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Stout

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(especially of olderpeople) fat and solid-looking, especially around the waist:

Mrs Blower was the stout lady with the glasses.

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2
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Gaunt

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very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger:

Her face was gaunt and grey.

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Ascetic /e-setik/

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avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life, often for religious reasons:
They live a very ascetic life.

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4
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Wan

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(face) looking pale and tired

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5
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Ruddy

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red:

He was ruddy-cheeked from the walk in the cold.
Her face was ruddy and healthy-looking.

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6
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Barrel-chested

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Barrel chest happens when the chest is rounded or puffed up like a barrel.

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Gait

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A particular way of walking:
He walked with a slow stiff gait.
طرز راه رفتن

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8
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Swooping hawk nose

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بینی قوشی

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9
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Low-key

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10
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Sun-bleached

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11
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Homespun

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12
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Soughing

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13
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Concoct

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14
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Aura

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15
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Elation

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16
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Foreordained

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17
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Denigrate

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18
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Cry foul

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19
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Delusion
Illusion

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20
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His mind working against him

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21
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Primordial

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22
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Drive sb over the edge

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23
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Sheer

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24
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Shatter

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25
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Bliss

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26
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Falibly

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27
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Proprietary

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28
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To idealise is to dehumanise

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29
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Smother

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30
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Reverential

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31
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Consequential

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32
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Shunt

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33
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Hound

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34
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Succeed against the odds

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35
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Welter

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36
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Thick braid of reality

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37
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Confluence

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38
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Unwitting

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39
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Beg the question

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