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scrambled

adjective B1
  1. Mixed, disordered, shuffled. · a scrambled TV signal, requiring decryption
  2. Beaten and cooked. · He always ate his eggs fried, never scrambled.
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But mine was answered, for the flat bumped right into a pile for a minute and I flung the scarf and the shawl over my shoulder and scrambled up on a big providential stub.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 224 · C1
The woman now called to them that supper was ready, so they gathered around the table and Dorothy ate some delicious porridge and a dish of scrambled eggs and a plate of nice white bread, and enjoyed her meal.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 60 · B2
"Well, well!" said he, coolly, as he scrambled to the surface.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 91 · B2
I scrambled down on to the path.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 13 · C1

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