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more time to ponder. ponderous adj. 1 weighty, unwieldy, heavy, massive, huge, big, large, awkward, clumsy, cumbersome or cumbrous: A ponderous juggernaut bore down on us, completely out of control. 2 dull, tedious, laboured, laborious, tiresome, turgid, boring, dreary, pedestrian, stilted, windy, inflated, long-winded, wordy, verbose, prolix, elephantine, pompous, grandiloquent, overdone: Many students faced with textbooks written in ponderous prose become disenchanted with learning. pool n. 1 pond, lake, tarn, mere, lagoon; swimming-pool, leisure pool, wading pool, Brit paddling pool, US wading pool, Formal natatorium: We found an icy mountain pool where we went for a swim. 2 collection, fund(s), purse, stakes, reserve(s), bank, Colloq pot, jackpot, kitty: So far we have too little money in the pool for an office party at Christmas. 3 syndicate, trust, group, consortium, cartel, combine: The object of the pool was the private regulation of market prices, which is illegal. --v. 4 accumulate, collect, gather, combine, merge, consolidate, amalgamate, league, bring or come or band or get together, team (up) with: We would do better if we pooled our resources. poor adj. 1 needy, destitute, indigent, in want, in need, penniless, poverty-stricken, impoverished, badly off, necessitous, poor as a church-mouse, straitened, pinched, in reduced circumstances, impecunious, financially embarrassed, down and out, out of pocket, ruined, insolvent, bankrupt, Colloq broke, hard up, on one's uppers, short, US wiped out, Brit in Queer Street, Slang Brit skint: They were poor and didn't know where their next meal was coming from. 2 low, bad, skimpy, meagre, scant, scanty, inadequate, deficient, insufficient, sparse: How can a family of five survive on such a poor salary? These days, 3 per cent would be considered a poor return on investment. 3 barren, unproductive, unfruitful, fruitless, infertile, sterile; depleted, exhausted, impoverished: This is poor soil, and no amount of cultivation is likely to make it productive. 4 bad, awful, inadequate, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, bumbling, inefficient, amateurish, unprofessional, inferior, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, shabby, shoddy, mediocre, defective, faulty, flawed, substandard, sorry, not up to par or snuff,
slipshod, below or under par, Colloq rotten, lousy: They did a poor job repairing my car. Her latest recital was pretty poor. 5 insignificant, slight, paltry, inconsequential, mean, modest, trivial, trifling: They made only a poor attempt to correct the problem. 6 unfortunate, unlucky, pathetic, luckless, pitiful, pitiable, ill-fated, miserable, wretched, ill-starred, star-crossed, jinxed, hapless: The poor chap lost his entire family in the disaster. 7 bad, ill: Aunt Theresa has been in poor health lately. poorly adv. 1 badly, inadequately, unsatisfactorily, incompetently, inexpertly, improperly, crudely, unprofessionally, amateurishly: The decorators you recommended have done their work very poorly indeed. --adj. Colloq 2 unwell, indisposed, ailing, sick, below par, Colloq rotten, under the weather: Charles is rather poorly, I'm afraid. pop v. 1 burst, explode, bang, go off: The balloon popped, making me jump. 2 Often, pop in or out or by. visit, stop, call, appear, Colloq drop in, Brit nip in: Guess who popped in to see me on his way to the airport. 3 bulge, protrude, stick out, US bug out: The little boy's eyes popped when they brought in the birthday cake. --n. 4 explosion, bang, report, crack: The Christmas cracker went off with a loud pop. 5 soft drink, soda (water); cola, Brit fizzy drink, lemonade, US soda (pop): A bottle of pop for my daughter and a pint of bitter for me, please. populace n. people, masses, commonalty, (general) public, commoners, multitude, hoi polloi, crowd, throng, rabble, peasantry, proletariat, common folk, rank and file, working class, bourgeoisie, mob, Derogatory great unwashed, riff-raff, rabble, canaille, ragtag and bobtail: Some MPs act on behalf of their own constituencies rather than the populace at large. popular adj. 1 favourite, favoured, in favour, accepted, well-received, approved, (well-)liked, fashionable, in fashion, stylish, in vogue, celebrated, renowned, acclaimed, famous, in demand, sought-after, all the rage, Colloq trendy, in, hot: You would become a millionaire overnight if you could accurately predict
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abuse v. 1 misuse, misemploy, perve
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your request for a hearing. 3 assum
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say, assert, hold, maintain, reason
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outside my room. corrupt adj. 1 dis
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non-interference, discretion, margi
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make, prompt, move, dispose: I was
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chairman's conviction for insider t
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go together, Brit walk out, US date
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tittle), dab, soup‡on, taste, Col
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gravity of the situation. 3 solemni
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preservationist: The greens are opp
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groundwork n. basis, spadework, pre
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guarantee n. 1 guaranty, warranty,
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feloniousness, wrongdoing, miscondu
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clever, useful, helpful, practical:
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circumstance, chance, episode, phen
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penetrating, searching, hard-headed
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harmless adj. benign, innocuous, in
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incautiously: This is a trick quest
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caterers come at noon. 10 had bette
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in the Brit arse or US ass: The bal
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merciless, pitiless, ruthless, cold
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unearthly, other-worldly, ultramund
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slovenly, Brit out at elbows, US ou
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neighbourly, friendly, benevolent:
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solitary, stylite: He has retired f
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too much of a hidebound disciplinar
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vivacity, exhilaration: Thurgood di
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experience, information, biography,
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impede, trammel: As hobbled horses
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on or upon. lecture (on), declaim,
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empty, futile, costly, Pyrrhic, wor
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tranquil: I like staying here for t
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honorary adj. nominal, titular, in
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dance: Here comes Peter Cottontail,
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antipathy, hostility, animosity, an
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lubricious, sensual, concupiscent,
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sensitive equipment in a dust-proof
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monumental, Brobdingnagian, titanic
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He found army discipline a humbling
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hunt v. 1 chase, pursue, dog, hound
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prejudicial, disadvantageous, damag
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hypocrite n. deceiver, double-deale
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pattern, example, epitome: She rega
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Colloq at leisure, at liberty, betw
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ush-off or go-by, cut, turn one's n
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furtive, clandestine, back-door, Co
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effigy, figure, portrait, simulacru
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example of immaculate scholarship.
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ash, arrogant, insolent, presumptuo
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the dark. impale v. spear, stab, pi
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undetectable, obscure, vague, ill-d
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unreasonable: He told an implausibl
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others. 2 interrupt, interfere, int
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impregnate v. 1 fertilize, insemina
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shocking. 4 slip, blunder, mistake,
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impurity n. 1 pollution, contaminat
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unthinking, unwitting, chance; unco
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incandescent filament. incapable ad
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inclement adj. extreme, intemperate
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adj. beyond compare, unequalled, ma
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forlorn, despairing, miserable, wre
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good, virtuous, honest, straightfor
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always a lot of complaints about in
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independence n. 1 freedom, liberty,
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indicator n. pointer, needle; gauge
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that I was fired. 2 secondary, inci
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individual words. 2 singular, speci
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indulgent parents. industrious adj.
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3 sluggish, slow, torpid, dull, ina
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their users. 2 unfailing, dependabl
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infest v. invade, plague, beset, ov
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inflated adj. 1 exaggerated, concei
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stool-pigeon, snitch, squealer, wea
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locate in, populate, people; coloni
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date for initiation of the new syst
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innuendo n. insinuation, imputation
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worried, anxious, disconcerted, app
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insist v. 1 demand, require, call f
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This is an instant soup - just add
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instrument n. 1 implement, tool, de
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integral adj. 1 basic, elementary,
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impulsive, Colloq uptight: I apprec
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captivate, hold, fascinate, intrigu
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intermittent adj. irregular, discon
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cosy, informal, snug, friendly, war
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knew about the intrigue he was carr
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invent v. 1 create, devise, contriv
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in: I didn't know that Annette was
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undependable, untrustworthy, weak,
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take up with the mayor. 4 Usually,
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one-weary, dog-tired, fatigued, ene
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jaundiced adj. 1 coloured, tainted,
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like that. Jiggle the key up and do
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joint in Soho, looking for some act
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2 way, passage, passing, transit, t
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critical, analytical, discriminatin
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junior adj. secondary, lesser, lowe
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astringent, biting, acrid, acrimoni
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your car keys again? You will need
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killjoy n. spoilsport, damper, damp
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that had to be ironed out before th
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with: He was only knocking about wi
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adeptness, proficiency: Has he any
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--v. 5 work, toil, travail, drudge,
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ladylike way. lag v. 1 fall behind,
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homeland, native land: The land of
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him. large adj. 1 big, great, broad
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to date: What was the subject of hi
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scoff (at), scorn, Colloq Brit take
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and gazed at the sky. lawyer n. cou
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lead v. 1 conduct, escort, usher, g
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foremost, paramount, primary: A lea
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leap I was on the other side. 6 jum
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telling-off, Slang Brit wigging, US
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legal adj. 1 lawful, licit, statuto
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extent: They were stretched out at
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lethargic adj. 1 lethargical, slugg
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levity n. light-heartedness, lightn
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not as conservatives. liberalize v.
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est, repose, be, reside, dwell, abi
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lighter, spill, taper, fire, flame,
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(to), correspondent (to), close (to
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pleasure, fancy, preference: The ch
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postcard, letter, US postal card: D
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link n. 1 tie, bond, coupling, conn
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closely; thus, sic: Generally cordo
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end, conclude, finish: He lived out
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ecoil from, shudder at: I love broc
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chapter: He belongs to the Manchest
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look after your house while you're
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loose around here lately. 7 wanton,
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are in place to stem the loss of pa
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from beneath his beetled brow. lous
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awdy, scurrilous, smutty, pornograp
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ludicrous adj. ridiculous, laughabl
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lunge n. 1 thrust, jab,, strike: He
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exuberant, lush, abounding, plenteo
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machination n. plotting, scheming,
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madman n. madwoman; lunatic, psycho
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maid n. 1 girl, maiden, lass, miss,
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kingly, queenly, princely: With maj
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(a course) for, proceed towards, be
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man n. 1 gentleman, male, fellow, C
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craving, desire, cacoethes, Colloq
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lobe. manoeuvre n. 1 move, stratage
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ocean-going, sea: Marine commerce h
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We had no suspicion of their martia
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men and take captive all the women
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(with), tie, measure up (to), compe
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adj. marital, marriage, wedding, co
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mayhap, Archaic peradventure: We co
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to achieve the mean between the two
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Colloq Brit mingy: 'Nouvelle cuisin
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meat n. 1 flesh; food, nourishment,
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milieu: The air serves as a medium
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pleasant, cheerful, happy, jovial,
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menace v. 1 threaten, intimidate, d
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--n. 3 hireling, legionnaire, soldi
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good spirits, mirth, mirthfulness,
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analogous, figurative, symbolic, re
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sturdy, brawny, burly, well-built,
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He's been through the mill and know
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work done. 19 never mind. ignore, d
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aid, help, assist, support: In his
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her hair. 2 reflection, reproductio
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destruction, misfortune, evil: He d
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trial, tribulation, adversity, burd
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increase in value. mismatched adj.
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move, trip, stumble, slip: One miss
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difference, dissension, controversy
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moan n. 1 complaint, lament, lament
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in bronze using the cire perdue pro
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modest enough. modicum n. bit, trif
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monetary adj. pecuniary, cash, mone
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colourless, unexciting, run-of-the-
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very moody. 3 fickle, volatile, cap
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downcast: With Charley again in one
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aspen appear to be in constant moti
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--v. 2 climb (up), go up, ascend, s
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dejected, despondent, sad, sorrowfu
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growing movement towards religious
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mug n. 1 jug, tankard, stein, toby
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murderer n. murderess, killer, slay
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modifying, transformation, transfor
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mystique n. mystery, magic, charism
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trusting, trustful, gullible, artle
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narrate v. relate, tell, recount, r
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ather nasty videos that I don't wan
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esult: He treated her badly, so, na
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any encouragement from a naysayer l
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nebulous adj. vague, hazy, clouded,
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adversative, antagonistic, antipath
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participate in the fˆte at Long No
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neurotic adj. psychoneurotic, unsta
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nightly adj. 1 every night, each ni
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--n. 2 nonentity, unknown, zero, ci
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happy-go-lucky, casual, relaxed, at
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approach to drug trafficking. nonpa
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normal adj. 1 standard, regular, av
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epute, reputation, renown: People o
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notoriety n. notoriousness, disrepu
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nub n. 1 projection, protuberance,
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sure you eat a nutritious breakfast
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you a few questions. --v. 4 protest
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eliminate, write off: After the sca
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obsequious adj. low, cringing, toad
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out, on the decline, going or passi
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(mentally) retarded, boneheaded, lu
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Mongols. 3 conquest, seizure, appro
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anomaly, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity
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Colloq miff, put (someone's) back u
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officer n. 1 (public) official, dig
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Caliban; brute, sadist, villain, ca
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old-fashioned adj. antiquated, anti
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equal, at one, harmonious, in uniso
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impermeability, impenetrability: Th
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opens in Manchester next week. 21 u
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who always gets what he goes after.
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drawn, in deadly embrace: Although
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Cassandra, Nostradamus; authority,
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order again. --v. 14 direct, comman
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composition, arrangement, constitut
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word go, from day one: Originally,
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situation, on the other hand: I lea
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corporation; party, set, group; Col
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n. effusion, outflow, flow, outburs
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outset n. beginning, start, inaugur
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outwardly adv. externally, apparent
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--adj. 2 beaten, defeated, overwhel
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pink, in seventh heaven, on cloud n
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overshadow v. 1 dominate, outshine,
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that awaited our return. overwhelmi
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of, drive off or away, order off or
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--v. 2 announce, summon (forth), se
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duo, dyad, twins, double, doublet;
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pall covered the coffin. 2 gloomy o
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--v. 2 be terrified or alarmed or f
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season. b ill, sickly, unhealthy, u
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paralyse v. 1 immobilize, inactivat
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origin, pedigree, stock, birth, str
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dressed as Madame Pompadour Melissa
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partiality for emeralds. partially
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--adj. 3 one-sided, factional, bias
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elieve she would pass chemistry, bu
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so: I thought the play passable, bu
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teenage girl. 5 Usually, Passion. p
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--n. 4 idyll, eclogue, georgic: Fla
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Brit footway: A little kitten was s
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condescendingly, talk down to, trea
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eat. 2 venture, stake, risk, gamble
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the Second World War, Europe has en
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characterized by, natural to, sympt
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--n. 2 chirp, tweet, cheep, squeak,
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from a rock. peltý n. skin, hide,
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out, dig, Brit suss out: Will we ev
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family, kith and kin; ancestors, fo
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waiting for the vole to appear from
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Colloq picky, nit-picking: She take
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was in peril. perilous adj. dangero
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non-stop, continuously, endlessly,
Page 1211 and 1212: eferences to the author's personal
Page 1213 and 1214: his demands for justice. The inspec
Page 1215 and 1216: persuasion n. 1 inducement, inducin
Page 1217 and 1218: accused of perverting young girls.
Page 1219 and 1220: panic-stricken, frightened, afraid,
Page 1221 and 1222: phenomenal adj. outstanding, remark
Page 1223 and 1224: phlegmatic adj. 1 phlegmatical, sto
Page 1225 and 1226: specialist, diplomate, Brit navy su
Page 1227 and 1228: images are amazingly pictorial. 2 i
Page 1229 and 1230: it, inchmeal, gradually, by degrees
Page 1231 and 1232: collision, Colloq smash-up: Thirty
Page 1233 and 1234: to pin down what is wrong with her.
Page 1235 and 1236: quieter, quieten down, make less no
Page 1237 and 1238: pitched adj. organized, planned, de
Page 1239 and 1240: cannot go, would you go in place of
Page 1241 and 1242: pampas, campo, llano, savannah or s
Page 1243 and 1244: cutlery is wearing thin. 5 illustra
Page 1245 and 1246: apple-polish, Taboo slang brown-nos
Page 1247 and 1248: very pleasant taste. 2 friendly, af
Page 1249 and 1250: pliable adj. 1 flexible, pliant, el
Page 1251 and 1252: --adv. 3 vertically, perpendicularl
Page 1253 and 1254: ply n. layer, leaf, thickness, fold
Page 1255 and 1256: tally, score: She made her point an
Page 1257 and 1258: cliff. poised adj. 1 composed, cont
Page 1259 and 1260: police officer n. officer, policema
Page 1261: --v. 3 sample, survey, question, ca
Page 1265 and 1266: adj. obscene, lewd, offensive, inde
Page 1267 and 1268: imitate, mimic; attitudinize, postu
Page 1269 and 1270: thoroughgoing; egregious, glaring,
Page 1271 and 1272: held up the roof. --v. 2 advertise,
Page 1273 and 1274: corporation, beer belly, spare tyre
Page 1275 and 1276: It poured all night. 4 stream, swar
Page 1277 and 1278: practical adj. 1 pragmatic, useful,
Page 1279 and 1280: prattle v. 1 prate, babble, blather
Page 1281 and 1282: War of American Independence a prec
Page 1283 and 1284: slap, on the nose, Brit bang on, sp
Page 1285 and 1286: predicament. predict v. foretell, p
Page 1287 and 1288: evening's speaker? prefer v. 1 favo
Page 1289 and 1290: premature adj. 1 immature, undevelo
Page 1291 and 1292: tomorrow. 2 fitness, readiness, rea
Page 1293 and 1294: thorough grounding in mathematics i
Page 1295 and 1296: scratch, OK or okay, up to snuff: W
Page 1297 and 1298: leader-writers, US editorial writer
Page 1299 and 1300: presumptive adj. 1 likely, reasonab
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Page 1303 and 1304: sometime, erstwhile, preceding, Lit
Page 1305 and 1306: 4 stick, jab, prick: The child's ha
Page 1307 and 1308: first-rate, first-class, choice, se
Page 1309 and 1310: sentiment, belief, credo, creed, id
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probable adj. (most) likely, apt, (
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feat, accomplishment: Grace Darling
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improvident, reckless: If the gover
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n. 1 producing, manufacture, manufa
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efficient, skilful, masterly, thoro
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profligate adj. 1 debauched, vice-r
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progenitors of some of today's mach
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left-winger: Once a conservative, h
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prolong v. extend, lengthen, elonga
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promptly. Make him pay for the dama
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pronounce v. 1 declare, utter, say,
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propel v. drive, impel, move, actua
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fortunate, happy, providential, fav
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observes the proprieties when he wa
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lady of the night or US also evenin
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protection n. 1 defence, screen, sh
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proud adj. 1 Often, proud of. pleas
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man, he will always be poor. provid
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outburst? 2 insult, offence, taunt,
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prudish adj. priggish, puritanical,
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pub n. public house, alehouse, tave
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puff n. 1 blow, breath, wind, whiff
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take into custody, Colloq pinch, na
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inflate, blow up; dilate, swell, bl
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exhausting, tiring, wearying, fatig
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5 grip, hold, support, toe-hold, fo
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perfection, spotlessness, cleanness
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Colloq tailing: We all joined in th
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his actions. 4 express, word, phras
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clothes to come to your party. b as
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perplex, nonplus, stymie, stump: I
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eminence, prominence, importance, e
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quarterly, in advance. quash v. 1 a
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grumbling, peevish, testy, touchy,
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--n. 2 quibbling, equivocation, hai
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peaceably, meekly, mildly: When the
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Colloq cut: Each shareholder is all
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persecute, anguish, beleaguer, plag
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promises radical reform. 3 extremis
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imperfect, shabby, messy, disordere
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quicken, encourage, develop: The ne
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on), rattle on, Colloq Brit witter
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lood: Owing to the rancour between
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ankest literature. 4 offensive, loa
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advantage of: The defendant raped t
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arely adv. seldom, infrequently, on
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authenticate, guarantee, warrant, c
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scratchy, discordant, dissonant, ja
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nude, in the nude, Brit starkers, C
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3 legible, decipherable, distinct:
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sane, hard-headed, business-like, n
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equality of opportunity was proving
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adj. 1 insubordinate, defiant, muti
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--n. 4 memory, recollection, rememb
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ecipe n. 1 formula, prescription: E
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hermitic, anchoritic, monastic, clo
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econnaissance showed that the enemy
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ecreation is building model aeropla
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convert; break down or up, grind, r
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efined use of metaphor. These new d
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supposed to join in. refresh v. 1 e
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full regalia with mitre and crook.
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like my book, but his contempt for
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n. 1 consistency, constancy, unifor
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obtain, be or become rampant, be or
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coordinate: Volta first enabled us
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What do you think about the propose
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listering heat. Contributions for t
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emaining adj. 1 left (over), extant
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excuse, exemption, acquittal: As we
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carry away or off, shift; transfer:
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enew v. 1 restore, refresh, rejuven
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adv. again and again, over again, o
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imitation, carbon copy, photocopy,
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adj. 1 symbolic, typical, character
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eproduce v. 1 duplicate, copy, repl
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equirement n. 1 requisite, prerequi
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agitation, upset, anxiety, ill will
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(oneself) (to), acclimatize or accl
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for a much better resolution. resol
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showed up. Climbing Annapurna, thou
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acket: Those old guns were too heav
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was restrained for two months. rest
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guerrillas retaliated by destroying
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etrieve v. 1 bring or get (back), f
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--v. 2 avenge, get even for, take r
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play received rave reviews from alm
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evolutionary adj. 1 mutinous, rebel
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unanswerable, not literal: The ques
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appropriately, fittingly, condignly
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ifle v. 1 rob, loot, ransack, plund
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settle, Colloq get even for: Langdo
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to ring the base with a gold band.
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ipen v. develop, mature, age, seaso
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isk n. 1 danger, peril, jeopardy, h
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snarl, growl: A train roared by. Th
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The building rocked so during the e
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evel in, wallow in, savour, bask in
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oot° n. 1 base, basis, foundation,
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years. --n. 3 decay, decomposition,
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jarring, strident, raucous, rasping
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spell, period, run, spate, bout, ou
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mincemeat of, ride roughshod over,
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peerage, Colloq Brit royals: It is
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photographs. 4 crude, rough, clumsy
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chiefly Brit make a balls-up of: I
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take flight, take to one's heels, b
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un out of milk - can you nip down t
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peaked, fatigued, enervated, tired,
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ustic adj. 1 See rural, 1, above. 2
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sacrifice n. 1 immolation, surrende
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--adv. 6 safely, securely: I won't
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trading; trade, exchange, transacti
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identical dresses. That's the same
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cubby-hole: After dinner Roger goes
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satellite n. 1 moon, spacecraft, Ol
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traipse: An oddly dressed man saunt
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in particularly savoury society. --
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thumb or leaf through: I didn't hav
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cave as fast as I could. 2 scare up
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nullifidian, agnostic, scoffer, cyn
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fellowship, Brit exhibition, Chiefl
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account, bring (someone) to book, l
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seducing, Slang make out, get laid:
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of evidence to link him with the cr
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to drink. scrawl n. 1 scribble, Col
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it old-fashioned. --v. 3 inscribe,
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scurrilous adj. foul-mouthed, thers
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high and low but couldn't find my k
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second° adj. 1 subsequent, followi
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herd aphids for the substance they
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protect, shelter, shield, defend, g
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glom: I saw him buy a bottle of whi
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seem v. appear, look (as if or non-
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engine stalled. seizure n. 1 seizin
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Facetious US won't-power: Can I exe
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self-respect despite the accusation
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off, exude, grow: The object sent f
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illogical, irrational, incongruous,
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sensuous adj. sensory, sybaritic, e
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dismemberment, taking or keeping ap
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eptilian, devilish, wily, cunning,
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tractor will still be serviceable.
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propound, state, offer, submit, sug
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some camomile tea to settle his ner
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over the top of her pince-nez. 4 st
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mean, stingy, ungenerous, niggardly
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part of his shadowy past. 3 spectra
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trivial, unimportant, slight, frivo
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shopping mall began to take shape.
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don't sharpen it periodically? shar
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got a copy of the sheet that publis
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vacillate, waver, alternate, fluctu
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--n. 2 trauma, stupor, paralysis, p
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precluding, excepting, except for,
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some excellent action shots using s
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showing there tomorrow? 10 grant, a
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shrank because you washed it in hot
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shuttle v. commute, alternate: He s
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--adj. 8 secondary, incidental, sub
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sightseer n. tourist, traveller, gl
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elieve they committed. silence n. 1
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silver tones of the muezzin echoed
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simultaneous adj. coincident, coinc
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single-handed adj. 1 solo, lone, so
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doleful, mournful, forlorn, woeful,
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footage, volume, mass, weight; huge
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skipper n. captain, master, command
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slant n. 1 angle, viewpoint, (point
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slabber: The wolf opened its slaver
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scallop, escalope, scaloppine (pl.
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clammy, mushy, US squushy or squoos
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love Word '. slope v. 1 incline, de
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ho-hum, dead, Brit dead-and-alive:
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puny, negligible, minor, trifling,
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that perfume I knew that Nicole had
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fester, Colloq get hot under the co
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temperament. 2 curt, short, abrupt,
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2 sneeze at. See sneer, 2, above. -
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tippler, toper, sot, Slang sponge,
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compressible, squashy, squashable,
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soldier n. 1 serviceman, servicewom
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steady, stable, stalwart, dependabl
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one of the funniest men I've ever m
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adj. 1 cultivated, cultured, refine
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What a sorrowful life some of those
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soundý adj. 1 undamaged, uninjured
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spark n. 1 scintilla, flicker, glim
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the whole staff when he expresses w
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Each part has its specific function
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n. 1 conjecture, guess, hypothesis,
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her spell. 2 incantation, formula,
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goings-on in Hollywood. spike n. 1
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liveliness, vivacity, vivaciousness
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splendid adj. 1 splendorous, magnif
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--v. 2 Often, splurge on. squander
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sporty adj. informal, casual; styli
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--n. 2 shower, sprinkling, drizzle,
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expense(s) of: If you go to a place
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spied him getting into a yellow con
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(someone's) arm, US put the arm on:
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stack n. 1 pile, heap, mound, mass,
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composed, quiet, restrained, solemn
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(someone) the run-around: He manage
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stance was that she must protect th
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system has become the standard in m
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Marital and financial problems are
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year? 15 beginning(s), founding, fo
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statue n. sculpture, figure, figuri
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editor. --adv. 7 firmly, solidly: H
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she's angry. --n. 3 Usually, bum st
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esign, abdicate, quit, bow out, ret
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entangled or enmired or bogged down
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his wife is as stiff as a poker. 8
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inspire, encourage, spur, quicken,
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together. 2 move, rise, arise, get
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defeat after another with increasin
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oomstick served as a stopgap mast f
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valiant, brave, undaunted, dauntles
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catch a glimpse of the prince. They
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stratum n. 1 layer, level, stratifi
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ackbone, stamina, tenacity, tenacio
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constricting, constrictive, rigid,
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marvellous, extraordinary, magnific
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stroke n. 1 blow, rap, tap, thump,
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craggy, rough, weather-beaten: She
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her studious pursuits. study v. 1 l
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nonplus, bring up short: I am compl
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indomitable: One must admire her st
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of complaint. 4 participant, case,
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oot-licking, Taboo slang brown-nosi
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oard, nourishment, nutriment, alime
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concealed, hidden, shadowy, nebulou
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property is via her first-born. 2 s
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suffrage n. (right to) vote, voting
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depressing, depressed, churlish, il
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elow-ground, settled, lowered: The
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Alan has been appointed superintend
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supplement n. 1 addendum, addition,
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supportable adj. 1 tolerable, beara
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incomparability, inimitability: Col
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obstreperous: I see no reason to sh
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surveillance n. observation, watch,
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suspicious about his behaviour. 2 m
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throng with, teem with, burst with,
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scope, swing, span: The Hubbell spa
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prominence, bulge, lump, excrescenc
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things after a long holiday? 6 in f
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their time and their parents' money
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the symptoms. symptomatic adj. Ofte
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up, propose: The bill will be table
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seen Graham tackle a roast turkey.
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measure: He would not wear anything
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What takes you to M laga in August?
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history, narration, recital, anecdo
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gossip, claptrap, prattle, prattlin
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tangential adj. divergent, digressi
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tardy adj. 1 late, unpunctual, behi
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meretricious, cheap, flashy, unrefi
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teach v. instruct (in), inform (abo
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teem° v. Usually teem with. prolif
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tellý n. tumulus, mound, barrow, h
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Yiddish shul or schul: Temples to g
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stubbornness, obduracy, inflexibili
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theme, thread, implication, inferen
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--n. 3 terminus, (terminal) station
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adj. alarming, frightening, scary,
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text n. 1 wording, words, content,
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theorem n. 1 hypothesis, propositio
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halfwitted, block-headed, doltish,
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quirk, fixation, preoccupation, obs
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thorny adj. 1 prickly, barbed, spin
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inadvertent, inattentive: How thoug
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galvanizing, enlivening, stirring,
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expel, eject, force out, evict, Col
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at her. thunderous adj. roaring, bo
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will tie me up till Tuesday. b use,
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till° v. plough or US also plow, c
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to arrive five minutes apart. 23 sc
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tipý v. 1 Often, tip over. upset,
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most awful jokes at which his staff
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--n. 2 ring, ringing, peal, pealing
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gold-stamped. top n. 1 summit, apex
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outpouring, spate, inundation, flow
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touching the freshly painted wall.
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mystifying, knotty, irksome, diffic
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toy n. 1 plaything: Whenever he vis
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trade n. 1 commerce, business, traf
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following, escort, guard, attendant
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sultry summer days of his youth. Ho
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disobey, misbehave, go wrong or ast
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forward, dispatch or despatch; post
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'Not Wanted on Voyage': There was m
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treatment n. 1 Often, treatment of.
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ill, runnel, runlet, streamlet, Sco
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incidental, negligible, commonplace
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trivialities, unable to see what is
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would be required to visit the scho
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certainty, sureness, positiveness,
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--n. 4 fall, slip, stumble, Colloq
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any way we can turn this situation
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--n. 26 revolution, rotation, cycle
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twee adj. precious, sweet, sentimen
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green and brown. twist v. 1 plait,
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type n. 1 class, category, classifi
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gumboil, eruption, carbuncle, infla
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unable adj. not able, powerless, un
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autonomous, self-reliant, self-sust
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fickle, erratic, fitful, unsteady,
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underflow: Caught in the undercurre
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percipience, sagacity, sageness, sa
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epugnant, unfit, unbecoming, unsuit
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explicitly, clearly, obviously, inc
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adj. 1 unlucky, luckless; cursed, o
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people with respiratory disorders.
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uninhibited adj. wild, unchecked, u
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comprehensive: Renaissance man was
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unburden: We unloaded the cargo at
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unofficial adj. informal, unauthori
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pointless, purposeless, unavailing,
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incompatible, inappropriate, foreig
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individual. unselfish adj. generous
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complained that he had been unsucce
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inopportune, unpromising, bleak, in
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unwholesome adj. 1 unhealthy, unhea
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poverty-stricken, Colloq broke: Sta
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--adj. 6 capsized, overturned, upsi
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usage n. 1 use, custom, habit, prac
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usual adj. same, customary, habitua
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vagabond ways and settle down? vagu
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2 disagreement, misunderstanding, d
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vehicle n. 1 conveyance: The police
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pharmaceuticals. 2 malice, maliciou
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veritable adj. real, true, virtual,
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suspicion, sign, evidence, mark, to
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they said terribly vicious things t
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emain vigilant, they will never be
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violated her. violation n. 1 infrin
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high-principled, upright, righteous
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life-or-death, pivotal, paramount,
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vogue n. 1 fashion, mode, style, lo
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oomy, loose, ample, big, ample, bul
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her vulgar behaviour at the dinner
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that tailors were like storks - kno
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streets nightly. 4 walk out. a leav
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wangle v. scheme, plot, work out, c
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warehouse n. storehouse, store, sto
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caution: You did warn me against in
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--n. 11 washing, cleaning, cleansin
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year. 2 idler, layabout, malingerer
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watery adj. 1 weak, dilute(d), wate
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After years of use, the paint has w
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mingling, intermingling, comminglin
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weirdo n. eccentric, madman, madwom
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eyes when she saw the broken doll.
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sopping, wringing, dripping, sodden
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2 Nautical seizing, binding, tying,
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all things considered, all in all,
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wide adj. 1 spacious, roomy, ample,
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--n. 10 Usually, wilds. wasteland,
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win v. 1 come (in or out) first, ca
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windy adj. 1 blustery, blowing, blo
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wised Meg up to the fact that Tom n
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withdrawn adj. 1 reserved, detached
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woman or lady, maidservant, chamber
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contract is too wordy and could be
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tabletops. works n.pl. 1 plant, fac
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to worsen. worship v. 1 venerate, r
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wreak v. inflict, exercise, exert,
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wrinkleý n. dodge, gimmick, device
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wry adj. 1 distorted, contorted, tw
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nevertheless, regardless, in spite
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