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history, narration, recital, anecdote: We were brought up on tales of the supernatural. Her tale of what happened does not agree with the facts. 2 falsehood, lie, fiction, fib, fabrication, untruth, falsification, exaggeration, Colloq tall tale or story, (cock-and-bull) story, US fish story: He told some tale about having been captured by urban guerrillas. 3 rumour, gossip, slander, allegation, tittle-tattle, libel, story, US chiefly naval scuttlebutt: I have been hearing tales about wild parties at the neighbours' again. talebearer n. gossip, rumour-monger, gossip-monger, taleteller, talemonger, scandalmonger, tell-tale, troublemaker, quidnunc, tattler, informer, sieve, Chiefly US and Canadian tattle-tale, Slang bigmouth, blabbermouth, squealer, stool-pigeon, stoolie, rat, Brit sneak, nark, US fink, ratfink: The words, spoken in private, were repeated to him by some talebearer. talent n. 1 ability, power, gift, faculty, flair, genius, facility, aptitude, capacity, knack, ingenuity, forte, strength; endowment: Bill's extraordinary talent for playing the trombone was widely acclaimed. 2 tendency, proclivity, propensity, penchant, predilection, predisposition, bent, inclination: Annabel certainly has a talent for saying the wrong thing. talented adj. gifted, accomplished, brilliant, skilled, skilful, masterful, expert, adept, adroit, dexterous, deft, clever, good, polished, proficient, first-rate, top-drawer, excellent, Colloq ace, crack, top-notch, Brit wizard, whizzo, US crackerjack: Leslie is the most talented player in the school hockey team. talisman n. amulet, charm, tiki, fetish or fetich, ju-ju, periapt, abraxas; wishbone, rabbit's foot, Brit merry thought: He was given a talisman that was supposed to protect its wearer from bad luck. talk v. 1 Sometimes, talk in. speak (in), use, communicate in, converse in, express (oneself) in, discourse in: If you talk English I might understand. 2 confer, consult, parley, have a (little) talk, (have a) chat, confabulate, Colloq confab, Slang US rap: I think we ought to talk before you decide which offer to accept. 3 chatter, prate, prattle, jabber, blather or blether, gibber, jibber-jabber, cackle, babble, patter, rattle
on, go on, Brit natter, witter, rabbit on, Colloq gab, Slang gas, jaw , US run off at the mouth: They talk continuously, mostly about nothing. 4 chat, gossip, palaver, Slang chew the fat or the rag, shoot the breeze, US chin, schmooze, rap, have a bull session, bat the breeze, shoot the bull: We were just sitting around talking when Tom suggested we go for a swim. 5 inform, confess, give the game away, blab, Colloq come clean, Slang rat, squeal, sing, spill the beans, Brit grass: If they give him the third degree, you can be sure he'll talk. 6 speak, give or deliver a speech or a talk or an address, lecture: I believe that Professor Hale is talking at the County Library tonight. 7 talk about or over or of. discuss, confer about or on, parley about: I don't want to talk about football all the time. Can't we talk it over? She talks only of you. 8 talk big. boast, brag, vaunt, crow, bluster, exaggerate, blow or toot (one's) own horn: He was never in the war - he just talks big. 9 talk down. a depreciate, deprecate, denigrate, disparage, belittle, minimize, diminish, criticize, Colloq knock, pan, put down: It's the only thing he's ever done, and you shouldn't talk it down. b Usually, talk down to. condescend to, patronize: I resent your talking down to me in that way. 10 talk into. convince, bring round, sway, persuade: We have been trying to talk him into running in the marathon. 11 talk over. discuss: We talked over the best way to prepare the advertising proposal. 12 talk to or with. speak to or with, communicate with, converse with: Since the episode with the monkey, she refuses to talk to me. I talked with him yesterday. 13 talk up. promote, support, sponsor, advertise, publicize, push, Colloq plug, hype, ballyhoo: She has been talking up the book on her radio show. --n. 14 oration, lecture, address, presentation, speech, discourse, report, disquisition, dissertation; sermon; harangue, tirade, Colloq spiel: Claire delivered a talk on computational linguistics. Every week we have to listen to the same talk about sin. 15 conversation, conference, discussion, meeting, consultation, dialogue, colloquy, parley, palaver, chat, tˆte-…-tˆte, confabulation, Colloq confab, powwow, Slang chin-wag, head-to-head, US one-on-one, rap session: We must have a little talk about your school report. 16 subject or topic of conversation or gossip or rumour: Her behaviour at the wedding was the talk of the town for weeks. 17 gossip, rumour, hearsay, information, news, report, Colloq info, Slang dope: There is some talk that you might be leaving. 18 palaver,
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literal uses and figures of speech,
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amoral, wicked, sinful, evil, corru
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able adj. 1 capable, qualified, com
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Armada. about-turn n. reversal, rev
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wool-gathering: The absent-minded p
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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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attend; usher, squire: Allow me to
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accountability n. answerability, re
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performance, functioning, reaction:
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addict n. 1 (habitual) user, Slang
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prosecute: It is the responsibility
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adore v. 1 esteem, honour, respect,
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amiable adj. friendly, well-dispose
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eguilement: The boys in my class us
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irritant, bore, Colloq pain, pain i
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form; mien, air, demeanour; bearing
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ecognize, perceive, know, be aware
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exact. --v. 2 near, approach, come
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say, assert, hold, maintain, reason
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of their money. artificial adj. 1 u
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associate v. 1 associate (with). a
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attendant adj. 1 waiting upon, acco
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aura n. air, atmosphere, feeling, a
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enevolence n. 1 charity, kindness,
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when he's with his friends. 10 succ
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ite v. 1 nip; chew, gnaw: That dog
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article has blackened my reputation
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opening the door. 3 machine screw:
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coffer, caddy, chest: She keeps her
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intrepidity, intrepidness, pluck, d
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telephone. 6 fault, error, mistake,
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auction. 5 Also, good buy. bargain,
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cabinet n. 1 cupboard, bureau, chif
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temple accordingly. calculated adj.
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eason, justification, cause, need,
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heedfulness, attention, pains, care
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among beasts. --v. 4 defend, protec
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cheaply, easily, reasonably, for a
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neonate, infant, baby, babe, toddle
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chitter, chirr: The canary gave two
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influential, authoritative, serious
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guilty: I still cannot look her in
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sharp-witted, adept, able, Colloq b
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parsimonious, penurious, penny-pinc
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performed them. commence v. 1 begin
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companion n. 1 fellow, associate, c
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conception n. 1 birth, beginning, g
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order, fitness, shape, form, fettle
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conspiracy n. plot, scheme, stratag
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circumstance(s); ambience or ambian
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intelligent conversationalist for a
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outside my room. corrupt adj. 1 dis
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sleeping-pill. counterfeit adj. 1 f
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for, comprise, extend over, contain
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crouch v. bend (down), squat (down)
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custody n. 1 care, custodianship, s
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edited, curtailed: The magazine pub
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will be appointed managing director
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toff, blood, US dude: He was a grea
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impervious, inured, inert: He has a
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polite, affable, obliging, pleasant
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decrepitude n. 1 feebleness, weakne
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derivation n. origin, descent, extr
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goodly, excellent, choice, fine, su
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imprudence, heedlessness: Penniless
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of, bring to an end, bring or put a
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complete, inclusive, particularized
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gimmick, Colloq contraption, widget
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diary, the date we dined was the ls
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differ v. 1 diverge, deviate, be se
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expression. --v. 3 spread, circulat
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disagreement between the results of
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discard v. 1 get rid of, dispense w
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castigate, correct, penalize, repro
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discount v. 1 reduce, mark down, de
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n. 1 tact, diplomacy, prudence, car
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eak (with or from), break (up) (wit
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epellent, obnoxious, loathsome, gro
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unorganized, disorderly: His speech
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commotion, clamour, turbulence, tur
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dispense v. 1 distribute, give out,
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disposed adj. likely, inclined, apt
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disrepair n. decay, ruin, collapse,
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offensive, unpleasing, unpleasant,
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worried, bothered, agitated, anxiou
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partition, segregate, subdivide; di
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domestic adj. 1 home, private, fami
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dope n. 1 See dolt. 2 narcotic, dru
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are people of doubtful reputation.
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the coals, Brit tear (someone) off
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operate, conduct, manoeuvre, manipu
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function, role, part, bit, charge:
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excellent ear for the right express
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without a hitch, hands down, withou
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society, anyone who isn't a carbon
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informative, instructive, enlighten
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efficiency n. 1 effectiveness, effi
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elaborate adj. 1 detailed, painstak
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electioneer v. campaign, canvass, s
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has a certain elfin charm, but I do
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emancipate v. release, set free, li
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embittered adj. bitter, resentful,
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help, assist, abet, foster, forward
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struggle, exert oneself, undertake;
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enervate v. weaken, tire, strain, e
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support of charities. enigma n. puz
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efore (someone), make (someone's) b
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entirety n. 1 completeness, unity,
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n. ecologist, conservationist, natu
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equable adj. 1 even-tempered, easyg
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estranged adj. alienated, divided,
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estimation, approximation, rating,
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event n. 1 occurrence, happening, i
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evidence n. 1 proof, ground(s), fac
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fastidious, scrupulous, thorough, p
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enchmark, norm, criterion: You shou
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excited adj. 1 (a)roused, stirred (
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excursion n. 1 trip, tour, outing,
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excuse or relieve from, spare from,
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expedite v. 1 hasten, rush, hurry,
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examination, experimentation, resea
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positive, absolute, final, perempto
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outstanding, superlative, excellent
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dated, outmoded, old-fashioned, ant
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their search for food. extricate v.
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assemble, fashion, form, make, manu
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authorization, dispensation, sancti
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false adj. 1 untrue, unfactual, unt
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famine n. starvation; shortage, dea
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fast° adj. 1 quick, swift, fleet,
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sensible, usable, realistic: The wo
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on others' gullibility. --n. 4 fodd
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n. 1 companionship, camaraderie, co
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fiasco n. failure, disaster, muddle
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competition, competitors, players,
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figure n. 1 physique, build, shape,
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exhaust, consume, eat or drink (up)
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fitý n. 1 attack, seizure, convuls
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flair n. 1 talent, ability, aptitud
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flare out. spread (out or outwards)
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lowland(s), plain(s), tundra, stepp
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n. 1 pliability, pliancy or pliantn
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outpouring, torrent, tide, tidal wa
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spurt, squirt, spew, flood, cascade
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indefinite, unsettled: The situatio
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for the postman. --n. 4 fluttering,
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lecture? 9 watch, be a fan or afici
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andrew, farceur, joker, jokester, d
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treatment of, as a remedy for, agai
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presentiment, omen, sign, portent,
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swore to be true for ever. 2 consta
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lugubrious, glum, despondent, disma
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composition: We met to discuss the
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grit, determination, will-power, Co
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denunciatory or denunciative, deris
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fountain of wisdom on the subject o
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disposition: I am not in the right
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traumatic: Relations between the tw
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non-interference, discretion, margi
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newfangled, unusual, unconventional
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n. 1 amity, congeniality, sociabili
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frivolous adj. 1 trifling, inconseq
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provident, saving, conservative, co
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well supplied, crowded, stuffed; go
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furniture n. 1 furnishings, househo
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detailed, Byzantine: The style is a
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colourfully, flashily, flamboyantly
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come or go by, travel or journey by
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onto, embark, entrain, emplane or e
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gewgaw n. trinket, bauble, gimcrack
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gifted adj. talented, able, skilled
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make, prompt, move, dispose: I was
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glance v. 1 glimpse, peek, peep, sc
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chairman's conviction for insider t
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glory n. 1 honour, fame, repute, re
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feeling rather glum. glut n. 1 exce
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food was gone. 17 go to the toilet
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go together, Brit walk out, US date
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crust of bread. 2 atheistic, nullif
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Canadian notch: Water runs in this
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ope. grace n. 1 elegance, gracefuln
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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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to gale force overnight. gusto n. e
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ingrained, frequent, persistent, co
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hale adj. healthy, hearty, fit (as
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find hands for the farm. 5 pointer,
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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,
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eferences to the author's personal
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his demands for justice. The inspec
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persuasion n. 1 inducement, inducin
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accused of perverting young girls.
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panic-stricken, frightened, afraid,
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phenomenal adj. outstanding, remark
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phlegmatic adj. 1 phlegmatical, sto
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specialist, diplomate, Brit navy su
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images are amazingly pictorial. 2 i
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it, inchmeal, gradually, by degrees
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collision, Colloq smash-up: Thirty
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to pin down what is wrong with her.
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quieter, quieten down, make less no
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pitched adj. organized, planned, de
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cannot go, would you go in place of
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pampas, campo, llano, savannah or s
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cutlery is wearing thin. 5 illustra
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apple-polish, Taboo slang brown-nos
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very pleasant taste. 2 friendly, af
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pliable adj. 1 flexible, pliant, el
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--adv. 3 vertically, perpendicularl
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ply n. layer, leaf, thickness, fold
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tally, score: She made her point an
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cliff. poised adj. 1 composed, cont
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police officer n. officer, policema
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--v. 3 sample, survey, question, ca
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slipshod, below or under par, Collo
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adj. obscene, lewd, offensive, inde
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imitate, mimic; attitudinize, postu
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thoroughgoing; egregious, glaring,
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held up the roof. --v. 2 advertise,
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corporation, beer belly, spare tyre
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It poured all night. 4 stream, swar
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practical adj. 1 pragmatic, useful,
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prattle v. 1 prate, babble, blather
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War of American Independence a prec
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slap, on the nose, Brit bang on, sp
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predicament. predict v. foretell, p
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evening's speaker? prefer v. 1 favo
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premature adj. 1 immature, undevelo
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tomorrow. 2 fitness, readiness, rea
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thorough grounding in mathematics i
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scratch, OK or okay, up to snuff: W
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leader-writers, US editorial writer
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presumptive adj. 1 likely, reasonab
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ecome pretty fat since we last saw
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sometime, erstwhile, preceding, Lit
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4 stick, jab, prick: The child's ha
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first-rate, first-class, choice, se
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sentiment, belief, credo, creed, id
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elationship should be kept private
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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
Page 1774 and 1775: of complaint. 4 participant, case,
Page 1776 and 1777: oot-licking, Taboo slang brown-nosi
Page 1778 and 1779: oard, nourishment, nutriment, alime
Page 1780 and 1781: concealed, hidden, shadowy, nebulou
Page 1782 and 1783: property is via her first-born. 2 s
Page 1784 and 1785: suffrage n. (right to) vote, voting
Page 1786 and 1787: depressing, depressed, churlish, il
Page 1788 and 1789: elow-ground, settled, lowered: The
Page 1790 and 1791: Alan has been appointed superintend
Page 1792 and 1793: supplement n. 1 addendum, addition,
Page 1794 and 1795: supportable adj. 1 tolerable, beara
Page 1796 and 1797: incomparability, inimitability: Col
Page 1798 and 1799: obstreperous: I see no reason to sh
Page 1800 and 1801: surveillance n. observation, watch,
Page 1802 and 1803: suspicious about his behaviour. 2 m
Page 1804 and 1805: throng with, teem with, burst with,
Page 1806 and 1807: scope, swing, span: The Hubbell spa
Page 1808 and 1809: prominence, bulge, lump, excrescenc
Page 1810 and 1811: things after a long holiday? 6 in f
Page 1812 and 1813: their time and their parents' money
Page 1814 and 1815: the symptoms. symptomatic adj. Ofte
Page 1816 and 1817: up, propose: The bill will be table
Page 1818 and 1819: seen Graham tackle a roast turkey.
Page 1820 and 1821: measure: He would not wear anything
Page 1822 and 1823: What takes you to M laga in August?
Page 1826 and 1827: gossip, claptrap, prattle, prattlin
Page 1828 and 1829: tangential adj. divergent, digressi
Page 1830 and 1831: tardy adj. 1 late, unpunctual, behi
Page 1832 and 1833: meretricious, cheap, flashy, unrefi
Page 1834 and 1835: teach v. instruct (in), inform (abo
Page 1836 and 1837: teem° v. Usually teem with. prolif
Page 1838 and 1839: tellý n. tumulus, mound, barrow, h
Page 1840 and 1841: Yiddish shul or schul: Temples to g
Page 1842 and 1843: stubbornness, obduracy, inflexibili
Page 1844 and 1845: theme, thread, implication, inferen
Page 1846 and 1847: --n. 3 terminus, (terminal) station
Page 1848 and 1849: adj. alarming, frightening, scary,
Page 1850 and 1851: text n. 1 wording, words, content,
Page 1852 and 1853: theorem n. 1 hypothesis, propositio
Page 1854 and 1855: halfwitted, block-headed, doltish,
Page 1856 and 1857: quirk, fixation, preoccupation, obs
Page 1858 and 1859: thorny adj. 1 prickly, barbed, spin
Page 1860 and 1861: inadvertent, inattentive: How thoug
Page 1862 and 1863: galvanizing, enlivening, stirring,
Page 1864 and 1865: expel, eject, force out, evict, Col
Page 1866 and 1867: at her. thunderous adj. roaring, bo
Page 1868 and 1869: will tie me up till Tuesday. b use,
Page 1870 and 1871: till° v. plough or US also plow, c
Page 1872 and 1873: 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
Page 1986 and 1987:
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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