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Water down

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水増し

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Doomsday

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Last day of the world

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Dry cell

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Battery

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In limbo

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In a forgotten 宙ぶらりん

an uncertain period of awaiting a decision or resolution; an intermediate state or condition.
“the fate of the Contras is now in limbo

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Heed

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Pay attention

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Price out

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Unable to buy

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Drum tight

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Very tight

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Demand is still feasting

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Large

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Wreak havoc

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Great damages

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One-on-one meeting

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マンツーマン

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Frenzy

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Madness state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour.
“Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage”
Similar:
hysteria
madness
mania

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Impasse

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Deadlock

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Colossal

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Extremely large

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Pacify

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Calm, placate

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Instrumental

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手段となる、役立つ、助けになる、役に立つ、有益な
・Your continuing support and encouragement have been instrumental in the progress I have made in my work to date. : 今日まで研究を進めることができましたのも、ひとえに貴殿のいつも変わらぬご支援と励ましのおかげでございます。
・The Red Cross’s role was instrumental in helping the peace talks work. : 赤十字の役割は和平交渉がうまくいく助けとなることだった。

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Chink

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a small narrow crack or opening:
I peered through a chink in the curtains and saw them all inside.

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Regressive

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Greater amount for those lower incomes

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Raid

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a short sudden attack, usually by a small group of people:
The commandos made/staged/carried out a daring raid (on the enemy).
planes on a bombing raid

the act of entering a place by force in order to steal from it:
Millions of dollars were stolen in a bank raid last night.

an occasion when the police enter a place suddenly in order to find someone or something:
The drugs were found during a police raid on the house.

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Caught in a middle

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In a difficult situation

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Higher-stake

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Risky

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Back off

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引き下がれ

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Feed off

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Gain strength

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Fauna

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Animals dog a particular region

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Buzz

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Full of excitement

INFORMAL
a rumor:
“there’s a strong buzz that he’s in Scotland” · ”the buzz is that he’s in big trouble”

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Saga

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Long traditional story

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En masse

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all together and at the same time, in large numbers:
The shop’s 85 workers have resigned en masse.
By early summer, hiking is less enjoyable because the mosquitoes are out en masse.

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Onerous

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Need great effort

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Vet

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to examine something or someone carefully to make certain that it is or they are acceptable or suitable:
During the war, the government vetted all news reports before they were published.
carefully vet The material was carefully vetted by lawyers to ensure it complied with the law.

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Get over something

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Deal with or gain control

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Ostentatious

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too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you:
They criticized the ostentatious lifestyle of their leaders.
an ostentatious gesture/manner

仰々しい

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Under the loop

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they are part of a group of people who make decisions about important things, or they know about these decisions.

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Spit it up

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To vomit

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Fuck up

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1.
completely mismanage or mishandle a situation.
2.
damage or confuse someone emotionally

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I’m bummed

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in low spirits : unhappy, depressed, disappointed

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No-brainer

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Very easy

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Knock your socks off

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Amazing , impressive

I’m going to take you to a restaurant that’ll knock your socks off.

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Everything in between

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ありとあらゆる

they like “ABBA to ZZ Top and everything in between”

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Get the word out

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to let people know. The police put/got the word out that they were looking for him

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Smear

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to publicly accuse someone of something unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true in order to harm their reputation:
She decided to sue for libel after the newspaper smeared her private life.

to spread something soft or wet over a surface:
Mom smeared peanut butter and grape jelly on bagels for lunch.

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Floppy

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soft and not able to keep a firm shape or position:
a floppy hat

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Analogy

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a comparison between things that have similar features, often used to help explain a principle or idea:
He drew an analogy between the brain and a vast computer.

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Fly in the ointment

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Minor problem

single thing or person that is spoiling a situation that could have been very positive or enjoyable:
I’m looking forward to Sunday, the only fly in the ointment being the fact that I’ll have to sit next to my mother-in-law.

43
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Make it happen

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やるっきゃないっしょ
実現させる

You need to make it happen!: You need to ensure that it happens, you need to do everything you can to facilitate it! idiom. “Kevin, make it happen.”

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Sear

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Scorch the surface

45
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Shenanigans

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Secret dishonest

silly behaviour that is usually not very serious or harmful:
He told stories of his childhood pranks and prep school shenanigans.

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Dab

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Press
press against (something) lightly with a piece of absorbent material in order to clean or dry it.
“he dabbed his mouth with his napkin”

47
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Purée

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うらごし

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Leading up to

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Relating to

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Tapering off

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Become less

50
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Java

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Coffee

51
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Staying power

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Keep powerful

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Placate

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Make less angry

53
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Grouchy

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Angry

54
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Finger-wagging

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Action of reprimand, warning

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Roughing out

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to quickly create something, like a drawing or list, without including all the details. For example, you might rough out a plan or a few ideas.

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Smithery

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Work made by smith

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But the right note

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Perfectly suitable

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Colllective

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Act as a group

59
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Up here

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Here, in the designated area

60
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Sidekick

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Companion

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Augmented

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Greater in size

62
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Come at a. Cost

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Cost

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Deflate

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Cause lose confidence

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Double whammy

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Double punch

a combination of two usually adverse forces, circumstances, or effects

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Trash

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Criticize severely

66
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Side bar

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Side article

67
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Stumble through

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Trip, つっかえながらなんとかする

68
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Street smart

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世馴れた
the ability to manage or succeed in difficult or dangerous situations, especially in big towns or cities:
You don’t have the street smarts to last ten minutes in New York without getting ripped off.

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Way back when

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嘗ては

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Far off

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Remote 外れる

some point in the far-off future

71
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Wait it out

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Wait

72
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We’re short in tune

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Time constraints

73
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Ear warm

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Jingle

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Burrow

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Hike, excavate

75
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Get stuck in heads

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Stick in head

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Joy out

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Stick out

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Propensity

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Tendency

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Backlash

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Strong reaction

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Accommodate

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Help, assist

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Slow to act

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腰が重い

81
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Hunker down

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to make yourself comfortable in a place or situation, or to prepare to stay in a place

82
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Let it slip

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Reveal inadvertently

83
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Off the cuff

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Impromptu

Without preparetion

84
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Whip off

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Remove swiftly

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Rub it in

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くどくど言う

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Rub off on

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to become part of someone because that person has been in a place where it was present:
I like to think that our love of reading will rub off on our children.

87
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Without further ado

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Immediately

88
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There you go

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Wonderful, exactly

89
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Scribble

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Write carelessly

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Under one’s belt

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Satisfactory achieved

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Pristine

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Original condition

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Lame

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Suck

93
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Breakthrough

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sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development.

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Chagrin

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feel distressed or humiliated. 悔しさ、残念さ 【他動】〔人を〕悔しがらせる、〔人を〕残念がらせる
“he was chagrined when his friend poured scorn on him”

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Snap out of it

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To cause one to abruptly recover from negative condition

96
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Track down

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Search

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Floozy

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woman who has a lot of sexual relationships, or who wears clothes that attract sexual attention in a way that is too obvious

98
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Bottom out

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bottomed out; bottoming out; bottoms out. : to reach a lowest or worst point usually before beginning to rise or improve. Real estate prices seem to have bottomed out, and sellers can expect to get higher prices in coming months

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Rinky-dink

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having little importance or influence, or old-fashioned or of poor quality:
Their family business is a rinky-dink operation.

100
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Hunky-dory

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If events or situations are hunky-dory, they are very satisfactory and pleasant:
everything is hunky-dory You can’t lose your temper one minute and then expect everything to be hunky-dory again the next.

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