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operate in parallel.<br />
cope v. 1 manage, get along or by, make do, survive, subsist, come<br />
through: Even with seven children to care for, she copes very<br />
well. 2 cope with. be a match for, withstand, contend with or<br />
against, handle, deal with, dispose of: I cannot cope with all<br />
the work I have been given to do.<br />
copy n. 1 reproduction, replica, facsimile, likeness, imitation,<br />
double, twin, duplication, duplicate, transcript, replication,<br />
carbon (copy), photocopy, print: She found a copy of the lost<br />
manuscript. 2 example, sample, specimen: How many copies of<br />
the book have been sold? 3 text, writing: The copy is ready;<br />
we are waiting for the illustrations.<br />
--v. 4 reproduce, duplicate, replicate, transcribe: Don't copy<br />
others' work - they might be wrong. 5 imitate, mimic,<br />
impersonate, emulate, ape, parrot, echo: Ted copies the rock<br />
stars in every possible detail of their dress and behaviour.<br />
cord n. string, line, twine; rope: Tie the cord around the parcel<br />
twice.<br />
cordial adj. friendly, warm, affable, amiable, kindly, genial,<br />
gracious, welcoming, pleasant, good-natured, nice; courteous,<br />
polite: After a cordial greeting at the door, the guests were<br />
served champagne.<br />
core n. 1 centre, heart, middle, nucleus, inside(s): Remove the<br />
core of the apple first. 2 essence, marrow, heart, pith, gist,<br />
quintessence, sum and substance: The core of the problem is her<br />
refusal to consider any alternative.<br />
--v. 3 pit, seed: The pie might have tasted better if you'd<br />
cored the apples first.<br />
corps n. body of men or women, troop, cadre, unit, detachment,<br />
cohort, division, battalion, brigade, platoon, squad, column,<br />
squadron: We delivered supplies to the medical corps.<br />
corpse n. body, remains, cadaver, Slang stiff; (of an animal) carcass:<br />
The corpses were buried in a mass grave.
operate in parallel. cope v. 1 manage, get along or by, make do, survive, subsist, come through: Even with seven children to care for, she copes very well. 2 cope with. be a match for, withstand, contend with or against, handle, deal with, dispose of: I cannot cope with all the work I have been given to do. copy n. 1 reproduction, replica, facsimile, likeness, imitation, double, twin, duplication, duplicate, transcript, replication, carbon (copy), photocopy, print: She found a copy of the lost manuscript. 2 example, sample, specimen: How many copies of the book have been sold? 3 text, writing: The copy is ready; we are waiting for the illustrations. --v. 4 reproduce, duplicate, replicate, transcribe: Don't copy others' work - they might be wrong. 5 imitate, mimic, impersonate, emulate, ape, parrot, echo: Ted copies the rock stars in every possible detail of their dress and behaviour. cord n. string, line, twine; rope: Tie the cord around the parcel twice. cordial adj. friendly, warm, affable, amiable, kindly, genial, gracious, welcoming, pleasant, good-natured, nice; courteous, polite: After a cordial greeting at the door, the guests were served champagne. core n. 1 centre, heart, middle, nucleus, inside(s): Remove the core of the apple first. 2 essence, marrow, heart, pith, gist, quintessence, sum and substance: The core of the problem is her refusal to consider any alternative. --v. 3 pit, seed: The pie might have tasted better if you'd cored the apples first. corps n. body of men or women, troop, cadre, unit, detachment, cohort, division, battalion, brigade, platoon, squad, column, squadron: We delivered supplies to the medical corps. corpse n. body, remains, cadaver, Slang stiff; (of an animal) carcass: The corpses were buried in a mass grave.
correct v. 1 right, set or put right, amend, redress, rectify, remedy, repair, fix; cure: A good mechanic will be able to correct the faults in the engine. 2 scold, admonish, rebuke, reprimand, berate, chide, reprove; censure, blame: You mustn't correct people for their bad manners. 3 punish, chastise, chasten, discipline, castigate: The boys were corrected for swearing at the teacher. 4 reverse, offset, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, nullify, make up for, annul, cancel; adjust, change, modify: Adding this fertilizer should correct the acid content of the soil. 5 mark, grade: The exam papers haven't yet been corrected. --adj. 6 proper, decorous, decent, appropriate, suitable, fit, right, meet, fitting, befitting, apt, de rigueur, comme il faut, Old-fashioned Brit tickety-boo: I have found her behaviour correct at all times. 7 conventional, established, set, standard, normal, orthodox, approved, in order, de rigueur, comme il faut, usual, natural, customary, traditional, done, right, Old-fashioned Brit tickety-boo: Sending flowers to the funeral parlour would be the correct thing to do. 8 accurate, right, precise, exact, factual, valid, true, proper, fitting, apt, suitable, appropriate; faultless, perfect, unimpeachable: Joanna gave the correct answer. correction n. 1 improvement, emendation, rectification, redress, remedy, reparation, amendment; corrigendum: With these corrections, the work will be vastly better. 2 punishment, castigation, chastisement: He resented her continual correction of him for trivial things. correspond v. 1 agree, conform, tally, comply, accord, harmonize, be congruous, match, coincide: The results of the surveys correspond. 2 write, communicate, be in touch or contact: We have been corresponding for years. correspondent n. newspaperman, newspaperwoman, pressman, presswoman, journalist, reporter, stringer, newsman, newsperson: Here is a report from our correspondent in Sydney. corridor n. hall, hallway, passage, passageway: We met in the corridor
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say, assert, hold, maintain, reason
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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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have broken new ground in the area
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telephone. 6 fault, error, mistake,
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millstone, cross, albatross: The ol
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temple accordingly. calculated adj.
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eason, justification, cause, need,
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changeable, impulsive, crotchety, q
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heedfulness, attention, pains, care
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case° n. 1 instance, example, even
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entrancing, winning, enticing, allu
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among beasts. --v. 4 defend, protec
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chant of the natives, echoing over
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evidence given by the caretaker. 6
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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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world. delicate adj. 1 fragile, bre
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substantiation; manifestation, exhi
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discouragement, despondency, gloomi
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(from), defect, abandon; Military s
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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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Colloq buff, fiend, US hound; Slang
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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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that dilapidated barn if we expect
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dirt n. 1 soil, mud, muck, mire, gr
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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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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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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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are people of doubtful reputation.
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the coals, Brit tear (someone) off
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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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informative, instructive, enlighten
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electioneer v. campaign, canvass, s
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help, assist, abet, foster, forward
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support of charities. enigma n. puz
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She was in error about the date of
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examination, experimentation, resea
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positive, absolute, final, perempto
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n. 1 companionship, camaraderie, co
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treatment of, as a remedy for, agai
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composition: We met to discuss the
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grit, determination, will-power, Co
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fountain of wisdom on the subject o
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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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attentive, gentlemanly, noble, grac
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ecord. 2 difference, divergence, di
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chintzy: The carnival stands were p
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that she should resign. We demanded
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3 talent, gift, knack, faculty, fla
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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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Marilyn has a good figure. 11 thoro
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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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then, even the outer islands had fa
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gravity of the situation. 3 solemni
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preservationist: The greens are opp
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ub the grime from the old oil lamp.
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--n. 3 moan, sigh, murmur, wail, wh
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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
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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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