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flail

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flail

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strife

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strife

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clamber

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clamber

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monotonous

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monotonous

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rumple

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rumple

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adjudicate

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adjudicate

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snuff

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snuff

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ruinous

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ruinous

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reedy

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reedy

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flank

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flank

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willowy

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willowy

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zip through sth

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zip through sth

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rig

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rig

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pleat

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pleat

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jovial

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jovial

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up one’s alley

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up one’s alley

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stringy

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stringy

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welsh

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welsh

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groundswell

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groundswell

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quandary

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quandary

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haggard

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haggard

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pettish

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pettish

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snarl

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snarl

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aloft

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aloft

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buffet

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buffet

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dicky

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dicky

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burrow

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burrow

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scythe

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scythe

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unobtrusive

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unobtrusive

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straggle

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straggle

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crud

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crud

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shack

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shack

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chafe

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chafe

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tweak

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tweak

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tingle

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tingle

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trickle

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trickle

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shriek

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shriek

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glint

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glint

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jut

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jut

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amble

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amble

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cotton

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cotton

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bullhorn

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bullhorn

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frigid

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frigid

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clop

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clop

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undemonstrative

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undemonstrative

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subjugate

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subjugate

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snake oil

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snake oil

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drawl

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drawl

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rend

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rend

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plump

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plump

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embalm

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embalm

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toot one’s own horn

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toot one’s own horn

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dismay

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dismay

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belch

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belch

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slough

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slough

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penitent

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penitent

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delinquency

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delinquency

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hoarse

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hoarse

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morbid

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morbid

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lurch

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lurch

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hump

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hump

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alms

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alms

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brawny

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brawny

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throes

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throes

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pang

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pang

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hold sb to sth

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hold sb to sth

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wet INFORMAL*NORTH AMERICAN

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wet INFORMAL*NORTH AMERICAN

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heel

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heel

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gag

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gag

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tang

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tang

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writhe

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writhe

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prevail

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prevail

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slump

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slump

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toss-up

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toss-up

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gorge

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gorge

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snuffle

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snuffle

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wriggle

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wriggle

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turd

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turd

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bulge

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bulge

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resign yourself to (doing) sth

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resign yourself to (doing) sth

to accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided; If you resign yourself to an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it because you realize that you cannot change it: RECONCILE ONESELF TO, become resigned to, become reconciled to, have no choice but to accept, come to terms with, learn to live with, get used to the idea of; give in to the inevitable, grin and bear it
…We resigned ourselves to a long wait.
…Josh resigned himself to the long walk home.
…At sixteen, I resigned myself to the fact that I’d never be a dancer.

> late 14c., “give up (something), surrender, abandon, submit; relinquish (an office, position, right, claim),” from Old French resigner “renounce, relinquish” (13c.), from Latin resignare “to check off, annul, cancel, give back, give up,” from re-, here perhaps denoting “opposite” (see re-), + signare “to make an entry in an account book,” literally “to mark,” from Latin signum “identifying mark, sign” (see sign (n.)).
> The notion is of making an entry (signum) “opposite” — on the credit side — balancing the former mark and thus canceling the claim it represents. The specific meaning “give up a position” also is from late 14c. The sense of “to give (oneself) up to some emotion or situation” is from 1718. Related: Resigned; resigning.
> Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Collins English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary of English, Merriam-Webster, Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus, Etymonline

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monkey business

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monkey business

INFORMAL
bad or dishonest behavior
…There’s been some monkey business connected with his tax returns.

> Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Cambridge Dictionary

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kittenish

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kittenish

83
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libelous

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libelous

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admonish

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admonish

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eon

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eon

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stucco

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stucco

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sybaritic

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sybaritic

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possessive

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possessive

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languor

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languor

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despise

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despise

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inure

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inure

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imposing

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imposing

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cataract

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cataract

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tenement

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tenement

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obstinate

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obstinate

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hemlock

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hemlock

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noncommittal

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noncommittal

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entrust

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entrust

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bouffant

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bouffant

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ligature

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ligature

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plop

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plop

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cavernous

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cavernous

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lope

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lope

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heed

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heed

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scour

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scour

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dank

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dank

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prestigious

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prestigious

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injunction

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injunction

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a penny for your thoughts

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a penny for your thoughts

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to the hilt

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to the hilt

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aloof

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aloof

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musty

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musty

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endearing

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endearing

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immolate

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immolate

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tranquil

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tranquil

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burble

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burble

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whitecap

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whitecap

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apropos

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apropos

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anachronistic

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anachronistic

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ire

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ire

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revel in sth

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revel in sth

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apparition

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apparition

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rambling

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rambling

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incision

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incision

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piecemeal

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piecemeal

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rudder

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rudder

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lash

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lash

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fume

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fume

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befit

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befit

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saddle

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saddle

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swoon

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swoon

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keel

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keel

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urchin

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urchin

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enclave

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enclave

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circumscribe

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circumscribe

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contrive

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contrive

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awning

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awning

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offshoot

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offshoot

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tinge

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tinge

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tawny

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tawny

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lark

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lark

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prescience

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prescience

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grill

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grill

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spate

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spate

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recapitulate

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recapitulate

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diminutive

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diminutive

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austere

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austere

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macabre

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macabre

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watertight

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watertight

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recount

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recount

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filigree

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filigree

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phosphorescence

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phosphorescence

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minutiae

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minutiae

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regal

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regal

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afield

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afield

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gourmet

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gourmet

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smolder

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smolder

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diminution

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diminution

159
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be entranced by sth

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be entranced by sth

160
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frazzle

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frazzle

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hubbub

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hubbub

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bushel

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bushel

163
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portico

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portico

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blasé

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blasé

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celibate

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celibate

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gloat

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gloat

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cuddle

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cuddle

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ploy

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ploy

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disembody

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disembody

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propriety

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propriety

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shudder

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shudder

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soggy

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soggy

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nibble

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nibble

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vanquish

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vanquish

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quadrangle

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quadrangle

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sorority

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sorority

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epitaph

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epitaph

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underhanded

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underhanded

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ragtag

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ragtag

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commemoration

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commemoration

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risible

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risible

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sprout

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sprout

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crumbly

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crumbly

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smattering

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smattering

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twig

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twig

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curt

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curt

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glee

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glee

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supple

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supple

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comer

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comer

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tangible

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tangible

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lump

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lump

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anemic

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anemic

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lanky

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lanky

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artless

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artless

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peruse

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peruse

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anathema

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anathema

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bemoan

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bemoan

198
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slicker

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slicker

199
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purse

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purse