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Set 15 Flashcards

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meet up

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meet up

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anomie

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anomie

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blackball

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blackball

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hankering

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hankering

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dress sb down

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dress sb down

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slay/slew/slain

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slay/slew/slain

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brickbat

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brickbat

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umpire

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umpire

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underhandedness

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underhandedness

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flak

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flak

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backhanded

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backhanded

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spill one’s guts

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spill one’s guts

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ascribe

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ascribe

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wrangle

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wrangle

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kick the can

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kick the can

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be hung up on sth

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be hung up on sth

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impropriety

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impropriety

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innate

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innate

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badinage

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badinage

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pull a face

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pull a face

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unyielding

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unyielding

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tantrum

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tantrum

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draw on

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draw on

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rambunctious

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rambunctious

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demean

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demean

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swat

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swat

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dreck

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dreck

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beneficence

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beneficence

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coffer

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coffer

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preordained

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preordained

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set forth

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set forth

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buy-in

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buy-in

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foible

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foible

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in light of

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in light of

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acumen

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acumen

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36
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latch on to

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latch on to

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decorum

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decorum

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sidetrack

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sidetrack

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sleep in

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sleep in

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slither

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slither

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equanimity

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equanimity

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recuperative

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recuperative

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misanthrope

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misanthrope

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pull rank

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pull rank

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jugular

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jugular

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pit sb/sth against sb/sth

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pit sb/sth against sb/sth

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assiduous

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assiduous

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hem and haw

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hem and haw

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accost

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accost

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modicum

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modicum

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spellbind

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spellbind

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52
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aggrandize

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aggrandize

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53
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every now and then

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every now and then

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54
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blurt

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blurt

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veil

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veil

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push the envelope

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push the envelope

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leave sb high and dry

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leave sb high and dry

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tutelage

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tutelage

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feisty

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feisty

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beyond your wildest dreams

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beyond your wildest dreams

to a degree or in a way you had never thought possible
…Suddenly she was rich beyond her wildest dreams.
…The plan succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.
…Because even in our wildest financial dreams, we’ll never earn our way out of it.
— More, faster, better (Rosie Spinks • Jan 26, 2024 • Substack)

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floor

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floor

noun

…

verb

TODO

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flog a dead horse

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flog a dead horse

1 : to keep talking about a subject that has already been discussed or decided
…I don’t mean to flog a dead horse, but I still don’t understand what happened.

2 : to waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible
…He keeps trying to get it published but I think he’s flogging a dead horse.

> Merriam-Webster, Cambridge Dictionary

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salacious

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salacious

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gumption

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gumption

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situationship

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situationship

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at a loss

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at a loss

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corporeal

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corporeal

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baron

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baron

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enmesh

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enmesh

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rein in

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rein in

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cakehole

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cakehole

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farm sb/sth out

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farm sb/sth out

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put sth away

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put sth away

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oblivious

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oblivious

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unsullied

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unsullied

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forswear/forswore/forsworn

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forswear/forswore/forsworn

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dissertation

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dissertation

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dilettante

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dilettante

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mason

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mason

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banal

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banal

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subjugation

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subjugation

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beef sth up

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beef sth up

83
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allusion

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allusion

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crate

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crate

85
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amnesia

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amnesia

86
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carouse

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carouse

87
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singe

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singe

88
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gambit

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gambit

89
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lob

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lob

90
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project

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project

91
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unrequited

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unrequited

92
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botanist

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botanist

93
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catacomb

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catacomb

94
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bratty

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bratty

95
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ornery

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ornery

96
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terminus

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terminus

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carcass

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carcass

98
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foist

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foist

99
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glossy

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glossy

100
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lunge

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lunge

101
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euthanasia

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euthanasia

102
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exoticize

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exoticize

103
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Chicken Little

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Chicken Little

104
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slap-up meal/dinner etc

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slap-up meal/dinner etc

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dope

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dope

106
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defamation

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defamation

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vermin

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vermin

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miasma

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miasma

109
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go down a treat

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go down a treat

110
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ovation

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ovation

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smother

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smother

112
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prickly

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prickly

113
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deliberate

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deliberate

114
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elsewhere

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elsewhere

115
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all hands on deck

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all hands on deck

116
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proclivity

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proclivity

117
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mercenary

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mercenary

118
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oblique

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oblique

119
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pedigree

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pedigree

120
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pliers

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pliers

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burble

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burble

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aught

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aught

123
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artifice

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artifice

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get round to sth

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get round to sth

125
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vestige

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vestige

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thrum

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thrum

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demented

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demented

128
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turnaround

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turnaround

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conviviality

/kənˌvɪviˈæləti/

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(n.) the quality of being friendly and lively; jovial /ˈdʒoʊviəl/ warmth and good cheer

The holiday gathering was marked by a spirit of conviviality, with laughter and animated conversation filling the room.

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entertain

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entertain

131
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aristocrat

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aristocrat

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weathered

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weathered

133
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stomp

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stomp

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denture

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denture

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plump for sth/sb

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plump for sth/sb

136
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fling/flung/flung

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fling/flung/flung

137
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ember

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ember

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welt

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welt

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amoral

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amoral

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inscrutable

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inscrutable

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on-brand

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on-brand

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idiotic

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idiotic

143
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complicit

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complicit

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morsel

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morsel

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nosy

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nosy

146
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conceit

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conceit

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outpatient

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outpatient

148
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reprehend

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reprehend

149
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untenable

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untenable

150
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intricate

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intricate

151
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vacillate

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vacillate

152
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bang on

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bang on

153
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preeminent

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preeminent

154
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imbecile

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imbecile

155
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fly/flew/flown

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fly/flew/flown

156
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bumbling

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bumbling

157
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tick sb/sth off

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tick sb/sth off

158
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foliage

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foliage

159
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above the fray

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above the fray

160
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hardheaded

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hardheaded

161
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hector

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hector

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improvident

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improvident

163
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pine away

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pine away

164
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obsolescence

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obsolescence

165
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vial

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vial

166
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throttle

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throttle

167
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feudal

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feudal

168
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distend

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distend

169
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detract

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detract

170
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chuffed

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chuffed

171
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misandry

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misandry

172
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tremendous

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tremendous

173
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feline

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feline

174
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layover

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layover

175
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gobsmacked

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gobsmacked

176
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incarnation

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incarnation

177
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homage

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homage

178
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mural

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mural

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gail

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gail

180
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concuss

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concuss

181
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implode

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implode

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ingratiate

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ingratiate

183
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laconic

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laconic

184
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triplicate

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triplicate

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excavate

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excavate

186
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highfalutin

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highfalutin

187
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ripen

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ripen

188
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cock

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cock

189
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nomophobia

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nomophobia

190
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mischief

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mischief

191
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clamp

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clamp

192
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reprehensible

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reprehensible

193
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culmination

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culmination

194
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exert

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exert

195
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teensy

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teensy

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urge

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urge

197
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trolleyed

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trolleyed

198
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efficacy

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efficacy

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chap

A

chap

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