words and often not seeming polite or friendly

off-limits (to somebody) (of a place) where people are not allowed to go

laborious: taking a lot of time and effort

explicitly: clearly or directly, so that the meaning is easy to understand

novice: a person who is new and has little experience in a skill, job or situation

impenetrable: impossible to understand

Spacewar! is a space combat video game developed in 1962 by Steve Russell in collaboration with Martin Graetz, Wayne Wiitanen, Bob Saunders, Steve Piner, and others.

torpedo: a long, narrow bomb that is fired under the water from a ship or submarine and that explodes when it hits a ship, etc.

decipher: decipher something to convert something written in code into normal language

sprawl: to sit, lie or fall with your arms and legs spread out in a relaxed or careless way

Bill Gates "Source Code"

Online Dictionaries Used:

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