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Remember plough. Plough means to dig and make useful while slough means to cast off and remove waste.

slough sounds similar to slaughter....so when there is a slaughter ,so many lives are CAST OFF

Snake it slow when its slough.

Slough is pronouned similarly to slow. Pictorise these chases often seen on TV(say pirated of hte carribbean :) ).When being pursued by someone,you need to CASTOFF unwanted objects to move faster

slough is pronounced as sluf when it means to shed skin.. so it also means hisss-rough , a snake shaking off its skin roughly

s+lough=laugh it [off]!

slough - sluf - sounds like puff.. to inflate or distend... puff of the skin is to slough

people of SLOVENIA(a country in europe) are known to be very untidy and careless people.

split the word as slove(stove) + enly(early) In the olden days,cooking was carried out on stoves which were very DIRTY,UNTIDY

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SLOW+LOVELY - she is so slow that does not want to be LOVELY/ does not groom herself. so she is slovenly.

if u r out of LOVE, u get shabby and not neat

SLOWenly....A person who has slowed his growth is careless and Untidy....

slovenly means slipshod work..slovenly woven sweater..

OVEN is always slovenly in some house

: a SLOw person is careless and OVEN are usually untidy and dirty in most bakeries in india

slovenly - not evenly in dressing and more like a dirty oven

Sounds like SLOPPY to me. Slovenly, thus can be inferred as Sloppy Dressing i.e. Untidy Dressing.

The starts with slo always means careless.

Slovenly = slow + event; i.e doing carelessly the bill.

SLOVENLY = slow + event; The event is slow i.e. not synchronized.

He does not know the actual matter. His knowledge is quite smattering. smattering=small matter talk.

SMATTER has only SOME MATTER.. thus has only superficial knowledge.. :)

his knowledge is smattering thats why he's not smart

Rahul always mutters about small matters. It is because he has a mere smattering(SLIGHT KNOWLEDGE) of info about it.

if u go to a debate with a smattering of info on the topic u r sure to take a battering

SMIle+IRK....meaning SMILE IN AN IRKY MANNER OR IRRITATED MANNER

a murky smile is a smirk

The students gave a snicker when the professor came to the class in a sneaker.

snicker.....wecan say after eating snickers chocolate our laugh is supressed

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people eating snicker - snicker - (in self satisfaction, cause its so tasty)at those who cant eat(maybe because they are obese)

he came to school with a snicker shoe , so all the students gave him a snicker / half stifled laugh

sneer+nicker ...student snickered when prof came to class with nicker (half)...so, half sneer..

snicker - when you laugh stiflingly , you get a hic hic or snick snick sound instead of a hahaha.... and hence to snicker is to laugh stiflingly or to laugh disrespectfully

Snivel:sneeze + well(vel) runing nose

sniffing and snivelling due to influenza

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snivel->nivel similar to navel..you wished ur wife had a navel like sridevi and you TEND TO CRY..

pick the word nive ...sounds like knife...so wen u got the cut on your finger due to knife u ran at nose

snivel nivel>> not well sleep >>bcz of snivelling/ cry of your partner

snivel - sneeze well due to a running nose. Whine due to a running nose

SNIVEL S(Stopped) N(Nosal) I(Inlets) Vel(Well)

snivel - sniff means to sell, and smell itself sounds like snivel.. and so it is related to the nose.

sobr..sounds like SOBER..AND a sober person is always serious about his life, therefore seriousness is the state of being sober.

sobriety sounds like propriety(proper manners) ie decency

SODDEN ...remove the 'o' and replace it with 'a',u get sadden(ed)...so when u are saddened u look so DULL

You got SOaked by a suDDEN shower. SO+DDEN.

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when u r sodden u becum soggy

try to remember as sodden : so-dull

so-journ, remember it as so(sona)to sleep,during a journey,therefore it would be a temporary stay at a place away from your home..

sojourn== short + journey on some places..so you would stay there temporarily in there..

adjourn means to go away, sojourn is just the opposite... it means to stay

find BOURNE in this....jason bourne dont stay at ne place for long time....temporary stay! :)

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sojourn= soldier

only idiots and idle folks talk about boots and PRATES.

i solaced when i opened my shoe lace

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"Quantum of Solace" james Bond

Jenilia felt "SO LESS" pain after Imran solaced her

"Condom of Solace" -You'll be having trouble having sex so you'll be disappointed! Then, you put on a condom to have "comfortable" sex.(Solace= comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment)

The Mrs. Solis (Gabrielle Solis)in Desperate housewives was not very good at solace.

when balm solve (SOL) my head ache (ACE) , I will feel comfort.