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House Of Cards Flashcards

1
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Latched on

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Attach to

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Vital

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Important

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Keystone

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Most important stone, used figurate to mean the most part of anything

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Pettiness

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Quality of being completely unimportant.

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Lassitude

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Mental / physical weariness l.

If you are feeling lassitude, you are weary and just can’t be bothered.

A feeling of lack of interest or energy.

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Hubris

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Excessive pride or Self confidence

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Livid

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Very angry

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Allegiance.

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Never again will we allow ourselves put in the same position.

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Exalted

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Held in high regard.
In a state of extreme happiness.

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Devastated

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Highly damaging / destructive.

Cause destruction or overwhelm.

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Precious

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Time is precious.
Powerful people don’t have the luxury of foreplay.

High worth or cost.

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intrigue

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Secret plot.

Also means fascinate/ arouse interest

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Prick

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Make small holes in the surface of something.

Pricked the ballon like kids do to amuse themselves.

Also can mean penis/ dick or a stupid man

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Stumped

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Perplexed.
Noun - stump of a tree.
Verb / other meaning as well.
To be unable to solve a problem because it’s too difficult

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Ram

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Drive into with force.
The thrives fled the scene and rammed into the police vehicle.

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Do not give a hoot

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Emphasizing that you do not care about it at all.

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Dismantling

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Deconstructing/

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Formidable

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extremely impressive in strength or excellence

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Damped his mood by telling him, we just gave him a great gift.

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Relinquishing

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Give up an and abandoning a struggle or task.

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Anonymity

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State of being unknown.

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Titbit

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Small / tiny

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Divulge

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Make known to the public the information that was previously known by small group of people/ meant to be a secret

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Deep throat

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An informant who divulges damaging information under cover of anonymity

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Incendiary

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Capable of catching fire.

Inflame / causes to excite -
Make feelings stronger or stir them up.

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Monstrosity

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Something hideous that you can hardly stand to look at.

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Medieval

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Relaying to Middle Ages.

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Tranquility

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State of peace and quiet.

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Introspection

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The act of looking inside.
Thinking about your own thoughts and actions.

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Dungeon

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Dark cell.
Has other meaning look it up

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Inadmissible

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Not allowed or permitted.

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Vulgar

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Lack of sophistication / or taste

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Vulgar

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Making an explicit and offensive reference to sex / bodily functions

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Fuss

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An excited state of agitation.
An angry disturbance.

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Cut me a little slack here

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Ease up on me

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I’m a little under the weather I don’t wanna get you sick

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Slightly unwell

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Commission

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This is passing a responsibility to someone else

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Integrity

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Personal quality of fairness

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I’m taking you to task for it

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In criticism someone

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Cough it up

Informal

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give something reluctantly, especially money or information that is due or required.

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Sphincter

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Bog down

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Be stuck and unable to progress

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Height of a person is a stature

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High level of respect

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Stature

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Stature

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Formal rule of law

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Easement

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Law. Privilege of using something that is not your own.

  • easing
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Set the wheels in motion

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Begin something

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Bone of contention

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Subject or issue over which there is continuing disagreement.

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Sponge off

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Take sth from someone by taking advantage of their generosity.

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Drive a wedge between two people

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Cause disagreement / hostility

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Sarcasm

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Using the words that mean the opposite of what you really wanna say.
Insult
Show irritation
Or to be funny.

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Witch hunt

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Searching out for persecution of someone accused of

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Swinging for the fences

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Baseball hit the hard to score a home-run.

Make a big effort to do something that is very impressive and important but difficult to achieve.

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Spastic

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Affected by muscle spasm.
Involuntary contraction of muscle that is harmless but can be painful.

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Ambush

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To attack by surprise from an hidden position.

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Defies

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Refuse to obey

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Repeatedly asking someone to do something. Badgering

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He badgered her into going.

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Conjecture

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Opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

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Twinkies

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Castrated

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Queasy

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Cause nausea

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Sentimental value

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Something that you have emotional attachment to

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Messengering

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Send by messenger

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Revere

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Feel deep respective and admiration for sth/ someone.

She remained one of the most revered citizen.

Highly regarded / respected and honor

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Etymology

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Study of the history of a word.
The origin and meaning and how it has changed over time.

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Riveting

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Refers to things that really draw you in like a book you read in one sitting.
Or a music you turn up to hear every lyrics.

Things are capable of arousing and holding your attention.

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Magnificent

Largely impressive

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Inspires awe in people who see them.

Awe - feeling of fear mixed with respect and wonder

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Pull the stunt

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Do something foolish or dangerous.

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Uphill battle

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Very difficult struggle

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Breathing down my neck

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Watching very closely/ and checking everything I do

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Dentures

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A section of false teeth.

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Collude

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When you collude with someone you secretly plot together to do something bad

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Known someone down a peg

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To make (someone) feel less important or proud

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Oxymoron

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Parting is such sweet sorrow.
Words / phrase that contradicts itself.

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Don’t look a gift horse in the mount

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The saying means don’t criticize a gift even if you don’t like it.

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Invigorates

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Invigorate means to give strength or energy to something or someone

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Refreshing

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Invigorates

Invigorate means to give strength or energy to something or someone

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Illusion

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Something that’s isn’t real may look real but can be fake

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Felicity

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Felicity is a state of happiness or the quality of joy. Sitting on the roof with a telescope and iced tea on a clear, starry night is one way to find perfect felicity — a happy place

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I have a sense, you have been disseminating some misinformation.

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Crystal clear

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Badger

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Bother

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Swerve

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Rub this in or sth.
Rub it in

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to talk to someone about something that you know they want to forget because they feel bad about it:

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Violent

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Physical & emotional intensity

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Sublime

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worthy of adoration or reverenc

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Delighted

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Greatly pleased

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Revolt

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Rise up against an authority in an act of rebellion.

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Make waves

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Create significant impression

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Suck it up

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Informal.
Accept the hardship

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Cleave

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Split

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Wilderness

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Neglect/ abandon area.

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Abide

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Accept

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Exile

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Expel expulsion

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In good graces

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Liked or thought highly of by someone in authority

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Villain

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A character that is evil

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Cogent

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Clear logical and convincing

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Blow over

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Fade

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I seize the moment when the opportunity struck.

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Trot out

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Provide an explanation or piece of information that has been used many time before - informal

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Terrifying

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Ordeal

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Painful or horrific experience

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Clumsy

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Awkward

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Hollow

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Not solid

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Chalk up

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Achieve something noteworthy

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Colossal

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Extremely large

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Ringer

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Uppity

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Arrogant / self important

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Get under the skin

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Irritate or upset someone

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Provoke

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Spearhead

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Led

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Convene

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Stump

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Run , stand , or compete - first office

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Turkey shoot

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This is a situation in war where one side has overwhelming advantage.

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Crucified

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Vacillate

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Waver back and forth, unable to decide

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Chickened out

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Afraid to do sth

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Slang - crutch

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Helper / supporter

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Slang - crutch

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Helper / supporter

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Cockscrew

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Haze

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This is a fog, mist caused by particles in the air.

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Fend off

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Defend yourself against.

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Exemplifies

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Bogart

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Selfishly keep something

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Raft

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Buoyant structure used as a boat

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Dole out

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Distribute equally

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Folksy

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Sociable and friendly

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Despise

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Where do you get the gall

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Accolade

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Gift or honor

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Twiddle

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Turn in a twisting or spinning motion

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Atone

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Make something right.
Go make up for doing something.

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Blip

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Stoke

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Excited & euphoric

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The seat next to the driver

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Shotgun

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Torpedo

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Missile / bombshell fired underwater.

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Embroil

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Drag someone into a mess

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Antagonize

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Provoke hostility

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Pitch in

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Help with something

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Provost

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Senior of administrative officer in college

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Trot

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To move/ to be trotted around, to be moved around

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Grapple for

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Fight especially in order to win something

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Take a toll

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Cause adverse effect/ cause damage

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Indelibly

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Can’t be removed or erased.

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Renegades a person who deserts or betrays the organization

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Renegades

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Blatant lie

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Very obvious and offensive

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Scold

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Berate

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That’s was not part of the bargain

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That is not what we agreed

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Resolve

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Firm determination to do something.

Rebellion from all fronts, I must not lose my resolve, I will march forward even I have to do so alone.

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Lobbying

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Lobbying is any attempt by individuals or private interest groups to influence the decisions of government.

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Glimmer of good fortune

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I don’t want promises, just talk to Russo, it’ll give him a glimmer of hope/ good fortune.

Read 1000 books.

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Scandalous

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Sth that is shocking and maybe a little embarrassing or even offensive.

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Indelicate

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Offensive and rude

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Solace

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Comfort

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Duel

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Pre. Arranged fight that involve deadly weapons.

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Affront

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An action that causes offense.

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Sliver lining

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An advantage that comes from an difficult situation

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Fell off the wagon

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To start to drink after all period when you had none.

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Tie up the loose ends

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Complete parts that needed to be finished.

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Off my rocker

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Insane or not thinking properly

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Viable

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Ability to grow and function properly.

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Strong arm him

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Amenable

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open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.

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Alienate

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Make someone feel isolated.

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Adamant

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Refusing to be persuaded.

Opposite.
Amenable

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I sensed a good deal of reluctance. He needed a few days to reconsider.

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Mull over

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Time to thinking clearly about something

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Obnoxious

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Extremely unpleasant.

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Someone can be abrasive

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She can be a bit tough. Sharply disagreeable,

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Gravitas

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Seriousness and importance of manner.

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Prop someone up

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to lift and give support to something by putting something under it

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Prying

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Excessive getting interested in other persons private life. Too inquisitive.

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Blindsided caught unprepared

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Misjudged

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Booze

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Alcohol

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He was better at giving advice than following it.

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Kills both birds with one stone.

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Harass

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Aggressive pressure or intimidation

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You got enough in your plate right now.

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Break break, bacon

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Simultaneous

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Deflected

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Change of direction.

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Inclined to say no or wants to be wooed to say yes.

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Savvy

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shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgments.

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Point blank

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Stomping through the woods today

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Theory without evidence

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Speculate

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I have a distaste for hypothetical just like you have a distaste for speculation,

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Ambush

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Surprise attack

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Voracious

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Insatiable.

Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.

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Shackle myself to people I don’t know

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Farce

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it’s used to describe something that is supposed to be serious but has turned ridiculous.

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Vocation

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Particular occupation

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Envelop

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Verb. Second syllable stress/
Surround with something

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Hiatus

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a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.

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Pound the pavement walk in the street in an effort to accomplish something

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Revel in the

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get great pleasure from/ enjoy.

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Lure

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Blabbing

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Secret - reveal secret

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Karma

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Destiny - fate

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Cry foul to the ref

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protest strongly about a real or imagined wrong or injustice.

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Incompetent

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Unskilled

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Mediocre

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Incompetent / not very good

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Combative

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Ready and eager to fight.

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Pragmatic

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dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
“a pragmatic approach to business ethics”

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indentured servitude

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Indentured. Formal contract.

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Servitude

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Being a slave to someone more powerful

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Stale

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The food no longer fresh or pleasant to eat.

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Smear

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Damage the reputation of someone

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Forsaken

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Abandon / desert

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Get out if your jam

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Get out of a bad situation

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Ripped up

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Confines

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Bounded scope

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Be a fly on the wall

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Unnoticeable observer of a particular situation.

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Concierge

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Hotel employee who assists guest

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Over the edge

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into a mental or emotional state that makes someone completely lose control

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Drive into the ground

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Under the gun

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Under a lot pressure

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Askew

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Not a straight / level position

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We have you in the ropes

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On the verge of defeat or collapse/ helpless

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Take the plunge

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Make a decision to do something especially after thinking about it for long time.

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Hysterectomy

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Procedure to remove the uterus.

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Wild goose chase

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Foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable

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Slings and arrows

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Unpleasant things that happen to you, and that are not your fault.

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Turbulence

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Stodgy

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Dull and out of style/ even hard to digest.

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Ulterior motive

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Concealed meaning / intention of doing something.

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Step it up a notch

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Increase the effort or intensity exerted in a situation

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Knee jerk reactionn

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Irrational , impatient

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Savor these moments

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When you savor something you enjoyed it to the fullest.

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At my discretion

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done if, how, when, etc., someone chooses to do it.

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Re-evaluate

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Re examine

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Slop

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Endorse

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Severance

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Dismissed from employment. Fired. Discharged.

An action of ending a connection or relationship

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Wither

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Withers

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Become dry and shriveled.

Wrinkled and contracted . Droop

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Bellman also known bellhop

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Photogenic.

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Sodomize

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Have anul intercourse with someone

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Slinging

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Throwing

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Junkets

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Preposterous

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contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.

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Circumstantial

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Full details or specific about something

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Implicate

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To connect / involve in something

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Incriminate

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Make someone appear guilty of wrongdoing

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Disheveled

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Extremely disorderly.

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Junkets

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Pleasure trip often paid by someone else.

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Proxy

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A person authorized to act for another

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Insulate

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Bankrolling

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Support someone financially.

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Hands are tied

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Unable to act freely because sth is preventing it / law / rule

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Condone

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Allows / accept

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Far fetched

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Unlikely/ unconvincing and implausible

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Speculate

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Theory without evidence.

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Recant

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Take back

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Tizzy

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State of nervous excitement/ agitation

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Clench

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Press or squeeze tightly.
Clenching fist.

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Flinch

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Make a quick nervous movement in reaction to fear/ or surprise

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Hesitant

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Brute

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Savagely violent person /animal.

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Pull a rabbit out of the hat

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to find or obtain a sudden solution to a problem

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Prerogative

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An exclusive privilege or right

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Infiltrate

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Enter or gain access to

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Mercenaries

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Walk on eggshells

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Be very cautious

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Derisive

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Expressing contempt or ridicule,

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Unsubstantiated

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Combat

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Combative

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Eager to fight / contend

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Put your neck in the noose

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to deliberately do something which will put you in danger or in a difficult situation.

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Slurp

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Sucking your food noisily into your mouth.

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I’m in a Pickle

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I’m a mess/ difficult situation

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Whisk

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Lambaste

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Criticize harshly

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Pervert

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People with sexual behaviours that are considered unacceptable

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Maniac

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Psycho

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Humming

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Riveting rivet - faster that holds sth closed/ down.

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Riveting - keeps you glued to your seat or and grabs your attention

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Dead in the water

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you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future.

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Slander

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Action or crime of making false statements.

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Heartstrings

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Your deepest feelings of love and compassion.

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Confer

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Discuss / exchange opinions

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Goad

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Provoke

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Concoction

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a mixture of various ingredients or elements.

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Concoction

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Elaborate story especially fabrication.

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Disguise

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Hand in glove

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Work together

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Phytoplankton and a whale

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Symbiotic relationship

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Sneak / snuck

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Abate

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Disservice

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Harmful action

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Dismantles

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Take into pieces

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Disingenuous

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Not truthful

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Registration

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295
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Court someone

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Date, or be involved with romantically, typically with the intention of marrying.

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296
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He won’t budge

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297
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Medieval

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Something so backwards that it can be practically be from the Middle Ages.
Character from medieval like cruelty.

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Inscribe

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299
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Extend an olive branch

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Offer to make peace or reconcile.

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Grind to a halt

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Gradually slow down or loss momentum and then stop altogether.

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Furlough

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suspension or discharge of a worker or workers on account of economic conditions or shortage of work,

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Cobbled together

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To do something very quickly and not very carefully.

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Deaf ears

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Fail to be heard

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Hubcaps

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A part of a wheel covering

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Endowed

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Provided or equipped with

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Revolt

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Rise up against the authority

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Imminent

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About to happen

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Traction

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The support and interest needed for something to make progress or succeed.

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Drag someone down

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Appeal

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Not as inlaw.
I should have thought about this before, appeal to the heart and not the brain.
Arouse sympathetic response.

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Conviction

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Can also mean, a firmly held believe, or opinion.
I admire your convictions

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You become immune to flattery.

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If it did it won’t deserve as a compliment in the first place.

Something that won’t soften my resolve.

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Loafers

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I’m gonna stick to my guns on this one.

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To vote yes without a moment hesitation.

A
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Contributed an awful lot to your campaign

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He was insulted

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318
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Assaulting the target

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Accolade

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Mark of acknowledgment

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320
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Recliner has a cup of holder

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Dignify

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Make it see worthy or impressive.

I’m not gonna dignify that with an answer.

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Enigma

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Puzzling

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Spinsters

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Unmarried woman

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Elegant

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Pleasingly grateful, stylish in appearance, or manner.

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Scrutinized

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Critical observation.

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Nitpicking

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Finding and pointing minor faults

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327
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Loosen his grip

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Why the sudden change of heart

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329
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I’m here as long as necessary.

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330
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Enactment

A

Process of making the law.

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Brawl

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Fight/ quarrel in a rough or noisy way.

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332
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Sweep under the rag

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333
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Off the bitten path

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Isolated place.

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The directions were great, easy as pie.

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Vilify

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Spread negative information about.

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336
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Frenzy

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Could raise eyebrows

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Suspicion

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Illustrious

A

Been lustrous.

For example. When someone has had successful work history, you may say their career is illustrious.
Well known, respected admired for past achievements.

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Lustrous

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It’s brilliant in a shiny sense.

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Tout

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Praise, boat , brag about something

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Proclaim

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Declares

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Don’t inflate your status

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You are nothing but errand boy

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Delegates

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Representatives

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Behest

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Persons orders or command.

We are here behest of our mutual friend 4

345
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Bypass him

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346
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Dodging

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347
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Revive

A

Restore

348
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Back channel

A

Method of communication or discussion that is not direct or made public.

349
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Ascribe

A

Attribute

350
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Faint - barely perceptible.

A

Faintest shift

351
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Trepidation

A

Fear or anxiety about something.

352
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Hyperbolic

A

Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness

353
Q

Where are your allegiances to x or Y.

Silence, they were two mistake, they were two mistake, both of them mine.

A
354
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Accusations/

A
355
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Sacred

A

Hallowed. Connected to God

356
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Scalp a ticket. Sell a ticket often for profit.

A
357
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Indifferent

A

Have no particular interest

358
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Rattled

A

Make feel nervous

359
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Precludes

A

Prevent from happening

360
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Parry

A

Block or evade a movement.

361
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Worthy his salt

A

Competent at his job. Good at his job.

362
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Be on the ropes

A

Be in serious trouble/ likely to fail.

363
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Hook

A

Device, also in boxing , hard swinging hit made by bent elbow.

364
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Attribution

A
365
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Carrot and the stick

A

Carrot - reward / stick - punishment.

366
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Sidetracked

A
367
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Conduit

A

Artificial channel in which water is conveyed.

368
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Concoct

A

Fabricate

369
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Lock horns

A

Engage in conflict.

370
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Mound

A

A rounded mass projecting above a surface.

371
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Colluding

A

Conspire

372
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Duke it out

A

To fight

373
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Strong arm

A

Force / violence

374
Q

Devolve grow worse

A

Pass on or delegate

375
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Nuptial

A

Wedding

376
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in someone’s good graces,”

A

You regard them with favor

377
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Self assertion

A

Confidence that you have in speaking firmly about your opinion and demanding the rights that you believe you should have.

378
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Brash

A

Self assertive in a rude noisy and overbearing way. Overbearing tending to overwhelm.

379
Q

Notch in the belt

A

Remarkable Success or achievement.

380
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Conjure up

A

Present to the mind, imagine

381
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Broth

A

Soup with meat and vegetables

382
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Accomplice

A
383
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Abet

A

Encourage . Abetting a crime.

384
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Sabotage

A

Deliberate destroy or damage

385
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Being taken

A

Very interested or attracted to.

386
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Hard to swallow

A

Difficult to believe or accept.

387
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Toy ing

A

Play with

388
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Bend over backwards

A

Try very hard to do something good or helpful

389
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Discredit everything I say. Say not to be true/ correct.

A
390
Q

I held my end of the bargain.

A
391
Q

You are on the verge of making an irreversible mistake Mr president.

A
392
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Adrift

A

Left to float not being tied it anchored

393
Q

Pony up

A

Pay money for

394
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Thwacking

A

Hit something making a short loud sound.

395
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Prosecution - criminal matters or plaintiff in civil matters

A

Defendant . The accused

396
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Prospects

A

Possibility if something good might happen in the future.

397
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Feline

A

Cat / member of cat family.

398
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Take your offer under advisement

A
399
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Mezzanine

A

a low story between two others in a building, typically between the ground and first floors.

400
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Sapping

A

Drain / deplete something over time.

401
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Sumptuous

A

Splendid & expensive looking

402
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Meddling

A

Getting involved in something despite that fact that your participation is completely unwanted.

403
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Scramble

A

Move quickly in a disorganized fashion like people running to get out of rain.

404
Q

Wave the wand

A

Make a bad/difficult situation better even though it’s impossible.

405
Q

Punching bag. As idiom

A

A person who is criticized or punished as a way of other people to express angry feelings.

406
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Lashed out

A
407
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Desolate

A

Feels deserted lonely

For a place, there nothing there.

408
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Buzzing

A
409
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Serial Monogamists

A
410
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Blanket

A

Broad

411
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Galvanize

A

Stimulate or incite someone into action.

412
Q

Blatant , condone, egregious - outstanding bad, shocking

A
413
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Spell out

A

Explain in detail

414
Q

Bereaved

A

In deep sorrow for losing their loved one.

415
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Gossip mongering

A

Promoting/ spreading

416
Q

Im gonna turn in

A

I’m gonna go to bed

417
Q

Upward mobility has ceiling with the underwood’s.

A
418
Q

Intertwined

A
419
Q

Invariably

A

in every case or on every occasion; always.

420
Q

Sticking up

A

Informal word.

Stands for rob.

421
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Flack

A

Publicist

422
Q

Fictitious

A

Not real/ true

423
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Vehemently

A

Do with energy and passion

424
Q

Worked up

A

Upset/ angry

425
Q

Overtures

A

Can mean. A suggestion designed to get a reaction.
Can also mean a piece of music played before a an opera.

426
Q

Contingency

A

An event you not sure it will happen or not.

427
Q

Bow out

A

To give up something

428
Q

Loathed

A

Intense dislike

429
Q

Libelous

A

Harmful and often untrue

430
Q

Not bat an eye / eyelash.

A

Not showing a sign of surprise or worry when something unexpected happen.

431
Q

Desperate men are capable of anything

A
432
Q

Thank you for that unsolicited advice

A
433
Q

We can’t make an allegation we can’t back up.

A
434
Q

Inclination

A

Leaning towards

435
Q

I’ll steal you back in a heartbeat

A
436
Q

The story just broke.

A
437
Q

Give out

A

Run out. Completely used up.

438
Q

Presuming guilt before innocence

A

I’m a lawyer, I presume nothing the public does not a law degree.

439
Q

Your advisement has been is noted

A
440
Q

Lose steam - reduce intensity of something

A
441
Q

I don’t peddle my goods for who pays the highest retainer.

A

Peddle try to sell.
Retainer a fee paid in advance.

442
Q

Case in point

A

An instance or example that illustrates what is being discussed.

443
Q

You can’t have it both ways

A

You can’t have your have your cake and eat it.

444
Q

Awestruck

A

To be awestruck is to be full of complete wonder, amazement, or dread for something.

445
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Liberty

A

Freedoms of choice / freedom

446
Q

Demolish

A
447
Q

Matching orders

A

Instruction for superior officer.

448
Q

Proactive can appear defensive

A
449
Q

Delegate, contract, compromises, authority over him.

A
450
Q

Throttle

A

Device controlling flow of power / fuel into an engine.
We are flying full throttle into a hurricane and you are talking about office politics instead of focusing so we don’t get ripped apart.

451
Q

Despair

A

Complete loss or absence of hope

452
Q

Plastered

A

Given a lot of space on the page and made very noticeable

453
Q

Allude

A

Suggest

454
Q

Noncommittal

A

Not showing or revealing commitment to define an opinion or course of action

455
Q

Be at liberty to do something

A

Be allowed to do something.

456
Q

Grasping at straws

A

Trying to find someway to succeed when nothing you choose is likely to work

457
Q

Intractable

A
458
Q

You seem more concerned than you are letting on

A
459
Q

Whirring

A
460
Q

Jack of all trades

A
461
Q

Anything and everything you ask of me

A
462
Q

Inkling

A

A slight knowledge or suspicion; hint

463
Q

Volunteer them, as a gesture of cooperation, don’t her poring golf everyone of my comings and going.

A
464
Q

Ostensibly

A

Ostensibly is an adverb you use to talk about something that looks one way, but underneath there’s the hint of a different motivation for that action.

465
Q

You really gonna toss yourself off the cliff for frank.

A

I have zero allegiance for the underwood’s

466
Q

Supremely disappointed

A
467
Q

Phenomenal

A

Extraordinary

468
Q

Orchestrated deception

A
469
Q

Before I have proof to substantiate that

A
470
Q

The buck stops with me

A

you have to take responsibility for something and will not try to pass the responsibility on to someone else

471
Q

Keep the watch as token of good faith

A
472
Q

Prerogative

A

Exclusive right or privilege

473
Q

Emancipation

A
474
Q

Prestigious

A
475
Q

Devastated

A

Destroyed

476
Q

Achilles eel

A

specific weakness or vulnerability that might lead to failure

477
Q

Resolute

A

Purposeful and determined person, someone who wants to do something defy much and don’t let anything in his way.

478
Q

Not full time damage control, I’m trying to be productive.

A

You are telling me go undermine the president.

Will that be too bad, will you not stand to benefit, wouldn’t the country.

479
Q

Speculate

A
480
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Of one’s own accord

A

voluntarily or without outside intervention.

481
Q

Pop out of the woodwork

A

Appear suddenly usually because one has seen the opportunity to take advantage of.

482
Q

Inexcusable

A

Too bad to be justified or tolerated

483
Q

Beside himself

A

Over one with worry or anger, distraught

484
Q

Amplified that perception

A
485
Q

Oblique

A

In a slanting position or direction.

Figuratively, indirect or purposefully misleading

486
Q

Don’t let things get under your skin

A
487
Q

Naive, I’m the one who pulled you from under the cover, you were hiding, you and your bills, and you tell yourself whatever you want.

A
488
Q

Disconcerting

A

Making one feel unsettled

489
Q

Wither on the vine

A

fail to be implemented or dealt with because of neglect or inaction.

490
Q

Reverence

A

Deep respect for someone or something.

491
Q

Deride

A

Express contempt or ridicule

492
Q

Ruthless pragmatism.

A

Three of us, we are cut from the same cloth.

493
Q

Predicament

A
494
Q

Lying through his teeth

A

To tell someone something that you know is completely false

495
Q

Contention

A

Heated disagreement.

496
Q

You can teach an old liberal an old trick.

A
497
Q

Throw the towel

A

Stop trying something because you realized you can’t not succeed.

498
Q

Whip votes

A

Exert pressure on the member by a leader to vote the way leadership wants.

Whip can figuratively mean, to pushing someone / enforce discipline on the party of others.

499
Q

Hubris is giving you delusions grandeur

A

Grandeur

500
Q

Downer

A

A drug that reduces excitability and calms the person.

501
Q

Surefire

A

Certain to be successful

502
Q

Resonate

A

Be received or understood.

503
Q

Squeaks by

A

Informal

Succeed something by a very narrow margin

504
Q

I’ll file the dice / I’ll take the chances.

A
505
Q

I wrecked them I can repair them

A
506
Q

Despair

A

A complete loss or absence of hope

507
Q

A shadow of the doubt

A
508
Q

Scruples

A

Is kind like having conscience. Morals / scruples make you act a certain way you think is right

509
Q

Elicits fear /

A
510
Q

Fall on one’s sword

A

to resign from one’s position as a result of failure, wrongdoing, etc

511
Q

I’ll sing for my super me. I don’t expect it for free.

A
512
Q

Leap

A

Jump

513
Q

You want me to leap off a cliff and hope for a soft landing beneath.

A

Power vs money he said. He was half right, power if better than money as long as it lasts, but it never lasts.

514
Q

Relinquish

A

Voluntarily cease to keep or claim. Give up

515
Q

Embroil

A

Involve deeply in an argument, conflict or difficult situation.

516
Q

Retribution

A

Punished inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.

517
Q

Beacon

A

Lighthouse or any other signal of guidance.

518
Q

I can never fill your show sir.

A

to take the place and assume the obligations of another person.

519
Q

Inconclusive

A

Not leading to a firm conclusion.

520
Q

Uphill battle

A

Requires a great deal of determination and strength

521
Q

Rumblings

A

Loud low sounds of confines noise.

522
Q

Devoted

A
523
Q

Hinges on that

A
524
Q

Not pull any punches

A

Speak in an honest way without trying to be kind

525
Q

Dilettante

A

an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge.

526
Q

Linking arms

A

Collaborate with someone

527
Q

Allegiance

A
528
Q

Ingrate

A

Ungrateful person

529
Q

Go bat for

A

To promote the interest or cause of an advocate

530
Q

Matriculate

A

Be enrolled at a college or university

531
Q

Husky

A
532
Q

Preempt

A

Take action to prevent something from happening

533
Q

Quell

A

To thorough overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity.

534
Q

Grandstanding

A

Derogatory.
Showing off.

535
Q

County lines

A

The boundary between two country

536
Q

Take the gloves off

A

Be ready to act in uncompromising or ruthless way

537
Q

Fill me in.

A
538
Q

To in

A

Kill/ tire someone

539
Q

Give someone a run for his money

A

Not to let someone to win easily.

540
Q

Singing for my super

A

Work hard for one’s pay or reward

541
Q

Eclipse

A

Obscure, darken.

542
Q

Eclipses

A

Overshadow, be greater in significant than , dominate.

543
Q

Maim

A

Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfigure or mutilation.

544
Q

Burn through

A

I’m not like other lawyers you burn through.

Use quickly.

545
Q

Stomp

A

Walk with heavy steps

546
Q

Throw tantrums

A

lose their temper in a noisy and uncontrolled way.

547
Q

Thorn on your side

A

Annoy you.

When someone is a thorn in your side.
A continuous problem to annoy you.

548
Q

Light touch vs tough love

A
549
Q

You recently taken up surfing

A
550
Q

Crawling with something

A

Covered with full if something.

It’s crisping with artist out there. She might find something she likes.

551
Q

Intrigued

A

Arouse curiosity / interest/ fascinate.

552
Q

Waive

A

Refrain from applying

553
Q

Stop

A

Refrain

554
Q

Acclimate

A

To adapt someone to the new climate, environment,situation or altitude.

555
Q

Woo

A

You are being charming to make them love you.

556
Q

Deferential

A

Show or express respect or high regard due a superior or elder.

557
Q

Coming off as patronizing.

A

apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority; condescending.

558
Q

Overshadow

A

Appear much more prominent or important

559
Q

Antagonize

A

Make them hostile and unfriendly.

Provoke someone to act angrily.

560
Q

Crooked

A

Bent, twisted out of place or out of place.

561
Q

Cower

A

Is to shrink in fear.

562
Q

Clamor

A

Shout loud and insistently.

563
Q

Was trying to spare you little feelings,
Where is your happy meter now.

A
564
Q

Deference

A

Humble submission and respect.

565
Q

Hardhead

A

Stubborn

566
Q

Shrewd

A

If you are shrewd in your spending, you can make a small salary go a long way. Use the adjective shrewd to describe a person or thing that is smart or clever in a practical sort of way.

567
Q

Savvy

A

Shrewdness and practical knowledge, the ability to make good judgments

568
Q

Irrevocable

A

Not being able to be reversed, changed or recovered. Final.

Irrevocable step.

569
Q

Radical

A

Something considered extremist or very different from what has come before it. Call it radical.

570
Q

Egotistical, self-centered, egomaniac

A

Arising from exaggerated sense of self importance.

571
Q

unscrupulous

A

Having or showing no moral principles/ not honest or fair.

572
Q

Moratorium

A

Temporary suspension of an activity or law.

573
Q

Shifting under our feet

A

Situation that constantly changing and can be unpredictable and challenging

574
Q

Slugfest

A

Tough and challenging contest.

575
Q

Detainment

A

Arrested

576
Q

Decorum

A

Proper and polite behavior

577
Q

Reprimand

A
578
Q

Tarnish

A

Stain, tainted, spoilt

579
Q

Scrub the stink out of this office

A

Also run, help me convince him.

580
Q

Obscene

A

Offensive to moral principles.

581
Q

Palatable

A

Acceptable to the taste and mind

582
Q

Indulge

A

You enjoy it take part in something just because you want to.

583
Q

Recklessly bold

A

Foolhardy

584
Q

Torment

A

Make suffer emotionally or mentally

585
Q

Roll over

A
586
Q

Lean

A

Incline your body against it. Lean on a wall.
Rely for moral support - lean on your friends during the period of distress.

Thin - lean.

587
Q

Collude

A

Conspire.

Secretly plan/ plot together to do something bad.

588
Q

In contention

A

Having a good chance of success.

589
Q

Atrophy

A
590
Q

Set in stone

A

Definite

591
Q

Revere

A

Feel deep respect or admiration for

592
Q

Depose

A

Move from office suddenly and forcefully.

593
Q

Depose

A

Law.

Testing or give evidence under oath.

594
Q

Disposed

A

Have a preference for, inclined.

595
Q

Partake

A

Eat or drink

596
Q

Tyrant

A

Cruel and tyrant leader.

597
Q

Atrophy

A

Can be used to describe things that go dull due to lack of use.

Decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse.

598
Q

Outlook

A

Describe your believe about the future.

599
Q

Perversion

A

the alteration of something from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended.

600
Q

Orchestra

A

A group of people that plays classical music.

601
Q

Conductor

A

Guide for orchestra or train conductor in judge of managing passengers onboard.

602
Q

Delectable

A

Delicious

603
Q

Delight

A

It’s a source of joy,
Delight is to cause pleasure.

604
Q

Delight

A

Someone or something that causes happiness.

605
Q

Vehement

A

Showing strong feeling, forceful, passionate and intense.

606
Q

Clemency

A

Lenience, mercy.

The clemency your gesture demonstrates.

607
Q

Regret exposing , to non traditional sexual attitudes.

A
608
Q

It’s far from ideal, the is no ideal other than repealing

A

Repealing - revoke, annulment.

609
Q

Ancillary

A

Subordinate, subsidiary , auxiliary , supplementary.

610
Q

Everything hinges on this.

A

He is adamant

611
Q

I don’t want the deal to fall apart anymore than you do.

A
612
Q

Applauded

A

Praise by clapping or showing approval.

613
Q

Topple

A

Overbalance, become unsteady and fall slowly.

614
Q

Barbaric

A

Savagely cruel, exceedingly brutal.

615
Q

Endearing

A

Arousing the feeling of affection and admiration.

616
Q

Endearing

A

Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.

Adorable.

617
Q

Charisma

A

A personal interestingness and attractiveness that enables you to influence others.

618
Q

Paranoia

A

Unjustified suspicion and mistrust of other people or their actions.

I’m finding it more and more difficult to tolerate your paranoia.

I could say the same with your lies.

619
Q

Imminent

A

About to happen.

620
Q

Is this some sort of apology or you just want to get something off your chest.

A
621
Q

Moral epiphany

A

Sudden and striking realization.

Epiphany.

622
Q

Pucker

A

Wrinkled

Puckered face.

623
Q

Trifecta

A

Horse racing bet where the bettor predicts which horses finish first, second and theirs in correct order.

The meaning has broadened to mean three desirable things for example ending hunger, curing cancer and putting an end to war.

624
Q

Budging

A

Change an opinion / stance.

625
Q

Scald

A

To burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam.

To subject to the action of boiling water.

To bring to the temperature just below the boiling point.

626
Q

It’s my fault you have no contingency, I’m surprised and dare I say disappointed.

A
627
Q

She gets in my nerves.

A
628
Q

Salacious

A

Characterized by excess or improper emphasis on sexual matters.

I have no interest in salaciousness.

629
Q

Intransigent

A

Refuse or unwilling to change one’s view or opinion on something.

630
Q

Sabotage

A
631
Q

We always anticipate a certain level of graft.

A

Anticipate/ expect.
Graft - bribery or corruption.

632
Q

Egregious

A

Outstandingly bad and shocking.

633
Q

Hobble

A

Walk in an awkward way due to injury.

634
Q

You singled me out today on purpose.

A

If I invite into the meetings there won’t be any kid gloves

Treat someone with kid gloves - treat them gently and carefully.

635
Q

Amateurish

A

Unskilled or inept.

In ept - not showing no skill.

636
Q

Baton

A

Stick handled from one runner to the next in a running race.

637
Q

Skeptical

A

Doubtful

638
Q

Don’t forget to layer up during the winter.

A
639
Q

Hastily

A

Quickly

640
Q

Scribble away

A

To write down very quickly especially using the hand

641
Q

Crashing your party

A

Come / attend the party uninvited.

642
Q

Solicit

A

Ask or try to obtain .

That’s not a way to solicit our support, I am not soliciting, I am demanding.

643
Q

Resolute

A

Someone who purposeful and determined , wants something do much that he don’t let anything come in the way.

644
Q

Prerogative

A

An exclusive privilege or right.

645
Q

Why are you up all in my business.

A
646
Q

Overreacting

A

Acting more emotional than can be justified.

647
Q

Gavel

A

Court gavel

648
Q

Meek

A

Quit, gentle and easily imposed on/ submissive.

Imposed on - force to be accepted or put in place.

649
Q

Hands are tied

A

Unable to act freely because something takes prevents them.

650
Q

Reckless abandon

A

In a very wild and reckless way

651
Q

Dissent

A

Publicly disagree with an official opinion or decision.

652
Q

To object

A

To show disapproval or disagreement

653
Q

Appealing

A

Make a serious or urgent request.

654
Q

Cynical

A

Believing that people are motivated purely by self interest. Distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

I’m not appealing to the cynical side.

It pales in comparison to what we are trying to achieve.

655
Q

Sticking to your guns and give them sometime.

A

It could turn or dissipate.

656
Q

Dissipate

A

Disappear or cause to disappear.

657
Q

Rampant

A

Wild or out of control.

Children might run rampant in the shopping mall.

658
Q

The odds are stacked against you,

A
659
Q

Heed

A

Pay attention to , take notice of.

660
Q

Crisis

A

Difficult situation trouble or danger..

Maybe we should wait before we consider this a crisis.

661
Q

You are blowing this out of proportion.

A
662
Q

How long how you gonna hang that over my head.

A

I’d like you want me fire you.,

You couldn’t and you know, at least not now.

663
Q

May I offer you some advise sir.

A
664
Q

Tangentially

A

In a way that relates slightly to the matter.

It doesn’t tangentially relate to the issue at hand.

665
Q

Prologue

A

Introduction to the literary work.

666
Q

Vignette

A

Brief but powerful scene. / short stories.

667
Q

That’s a turn handshake you have.

A
668
Q

A few I can live with that.

A

I’m okay with it.

669
Q

Stewards

A

One employee in a large household to manage domestic concerns.

Shitehouse stewards.

670
Q

Immense

A

Large in size or intensity

671
Q

Take the wind out of sail

A

To cause someone to loose confidence or energy.

672
Q

Bird chirps

A
673
Q

Foment

A

Stir up public opinion.

674
Q

Shedding tears

A
675
Q

Devolve

A

Get worse instead of better.

You can’t let the situation devolve to something nobody can control.

676
Q

Objective

A

Our goal.

677
Q

Debris

A
678
Q

You are certain

A

Yes I am.

679
Q

I want to give my condolences in person.

A

Chauffeurs - handles other people’s cars.

680
Q

If you had one ounce of decency.

A
681
Q

Covert

A

Secret or hidden

Conducting covert operations.

682
Q

Devised

A

Designed

683
Q

Cessation

A

A temporary or final ceasing - as of action.

684
Q

Severed

A

Having been cut off or sliced off.

685
Q

Reprisal

A

Act of retaliation.

686
Q

Thrilled

A

Very excited , filled with the pleasure

687
Q

Reservation

A

Unstated doubts that prevent you from accepting something wholeheartedly.

688
Q

Fortified

A

Strengthened and protected.

689
Q

Squat

A

Can also mean to occupy illegally.

690
Q

Formative

A

Something that made you who you are.

Describes something that made you who you are.

691
Q

Cleft lip & cleft palate

A
692
Q

Cozy up somebody

A

To act in a friendly way towards someone.

693
Q

At the verge

A

At the edge of doing something.

694
Q

Negligence

A

The act of abandoning something.

695
Q

Bludgeon

A

Beat repeatedly with a bludgeon or heavy object.

We bludgeon his reputation

696
Q

Silver spoon in her mouth.

A

Easy life

697
Q

It’s a pity how much ruthless pragmatism is weighed down by family values.

A
698
Q

Brood

A

A group of animals

Brood of chickens.

699
Q

Brood over

A

Think deeply about something that makes one unhappy.

700
Q

Horrendous

A

Extremely unpleasant, horrifying and terrible.

701
Q

You are not padding the resume but you are fabricating it.

A
702
Q

Indefensible

A

Not defensible.

703
Q

Misconstrue

A

Interpret wrongly

704
Q

Confront

A
705
Q

Germophobe

A

Fear of germs

706
Q

Shriek

A
707
Q

Be up to neck in work

A

Be very involved in a situation or to have too much of the thing stated.

708
Q

Disgruntled

A

Angry and dissatisfied

709
Q

Crescent

A

Shape

710
Q

Anguish

A

Severe physical or emotional pain or distress.

711
Q

Agonize

A

When you worry excessive about something you agonize about it.

712
Q

Crib

A

A young one’s bed.

713
Q

Fall iff the wagon

A

Return to drinking

714
Q

Admonish

A

Warm and reprimand someone firmly.

715
Q

Aspersions

A

To attack one’s reputation or integrity of someone or something

To cast aspersions on his character is proof of desperation.

716
Q

Charlatan

A

One who pretends to have knowledge

717
Q

Deranged

A

Crazy, insane

718
Q

Slay

A

Kill in a violent way

719
Q

He tried to slay the dragon he missed the mark now he has to face the fire.

A
720
Q

Accentuate

A

It’s gonna accentuate all take wrong places.

Make prominent / noticeable.

721
Q

She never relented on the face of adversity

A
722
Q

Whack

A
723
Q

Stables

A

Horse facilities.

Seize to amaze

724
Q

Dissuade

A

Opposite of persuade

725
Q

Be over backwards

A

Try very hard to do something

726
Q

Correlated

A

Having a mutual relationship/ connection in which one things affects the other.

727
Q

Avery

A

Turn away

728
Q

Incapacitated

A

Lacking in or deprived of strength or power.

729
Q

Disarray

A

Confused and disorganized

730
Q

Battling

A

We can keep fighting with you on this

731
Q

Strip away the entire department

A

To remove.
To gradually reduce something important or something that existed for a long time.

732
Q

Fathom

A

Understand the difficult situation after much thought.

Smear us.
Destroy someone’s reputation.

733
Q

Ruffled

A

To make someone loose their composure.
To upset someone.

734
Q

Clamor

A

Make a demand loudly.

The crowd clamored to see the president.

735
Q

Decoy

A

Used to lure

736
Q

Ploy

A

Clever plan that you use to get what you want

737
Q

Off the hook

A

No loger in a difficult situation or trouble

738
Q

Hone in

A

Moving forward or focus attention

739
Q

Deafening

A

So loud that make it impossible to hear.

740
Q

Contenders

A

Folks vying for a positions.

741
Q

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure

A
742
Q

Pry it off

A

Use a lever to get something off something else.

743
Q

Suspicious

A
744
Q

Bites the dust

A

Fail or comes to an end

745
Q

Despise

A

Look down on someone with disrespect

746
Q

Disillusion

A

Make something realize that their belief isn’t not true.

747
Q

Ex parte

A

Legal.

On or from one side or party only.

748
Q

Optometrist

A

Testing eyes and correcting them with glasses and contact lens.

749
Q

Billigerent

A

Eager to fight. Hostile and aggressive.

750
Q

Relentless

A

Never ceasing.

When you are relentless about something you mean business, you ain’t stopping until you get it done.

751
Q

Acrimonious

A

Anger and bitter.

Acrimonious dispute about the wages.

752
Q

Dissent

A

Differ in opinion.

Withhold assent or approval.

Assent.
To agree or approve.

753
Q

Faction

A

A small organized dissenting group that is within a large one.

Factional - dissentious

754
Q

Despair

A

Complete loss or absence of hope

755
Q

Dreary

A

Depressing an lifeless in a rainy day way.

Dreary

I finished work and there was nothing on TV, and the rain wouldn’t stop: What a dreary day.

756
Q

Groomy

A
757
Q

Bleak

A
758
Q

Stratospheric

A

Extremely high.

759
Q

Covet

A

Desire and envy.

Covert
- secretly.
Overt - openly.

760
Q

Stoop so low

A

Lower your moral standards.

761
Q

Redeem

A

To compensate/ make up for the bad aspect of.

Recover/ regain your possession in exchange of a payment.

762
Q

Prevail

A

To become dominant , to succeed , to successfully persuade someone of something.

763
Q

On someone’s heel

A

In close pursuit, immediately behind

764
Q

Indelicate

A

Lack of propriety

765
Q

Eloped

A

Run away secretly to get married. Especially without parent consent.

766
Q

Fiasco

A

A complete failure.

767
Q

Partinent

A

Relevant

768
Q

Its all hands on deck

A

A situation that requires everyone to work hard in order to achieve a goal

769
Q

Grapevine

A

Gossip

770
Q

Deplorable

A

Very poor condition

771
Q

Bigotry

A

Bigot

When a person is intolerant of other people’s idea/ race / religions.

772
Q

Conversely

A

On the opposite or on the other hand

773
Q

Vilified

A

Spread nasty stories about someone

774
Q

Have an axe to grind

A

Have a private reason for doing it being involved in something.

775
Q

Total

A

Can mean damage beyond repair

776
Q

Elemental

A

Basic / primary / essential

777
Q

Obliterate

A

Annihilate

778
Q

Combatant

A

A person engaged in fighting during the war.

He is an enemy combatant

779
Q

Pummel

A

Strike repeatedly with a fist.

780
Q

Deterred

A

Hindered

781
Q

Virtually

A

Nearly or almost.
I came virtually bankrupt.

782
Q

Consolidate

A

Bring together

783
Q

Provincial

A

Country person.
Of or concerning a province.

784
Q

Thwart

A

Prevent someone from achieving something

785
Q

Enormously grateful

A
786
Q

Alimony

A

Spousal mantainance

787
Q

Phone it in

A

With low enthusiasm and effort.

788
Q

She called it

A

Make correct and accurate predictions/ guess.

789
Q

Confidant

A

A person you share secret with

790
Q

Conflagration

A

Fire especially large disastrous fire

791
Q

Kindling

A

Small combustible sticks used for starting fire.

792
Q

Use what is in front and still make it work

A

Otherwise it’s a failure of imagination.

793
Q

Begets

A

Give rise to.

794
Q

Violence cannot beget apathy.

A
795
Q

Clobbered

A

Hit hard

796
Q

Resonance

A

Deep voice or powerful ladting effects.

797
Q

Concede

A
798
Q

Disarray

A

Confused and disorganized

799
Q

Twilight

A

A condition of decline following successes.

800
Q

Sully

A

To attack someone’s good name and try to ruin his reputation.

801
Q

Defer

A

To comply with another his opinion or wishes.

Put things first a later date.

802
Q

Entrenched

A

Often refers to views people hold very strongly.

803
Q

They are more entrenched than ever.

A
804
Q

Evangelical

A

Someone who is extremely enthusiastic about something.

805
Q

Onerous

A

Very difficult to deal with.

806
Q

Prop up the status quo.

A
807
Q

Disgruntled

A

unhappy, annoyed, and disappointed about something.

Dissatisfied

808
Q

Elusive

A

Skillful at evading capture

809
Q

Measly

A

So small that is ridiculous

810
Q

Clandestine

A

Something that is done in secret.

811
Q

Defiant

A

Resisting authority

812
Q

Insubordination

A
813
Q

In distinct

A

Not clear or sharply defined

814
Q

Chatter

A

Talk socially.

815
Q

Mountain oysters

A

Bull testicles

816
Q

Contigent

A

Determined by conditions or circumstances that follow.

817
Q

Contigent

A

Subject to change.

818
Q

Proverbial

A

Widely known or spoken of.

819
Q

The proverbial walk in the woods it’s not for me.

A
820
Q

Fingers crossed

A

Hope for good luck

821
Q

Impasse / deadlock

A

A situation in which no profess is possible because of disagreements.

822
Q

Unhinged

A

Insane

823
Q

Not easy to accept defeat

A
824
Q

Rote

A

Learning a fact by reading it.

825
Q

Tenacious

A

Not easily letting go or giving up.

826
Q

Famished

A

Extremely angry

827
Q

Discord

A

Disagreement

828
Q

Haphazard

A

Lacking any obvious principles of organization

829
Q

Scoffs

A
830
Q

He scoffs

A

The car chirps

831
Q

Lauded

A

Highly praised and admired.

832
Q

Immoral : unsavory

A

You make strong alliances with unsavory people.

It’s all becomes clear way too late.

833
Q

Renege

A

Go back on your word.

834
Q

Having failed from favor or of power or honor.

A

Disgraced

835
Q

Scrutinize

A

Examine

836
Q

Infamous

A

Non for bad reputation.

837
Q

Ambivalent

A

Having mixed feeling about something.

838
Q

Sometimes things happen without us knowing why.

A
839
Q

Turn on a dime

A

Change direction instantly

840
Q

Censure

A

Express severe disapproval especially in a formal setting.

841
Q

She doesn’t suffer fools

A

Have little patience with people who you think are stupid of have stupid ideas.

842
Q

Unscathed

A

Not suffering an injury

843
Q

Plead ignorance

A
844
Q

Unprecedented ethical violations.

A

But I don’t regret it.

845
Q

Plausible deniability

A
846
Q

Versatile

A

Able to adapt to many different functions

847
Q

Circumstance

A

The facts about your life.

848
Q

Circumstantial evidence

A

Does not have evident to back up the details

849
Q

When you allude to something, you don’t talk or mention it specifically.

A

Alluding that the cop is seating behind you may make your friends not talk about the plans to rob a bank.

850
Q

Dreading

A

Fear of something bad happening.

851
Q

Indecipherable

A

Not be able to be read or understood.

852
Q

Party to it and benefit by it

A
853
Q

Tenacious

A
854
Q

I’ll prepared and ignorant

A
855
Q

When you bring yourself down before anybody else, you control how that happens.

A
856
Q

Crepuscular

A

Like twilight, dark

857
Q

Adapt to things

A

Versatile

858
Q

Haphazard

A

Random / disorganized

859
Q

Miscreant

A

A person who lies / behaves badly or breaks the law.

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